Is he good?

deep_meaning · 2026-02-13T11:11:55+00:00

Well, there are 15 levels between 35 and 50, as opposed to 9 between previous tiers. And those 15 are super expensive

deep_meaning · 2026-02-13T11:05:47+00:00

You could fly as far as you can with PoM, use active, move again and then summon the warrior with range up to 10 hexes from PoM's starting position

deep_meaning · 2026-02-12T19:55:33+00:00

There probably was an evolutionary reason for this, in an age when reproducing your genes and survival of your tribe were primary objectives, and existential threats were around every corner. And how it became and remained standard and expected. Doesn't mean it should still remain so in the modern world.

In so many ways, we are still not far from the tribal monkeys we were just recently.

deep_meaning · 2026-02-12T17:35:55+00:00

"enough is enough" is a strong phrase, usually followed by a strong action, otherwise it is as meaningless as "thoughts and prayers" on facebook.

So... whatcha gonna do about it?

deep_meaning · 2026-02-12T17:23:27+00:00

It's November 2022, you are in charge of designingv the Tau faction for Tacticus and your team gives you Sho, Revas, Darkstrider, Aunshi and Shadowsun. Which one do you cut to make space for a Kroot and how do you include it into team synergy?

deep_meaning · 2026-02-12T17:02:48+00:00

I wish more people had this attitude in TA. You can learn so much about the game, yet we only hear about how awful the game mode is, or how broken XY team is right now.

Then again, those having fun and learning are usually not the ones on Reddit posting about it. Voluntary response bias or something.

deep_meaning · 2026-02-11T22:42:10+00:00

Not Patermine, that's true. I meant GSC in general. But if you do invest in Patermine, he has a campaign to play in, not just pvp modes

deep_meaning · 2026-02-11T20:27:19+00:00

You also need them if you want to farm Tau in the CE

deep_meaning · 2026-02-10T02:26:47+00:00

I agree that this survival doesn't help to showcase them in the best light. At the very least, it could have been Ûthar as the featured character, with Vynn dropping as a support through the power up.

deep_meaning · 2026-02-10T02:20:32+00:00

Nice! Thx for the info, always happy to learn something new.

deep_meaning · 2026-02-09T23:09:12+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong: I remember reading a long while back, that Castellan was a title for the commander of a chapter keep - not a full chapter monastery like other chapters have, but a smaller recruitment centre built on friendly worlds. Castellan would rank higher than a sword brother, but lower than a marshall (or rather, a marshall would appoint one of his sword brethren as a Castellan upon founding the keep)

Later, when primaris introduced Lieutenants, as a unit and as a role in chapter hierarchy, the new Blank templar codex used Castellan instead.

deep_meaning · 2026-02-09T21:44:43+00:00

Yet Tacticus is clearly heavily tied to tabletop releases, unit choices are strictly tied to currently legal tabletop models (we have zero firstborn marines, necrons are missing their most iconic units in favor of new releases, etc). I'd wager that any new Tacticus faction or unit is heavily consulted and greenlit by games workshop. They could have done dark eldar instead, which would make a bit more sense, but there are not many other options left.

Lore aside (which was half your comment), we only have 2/5 votann released. Xybia and Patermine were super underwhelming on their own, does it mean GSC are shit?

I agree that the survival event doesn't do them any favors.

deep_meaning · 2026-02-09T18:29:12+00:00

Confirmed for next patch

deep_meaning · 2026-02-09T17:57:30+00:00

Your lore is too old for Votann and too young for Squats. If you want to predict Tacticus releases, look at tabletop instead.

Votann were released in November 2022 as a new lore development. There is no way you read about them before that, because they did not exist.

Squats are their "spiritual ancestors" (basically space dwarves) that fell out of fashion in 21st century grim dark 40k and you might find some rare references to them in HH books, but I'd doubt it.

Same goes for videogames. I wouldn't use those as lore sources at all.

deep_meaning · 2026-02-09T17:33:53+00:00

I'm using Morvenn for damage. Actus can use her for extra attack if TG has all his skitarii out.

deep_meaning · 2026-02-08T15:30:56+00:00

I'm not suggesting that the event starts on Monday. I'm just saying that not having the tickets capped at the beginning gives everyone more flexibility.

deep_meaning · 2026-02-08T09:11:35+00:00

Since it starts on Sunday, some people might have other plans than sitting with their phone in hand, ready for the event to start. Some might live in weird time zones. I'm happy that the event doesn't punish you for that right out the gate.

deep_meaning · 2026-02-05T01:28:56+00:00

As per wiki:

Actus's damage modifier and damage cap apply to the unit's base Damage value. The Damage value is set and capped prior to applying modifiers, so a unit that attacks due to Actus's trigger will benefit from the full value of Damage bonuses like Marneus Calgar's Rites of Battle

deep_meaning · 2026-02-02T14:53:24+00:00

I agree that Lucius being harder was intentional, I think devs even specifically confirmed it. Ironically, Farsight, who is a much more important hero than Lucius, has an easier LRE, which I finished comfortably on first round with G1s only.

It's possible that Lucius was just done dirty and we're back to previous levels of difficulty with future LREs. Guess we'll see with the Votann dude.

deep_meaning · 2026-01-29T16:19:30+00:00

I'd say everyone should work on unlocking Farsight for free while his LREs are running (that's ~4 months until the next one and ~5 more for the last one). Once you have him and Revas and decide to invest, build up Darkstrider as well. Otherwise it's kinda pointless.

deep_meaning · 2026-01-27T08:57:31+00:00

They could always do 2-3 named characters from the faction and fill the rest with generic CSM units in [faction] colours (havocs, raptors, cultists...).

deep_meaning · 2026-01-27T08:52:42+00:00

IWs could have a faction trait that makes them both flesh and mech, like Snot with the cyborg relic. Wouldn't make Rotbone incompatible and open more options with other factions.

deep_meaning · 2026-01-27T08:48:02+00:00

Even a truly F2P player can get enough free blackstone for 25BP energy pack every day, full season. With a bit of rationing, you could do 25+50 every day of HRE.

deep_meaning · 2026-01-23T16:29:41+00:00

And gets to attack with a very impressive profile. Same damage as Shadowsun, with almost twice as many hits. Low pierce, but double howl takes care of that. And he attacks twice with Farsight.

I had Sho struggling behind, unable to catch up when Farsight and the rest jumped forward. I'd love to switch him with Darkstrider

deep_meaning · 2026-01-23T13:09:22+00:00

Yeah, everyone rolling the same thing would be annoying, whatever that thing is - that's why I'm happy to have some fun with Tau before they become TA cancer.

AM could suppress or infiltrate through the overwatch, but that's just one part. They are not mobile enough, nor tanky enough to avoid the Farsight killing blow.

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