skitarii-class

[late phoenix]

Adam wouldn't even understand, since it'd be in binaric, or gothic which is like latin mixed with english, french, and german

[obtuse herald]

I suppose adam has a language conversion implant but idk if it applies for 40k

[gusty siren]

iirc sandis just let your brain and nervous system operate at the maximum speed your chrome can support

i think this would only be properly applicable if you had full augmentation, not just the extremities

[late phoenix]

which is pretty much how fast named Space Marines without their helmets can react

[jade thistle]

I'm out of the loop but couldn't Adam fall to Khorne or Nurgle?

[obtuse herald]

Most likely to khorne

[late phoenix]

maybe slaanesh as well, since he's pretty balls to the wall extreme

[obtuse herald]

Presuming his brain somehow is exposed to it?

As far as i recall he doesn't keep his brain within the main like torso

[gusty siren]

i dont think sandi tech would be too helpful for how most augmentation goes in 40k

[late phoenix]

Chaos corruption isn't like a miasma or cooties, it can spread like a meme virus as well

so his brain doesn't have to physically be out there to get corrupted

[obtuse herald]

I see

In that case he'd probably first fall to khorne

He is kind of a maniac

[gusty siren]

plus mechanicus already operate at a high speed informationally, so that aspect wouldnt be helped much either

[late phoenix]

idk, isn't his augment thing sort of like a fetish/addiction?

that's pretty slaani coded

[jade thistle]

You'd think Khorne would be obvious but then Adam is also very happy to just kill things efficiently, there's no passion in it.

[obtuse herald]

Oh true

[jade thistle]

He doesn't seek escalation.

He doesn't seek glory.

He's entirely content as a corporate weapon.

He doesn't need ideology, rage, or challenge.

[dense solstice]

Dude just murders for the love of the game

[gusty siren]

slaanesh would make adam look like the fabricator general
plus some tentacles
and more purple

[jade thistle]

Basically yes, he's entirely content just killing as it comes.

Hence Nurgle.

Who's all about stagnancy.

And decay.

[late phoenix]

but Nurgle doesn't do fast

[jade thistle]

Adam Smasher has done the same thing for years unchanging.

[obtuse herald]

Adam under heavy nurgle influence is not a thing i wanna think about

[jade thistle]

And he's entirely satisfied.

[late phoenix]

and Adam's like all about that speed

[jade thistle]

True but Nurgle also doesn't want to change things.

[dense solstice]

Honestly a nurgle rotten smasher sounds like a fun but annoying fight

[obtuse herald]

What if tzeench gets to him what happens

[gusty siren]

fleshy diseased slug missiles

[late phoenix]

anything Nurgle is annoying to fight

it doesn't stay dead, and when it dies it lets out more disease

[jade thistle]

Well that would require him to desire to be at the top of the pack, which Adam doesn't want.

[gusty siren]

Nurgle adam smasher is literally just cruelty squad i think

lmao

[obtuse herald]

I see it

[jade thistle]

The ruinous powers are complicated, yes even Slaanesh and Khorne.

[willow goblet]

when i saw again the image of the transonic weapon it make me wonder if this weapon would act like the falchion sword of victor and sword mace of kruber

[gusty siren]

gunk boosters

[jade thistle]

But i'm sure most people here have had that discussion more than enough times.

[thin birch]

saltzpyre is baby girl

[obtuse herald]

That seems likely

[mellow storm]

it's literally kerillian sword and dagger

[thin birch]

i want a spear in darktide

[late phoenix]

another VT copy then lol

does DT even have unique weapons other than the guns?

[willow goblet]

forget about that sorry

[dense solstice]

A annoying boss fight where half the map is being spammed by nurgle tox bomb clusters

[jade thistle]

It would be nice but I'm not really sure what could really use any kind of polearm.

At least with what we have at this moment.

[obtuse herald]

Is the grenade box borrowed?

[jade thistle]

Maybe the Mauler's two handed chainaxe?

[late phoenix]

ok, minus the blitzes then

[mellow storm]

most likely it'll be a sword and dagger moveset, with a couple tweaks, and a special kinda similar to powersword except instead of bonus cleave and damage, it gives better adms or somesuch

[lime mauve]

The poor Guardsmen in Requiem Infernal who ||get attacked by one (1) pox walker, they shoot it, they get splashed with nurgleslop, and all turn into zombies in the next few minutes to few hours||

[late phoenix]

cuz so far every melee weapon has some version of it in VT

[thin birch]

psyker could have a force lance and arbites could have a spear and shield maybe

[sterile tendon]

lost to a singular pox walker

[dense solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/gif-gif-27235416

[thin birch]

force greatsword?

[jade thistle]

There isn't really a force lance, and Arbites don't really do spears.

[thin birch]

there could be!

[late phoenix]

no GW won't allow it

no model

[thin birch]

warhammer melee combat is funny because why the fuck are you using swords against armor

[late phoenix]

so they don't want to even risk people asking for something they don't have a mini for

[thin birch]

right i forgot james workshop works by the wallet

[obtuse herald]

Maulers fear my pocket knife

[jade thistle]

Because the setting is absurd.

But uh

Arbites at least use power mauls.

Well shock mauls.

[gusty siren]

because it's Warhammer but 40k

[lime mauve]

Most Arbites kit seems to be stuff that could theoretically be less lethal, shock weapons (that could presumably have the electricity dialed down or turned off), blunt weapons, big bore firearms like shotguns and bolters that could carry some less-lethal payload

[gusty siren]

it's funny that this is literally the answer

[dense solstice]

Like that one kid you knew when you were younger who would get mad if you touched their toys.

[jade thistle]

All the Arbitrator outfits also have them carrying a suppression baton, have you noticed this?

[thin birch]

i would make a good ogryn i think

[lime mauve]

Space Elves

[thin birch]

as a kid i distinctly remember eating pokemon cards

[obtuse herald]

I suppose if they show up in time they can quell a riot without killing people

[gusty siren]

SPACE ELVES

[thin birch]

space elves
aurmer

[dense solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/what-the-hell-you-what-newspaper-gif-11361217

[jade thistle]

Actually you know what I want?

The Arbitrator Sniper Shotgun.

[neat laurel]

its a little weird though that arbites gets a straight damage grenade when the others and most of their kit seems to be related to riot control, but i guess they already gave the stun nade to zealot and the smoke to vet

[lime mauve]

Snotgun

[jade thistle]

I shot gun

[obtuse herald]

Nurgle is interested

tell him more

[thin birch]

also called the ASSgun

[jade thistle]

You know what would also be neat?

Infantry lasguns with bayonets.

[obtuse herald]

I really want more bayonets for guns

[thin birch]

a worse spear

[jade thistle]

Still technically a spear.

[obtuse herald]

Just because of the aura

[jade thistle]

[thin birch]

i do like that bayonets are effectively gun spears

[jade thistle]

Hell make two variant of infantry lasguns

[gusty siren]

spear conversion kit

put the stick back in boomstick

[jade thistle]

One with a bayonet and another twin linked flashlight.

[jade thistle]

You know that's how plug bayonets work.

[obtuse herald]

We should have a las gun that has a flashlight on it but it is like 10,000 lumen and it blinds all enemies permanently but you gotta use welding goggles to use it

[lime mauve]

Sometimes law enforcement just gotta use lethal force

[thin birch]

we should have a gun that shoots bullets

[jade thistle]

Battlefield 3 circa early access, metro, tactical flashlight.

[thin birch]

SIKE

[jade thistle]

If you know, you know.

[thin birch]

we should have a PLASMA gun that shoots PLASMA

[obtuse herald]

The high council of this discord has decided against this

[dense solstice]

The meat grinder of the ages

[jade thistle]

We should have snozzberries that taste like snozzberries.

[lime mauve]

Swapping between flashlight and bayonet would be immeasurably complex

[dense solstice]

24/7 metro 2400 tickets

Fun times

[jade thistle]

Do you recall the tactical flashlights?

[thin birch]

this post certified by true ryza enginseers

[dense solstice]

I recall the USAS Frag rounds

[jade thistle]

I have no flashlight and I must storm them
Go go go
Charge

[thin birch]

light the psyker on fire and send them in forst

[jade thistle]

Basically every time someone shined a tactical flashlight on you it was like seeing the light of Jesus.

