#40k-lore-chat

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fallen plaza
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I would just find an excuse to run as much demolisher cannons as much as i can

crystal forum
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basically running a 9e mechanized guard loadout at that point

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i'd run autoguns only of course

dusk patrol
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Mechanized Guard you say?

crystal forum
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what happens if he loses his muscles

fallen plaza
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Not possible

crystal forum
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will he just look like a half beefy robot

storm jungle
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its an angle games like Cyberpunk explore where little kids can get bionics

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"What will happen when my body grows?"

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"Well you can just buy another one from us! :)"

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lol

dusk patrol
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Common Flesh L

storm jungle
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man Adam Smasher really was cooking

arctic talon
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Isn’t rebbeca an adult 💀

dusk patrol
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Wrong actually she’s a 10,000 year old dragon

thorn zenith
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she's Eternal Reward's mother

dusk patrol
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Bet you feel dumb for calling me a pedo now huh?

thorn zenith
storm jungle
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Lmao that too

thorn zenith
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god damn subscription based economy lmao

storm jungle
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💀

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I do like Rebecca's character but I sadly like Smasher more KEK

dusk patrol
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Smasher found a way to make her even shorter, impressive really

storm jungle
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LOL

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God i really respect this show for like, doing the trope of "Canon character shows up to slaughter entire cast"

thorn zenith
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true, the unstoppable smashfucker type who bins every developments instantly is damn hilarious to see

storm jungle
thorn zenith
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and iirc Smasher is also a literal gear check in the tabletop games

dusk patrol
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POV: You just found out you’re not the main character

storm jungle
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Yeah also the entire angle of how David legit got his entire crew killed

thorn zenith
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if your shit aint elite then youre dying

dusk patrol
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(This is the wrong use of PoV and I don’t care)

amber night
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Is the show really that good ? I feel like the show was good but wasn’t like something that is extraordinary

storm jungle
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Its really good, not even overhyped considering how short it is

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also like best thing to come out of cyberpunk in a good while

amber night
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I mean it’s good but wasn’t like anything too special

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Too special I should say

dusk patrol
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It’s very well done yeah

storm jungle
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^

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Its just a good show

thorn zenith
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it also uses a lot of things that are there in the game so all the game players are like daaaaamn

storm jungle
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it starts well and ends well

amber night
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I am not surprised by how the story is ended

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The tone was desolate in the beginning and David wasn’t special by any means

storm jungle
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Well yeah but most people didnt know this

thorn zenith
storm jungle
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^

amber night
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Even he won against smasher he is gonna die

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Eventually

storm jungle
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the entire message is David was a moron that ruined his life and got all his friends killed

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he never listened to Maine's last words and didnt leave the city

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thats what makes it tragic in retrospective

amber night
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That’s the narrative no

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The hell is paved by god intentions

dusk patrol
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The moral of the story: stay in school

amber night
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His ambition outlived him

storm jungle
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pretty much

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its not a lot indeed but you dont really see something like this in most modern TV shows is the thing

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its one of the reasons why a lot of people liked it

thorn zenith
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its also perfectly in line with the setting and that life is shit in NC and theres damn near zero chance of happy ending especially for mercs

storm jungle
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Its why Nomads are always the best choice, Night City is pretty much a meat grinder

dusk patrol
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It turns out falling in with a dangerous gang of murderous criminals because you find one of them hot isn’t actually a good idea

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I’m shocked

storm jungle
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LOL

amber night
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Me looking at David tripping while I have modded out my cybernetics

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Buying slots and having berserk and sandy at the same time

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And cyberdeck

thorn zenith
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i mean, V literally got into the life because his new/best (depending on lifepath) was a merc

storm jungle
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David went cyberpsycho due to having immense trauma

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V doesnt exactly have that experience

amber night
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I don’t think it was the trauma only

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The sandy was too much on him

storm jungle
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It was entirely trauma, this is explored in the game

amber night
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Ohh

storm jungle
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every cyberpsycho tends to have psychological issues

amber night
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Interesting

storm jungle
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the bionics just enhance this and make it worse

dusk patrol
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Can’t blame him David didn’t have Panems ass personality to carry him through

thorn zenith
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im saying it doesnt really take much for someone to go into merc business, you just need an iron and a dream

storm jungle
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pretty much IRL but less "cool"

storm jungle
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its why the corporations cover it up

amber night
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However

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Everyone is on the spectrum

dusk patrol
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The key is start out a psychopath

amber night
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We all have mental disorder on some degree some more severe

