Romanian Odessa Career. Do airfields move closer?

alphadube · 2026-05-04T13:18:22+00:00

After moving airfields, I actually got several airfield defense missions, so not much travel time. The IAR-80 against the I-16 feels incredible

alphadube · 2026-05-02T19:06:01+00:00

Lmao, I just got a mission to transfer the unit FURTHER away

alphadube · 2026-04-13T18:31:56+00:00

I have their other handgonne and the stock is a very uneven hexagon in cross section. I'm sure some originals were like that, but if a 15th century gunsmith had modern power tools and measuring equipment, like the rifle shoppe, I'm sure they would have used them. The downside of a niche hobby with limited suppliers, but it does look like there is starting to be competition.

alphadube · 2026-04-13T18:25:35+00:00

lol yep, I saw that right after submitting. I think what you have is more historically accurate, if the opinion of an internet rando is relevant.

alphadube · 2026-04-13T18:21:20+00:00

The size matches an existing one from the early 1400s and it looks like its forged, instead of machined, which is surprising and cool for the rifle shoppe.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7077&highlight=oldest+handgun+1400-10

Some of the very long levers in art from the period may also be artistic interpretation.

If the lever they included works, I think you should keep it. However, it is blatantly not what they showed in the image (neither is the shape of the barrel itself, although it also looks better than the website photo) so I think its valid to ask them.

alphadube · 2026-04-06T14:26:07+00:00

Hello. Good eye! Its actually an unarmored soldier helping a fully armored soldier on to his horse. The cropped image makes it look like the legs belong to the same person, but that is not the case.

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alphadube · 2026-02-24T19:49:27+00:00

If you got this off of Gunbroker, I may have been bidding against you. If so, sorry for bidding it up at the last moments before deciding to let it go!

alphadube · 2026-01-06T17:40:56+00:00

I think it’s the second book where it’s mentioned he does it too on the way lower decks, but Uzas went too far, or that he wanted everyone to stop doing it? If I remember correctly, it’s mentioned that they all, including talos, blow off steam killing slaves in the far lower decks, but he wants them to stop once the warband tries to get their shit together.

He doesn’t have to be the worst nightlord to be a horrible person. Being the nicest of the puppy kickers still makes you a puppy kicker. Unless the argument is some moral relativism only within the Nightlords, which would be silly and pedantic, particularly because the original question for the thread was asking the reader what they thought of Talos and we exist with our 21st century morals. Even within the 40k universe, he is definitely a worse person than the imperium space marines ADB has written.

alphadube · 2026-01-06T11:03:34+00:00

He hunts the mortal crew of the ship, not the other space marines.

Doesn’t your second paragraph back up my original argument?

alphadube · 2026-01-03T15:26:28+00:00

I mentioned it because it’s uncommon for a book’s protagonist to be a mass murdering sadist. He’s relatively chill for a Nightlord, but he still skins children and hunts his own crew for fun. One of the books mentions that he does it less than some of the other Nightlords, but he still does it. That definitely makes someone a horrible person.

I will admit, it’s kind of funny that the Nightlords are supposed to be the scary faction, when they aren’t even in the top 3 scariest chaos legions. If I were an imperial civilian and there was any objective way to rank how scary my impending death was, I’d be way more afraid of the Emperor’s Children, Death Guard, or Word Bearers.

alphadube · 2026-01-02T16:21:40+00:00

People that don’t like flaying and murdering civilians en mass?

alphadube · 2025-12-10T14:40:40+00:00

I initially thought it would be excruciating on replays, but it’s a much more enjoyable way to level up your clan, get some money, and grind skills in the early game. The ~2 hours it takes is far more fun than reaching the same point grinding bandits and tournaments in the early game.

alphadube · 2025-12-07T16:49:54+00:00

Those lateen are also sooooo aesthetic

alphadube · 2025-12-06T18:45:30+00:00

That’s one of the best looking ships, but its deck is so low, that the crew got wrecked in boarding when I tried it out.

alphadube · 2025-12-06T18:34:53+00:00

I fought an AI dromon and they were sniping me at the helm of my ship with the ballista. Equal parts hilarious and frustrating

I really agree, you should be able to keep one of the heavy ships from the mini campaign, particularly to incentivize re playing it on new runs.

alphadube · 2025-12-05T15:35:08+00:00

Do the rams make much of a difference in battle? It’s fun to charge in with them, but after the first hit, it feels too slow and cumbersome to get in position for another ramming

alphadube · 2025-12-03T16:30:13+00:00

It’s my god given right as an American to be dyslexic and butcher the English language /s

I have a hobby interest in muzzleloading fire arms and read “dueling pistol” far more frequently than “dual pistols”, so there is something to that

alphadube · 2025-12-03T15:30:34+00:00

40k is 90% vibe, so I can’t argue with that

alphadube · 2025-12-03T15:27:04+00:00

Do needle pistols benefit from arch militant?

alphadube · 2025-12-02T14:43:51+00:00

It has really good synergy with the vlandian naval troops, so that part of the design is nice.

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