[gusty siren]

I wonder how the phosphor pistol will be

[lime mauve]

Arbites should be able to use the Leman Russ Demolishers abandoned in the maps

[jade thistle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be6HY0cB8lo

[obtuse herald]

That would be fun

[gusty siren]

imagine it with the lights out condition

[obtuse herald]

Until some plague ogryn flips it

[jade thistle]

What Daemonhosts unironically see if you shine your light on them.

[neat laurel]

anyone else recall the tarkov meta of putting 5 different flashlights on your gun and just blinding ayone who fought you

[jade thistle]

That was the BF3 beta meta

[dense solstice]

Yeah that’s about accurate to real life

Gun lights fry them retinas good

Even better if it’s a strobe

[jade thistle]

"Your blindness isn't service related."

What i've heard about VA is that, once you get it, it's great.

The issue is getting it.

But that's flamebait.

[thin birch]

it phospors

[jade thistle]

So are Nurglespawn.

Flamebait for the melta.

Kill them with righteous fire.

[gusty siren]

well yeah but i'm hoping the Mother of All Tracers lights things up properly

[obtuse herald]

Considering the missions the laundromat at the mourningstar is probably extremely busy

[thin birch]

poor cleaners

[obtuse herald]

The machine spirits gotta be tired

[gusty siren]

Ehh just don't get gooped on trust™️

[thin birch]

goup

[mild pawn]

its probably gonna be anti armor

[gusty siren]

bowl of. goup

mmmmmmmmmm

[thin birch]

one day blinding goup

[jade thistle]

Sometimes goop can be delicious.

[thin birch]

[jade thistle]

Rashuns?

[gusty siren]

this guop makes my . purple bar

[obtuse herald]

Come down to atoma we got

soup of permanent blind

this and that

[thin birch]

darktide
look inside
chaostide

[gusty siren]

nuh uh
Lights Out

[jade thistle]

Soop.

[thin birch]

loop!

➿➰➿

[jade thistle]

Darktide? What do you mean it's not that dark, I can actually see pretty well.

[gusty siren]

loop zoop

[obtuse herald]

The soup of making you a scab type enemy

[gusty siren]

THE DE CAY CONSUUUMES

[thin birch]

darktide
is on desert

[obtuse herald]

Wrong! Power Supply Interruption!

[jade thistle]

Flashtide.

Daemonhosttide.

[mild pawn]

can i flash you

[jade thistle]

No I must protect my innocent mind.

[mild pawn]

😫

[gusty siren]

seeing like 5 daemonhosts in a mission was definitely something

[obtuse herald]

The arbites attempting to raid my home but im a planetary noble

[gusty siren]

only pissed one off but it was fine

[jade thistle]

Some people still don't know flashlights make them mad.

[gusty siren]

6 kraks and 2 ogryns killed it good

[dense kayak]

the arbites attempting to raid my home but I live in my car

(I will be running them over)

[dense solstice]

Ready or not but it’s from an Arby’s perspective

[dense kayak]

cinema

imagine a game like that though

ready or not but warhammer

[obtuse herald]

turns body servo-skull off

[jade thistle]

I mean i'd play it.

Have you seen DEFECT?

[gusty siren]

i do have some melk bucks saved up for skitarii weapons

[dense kayak]

never heard of DEFECT no

do tell

[jade thistle]

Let me just get the video since it's being made right now.

[dense solstice]

Actually having to fight waves of the Darktide scum

[jade thistle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr-kLx-ZPhM @dense kayak

[dense kayak]

I know there's a game coming out where you play as goons and you have to survive not batman™ doing arkham style knockouts

[dense kayak]

[jade thistle]

There was another SWAT versus criminal game I forgot the name of and you picked weapons similar to what they show off in the trailer in the same way.

But anyway given the tech they show off in this game I could 100% buy a 40k version.

Heck could even make it a Necromunda game.

Palanite Enforcers and gangers and Corpse grinder cults and shit.

[dense kayak]

you know what game looked fucking awesome but it just kinda flopped

the forever winter

that looked crazy

[obtuse herald]

Is it still going?

[dense kayak]

idk I think it is

[jade thistle]

The aesthetic was nothing else but a lot of the aethestic seemed edgy for the sake of it.

[dense kayak]

well I just really liked the idea of playing as scavengers in warzones where there's enemies you have 0% chances of killing and you're not a one man army

[obtuse herald]

The concept was good (idk abt the game itself)

[dense kayak]

yeah exactly

the concept was superb

[jade thistle]

I would have liked the option to play as a grunt in those armies though seriously.

Especially Europa which is massively on the backfoot from what I can see in the lore.

[dense kayak]

fair, it would have gone against what the game was trying to go for I think tho

but I get you

[jade thistle]

Anyway DEFECT's reinforcement mechanic is: Stun an enemy and implant an ally's consciousness inside.

[obtuse herald]

Battlefield 1 but warhammer would be revolutionary ngl

[jade thistle]

Which is one hell of a reinforcement mechanic.

[obtuse herald]

that is

very fresh

never heard anything like it

[dense kayak]

yeah that is really sick wtf

HOLY SHIT IS THAT A REPO REFERENCE?????

[obtuse herald]

[dense kayak]

[obtuse herald]

bwaha repo i love little robots getting shot by blind guy

Where were we

[jade thistle]

I think I presented this before but has anyone here ever heard of Full Spectrum Warrior?

Or Aliens Dark Descent?

[obtuse herald]

Sadly no but im all ears

[dense kayak]

true

[jade thistle]

Alien's Dark Ascent (A:DD ) is a game where you control a squad with a bird's eye view, you can't individually tell them all to move except to execute actions like retrieve an object, which keeps it tight generally, but you move the squad with your camera controlling the flashlight and you telling them to go into cover and use abilities.

You fight Xenomorphs and cultists.

[obtuse herald]

Thats interesting

[jade thistle]

Thankfully the Xenomorphs are the main threat.

I honestly suggest Mandalore's review on it it's pretty good.

As for Full Spectrum Warrior

It is a much older game where you control usually 2 squads but sometimes you get another or two.

Each of 4 dudes, you have suppression mechanics and it's all from the perspective of the active squad.

So I could easily see these done with guardsmen, eldar guardians, and fire warriors.

Skitarii too really.

[obtuse herald]

I see the potential yeah

Warhammer has a lot of potential for most genres shame a bunch of it hasn't been done

[jade thistle]

It is basically a swiss army setting.

Hell you could have an LA Noire murder investigation and it's an entirely grounded story if you want save for maybe talking to a few deformed mutants.

[obtuse herald]

Punch-out for the wii but its orks

[jade thistle]

That's just orks making a banking withdrawl.

[obtuse herald]

Standard amount of banter

Far more rare to find a peaceful ork

[dense kayak]

[jade thistle]

Blood axes are 'peaceful' but that's because they want to punch you in the back in the head later.

[sterile tendon]

updated it a little

[dense solstice]

I wouldn’t be surprised if you have something like that in the future

More dev studios trying to onboard and stuff as 40k gains more popularity

[jade thistle]

I'd be up for it, an entirely grounded noir story where it's just people trying to solve a murder mystery.

[late phoenix]

Free Bootas are probably the most likely to work with humans, so long as you have the loot to pay them, and enough dakka to prevent them from looting you before the target you give them

[gusty siren]

so, Bruva Alfabusa's Shadow Over Immateriums ?

i was trying to find the name, thought a different channel posted it but nah it was on his

[jade thistle]

Kind of like that, but the murder is genuinely entirely mundane.

[gusty siren]

HEH

perfect

[jade thistle]

Psykers exist but they're a minority of a minority, mutants warrant no response beyond a quick "Eugh." from the average imperial before continuing on with their day.

[late phoenix]

the fan base would probably get pissed it wasn't a gene-stealer cult or chaos insurgency

[jade thistle]

I mean Necromunda.