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You are fucked either way

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The game was good

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Some severe flaws from my perspective in terms of game mechanism and plot

thorn zenith
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i mean, if i have metal hands i would feel the temptation to backhand a bitch more intensely than if i was normal thats for sure

arctic talon
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Johnny is my favorite cyber psycho

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Fun fact he’s a cyber psycho

thorn zenith
dusk patrol
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Woah

amber night
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Also the game mechanism a

arctic talon
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I think the plot is fine generally speaking for 2077

amber night
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Pissed me off

arctic talon
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I wouldn’t say it’s terrible

amber night
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I had like 50 mods

arctic talon
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It’s very Silverhand/Arasaka centric

amber night
arctic talon
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What a surprise I know

thorn zenith
dusk patrol
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They do their best to make Keanu compelling despite his acting

arctic talon
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I think Keanu does a decent job

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As Silverhand

amber night
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I have quite an issue with the narrative

arctic talon
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Doesn’t get the massive fucking ego quite right

dusk patrol
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He’s fine, I think they could have picked a better actor but it’s not a huge deal

arctic talon
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But close enough

amber night
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How did v didn’t get hunted down all the time or flagged every sec afterwards

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How is Johnny so casually just rushed the Ashoka tower ?

dusk patrol
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It being Keanu is kinda fun so I don’t care too much

arctic talon
amber night
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Not really

arctic talon
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He wants Arasaka to implode

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Explicitly lol

amber night
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The cat was still out the bag

arctic talon
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He is self sabotaging the company

amber night
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He should be hunted every second like far cry 5

arctic talon
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During the game

thorn zenith
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your eye implant also blocks anything from ID-ing your face

arctic talon
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^

amber night
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Oh

arctic talon
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You have the scav thing going on

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To an extent

thorn zenith
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yeah if you jack a cctv camera and look at yourself your face gets blurred out

amber night
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I just didn’t felt the reprecussion was throughly enough

arctic talon
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There’s no repercussions because yorinobu doesn’t give a shit about you

amber night
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And how casual Johnny is about the whole thing

arctic talon
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His memories of the raid on Arasaka tower are all wrong anyways

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They’re heavily distorted and made to make him look like the sole hero

thorn zenith
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i have an issue with how theres supposed to be a team, but we just work alone. Even in Rogue ending i thought we were gonna have a full squad of kitted out mercs with us but it was just us 2 and the pilot

arctic talon
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Well as much of a hero as you can be for causing nuclear holocaust

amber night
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Damn

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I just got spoiled

arctic talon
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Oh

amber night
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The fuck outta the ending haha

arctic talon
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About what

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Oof

gray umbra
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if you call rogue, she basically tells you nobody wants to work with you

thorn zenith
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oh

dusk patrol
gray umbra
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because you got an entire team killed

arctic talon
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^yeah this also

gray umbra
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or are implied to have

thorn zenith
arctic talon
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V is forced into solo work

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Because well

gray umbra
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you have really bad rep

arctic talon
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Your whole crew died

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Horribly

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No one gives a shit about dex

thorn zenith
amber night
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I felt bad for the chick that was in the crew

arctic talon
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But Jackie and T-bug both ate it and T-bug died about the worst death you can die as a netrunner

dusk patrol
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Nah

amber night
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She deserved better

dusk patrol
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She’s a dork

arctic talon
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Lol

amber night
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I wish more was done about the Meredith

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Route

dusk patrol
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Anyone who picked T-Bug as their name deserves to die horribly

arctic talon
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Also shaiten got cucked so hard design wise lol

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Bro does not look fully borged up

thorn zenith
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Shaitan appeared for like 3 seconds

arctic talon
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Yeah

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Which makes sense to feeds Johnny ego lol

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Because he did half the fucking work for that team and is the only reason they didn’t all die to smasher

gray umbra
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cp2077 definitely is in a much better place but some things you cant just fix with a rushed release lmao

amber night
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I mean

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I haven’t played the latest update

thorn zenith
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yeah i think crunch forced em to cut out some pretty big stuff

arctic talon
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2.0 is good

amber night
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I had severe issue with the game play

arctic talon
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Imo

amber night
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I don’t get why we didn’t have a garage

thorn zenith
dusk patrol
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I still gotta play the new dlc

amber night
gray umbra
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phantom liberty is cool

amber night
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Fuck eve

thorn zenith
arctic talon
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He has an actual cool design in RED and 2020

