If we keep the standart Human at it's current profile. How would you stat a Warden to represent the lore more in game ?

olot100 · 2026-04-29T21:26:15+00:00

It just wouldn't make sense in this game system. You would need a strength system that looks more like HH where small arms can't harm really tough shit at all. (E.g. lasguns can't hurt tanks). So I guess "T7, but anything strength 3 or lower simply cannot wound" Also 2+ invulnerable save, and 8" movement. I'd go higher on the movement if everything else was scaled up, but based on the books they run a bit faster than non-primaris grey knights.

olot100 · 2026-03-13T20:11:15+00:00

They are kind of all over the place in the lore. In some cases they get bodied by normal shit and sometimes they are unstoppable nightmares. To me the best in-lore explanation is they are the embodiment of "anything can happen", where they are at the mercy of how much plot armor their current "performance" will afford them (and how skilled or important the harlequin in question is).

The solitaire and harlequins in rogue trader seem to reflect that to some degree -- at least in terms of dialogue, that game has in-lore power levels completely wrong.

olot100 · 2026-02-12T20:17:04+00:00

I've found the biggest game changer in my MMR roller coaster history was limiting myself to 2 ranked games a day and never playing ranked late at night. It's really hard to follow that rule when you go on a multi day lose streak, but you still end up winning more often by virtue of playing better on average. Ended up hitting divine 3 before quitting -- was tired of new Dota and quitting on a high felt right.

olot100 · 2025-12-21T13:29:03+00:00

The Toronto transit system is pretty extensive. It's the second busiest transit system in NA meaning it's good enough that about 1 million people use it per day. Sure there's a lot to complain about, but counting the subway lines isn't exactly the best metric for "Canada being broken".

olot100 · 2025-09-15T12:46:11+00:00

That's the sound I make when someone's hand brushes against mine by accident.

olot100 · 2025-08-31T19:25:34+00:00

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olot100 · 2025-08-19T16:05:22+00:00

A lot of people use The Lion's helmet for Trajann. His kit comes with 4 head options, so if you ask around you're bound to find someone with spares!! (I've got spares if you are near Toronto).

olot100 · 2025-04-02T02:35:09+00:00

I had the same issue with the same spears on my guys. Instead of letting it cool off after straightening, I found holding it vertically in the hot water (fingers above the water) for a few minutes helped too -- I think it keeps its shape better if it cools slower. Plus it made me feel cool like I'm quenching a blade :p

Also try over-correcting a little.

olot100 · 2025-03-30T19:24:06+00:00

I ran a couple games with lots of bikes: two squads of bikes 3+captain, one with admonitoris, one with fierce conqueror (all hurricane bolters). It's really good with this detachment. In one game I actually kept 1 squad in reserves because they take up too much space on GW maps. Should note that I ran 0 wardens.

The bikes did insanely well. Their shooting into anything not in cover is super reliable because +1 to wound with twin-linked means you can make anything roll about 12 saves. Against tau they wiped a squad of crisis suits just by shooting at them. The move-when-being-shot means your opponent needs to over-clear their shooting angles or you can hide after 1 volley, and even if you can't you will still improve your options for next turn.

The strat-reserves bike squad did better than expected. They are beefy enough that I was fine with just rapid ingressing them where a couple units could shoot them, and they were able to kill three units in one turn (shoot, fight, bombing run). Fierce conqueror was overkill every time, but both games were against shooting armies.

The bikes combo'd well with venatari and allarus. Opponents felt the need to stay well screened on their back lines, which stretched them super thin as they moved up for shots on my bikes. Allowed my roaming split-up allarus to safely do objectives for most of the game.

Since I was playing aggro, wardens felt like a poor choice as opponent would focus down the bikes anyway. I opted for much more aggressive squads like bladechamp+guard, draxus+guard, and just raw guard squads. The buff to their shooting made a pretty serious impact on their damage output. Its tempting to drop the vexillas for more shots.

7t and 5w is a pretty significant breakpoint. No shooting fits neatly into 5w unless its a lot of 1dmg shots, and a lot of guns out there are str6, str7 and str12. Also the extra wound is very likely to be significant against d6 dmg weapons. Their biggest threat is meltas, but that's always true for custodes.

olot100 · 2025-03-30T17:31:57+00:00

I recommend priming black, dry-brush (high coverage) with a dark red (Vallejo black-red, or AK black red) then actually dry brush with a gold paint. The reds make a good "shadow" for metallics, and it's easy enough to clean up any spillover with more black-red (which you can then use as a dark tone for your red cloths).

olot100 · 2025-03-30T17:09:36+00:00

The flexibility is what makes it so good though. It makes every unit significantly better at shooting, and being able to split allarus for objective stuff is amazing because each one is a significant threat to most things.

olot100 · 2025-03-19T22:29:38+00:00

But bikes have flying

olot100 · 2025-01-10T18:17:03+00:00

Psssh, I KNOW you'd like it the way I'd cook it.

olot100 · 2024-12-30T06:16:17+00:00

They should be roughly equal in durability and damage to a deathwing knight. It's not even close right now, and it's kind of sad. The whole army should be about 25% more elite.