[late phoenix]

then you're definitely not getting away with a mundane murder

because it's Necromunda

if there aren't like 5 levels of inter gang conspiracy, you're not getting a story set in there

[gusty siren]

yeah true

what about an inquisitor

inquisitively doing inquisiting inquisition things

plus or minus a bolt pistol

[jade thistle]

[Lore: Warp - failure]

[gusty siren]

"minus" of course meaning a plasma pistol instead,

yup

[jade thistle]

No Sector for Old Inquisitors

"Heads or tails?"
Both sides of the coin have the inquisitorial seal.

[dense solstice]

Would be cool to do something akin to Darktide

But without the chaos bit

Like a team of inquisitorial agents trying to dismantle a spreading gang on a hive world

[late phoenix]

inb4 they just tithe the gang, and leave it alone because it's easier than going to get the tithe themselves

[jade thistle]

Gangtide.

Crimetide.

[late phoenix]

that game already exists in 2 forms
the FPS Necromunda shooter, and that XCOM clone game that bombed

[mild pawn]

Closest we got is eternal crusade

[jade thistle]

That isn't anywhere near close what.

[mild pawn]

Responded to the wrong thing

Mb

[boreal reef]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/786208719200583710/1482431301201166417/beloved.gif

[gusty siren]

ah, always thinking of their beloved

[jade thistle]

"What is going on inside his head?"

[dense solstice]

You know

How come no one ever thought about turning a psyker into a skitarii

[noble turret]

There is one

They keep it in a lead box

[gusty siren]

Well skitarii all have their brain tinkered with

and it's generally quite invasive

[jade thistle]

Well remember, skitarii are expendable.

Not guardsman expendable.

But expendable.

[gusty siren]

which isnt very compatible with psychic prowess

[noble turret]

@dense solstice

[gusty siren]

Also that, skitarii are essentially just advanced footsoldiers

for the mechanicus

[jade thistle]

I believe an Iron hand's librarian said that turning into a servitor reduces someone's warp presence.

[gusty siren]

Yup

[jade thistle]

Since psykers have a pretty big one...

I'm 80% sure the dark mechanicus is more into psykers though.

[dense solstice]

Oh that’s cool

Might read up more on it later

[boreal reef]

"I don't know if the skitarius is alive or dead until I open the box"

"01101101 01100101 01101111 01110111"

"Shut up"

[oak ember]

we're into sorcerers

[gusty siren]

I dont know if Skitarius-808 is alive or dead, until i watch inside the box
unit requesting deployment from unknown sector
denied

[jade thistle]

'we're'

[noble turret]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/s2ejIx5n/psychic-awakening-the-cleansing-light/

This is the short story

[oak ember]

[jade thistle]

[placid kernel]

this skit should power something important and not be in a box :<

[gusty siren]

sorry, turbo radiation

[jade thistle]

Human resources, taken to the extreme. Get into the box.

[oak ember]

radiation doesn't power stuff

[gusty siren]

what kinda DAoT malware is this guy carrying

[foggy elk]

might be like a hrud thing where the skitarii is just dissolving anything that gets near him by speeding up entropy

hence you can't leave delicate components near him

[foggy elk]

does it boil water :3

[leaden spindle]

I am very excited for this class to pull me back into this game

[dark plover]

OMG, I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!

[dense solstice]

Just air drop his lead case in the middle of a large group of enemies

Dude breaks out

Casts psychic bubble

Radiation leaks out of a bubble no one can shoot into nor enter

Ez win

Getting him back into the box becomes the issue

Dude is the 40k equivalent of a glowing one

[pastel epoch]

I'm a little curious about the mention of "Storms of living lightning." It makes me wonder if we'll get some kind of fulgarite-esque ability.

That'd be cool :3

[remote scroll]

Tf does that even mean

[white blade]

Fulgurite is iirc remnants of struck lightning

[dense solstice]

Shit would have me weak if it’s just the warlock ability from destiny

[pastel epoch]

Fulgarite priests are a sect of the Adeptus Mechanicus who worship "The motive force" which is basically a defied version of Physics. A lot of their worship involves channeling electricity through their bodies.

[vernal crater]

Smykers if science based and fisticuffs without the palpatine rp

[gusty siren]

they're cybernetically augmented fanatics that channel electricity through their body
the power causes their eyes to pop

Honestly quite incredible

[dense solstice]

Isn’t not having eyes kinda normal for the admech tho

Or Atleast organic eyes

[dense solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/mortal-kombat-mortal-kombat11-mk11-raiden-electric-gif-19799531

[gusty siren]

Well they don't uh
generally replace them

it's all blindfold town for those who let the Omnissiah's Tears flow from their eye sockets

No I don't know how they're supposed to see what they're fighting

they're all crazy though

[dense solstice]

Won’t hold you doc

[oak ember]

Negavolt cultists>>>

[dense solstice]

Really giving hell raiser vibes

But thunder monks does seem cool

[oak ember]

Nah dark eldar are the hellraiser gang

[dense solstice]

Fair enough

[sterile tendon]

smite shoulda just been lightning punches

[dense solstice]

Elemental monk psyker woulda went too hard

[gusty siren]

well yeah those guys actually do something other than shoot lightning and be blind

[stable spruce]

Has there ever been a canon story with Sicarian Ruststalkers vs Mandrakes?

[raw coyote]

Consulting the Lex (AO3) for the sacred texts 🙏

[cedar laurel]

should i play the game before skitarii comes out or just wait

i've got really nothing to do

[raw coyote]

Claim the free aquillas and dip for the binary swarm I suppose

[late phoenix]

get another border from the event lol

or banner

[dim pulsar]

I mean technically they can see what they are fighting

They see everything through electromagnetic signatures

So even when they are fighting it can sometimes be hard to tell if something is friendly or not, hence why in Rogue Trader when you are ambushed be electro-priests they can't really tell if you are hostile or not

[gusty siren]

Huh

[autumn sand]

With a perk that speeds up your attacks by 2% for every person you hit

[gusty siren]

well, whatever floats their boat
or shocks their goat
or something

[dim pulsar]

LOL

[late phoenix]

lol, that's the same thing sharks use

Skitarii = shark vision

[dim pulsar]

warhammer40k fandom expands on this a lot with this description, although I generally don't really like to use fandom as a source as it can be unreliable

Regardless of their faction, Electro-priests do not see in the conventional sense -- the channelling of sacred electric force boils the eyes in their sockets, or else melts them so they run, globular and bubbling, down the cheeks -- a sacred phenomenon the order knows as the "Omnissiah's Tears." Corpuscarius and Fulgurite alike are grateful for this gift, for they need no eyes to see -- they can sense the electromagnetic signature of both friend and foe, and perceive the world around them as a crackling vision of the Motive Force that powers all things. To the Corpuscarii, the galaxy's inhabitants are little more than dim ghosts of electric force just waiting to be sent blazing to the Omnissiah's side.

I'm sure if I read the electro-priest sections on my 9th or 10th edition codex it'd probably say smth similar as I presume they got it from the flavor text

[autumn sand]

basically daredevil then

"blind" but can see perfectly fine

[queen raft]

why didnt you put the concept art for the robot arm

My emotional vaults return disappointment. I choose to experience it.

[sterile tendon]

havent seen that posted 2 much

[gusty siren]

hey wait i just saw this right now TOOL reference??

[copper raven]

When bald buff men betrays me, The God Emperor, for 4 weirdo gods that don't leave their basements

[candid saddle]

me installing my "skitarii tomorrow" cogitator

[sterile tendon]

awesome that skitarii is so soon

[boreal reef]

funny idea: name your skitarii after random car models like "2008ToyotaCorolla" or "1995-Mazda-RX-7"

[sterile tendon]

just a week away

[serene totem]

i saw some enemies on the map where you follow the tank, they had this thing on top of their gun and it seemed like a single shot with a long charge up it go from blue to red then boom

[pulsar leaf]

Plasma gunners

[heady aurora]

thats an arc capacitor, the plasma gunners have plasma carbines

[wet ginkgo]

You talking about plasma gunners

Captains and Rodin also use plasma

[serene totem]

do only the skitari class get them ? or something else?

[heady aurora]

cant verify until the class comes out but assuming it will be skitarii only

[wet ginkgo]

Plasma gun for skitarii?