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Lol

thorn zenith
amber night
arctic talon
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Is the worst part lol

thorn zenith
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point still stands but yeah, the worst death

arctic talon
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You can meet one of her netrunner friends who talks about her unfortunate death

amber night
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I was so happy when I given the choice to butcher all the French mfs

arctic talon
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LOL

thorn zenith
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there was no running or fighting, just shafted

amber night
thorn zenith
arctic talon
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Wonder if we’ll get a 2077 ttrpg

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After RED is done

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Prolly not

amber night
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Bro

arctic talon
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What

amber night
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They really thought I am let them live after fucking me over 3 times

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That’s insanity

thorn zenith
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i would love squad based cyberpunk

gray umbra
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i want a new shadowrun game

arctic talon
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I can’t force casual dnd 5e players to play Cyberpunk RED with me

arctic talon
amber night
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Let’s get personal

arctic talon
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You still get to kill placide

thorn zenith
arctic talon
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That’s intentional

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Tbf

gray umbra
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voodoo boys die everytime

arctic talon
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Maelstrom and scavs are shoot on sight lol

thorn zenith
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no one incurs your wrath like they do

amber night
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Bruh that dude had the audacity to say I betrayed him after I butchered his entire squad

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I was like fuck yeah , saved you for last

thorn zenith
amber night
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Brick was good

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I mean meaningful slaughter is always peak

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In game I mean

arctic talon
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Brick is like

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On the sane side

amber night
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I can’t believe there are popele who like Johnny

arctic talon
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Same with dumdum

amber night
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He fucking sucks

arctic talon
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I enjoy how much of an egotistical piece of shit

amber night
arctic talon
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Who refuses to self reflect

amber night
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But his ideals is dogshit

rose thorn
amber night
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He is a cynical egotistic nihilistic ampatheric piece of shit

thorn zenith
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you do get to call him out on his shit lmao

arctic talon
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Yeah and that’s what’s fun

amber night
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Yeah but

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He is not suffering

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The criticisms doesn’t do any good

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He is mere representation of that aspect of the society

thorn zenith
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i wonder how the interaction go if you just be constantly antagonizing him but give him your body in the end

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congratulations you now have a brain and a depression

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i do like that organically V and Johnny are never really friends, just roommates who dont like each others

amber night
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I wondered

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With that much time

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Instead of using bionics

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Why not developed better quality tissue material to work with in the first place

rose thorn
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WOOOO ORDO ASTRA TIME BABYYYY

amber night
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I get the business aspect but not instead of replacing inferior material (flesh ) with temporary parts( bionics) why not upgrade the base material

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Like genetic engineering, nano bio mass

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I do enjoy having mantis arm and gorilla arms and launcher at the same time

dusk patrol
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Also flesh is cringe

thorn zenith
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theres also the angle of planned obsolescense

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and potential recycling

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you WANT something to break down so your customers come back to fix them or get new ones

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i might also say that metal bionics are easier to research and make than making you an ubermensch

amber night
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I mean from the perspective of big corpo yeah

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Did yall attend Jackie funeral ?

thorn zenith
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i did

amber night
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What did you took ?

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I mean for the speech

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His mom was a baddie ngl

thorn zenith
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my memory is hazy but my one was speech about him loving life or something

amber night
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Oh

thorn zenith
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OH now i recall one thing thats missing from the game

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dual wielding

amber night
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You mean arms and weapons ?

thorn zenith
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yeah

amber night
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Oh yeah

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Mods baby

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Mods

thorn zenith
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it would fit so well, especially when we see Jackie doing it

amber night
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Dishonor type shit?

thorn zenith
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i was thinking Wolfenstein type shit but that works

amber night
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I mean for a triple a of this caliber

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Lots of fundamental stuff is missing

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Like lack of gun and arms and car customization

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The houses are shit

thorn zenith
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yeah, couldve had loads more things

amber night
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Everything is bullet sponges

thorn zenith
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it being an rpg is also kind of eh

amber night
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How the fuck does none of house have a garage

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Fucking gta 5 outdid for Christ sake

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I mean at the same it is gta 5

thorn zenith
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for real tho the only houses that would have their proper garage would be the corpo plaza one and maybe heywood

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japantown condo is too small, starter house has one but its a public parking spot

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and the motel is, well, the motel parking

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that does bring up the question of there being so many cars in NC, where do they park em

amber night
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Air drop

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Maybe we lived in the matrix all along

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Do we ever see how strong the khan is compared to his beothers ?

