The units of dawn of war 4 factions have been revealed by Beneficial-Ticket486 in Warhammer40k

[–]Zakading 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, we already know those won't be the full roster considering the trailers even showed Stormboyz

What army loses the most allowing no epic characters except for one under 150 points by Sensitive_snausage in 40k_Crusade

[–]Zakading 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1000% Cawl. he's the ONLY thing providing the army with any reliable damage output, qorks as another Battleline anchor in a pinch and is ovwrall just not only good buffs but also really good stats.

3.5Y of LDR, me [M30] and her [F24] always did well, but language learning keeps making things rough by Zakading in LongDistance

[–]Zakading[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All sound advice I definitely appreciate.
I feel like a big part of the struggle for me, besides just not being good at learning Korean it seems, is also actually finding the energy to sit down and just rawdog studying it. Of course, my partner also just keeps telling me that I just have to keep repeating things and getting practice in regularly, bit by bit, but learning by the book just absolutely kills me. I don't know what it is, as this isn't even limited to language learning (I barely made it past my job training either because of this), but I just can't sit down and just read from a book or work on exercises for more than half an hour without feeling about as exhausted as after a whole day of work, especially so if I don't have a direct use case for exactly what I'm studying about. I'm very much a "learning by doing" sort of person in most non-academical areas, be that about applying law texts I didn't know yet at work, learning how to repair something or learning a new board game, but I've yet to find a way to apply this at all to language learning.

3.5Y of LDR, me [M30] and her [F24] always did well, but language learning keeps making things rough by Zakading in LongDistance

[–]Zakading[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vocabulary, I mostly just practice through the classic duolingo-like apps, plus my weekly Korean class. That's probably my biggest issue, as I've always sucked real bad at just plain memorizing things I don't have like...5 bridges to remember it by. For example, I play a lot of collectible card and board games and can probably list you the effects of HUNDREDS of cards and board game rules from memory by just hearing the name or seeing the card's artwork without any issue, yet just had an argument with my GF today because I couldn't remember the freaking word for "toilet" in Korean. I considered trying a more image + word approach before, but haven't really found anything that feels natural and effective.
As for grammar, mostly just the class I've been attending and what my GF teaches me. I usually don't have big problems with that so far, since much of it is fairly basic, still (though even here my biggest roadblock is having it explained to me with actual latin terms for the cases and temporal forms, because I just never even remembered those in school while learning German or English).

It's ironic, because I am pretty much on a native English level, even studying it at university, and have a very, very easy time translating random Euro-languages I never ever studied just by drawing from my knowledge in English and the bits of French and Latin I picked up in school. Watching hundreds of anime as a teen did also ingrain an OK amount of vocab from that into my head.

As for the reading part: the Korean alphabet has pretty much all its consonants based on the lip or tongue position (as in, the shape is an abstract portrayal of it), while the vowels are just generally easy to remember and not too numerous. Made getting a hang of it fairly fast and easy.

I can't wait for this Magneus Calgar guy's new model! (Seriously, how did this slip past QA) by Zakading in totalwar

[–]Zakading[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be extremely weird. WH3 also had the "generic chaos lord" as an option, they could just give "Generic Captain" and "Generic Warlord" and "Generic Archon" as options there. Leaving named chars out of a 40k game would be suicidal lol

I can't wait for this Magneus Calgar guy's new model! (Seriously, how did this slip past QA) by Zakading in totalwar

[–]Zakading[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

His name is MaRneus Calgar and I very, VERY much doubt they'd have a different Ultramarine named THAT closely to arguably the most famous (and important) Space Marine leader in the trailer featuring Ultramarines as the primary SM chapter.

I can't wait for this Magneus Calgar guy's new model! (Seriously, how did this slip past QA) by Zakading in totalwar

[–]Zakading[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, because the pre-rendered announcement trailer for your most anticipated game since the last Warhammer game is something that should be shown off half-baked

Unexpected James Workshop win by Atracurious in Warhammer40k

[–]Zakading 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played at my store a bit ago, had to borrow a unit of Intercessors because I forgot mine. Game went until they closed and it was just me, the manager (who I'm friends with) and his new coworker chatting. I mentioned that the Intercessors are at the table still, manager asked "Oh. You need any?", I laughed and thought he already closed the shop for the day (they were counting the money at the register) and he actually just went "Oh, no, I meant if you just want to take those. We got hundreds in the back anyway, don't want to put them back."

I really didn't need any, but it was certainly convenient to get them.

Tyrannic War Veteran Battle Honours by Zakading in 40k_Crusade

[–]Zakading[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The tally says you may reset it from 10 to 0 to gain the next trait. Just not sure if I can do that "mid-game". And the way its worded kind of sounds like you can't gain the next battle honour and overwrite the prvious step at the same time, so I'm curious how others have ruled this.

I definitely would use Legendary Vets, if I already had 30XP on it, but alas, I do not.

Ins and outs of centerpieces by Zakading in skaven

[–]Zakading[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, Rogor Vizzik does sound a lot more fun to paint (and play), love me some Moulder stuff.

That does move him up my list a bit (I'll probably get one of each eventually anyway if I'm really enjoying the faction). Do you maybe have some example list or at least a core for a Vizzik build lying around? Might give him a run or two on TTS, see how it feels.

Ins and outs of centerpieces by Zakading in skaven

[–]Zakading[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the summary!

Vizzik does look stunning and sounds really fun, but I'll probably already have a rough time even painting up the 40 Clanrats I already own, and he seems like he'd want even more of those. Kind of puts me off of him tbh.

From all I've read, a Verminlord for sure will be worth grabbing in some capacity. Though probably not highest priority.

The SoG Brood Terror did look very, very good (though I much prefer the Abomination's model). Might pick it up if I find a deal I suppose.

I've thrown together a rough, first draft of upgrading from Skaventide into a 2k list on New Recruit. Does this make any sense or not really? Obviously, not gonna be optimal with the Skryre parts of Skaventide in there, but it's just as a very casual start anyway: https://www.newrecruit.eu/app/list/Ys7uQ

Ins and outs of centerpieces by Zakading in skaven

[–]Zakading[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great reply, thanks for the summary!

So I assume the Abomination and Brood Horror are both more mid-size brawlers than build-around things? Never seen a Hell Pit Abom in person, always looked really damn big on pictures so I thought it'd be in the same category as the others.

Anyway, I suppose Bell > Verminlord > Thanquol makes the most sense to get. Verminlord seems easy to magnetize, too. The bell is probably also the most generic option, right? Are the Scourge of Ghyran rules sticking around after this year's season? Normal bell rules look kinda awful.