I doubt it

It a veteran exclusive by design too

[opal thistle]

Arc rifle is skitarii exclusive

[heady aurora]

arc rifle is going to be skitarii only is what I am saying. the plasma carbine that vet and heavy plasma gunners use is different in sillhouette and color

[wet ginkgo]

Ah

Yeah the arc rifle will be skit only

[heady aurora]

the side profile silhouette of both guns is close, but the plasma carbine is rounded on top instead of being a cube bolted above the barrel. The plasma carbine also has an entirely teal glowing top cover, instead of the mixed metal and teal glowing areas

[summer dirge]

I need this galvanic thing

I want to be like that

https://tenor.com/view/the-british-1775s-war-gif-15489864

[late phoenix]

I bet it's gonna be like an electric shotgun

[heady aurora]

chain lightning sweep

kind of like an alternate for a flamer

[serene totem]

is skitari, physker + zealot ?

[thin birch]

i hope its like lee enfield or m1 garand

[light hornet]

I wonder how they will balance the galvanic rifle, since the bullets for that basically have an aimbot.

Maybe it'll have like a square box to aim with and any enemies within that area will get hit in the head.

[uncut cloak]

or it could just be aimbot

it's not like it's that good of a thing

[light hornet]

Yeah, could be, but will be hard to balance since weapons like that can be kind of OP.

[uncut cloak]

i don't see it

aiming isn't really a thing in darktide

[light hornet]

that's also true, I just spray and pray most of the time.

[late phoenix]

lore says it's modeled after ancient martian flintlocks

if they don't have an animation where you put a percussive cap on it, I'm gonna call bs

[thin birch]

it kinda is

[uncut cloak]

most weapons where aiming actually matters also have huge hitboxes

[light hornet]

Like the only guns you really have to aim with are like the helbor or revolver etc, everything automatic can just be spammed and still be effective.

[uncut cloak]

that being the revolver and the helbore

[late phoenix]

most of the las guns

recon las is the exception

[light hornet]

still waiting on thet hotshot volley gun

[late phoenix]

and the rumbler has a head shot multiplier, so if you wanna min/max damage then you gotta aim with that thing too

[summer dirge]

Take higher

Mosin Nagan

[uncut cloak]

the rumbler does little damage on the direct hit in any case

[light hornet]

yeah rumbler doesn't need to be aimed per say, just try and connect it to an ogryn's body and that'll do.

although I always use the sticky nades

[thin birch]

yucky

[wicked stone]

Blast zone blaze away is hilarious

[late phoenix]

it's pretty funny in under havocs

[thin birch]

at hoo

[light hornet]

Yeah, I did try that, but generally I like the sticky blaze away combo a bit more.

[wicked stone]

Sticky is nice tho I generally am able to hit bosses / elites just fine

[light hornet]

I kind of wish we had a rumbler variant, like a gas grenade launcher or something.

[summer dirge]

https://tenor.com/view/vasily-golden-kamuy-sniper-rifle-reload-gif-26853193

[thin birch]

i like da lee enfield more

smle mk 3 my beloved

[light hornet]

I like sticky since they can't move away from where the grenade lands since it's stuck to their chest or forehead

bonus damage on monsters is nice as well

[thin birch]

jts like spears
its so good peollee forget about it for flashier trash like swords

anwyas goognight funny skitarii

snow elves snow elves snow elves i dissapear now

[wicked stone]

Blast zone radius is so huge that I dont need to aim when using glugger build but yeah I get it

[late phoenix]

sounds like the acid grenade launchers the Grey Knights used on Cyrene

face melting stuff

[cedar laurel]

if the character creation is anything like how they said it'd be like in the art direction article i'm really really excited for this new class

id hope the people working on a warhammer game are warhammer fan? what? why do they need to specify this?

[wicked stone]

Gime oil grenade launcher so enemies can trip and slide over the floor

[light hornet]

Yeah, that'll do it. Acid launcher would be cool, especially if it lingers like hivescum chem nade.

[cedar laurel]

sliquefier

[summer dirge]

Don't you guys see it hilarious that FS fr are now WH 40K lore source bc of their Skitarii DLC, lmao

[cedar laurel]

deadass?

[late phoenix]

although very unlikely, I would like a toaster included with the skitarii

even having a servo skull skin that made it into a flying toaster would be good

[cedar laurel]

itd be way too goofy for this game

i still want that

[sand stump]

I feel like anything set in 40K gets to be a lore source

like it's a games universe

[light hornet]

Only partially true. So Alpha Primus Skitarii did exist in 7th edition, but they were not the same as what we're getting, so I guess FS changed the existing lore, which in itself is rare for Games Workshop to allow.

[cedar laurel]

what about the hadron dating sim

that i have access to

and only me

[sand stump]

I didn't say it would all be good sources

but it is a source

like lots of things aren't specified until they are

it's not like ppl writing to jk rowling and her retroactively changing stuff as a response

[cedar laurel]

Dont lie as if you wouldn't instantly cop

[summer dirge]

Yeah, I mean that, GW just abandoned Alpha Primus title somewhat between 7th rulebook and today, and now FS creates entirely new Ad Mech subfaction bc of DLC

That's both insane and funny

But actually cool

[light hornet]

So our servo skulls will be combat ones or otherwise known as armored servo skulls, so maybe it could have a conveniently toaster shaped armor skin.

[mellow storm]

eh, 8th edition was something of a "great reset" for 40k lore in general. There weren't nearly as many retcons and the like as some would have you believe, but there's a very clear departure from the tone and style of the lore before that point. I'm pretty sure most things pre-8e are fair game for at least considering changes, if not allowing them wholesale

[summer dirge]

AP title was free, bc AP guys become Skitarii Marshals so they can do whatever they want with that

And they give FS right to create a subfaction

Basically SAS or Spetsnaz of AdMech

[brittle mortar]

the way the devblogs are phrased tells me that GW specifically allowed FS to reuse the Alpha Primus title to fit their needs for a skitarii character that draws from multiple disciplines

[light hornet]

Yeah, I suppose so. Can be good to make lore changes if they work out a lot better then the original.

[brittle mortar]

it may very well have been GW's idea to begin with

[summer dirge]

It would have gyroscopically stabilised candles.. AND LASPISTOL!!

[light hornet]

Yeah, that might be true as well, but I think FS probably asked them first since they need their playable characters to have more character then a toenail to fit into the game properly.

[mellow storm]

how it probably worked is FS came to GW and went "Hey, we wanna add skitarii. Here's what it would mean, you guys got any ideas for a clean way to fit that into the lore?"

and GW consulted the loremasters and came back with a short list of things and went "Here's what we can think of for what you're after, and here's what you absolutely cannot do with them"

[light hornet]

Yeah, the candle headed one looks funny. Like bro literally has night vision, but hey lets put some candles on there as well so he has an analogue option too

[sand stump]

zealot did gyroscopically stable candles first

[light hornet]

I imagine there'd be probably a half dozen or more skins for our servo skulls, kind of like with the dog.

[brittle mortar]

yeah this is how I see it too

they've mentioned on two separate occassions how much they "collaborated" with GW in this instance which tells me that GW was perhaps unusually cooperative and was willing to repurpose old lore/invent new lore to help FS out

I'm guessing that GW sees admech as a growth market for tabletop currently

[light hornet]

GW probably knows that DT is one of the best warhammer games around at the moment, so ofc they would be more cooperative with them.

[brittle mortar]

hence the heavy push for admech in licensed products

[light hornet]

FS 100% is getting some sort of bonus for launching their Admech DLC at this time. That's why there's a billion other admech related releases happening at the minute, same thing happened with arby.

[mellow storm]

GW and FS have always had a pretty good relationship, I'm pretty sure

[narrow nebula]

I think they have shared themes for skulls?
For this year's skulls, it's admechs

[sand stump]

arby last year

[mellow storm]

yeah, which is what hank's talking about

[brittle mortar]

right

it's happened a few times now so I don't think it's a coincidence lol

[mellow storm]

GW decided admech was gonna be the focus this time, cuz they see potential growth for the tabletop with admech

and are pushing it in a bunch of their licensed products to help drive that

[brittle mortar]

I think GW has a hand in pushing certain parts of the IP to licensees when they want to coordinate exposure for that part of the lineup

[mellow storm]

between DOW4, mechanicus 2, darktide, and whatever else

guaranteed they do

[light hornet]

Admech has been ignored for a little while, so yeah it's about time they get some focus.