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I know he battled daemon Morty and almost died

hallow plover
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He can go really fast

thorn zenith
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literal sanic, makes orks run like bitches

hallow plover
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Like he wiped out an entire ork waahg by going sanic on them

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And the luna wolves creamed themselves while watching

amber night
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Yeah I wished we seen more of him during the siege

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I want to know how well he stacked against others

hallow plover
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He implied he was a better swordsman than Fulgrim I think

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But Fulgrim is all talk

fallen plaza
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Which primarch doesnt say there better than there brothers

hallow plover
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True

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But the Khan isn't one to talk shit tho

fallen plaza
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So trying to rank any based on which primarch praises the other is kinda silly

hallow plover
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Trying to rank anything in 40k is silly 👀

fallen plaza
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My point exactly KEKW_ogryn

hallow plover
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Power levels vary so much depending on the author

amber night
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I imagine there should be like meeting or guideline about power scaling and do or do nots

crystal forum
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this is genuinely like the people who ask for "realistic" hard sci fi yet most hard sci fi books are so obscure because they're boring

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power levels are for anime

fallen plaza
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Power levels are much different to hard sci-fi

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One is for nerds, one is for man babies who cant comprehend media beyond fight scenes

crystal forum
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not to mention having clear power levels would make tabletop weird since randomness is a huge part of the experience

arctic talon
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on god

crystal forum
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gotta love how like every HH book has a label slapped on it claiming that the series was a new york times best seller

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probably only one book reached it

fallen plaza
tough haven
arctic talon
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I mean

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we do kind of have that

tough haven
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And just because a faction would be stronger doesn’t mean they couldn’t lose to a weaker faction in lore or tabletop

arctic talon
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just saying

fallen plaza
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I mean, no shit there is a clear ranking on who is more powerful “generally”

arctic talon
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^

tough haven
fallen plaza
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But it shouldn’t be set in stone

tough haven
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Like nids or necrons

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Or even like imperial factions sometimes

arctic talon
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Okay but like that isn't the case clearly

fallen plaza
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Or every faction that has a codex?

arctic talon
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A fire warrior is going to get their ass beaten by a Marine lol

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and a Marine is going to get their ass beaten by a CSM generally or vice versa

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ect.

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GW has broadly sorted factions

arctic talon
edgy palm
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Can't remember where I had read it before, need a fact check, is it the case that non-Psykers can't really see Psyker powers?

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Or is it just that they don't see it the same way

soft thunder
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probably the 2nd option, haven't heard of the first before. Psykers do view the world differently, having warp sight or something. Which is why they are so fond of blindfolds etc.

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Others seem to be able to see all the lightning and blue flame etc, but psykers probably see it more vividly. Mayhaps with colors outside of space.

storm jungle
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The list tends to be just Orks, Necrons and Nids though

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they are very much always handicapped in every way imaginable as every single storybeat has to remind us if they werent they'd beat everyone lol

celest dome
plush mason
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so non-psykers can be sorcerers?

dusk patrol
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Yes

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Sorcery is different from psyker stuff

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Although it does help to have psychic potential to do sorcery

plush mason
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yeah it seems to be just full on magic lol, using rituals and symbolism to call on the warp

dusk patrol
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Basically, you’re using something else’s power

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As opposed to just channeling the warp yourself

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That being said lots of sorcerers are psykers and both can intertwine easy

plush mason
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so basically 40k psykers = dnd sorcerers and 40k sorcerers = dnd wizards/warlocks

dusk patrol
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I’ve had sex before so I don’t understand the comparison

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But maybe

plush mason
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dnd sorcerers have an innate ability to use magic due to their blood lines

dusk patrol
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I’m kidding yes basically

plush mason
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lol

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also the fact the grimoires in 40k are literally books used to learn sorcery makes the special objective to take them fully understandable

dusk patrol
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They’re also icky

plush mason
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the more of them we take the harder it is for the cult to do their rituals

tough haven
storm jungle
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it only sometimes hypes up the weaponry

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or like the shit the faction can do

tough haven
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And with like weapons and tech being inconsistent to hype up whatever faction is the main character so people will buy their stuff

storm jungle
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they rarely go "they can kill everyone" unless its the 3 factions i mentioned eralier

tough haven
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Like every vs necrons book has necrons being as durable as wet tissue paper from anything that isn’t lasguns