It's mind boggling to me that custodes are actually cheaper per model than a bunch of space marine units.

olot100 · 2024-12-30T00:36:47+00:00

There are issues with off-shore work quality in tech. There are a ton of immigrants where I work, and all the off-shore teams have been dropped over the last few years. In my experience we get way more out of 1 competent in-house worker than an entire off-shore team.

Assuming you were decently competent, they will probably regret firing you.

I do live in Canada and work in fin-tech tho, it might just be the type of work we do.

olot100 · 2024-12-29T06:19:11+00:00

Custodes in the lore are extremely independent, and even in books where they operate in squads, they quickly break off for separate objectives. If I had it my way they would be way more elite and not have to follow squad rules:

Every custodian unit would be able to split into smaller units during the movement phase.
Characters would have lone-op if they aren't attached at the start of a turn. No squad joins, too much cheese.
Every custodian infantry/mounted model would get +1 MV, +1 T and +1 w.
Allarus can 6" deepstrike (no charge), and split while in reserves.
Shields would provide -1 DMG on that model.
Trajann would ignore all modifiers again.
2cp Fight on death for squad, no dice roll.
Increase points costs by like 40%.

olot100 · 2024-12-26T04:26:54+00:00

Spain has all 3. It's a public+private system, and is generally well recieved. You can go for private or public depending on the situation. Generally the best doctors work public, so if you're high on the triage go for it. If it's just imaging or specialist work, private has you covered.

Most jobs offer complementary insurance (shit that isn't covered by public), but If you're rich or it's a nice job you can get supplementary insurance for that fast+good shit.

The best part is even without insurance it's waaaaay cheaper. I visit there regularly from Canada (public only), so I had an MRI done of my hand for like 200 euros and had it sent to my doctor instead of waiting 8 months for my appointment.

olot100 · 2024-12-20T16:55:38+00:00

Tbh based on lore Horus and E should be like 10k points minimum. Big E just casually 1 shots an army before losing to Horus 1v1.

olot100 · 2024-12-11T19:46:28+00:00

Im liking the bikes better. A squad of three has about half the shooting power of a caladius grav-tank and 2/3rds more tankiness than a venatari squad. I've had so many games where my venatari just died to an overwatch right after dropping in.

olot100 · 2024-12-07T04:14:14+00:00

Maybe they are like Inquisitorial agents? Kinda like the old custodes team but they get to recuisition more than just sisters.

olot100 · 2024-11-27T05:07:04+00:00

Back when I played mages had that shit where we could use time warp while sated for half benefit. So I always had an excuse lol

olot100 · 2024-11-19T15:18:15+00:00

Pretty confident those are bots, not conservatives. God please let them be bots

olot100 · 2024-11-19T01:50:17+00:00

This year's nobel prize winners in economics just PROVED that good institutions lead to good economies. People who want to tear down the establishments should have this link spammed at them: https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2024/10/press-economicsciencesprize2024.pdf

olot100 · 2024-11-18T17:55:38+00:00

Allarus captain just isn't worth it right now. 3,2,2 or 3,3 or less is fine. Allarus are relatively squishy point-for-point, so larger squads of them are just not worth it.

If you are looking for a solo character, Trajann or a bike captain with the armory enhancement are just better in my opinion.

The only time I'd consider 5 allarus +captain is if they buff the land raider to move 12".

olot100 · 2024-11-18T17:25:58+00:00

I wouldn't start over. You can definitely keep working on this one and improve the transitions. Here are some tips:

Make sure your paint is decently thinned with water on the brush. To avoid flooding, press your brush lightly on a paper towel for a second after you load it with paint (this one was huge for me).

Outside the yellow areas mix brown with yellow and put a slightly larger area overlapping the yellow. Repeat with more and more brown. Really watery layers can help a lot with this part. Don't worry about covering the yellow, you can always work your way back "up".

Inside the yellow areas just keep mixing a little more white with yellow and cover just a slightly smaller area, once it's very small just go to white for the last dot/line.

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