[foggy elk]

maybe they should do some games about xenos :)

[brittle mortar]

mechanicus 1 kinda came out of nowhere and kicked the door down in that regard

maybe someone at GW saw the amount of memes and positive sentiment surrounding that game and was like "hmmmmmmmMMMMMM"

[jagged creek]

as a day 1 mechanicus glazer ever since i first stepped into warhammer

i agree

[brittle mortar]

with xenos as the protags? god yes.

[jagged creek]

i need to draw more mechanicus stuff than i already have to celebrate it

[foggy elk]

https://youtu.be/3n7eNFj_9Vk?

[brittle mortar]

there's a small handful

speed freeks exists and is very fun

[foggy elk]

Fire Warrior Two

[light hornet]

Oof, mechanicus 2 doesn't seem to be feeling so good

[brittle mortar]

but it's a very specific kind of game

[jagged creek]

i think its mostly because of performance issue on launch

[brittle mortar]

why does a topdown game like that have performance issues

[jagged creek]

havent touched it cause i gotta finish drawing mechanicus stuff before i sit down and play it

[brittle mortar]

it doesnt even need to look fancy dawg

[sand stump]

engine choice prob

[jagged creek]

i think its something with dlss fucking with the graphics

[brittle mortar]

just put the polygons in the bag lil bro

[jagged creek]

im not sure

[light hornet]

Oh, idk I haven't been watching that game too closely, just seen the reviews were mixed.

[mellow storm]

absolutely. They need a Space Marine 2 style game, except you play as one of Tuska Daemon-Killa's boyz

[sand stump]

there's no simple engines anymore

[brittle mortar]

peak

[light hornet]

I am more looking forward to DOW4.

[brittle mortar]

I also think a tide game where you play orks could be immense

imagine the BANTA

[mellow storm]

I just want more games playing as the boyz

[foggy elk]

Orks vs Umies

[mellow storm]

green iz best

[jagged creek]

it didnt stop me from buying the omnissaiah edition

mechanicus is what got me into warhammer, and has stayed consistent for years

and theres no way in hell im gonna turn on my goat mechanicus

[mellow storm]

a tide game with a choppa in one hand and a shoota in the other would let me die happy

[brittle mortar]

its always a difficult proposition though, the masses looove the imperium and its various factions and games will always sell much better where the humans are at least also an option

[mellow storm]

yeah

i understand it, i'm just annoyed that the best faction has to languish so we can get more smurfs

[brittle mortar]

I say the masses but it's also me. I fucking love darktide for letting me play as mortal imperials

[mellow storm]

that is true

[light hornet]

Godot seems popular for some solo devs depending on what game they are making and from what i read that is considered a more simple engine.

That engine also seems to run really well in the games I have played, like buggos 2 for example, which can have like 10k ai entities roaming around without lag.

[jagged creek]

honestly a necron focused game where you play as the necrons would be so cool (theres only a handful where that happens)

[mellow storm]

cough mechanicus 2

[jagged creek]

like i said, theres only a handful

but im just happy my goat mechanicus is getting so much stuff this year

[light hornet]

Yeah. I hope the next tide game is gonna be Greentide or something along those lines.

[jagged creek]

ive been praying for days like these

[brittle mortar]

I would also really enjoy an avp type game with an asymmetrical pvp mode where you can play like a space marine, a tyranid, and a necron or someshit

[jagged creek]

someone make a 40k fighting game PLEASE

it would be so funny

to see people duke it out SF style

[mellow storm]

oooo Evolve, but it's a purestrain genestealer vs 3 space marines

[brittle mortar]

also dope

I really want to play as a lictor though

they've always been my favourite

[mellow storm]

my thinking there is the monster would start as a special purestrain genestealer and could then accomplish objectives in the game and evolve into other tyranid bioforms

[brittle mortar]

the lictor bossfight in the sm2 campaign was probably my favourite moment just because it was Him and it was so well executed imo

[light hornet]

Maybe have some 40k tide game where multiple of the factions have to temporarily ally to take down a greater threat or something. So you have humans, orks and eldar working together (which is technically possible) against chaos or whoever.

[brittle mortar]

I would love that too

[mellow storm]

lol

just have Grendyl hire Kaptin Bludflagg

and then we get an ork class in darktide

[light hornet]

Would be nice, gotta have big dakka n waaaaagh based abilities tho or it's not orky enuff.

[brittle mortar]

been seeing a lot of people saying that they want a xenos for the 4th class

[sand stump]

I want ork hunter cosmetics back

I only picked the set up for psyker att

[uncut cloak]

ork freeboota

[light hornet]

An interesting mechanic for an Ork class could be that as you level them up they physically grow in size becoming near Ogryn sized by the end of their leveling up.

[brittle mortar]

you could make a big strategy game about that too. growing your ork colony from humble beginnings to a spacefaring waaaagh conquering whole star systems, featuring multi-generational progression and a detailed lifecycle for each ork

you could even call it

Spore

[light hornet]

Mushroom

and then 4 squats aim their laser pointers at an ork and yell "MUSHROOM!" over and over.

[mellow storm]

class is somewhere between human and ogryn sized and has a passive that gives something like +20% max toughness and 15% TDR. Core class design would be a high damage close bruiser. It struggles with targets more than 20m away and is very vulnerable to snipers and suppression. Its survivability is centered around having a stupidly huge toughness pool, but once toughness breaks, it's fairly vulnerable.

Abilities are:
-WAAAGH where you get a bunch of attack speed, move speed, and damage, and take double damage, but also can't die for the duration of the ability
-Dat 'Un's Ded 'Ard! which is a frontal cone taunt where taunted targets take reduced damage and stagger from other players and gain increased attack speed, but every target you taunt gives you DR and increased impact for a duration
-DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA which lets you hold both your melee and ranged weapon at the same time. LMB attacks with melee, RMB shoots, and special uses your melee weapon's special. You can't block while this ability is active, but you get much better dodges to compensate

[light hornet]

Sounds interesting, although not sure about the middle ability since enemies love to stand inside of each other and you're basically buffing them against the allies.

[mellow storm]

yes

[late phoenix]

imagine if he cast that on a conga train of bursters

[light hornet]

akimbo ranged melee playstyle would be neat to have though, but probably shouldn't be an ability, but just something innate that can be equiped as a weapon combo.

[mellow storm]

nah, gotta have the gunzerker

[late phoenix]

missed opportunity for having kunningly brutal and brutal kunning as abilities

[mellow storm]

no, see, those are a choice talent on the tree

kunningly brutal gives you backstab damage bonus

brutally kunnin' gives you a damage bonus from the front

[light hornet]

Maybe Dakka Dakka Dakka could just be like Outcast Engineer and you pull out some sort of minigun or Ork equivalent and you regen ammo for it by killing stuff in melee.

[mellow storm]

I was thinking about having the gun you pull out just be something specific for the ability rather than your equipped ranged sidearm

but it's more interesting if it's your equipped gun

[light hornet]

Ah I see, that could work too.

but yeah I guess the devs will figure something cool out if they go with an Ork after Skitarii.

[mellow storm]

they won't go with ork, but yes

[light hornet]

well, eldari it is then. They keep mentioning there being eldari ships in the area the mourningstar is located in.

[mellow storm]

there's not gonna be any xenos classes, I'm pretty sure

it would be cool if we did get one, and it should be an ork if we did, but I'm as sure as I can be we're never gonna get one

[brittle mortar]

bless you

[light hornet]

rip, would be sad if they never added a xeno class, but I am pretty content with finally getting skitarii, so whatever they add after isn't too much of a concern as long as it's cool and fun to play.

[mellow storm]

i would expect sister of battle for next class

tbh

[heady aurora]

I am hoping for more maps, enemies, and weapons after skitarii

as much as I am going to hate the shield infantry, its good to get more dudes to bonk

[light hornet]

That could be pretty neat, but only if the power armor actually works like power armor. Like have mechanics built around it, like a proper armor mechanic which would grant fat damage resistance, but the armor loses durability as it gets hit and there's some repair kits or something you can find to restore it. The class ult abilities should all be holy based ones, kind of like how zealot has his relic. Maybe even have the blitzes be blessings of some kind instead of all being grenades.