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And the reanimation is way turned down

dusk patrol
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Necrodermis for most Necrons isn’t super durable reslly

tough haven
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You just kill ‘em once with a bolter and boom

dusk patrol
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They just take a lot to go down

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And they regen

tough haven
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I’m talking like 1-2 bolter rounds

dusk patrol
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Yes

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Most basic Necrons aren’t super special durability wise

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They’re just able to come back over and over and their guns are OP

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Most Necrons can’t tank that much fire power really

plush mason
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got to love a weapon that literally rips matter apart at the molecular level

storm jungle
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Necrons are the worst example because they are a very OP faction that are actively handicapped at every oppoturnity.

spring cairn
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it wouldn't be fun if the common footsoldier was a raid boss tbh

storm jungle
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their main infantry can literally kill tanks

dusk patrol
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Once you get to lords and stuff it gets a lot more durable

storm jungle
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so they need to be nerfed constantly

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lol

green loom
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Yay Corvus Blackstars

dusk patrol
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Also most Necron encounters are like

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Bare minimum protocols

arctic talon
plush mason
arctic talon
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Lol

storm jungle
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yeah wars against them are literally just War of the Worlds

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aka big robots/small robots moving towards you with death lasers

arctic talon
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Fighting against Necrons is just a horror show

dusk patrol
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So they get sick and all die?

storm jungle
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sprinkle in some melee and its kinda it

arctic talon
storm jungle
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also their 9th edition new mini range had the dudes outright say its War of the Worlds inspired with all the tripods so lol

dusk patrol
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They keep failing to kill Dakota Fanning screaming?

spring cairn
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pre necron retirement home filled with 20 year olds

plush mason
# dusk patrol So they get sick and all die?

that is still one of the dumbest ending i have ever seen "we need human blood. but wait we also cant survive earth born microbes" i guess no one told the aliens human blood is full of them...

storm jungle
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it probably soudned better when the author was writing it

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lol

tough haven
dusk patrol
arctic talon
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I mean they’re fragile, but they’re like scion level “fragile”

storm jungle
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Necrons are not that fragile

arctic talon
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True

dusk patrol
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Only lords like Imotekh are actually absurdly tanky

storm jungle
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your average Warriors can go toe-to-toe with marines lol

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they are just toy soldiers at the end of the day is the thing

arctic talon
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I forgor smh

dusk patrol
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But it doesn’t matter because they’re really dangerous and they regen and are hard to keep down

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They have critical weak spots still

plush mason
dusk patrol
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Like reactors and stuff

arctic talon
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Necrons are always shown as terrifying lol

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In like everything

dusk patrol
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Once you get to Imotekh level he can ignore dudes wailing on him with power weapons and stuff and out heal any damage

arctic talon
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Overlords and lords are quite literally built better

spring cairn
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you have to wait til he reaches his regen cap

dusk patrol
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Yeah

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No not that yeah

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Above that yeah

plush mason
arctic talon
dusk patrol
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There’s a short of an IG regiment who keep setting a trap everyday for a Necron patrol which comes through, because the planet is mostly still on “dumb” basic security protocols

arctic talon
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And then he chops helbrechts arm off and laughs at him

storm jungle
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to beat necrons you need plot conveniences

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and necrons are full of em

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lol

dusk patrol
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Not really it’s how they work

storm jungle
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Nah

dusk patrol
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They’re dumb unless led

tough haven
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I don’t mind their guns being nerfed and then being easily killable comparatively, just so long as they showcase how hard it is to keep them down or from coming back, cause that’s the main reason why necrons are terrifying, endless, deathless hordes

plush mason
storm jungle
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"Oh they are damaged from age"

dusk patrol
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They’re still super dangerous

storm jungle
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because otherwise they will kill everyone

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ad infinitum

dusk patrol
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But basic Necrons and security is beatable by how dumb it is, once they get a commander controlling them they get super dangerous

arctic talon
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Tomb world eepy

storm jungle
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Yeah and again this exists so the other side has a chance