That said, they need to make sister of battle very distinct from the actual zealot class in terms of gameplay, like they can't just be zealot 2.0 or zealot, but better otherwise it'll be like having a P2W version of zealot I feel. Probably have SoB lean into guns a lot more then zealot does, talking heavy bolters, storm bolters any kind of bolter you can think of that a SOB would use.

But yeah I could see a SOB fitting in quite well, but the design needs to be almost perfect or it won't work well.

[worthy knot]

they already shot SoB down a long time ago

same with navigators

and sms

[light hornet]

To be fair, navigators would break the game lmao.

They're basically just the Psyker class, but even more bonkers, like whats her name in Rogue Trader who is super OP.

[uncut cloak]

it's obviously going to be a custodes class

op but if you die, your character is deleted permanently

[serene cargo]

real

[heady aurora]

saxton hale mode vibes

[serene cargo]

Grey Knight next character

psyker but 100x stronger

[light hornet]

Custodes walks and the enemies start spontaneously combusting from his aura farming.

[opal thistle]

prob either that or a pariah

[honest magnet]

new boss fight: The EMPEROR

[worthy knot]

sister of battle w power armor would be too busted

still praying for a tech priest

we could get like a cold trader or something

w xenos weapons

often employed by rogue traders

[sand stump]

are there tariffs in 40k

[light hornet]

Yes.

[sand stump]

good

[haughty galleon]

Added iconic: friendly fire works only for you.

[heady aurora]

some times, you pay your tariffs in human conscripts in the imperium

[sharp aurora]

Im a bit curious about the next class but ngl no fucks are to be given considering we get skitarii in a month

To be honest it fits more than tech priest

[heady aurora]

many many more skitarii than tech priests

and we probably will never get them due to mechanicus being covered by skitarii now

[sharp aurora]

Skitarii is better for the genre of game

Its literally a soldier

[mellow storm]

I don't think we're ever gonna get a blank, tbh

if only because GW wouldn't allow it without some sort of justification for the psyker still being able to use their magic with a blank 3 feet away

and i don't think they'd ever allow that

[haughty galleon]

It'd be so troll to release a bunch of psyker enemies and then a blank that can ignore mechanics though.

Imagine blank enemies though just to fuck with psyker players. Like if you ramp up too many kills with a staff they just start throwing them at you and you're just like "nooo my staff is just a metal rod"

[sharp aurora]

It would be interesting

[opal thistle]

we should get a blank purely to disable psykers

[mellow storm]

i mean, i don't disagree, but i don't see FS ever going for that

[cinder leaf]

Staff melee special build

[acoustic dagger]

I have no clue what the class after skitarii will be and honestly idc

I wanted an admech class and that's what we're getting now

[remote scroll]

i hope the next class is new maps and weapons for existing classes

[acoustic dagger]

Surely we will get those...

[mellow storm]

maybe, maybe not

[opal thistle]

I'll be rly happy if we get 2 normal campaign maps this year

and more good weapons (either new, or existing ones buffed to be good)

[mellow storm]

i hope we get it. I don't expect it, but i hope

[sharp aurora]

isnt it better to wait more for a well made class?

[mellow storm]

generally, yeah

[opal thistle]

idk if we need another class soon after skitarii

[sharp aurora]

like this skitarii looks leagues above give scum

[opal thistle]

that'd be 7 classes already

[mellow storm]

but i expect another class rather than maps and weapons, because classes make money, and maps and weapons don't, directly anyway

tbh, we haven't needed any of the DLC classes

[opal thistle]

I think arb is a good introduction to the game

[sharp aurora]

I would rather pay for an expansion DLC

[opal thistle]

hive scum also good even tho his stats are a bit over the top atm

[sharp aurora]

like a big ass content DLC

[haughty galleon]

god I wish that the next class was female ogryn oh my goodness gracious please fatshark

[opal thistle]

divides playerbase in matchmaking, they kinda said they wouldn't do it

similar case with weapons

I wouldn't mind weapon packs for existing classes but they chose to not do it

[heady aurora]

introductory classes would probably be zealot and arb, both are tanky and good at melee

[sharp aurora]

the solution isnt good though

so what

no more content?

or

[opal thistle]

no, just that these 2 would be free for all players to access

[sharp aurora]

also i made a zaelot its kinda nice?

[opal thistle]

zealot is alr

[serene totem]

I just wish dlc classes got skins like the base game

Give hive scum a pirate outfit

[haughty galleon]

mm, the latest two classes and the many tree reworks have highlighted a bit of an issue with class and talent identity, the more that's added the harder it is to make something unique. Plus with Skitarii around the corner there aren't that many more high profile class ideas remaining. It's likely that a meaty content patch would actually draw in pretty favorable revenue (or releasing a class they can actually make cosmetics for ).

[opal thistle]

commodore's vestures still can use massive improvements that we don't know when/if they'll change

[haughty galleon]

I know of a few people who would be more inclined to get the game if the side modes were a bit more appealing. If they actually get a chaos wastes equivalent, either through making mortis trials feel finished or whatever, they could probably pull in a lot of people.

[sharp aurora]

never tried expeditions

but I heard they ass

[mellow storm]

expeditions are alright, just kinda shallow

do 2 runs and you've seen everything there is to see

some of the exclusive items and stuff, like the valkyrie strafing run and whatnot, are cool and fun to use

[haughty galleon]

It's fun, but it's currently a lot like a normal mission with a lot of added tidbits.

[mellow storm]

the biggest issue wiht expeditions is that I play darktide to play, well, darktide, not helldivers

[haughty galleon]

I think the genre swap for mission style is interesting but a lot like Mortis it's just kinda too unfinished feeling. Like it feels like a demo for a larger mode.

[mellow storm]

it's a neat idea, and I enjoy expeditions as an interesting diversion, but the texture of it is very different from a normal adventure map, and that experience is what I come to darktide for, y'know?

[heady aurora]

The wider field and increased attack angles mean you don't have to approach encounters with the same tactics as most of the base game. This also changes the feeling of the combats too, where you get huge swarms that you mow through in regular missions compared to the thinner, more elite focused patrol spam in expeditions.

Its a cool mode, but it needs more cosmetic rewards, secrets, map tile variety, and objective types. So a big investment of money for dev time.

would be cool to have optional hardmode objectives that give massive crafting resource pay outs

[night berry]

also just all the objectives being "stand here, hack here, parkour here"

payday 3 was executed publically for its stealth heists being just that

[uncut cloak]

and for being a shit game

[earnest ember]

I've only played PD2 so I wouldn't know lol

[night berry]

payday 3 stealth was something compared to 2 lol

they improved it after a while and removed the "stand here and wait" stuff

but expeditions being just that, plus with no rewards for higher difficulties just incentives sleepy malice gameplay, then get surprised when people find it boring

[heady aurora]

I think the set dressing of the encounters where you stand around also needs some work via radio messages that give you some more lore or banter

[frank kestrel]

Wild comparing pd3 to darktide imo

Besides darktide diesnt have stealth apart from vet and zealot abilitys

Its also your own fault for playing it at malice tbh. Just play at auric.

[earnest ember]

true, when I was playing Malice to complete the penances I actually went out of my way to kill all patrols I could see, just so there would be some challenge

and I as only playing MAlice because that's where all the players were

[frank kestrel]

I think speedrunning on malice really robs u of all rewards and fun

Like the gameplay is the fun no?

Who tf only plays fir dockets

[sand stump]

I'm at 47k salvage, most of it was on auric but I eventually caved when auric turned deader than dead

[earnest ember]

but muh rewards! Muh incentives for playing!

[heady aurora]

I just run normal missions on auric for fun sometimes

[frank kestrel]

I get that people want rewards but its not like theres much besides clothes and penances anyway

[heady aurora]

auric expeditions occasionally maybe

[frank kestrel]

At some point u really have so many dockets and stuff anyway

[sand stump]

I came from warframe so I'm used to brainless farming so I didn't mind it too much

[heady aurora]

mostly its that the mode does not have enough of a population to really understand its loop and run it with great speed and efficiency, so you get alot of floundering instead of moving fast from objective to objective

[frank kestrel]

Yeah that too

It is a mode that requires a good team

Cant just rush in braindead like in normal missions

[heady aurora]

It also doesnt make it apparent that you want to be hitting the sanctuary in every zone to extend your timer

[sand stump]

I have gotten like 8k remnants on auric with a good team, so it's def an auric viable gamemode for maximizing

[frank kestrel]

Yeah i got really confused when i played for the first time when people didnt wanna extract with me

[sand stump]

or that you can survive for a very long time even after timer hits 0

[lavish smelt]

My favorite player is the one that just interacts with everything interactable without caring what it is, so they start extractions or door defense sequences as soon as they stumble upon one

[brittle mortar]

It's a venture into a different game entirely but since it's just a game mode it's not fleshed out enough to have any staying power or compete with the actual fully fledged games it is faintly imitating

[uncut cloak]

also kind of a shit premise

[cinder leaf]

They could have done a Deep Dives style like in DRG

[frank kestrel]

In my opinion they shouldve just focused on more new missions tbh. The new gamemodes really dont seem to catch too many people sadly.

[uncut cloak]

mostly because they are half cooked decent ideas

[frank kestrel]

Yeah

[uncut cloak]

if they actually put effort into them, they would be played

[frank kestrel]

I can see the potential but yeah

[boreal reef]

Expeditions could've been a good bit of relaxing fun if the time limit wasn't so tight by default

[frank kestrel]

The low rad zones give you a lot more time

Also people keep asking for chaos wastes so why not just make that

I totally agree that one new gamemode that they commit to wouldve been much better

[onyx yew]

people keep saying they shouldve added mortis trial boons to expeditions and... yeah i'd probably play expeditions if there were

its still not chaos wastes, but its closer

[snow relic]

I wonder if skiitarii get a class perk to auto complete the minigames.

With scanners

[light hornet]

Yeah, they should of made Chaos Wastes instead.

[acoustic dagger]

Expeditions' HD2-inspired gameplay loop doesn't work for me also because if someone splits off and dies there's a coinflip chance we just permanently lose whatever tech remnants they were carrying

[uncut cloak]

calling it hd2 inspired is a huge offense to hd2

[serene cargo]

its a huge offense to expeditions

[willow goblet]

the machine spirit bless you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFC7y6Ao3Ug

[brittle mortar]

At this point I think the best outcome is if they use all the deadside assets to quickly create an adventure map that ends with the team stealing a large cache of tech remnants from a Moebian stronghold in the wastes

Take all the work that went into expeditions and use it to make a proper Darktide map or two

[acoustic dagger]

I would love to see a narrative continuation to Dark Communion myself

[hazy pawn]

Heh, i like that Devs shoved Skitarii "human parts")

[marble knoll]

true

there's lots of interesting objects that came with it, and some of the objectives are fun

[hazy pawn]

Or remake gamemode and make it in "Chaos waste" type mode, maybe better... yea, we have already RogueLike mod in (i forget how it called) grinder, but having adventure type gamemod, with random weapon/stats on it - would be neat.

[foggy elk]

I think it's a really bad idea to split the player population between activities in games like this, cause inevitably activities just become impossible to queue for
I'm fine with them experimenting (if it's fun lol) but they've gotta be aware if it isn't accessible by hitting quick play on the main terminal that mode is gonna be a desolate wasteland in a few weeks outside of a few premades

[acoustic dagger]

Yes

This happened thrice by now

[queen aurora]

Could have added the Tech Remants as side objective (like the book and tombs) to the missions inside the hive, add the POI's scattered randomly throughout missions.
And instead of an additional table like for havoc, just add the Outskirts to the main table, like we have No Mans Land, once they would be full maps

[serene cargo]

yeah very frustrating, considering its one of the most iconic guns for skitarii

[young panther]

I feel like its only iconic for people who realize that vanguards have a different gun to the rangers

which if we have other radium weapons

they might have decided the carbine would be too good to have

[lavish smelt]

They wouldn't be allowed on the ship

[young panther]

time to abandon the mourningstar and get onto an adeptus mechanicus cruiser

[lavish smelt]

Rad-troopers have to be sectioned off from most other forces because they emit enough radiation to kill people, they wouldn't be allowed in the hub area

and there might be some objections from somewhere about rendering areas of the hive uninhabitable in the long term

[autumn sand]

How do I fix the game asking to buy Arbites and hive scum when I already have

I just want to spread the lex

[young panther]

buy hive scum and arbites

but no @autumn sand on a fr just give steam a good ol restart

and make sure you have the DLCs in your list

[autumn sand]

I'm not a PC scum

yeah I just restarted it

Back to the glorious lex

[dense vigil]

It’s an issue with quick resume if you are on Xbox.

[autumn sand]

quick resume is one of the worst things they ever added, I can't believe it took Microsoft two or so years of consistent complaints for them to finally give the option to remove it

[lime hawk]

T-24*24h

[slender briar]

wait is out already

I thought it was end of June

[thin birch]

quick resume is tech heresy

[gilded osprey]

skitarii in... 23 days

[young panther]

Isn't it 24 ?

Oh wait it's the 31st

[gilded osprey]

we may expect the info embargo to lift off some days before release

[gusty siren]

skitarii tomorrow*23

[barren flax]

only 23 more tomorrows!

[mellow storm]

Expect media build and content creator stuff to start going public somewhere in the june 16-20 range. It'll at least be the weekend before launch, but I don't expect it more than a week ahead of time

[silk lantern]

skitarii tomorrow

[earnest ember]

Lego Minas Tirith tomorrow

[barren flax]

Just make sure not to buy it from Bricks and Minifigs

[earnest ember]

I don't think those even exist around here

[frigid monolith]

For the previous chaos wastes convo;

For some reason, I'd thought that you'd physically walk between sites, and each of those sites would serve as the "Complete the challenge" esque location and then offer you gear/boosts/etc in the same way chaos wastes did, and you'd use the tech remnants to buy stuff over the course of the mission

instead we got walmart smash and grab

[young panther]

I like the way expeditions work

But they just could use some more work

Some more polish

[earnest ember]

yeah

I enjoy them too, but it sure gets repetitive after a while

[dense solstice]

Was fatshark’s attempt at a extraction mode

Thankfully it’s apparently getting changes

[gilded osprey]

i thought we should be grabbing something more of substance rather than some scraps in the desert

[serene totem]

Isnt game fest from 5th to 10th ?

https://www.summergamefest.com/events

Might get stuff as early as june 2nd with the playstation showcase

[jagged marten]

Nah they wouldnt show off gameplay at summer games fest

[molten cove]

do you think some of the new feature highlights could be hinting at skitarii? they mention a lot of augmentation

[acoustic dagger]

feature highlights from where?

[sterile tendon]

skitarii? lmao as if

it'd be just like vet so i doubt they'd do it and since they're lobotomized cant have any personalities

[sharp aurora]

wheres skitarii daily tweet

I need my droplet of hype

[mellow storm]

yes, but DT's never done gamefest, and likely never will. It's too expensive for a niche game, and FS operates on their own schedule

[sterile tendon]

atoman color scheme

[lean glen]

The Branx Minor colours are gonna be popular. I do hope we get a decent selection. Like, Mars, Rzye, BM, Metalica, and Stygies VIII.

[sterile tendon]

im just going mars i think

red good

[lean glen]

Mars is classic. I can't see red normally so a blue and white option is fantastic

[mellow storm]

I would not expect more than the 3 they showed in the article. More would be cool, but don't go in expecting a dozen options or anything; you'll just be disappointed

[lean glen]

I'm going for five MAX but four seems reasonable. Four cartels, there's five precincts for the Arbites (I think).

[fiery onyx]

I just want the red and black one

[acoustic dagger]

I'm doing ryza 🙂

[mellow storm]

i like the branx one the best in the preview, by a fair margin, but I'm not convinced it will look as good in-game. In which case I'm going Mars

[white blade]

Which FWs did they preview

Mars, Ryza, Branx?

I'm hoping I get Stygies or Agri

I'd be very happy with Metalica too

[sterile tendon]

branx is also good because they made the most awesomest pickaxe

[acoustic dagger]

yes

the homebrew FW of the setting getting its own liveries is pretty cool

stygies would be cool to see too

[white blade]

Eh

Out of the 3 I'd pick Branx tbh

I'm not big on Mars, don't like Ryza's scheme

[mellow storm]

correct yes. Mars is red, Ryza is orange, and Branx is white

[sterile tendon]

branx has the best advertising for sure

[white blade]

Ik

I actually know most mech schemes off the top of my head

[acoustic dagger]

I'm just glad there will be options beyond the overrepresented mars red

and that there's at least one confirmed color scheme more than arbites

[white blade]

Agri and Metalica both look incredible

Good schemes

[acoustic dagger]

Yeah I'm fond of the metalica colors

[white blade]

Metalica gives me big mad scientist vibes tbh

The white coats

[mild pawn]

i better be able to get forge world lucius

[white blade]

Severely doubt that

I mean honestly

Does anything prohibit them from dumping a bunch of mech schemes in

Ig making the cosmetics

[acoustic dagger]

GW diktat, their own limited dev time and inclination

[mellow storm]

well, for the base cosmetic set. I'd be surprised if the other cosmetics aren't just all mars red

[acoustic dagger]

No, I think they will be a separate selectable thing, like arbites precincts

[valid wedge]

hoping for white so it's a flashbang whenever the metal bits gets aimed at by a flashlight

Skitarii anti-lights-out tech

[summer dirge]

My Logax-77 would be the most red mf in a Tertium

[young panther]

it would be very dumb

if they had us go through material and forgeworld selection

just to erase it on cosmetic change

which seems like we will be able to mix and match body parts as well

[silk lantern]

I think it'll be more like scum gang colors

Each cosmetic will have multiple versions with the colors of each forge world

So you dont have to spend 50k dockets whenever you want a pallette change

[brittle mortar]

True and factual

[sharp aurora]

If a skitarii vanguard blasts itself in the face with a rad carbine whats gonna happen

Arent they rad proof?

[sterile tendon]

fully servitorized for being stupid

[brittle mortar]

You can get every tier of the hive scum cosmetic in all four gang colours. That seems like a good template for skit

[summer dirge]

#marsgang

It would be like Bloodz vs Cripz art, fr

[acoustic dagger]

Fully jupiterized

[sterile tendon]

https://tenor.com/i25m06RZsTd.gif

[delicate tundra]

I forgot to make incels mad for a few days.

[young panther]

Skitarii are still human until they have a very high rank and they may be upgraded from skitarii to tech priest before that

and they still have a brain in the end

so blasting themselves with a rad carbine directly is gonna kill em

they are highly resistant to rad exposure since they can operate the onagers

but not completely 100% immune

[sharp aurora]

interesting

[summer dirge]

Did FS tell us price?

[mellow gull]

same as other two classes

[fiery onyx]

are people actually getting mad at it here? I barely see any mentions if any at all

[sterile tendon]

im ok with it as long as its chill

[sterile tendon]

should just be the same as others?

i think i saw in one of those news posts

[teal knoll]

does anyone know is Agripinaa will be a forge world choice? (I like their colors the most)

[sterile tendon]

not confirmed

[fiery onyx]

Only 3 were shown so far, that one isn't one of them

[teal knoll]

https://tenor.com/view/elmo-exterminatus-explosion-nuke-40k-gif-22693290

me if it's not

[fiery onyx]

i see red and black

i approve

[light hornet]

Yeah, I am picking the Mars one, although the other two did look quite nice as well.

[fiery onyx]

i'll either pick Mars or Branx

depends on if we get to see more variants

[teal knoll]

Mars is nice but its going to be EVERYONE

besides I like Cadia

[light hornet]

I guess so, but nothing wrong with a classic.

[sterile tendon]

probably makes sense for most to come from mars anyway

[teal knoll]

but I am a specal little boy. my mommy said so

[fiery onyx]

I just want to be able to put as much metal as possible onto mine

[sterile tendon]

its alright our skit seem quit special

[teal knoll]

for sure

I just want to go on record that I will buy Agripinaa colors

[proven storm]

Agripinaa is going through it rn lmfao

[teal knoll]

ya, that are getting hit so hard it's like someone dropped a Blackstone Fortress on their neighbor. CADIA STILL STANDS!!!!

[mellow storm]

where? Behind all the dust?

[teal knoll]

Matter cannot be created or destroyed is the core principle of the Law of Conservation of Mass. So yes, you are technically correct, and the Admech like being technical.

[neat laurel]

barotrauma reference!??!??!?!?

in MY darktide server?

more likely than you think

https://klipy.com/gifs/barotrauma-divers-dancing

[sterile tendon]

i mean baro is the game with the full 40k conversion

[acoustic dagger]

just like many other games 😄

[sterile tendon]

like darktide

[wheat timber]

https://tenor.com/view/красноносое-побоище-barartauma-баратравма-klown-honk-gif-14577261961163869792

[silk lantern]

i still dont understand why the fuck baro has clowns

[sterile tendon]

https://tenor.com/b0zHh.gif

[sterile tendon]

https://tenor.com/bDWqI.gif

[wheat timber]

SS13's legacy, mostly

[silk lantern]

super sayan 13?

[wheat timber]

The longer the game's been out, the more they've written them into the story as a legit cult

I can only take so much slavjank but Baro is great

[acoustic dagger]

but baro is made by germans

[willow goblet]

would be funny if my skitarii get that bot as companion

[wheat timber]

Finnish developed, German published

[jagged marten]

hmmm beef jerky skitarii

[lusty granite]

Burnt ends Skitarii

[white blade]

Reminds me of Daryl Lorenz tbh

Iykyk

[eager dirge]

MY MAN

🤝

[white blade]

Thunderbolt got me into Gundam, I've been trying to figure out a way to name them referentially to him tbh

[eager dirge]

I adore anything OYW and i love any kit that comes from it too

I got a long ass shelf full of em

[white blade]

I own exactly one Gundam and I have literally no idea where it comes from

Friend got it for me for Christmas one year lol

[eager dirge]

Send me a photo ill take a guess

[white blade]

Good luck

[tidal pendant]

It's a zaku of some sort, so uc timeline i guess?

[eager dirge]

Thats the efreet custom from the blue destiny manga

One of my favs

[white blade]

I have literally no idea what that means but neat

[mellow storm]

did someone say one year war?

[eager dirge]

[:

[white blade]

Thank you

It looks cool and I like Zakus tbh

[fiery onyx]

oh shit gundam

I fucking love Gogg

[silk lantern]

no

we said skitarii tomorrow

:3

[mellow storm]

3 weeks is a long tomorrow

[eager dirge]

Zaku was my first mastergrade that i took seriously n did all the decals for

[white blade]

Reminds me of Kirby

[eager dirge]

Big same

[fiery onyx]

you got the mg one, niceeee

[eager dirge]

I mainly do MG's i have shaky hands and the bigger parts and details make building and painting easier

Plus the gimmicks are nice

[fiery onyx]

Also funny enough, psycho zaku was my first ever kit

it was both awesome and horrible at the same time

[eager dirge]

I want the mg psycho sooo bad

Its too expensive though

[fiery onyx]

yeah very

speaking of mgs

[eager dirge]

I did just get an mg ball though [: also a y-wing that was great fun, my first ever ship

[white blade]

Yeah I looked at those, too rich for my blood

Might get one one day

[fiery onyx]

Got this bad boy for my bday as a surprise gift

[lean glen]

I do hope we have a collection of fine Skit-Nuggets to choose from

[spark kettle]

me too

[fiery onyx]

(i was in pain because i accidentally broke the zaku gun holders on the back, but he can still hold them)

[eager dirge]

GWUH i want a zaku cannon so bad but theyre so hard to find

[fiery onyx]

still had lots of fun

[fiery onyx]

it was literally the last one

the premium recolor on sale

[eager dirge]

We should be able to, they're gonna be in the character creator

[eager dirge]

Pbandai will always be my greatest enemy

[spark kettle]

The vis dev blog did seem to make a distinction between torso and head so I'm hoping both will be independently selectable, but if there's enough full body nug options i will be happy either way