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thats my point lol

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they are so OP its basically necessary

tough haven
dusk patrol
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I guess but that’s how they function

tough haven
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They could come up with better plot reasons

dusk patrol
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Like you can say the same for how powerful their stuff is idk

arctic talon
tough haven
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Or just have it be less necrons accordingly

dusk patrol
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It’s a built in part of their lore

arctic talon
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It’s just how they’re written

storm jungle
arctic talon
plush mason
storm jungle
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pretty much

tough haven
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I guess it wouldn’t irk me as much if we saw some more encounters on the other foot

storm jungle
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this nerfing is necessary basically

dusk patrol
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Also most dynasties aren’t nearly as big dick as the ones we typically see

storm jungle
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or like

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"We got a sniper that can literally appear anywhere and kill anyone but we wont use it because muh honor"

storm jungle
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lol

arctic talon
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The necron dynasty fucking dies

tough haven
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Where it’s a fully awakened tomb world, and now we are totally fucked for walking here

arctic talon
#

Lol

arctic talon
#

^

#

It happens

dusk patrol
#

It’s just not the big dynasties

#

Most of them aren’t that dangerous on a galactic level

tough haven
arctic talon
#

Or if it is the big dynasties it isn’t their big crown worlds or important tomb worlds

dusk patrol
#

They punch outside their weight class

tough haven
#

Something something arrogance

dusk patrol
#

But they often lack a lot of ability to sustain a proper massive effort from an opposing faction

#

And they can’t replenish actual losses

tough haven
#

And that is the main issue of it, necrons largely just care less

arctic talon
#

yeah any necron that goes down for good

#

is gone forever

tough haven
#

And imperium will be like “you mildly annoyed us, we will send crusade fleets ad infinitum”

tough haven
tough haven
spring cairn
#

necrons could use a little "producing new shit"

dusk patrol
#

Necrons have a lot of varying goals

#

And also obviously lack unity typically

spring cairn
#

idk what you're supposed to do if you can't replenish ur losses, you're doomed to die to attrition

crystal forum
dusk patrol
#

Just win without losing

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Duh

crystal forum
#

like necrons are very powerful but they have nerfs because otherwise they'd just win

dusk patrol
#

They have the potential but won’t because they can’t properly unify or agreed

#

You’re dealing with a lot of egos and shit

tough haven
dusk patrol
#

And they don’t share a goal even of biotransference on a large scale

storm jungle
#

^

arctic talon
#

Which is their replenishable stuff

storm jungle
#

Canopteks can be made infinitely

dusk patrol
#

Since Imotekh is in the “being a robot is sick as fuck” party now

tough haven
#

I’m find with stronger factions losing, just make it more like the opponent earned it

arctic talon
#

Canopteks are disposable

storm jungle
#

to like cover entire planets lol

spring cairn
storm jungle
#

Basically robots

crystal forum
arctic talon
spring cairn
#

yeah but it doesn't seem to be the bulk of their forces

storm jungle
dusk patrol
#

It’s a can of tek

arctic talon
storm jungle
tough haven
storm jungle
#

if they were smart they'd spam canopteks

storm jungle
#

its like an RTS where theres no unit cap lol

spring cairn
#

yes they would

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because they literally can't replenish

#

why risk real necrons

storm jungle
#

Because as we said

dusk patrol
#

Imotekh literally loses cause he’s a dick who wants to prove he’s better than you and humiliate you

tough haven
#

I love my lists of mostly canoptek

storm jungle
#

they like the martial way of waging war

dusk patrol
#

They’re not playing optimally

arctic talon
#

there's also heavily canoptek focused dynasties

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or groups as well

tough haven
#

Is my favorite necrons vibe

storm jungle
#

its the same reason they just dont get a Deathmark to insta-teleport into an imperial war room and kill everyone in there.

Its sometimes considered "too ez"

tough haven
#

Of just barely needing to care

dusk patrol
#

Or they’re fucking insane

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Or all of the above

storm jungle
#

Lame ahh excuse

spring cairn
#

all of the above

dusk patrol
#

Or they just don’t care

crystal forum
# tough haven The second one

i don't think that's true. all the main factions have clear disadvantages hard coded in them that limits how good they are. the imperium might have numbers but their tech is all over the place, necrons might have tech but they have dementia, orks might seem like they win all the time but that's only because they manage to get a waaagh going in the first place, eldar seem just better but they dont have the numbers and all that

storm jungle
#

Oh yeah lets not forget the Celestial Orrery

#

the ability to blow up anything in the galaxy

dusk patrol
#

Tbf with that

storm jungle
#

Yeah I know

tough haven
dusk patrol
#

There’s a good reason they don’t use it

storm jungle
#

its with a responsible dynasty

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thank fuck

dusk patrol
#

No it’s more than that though

storm jungle
#

they are also actively getting attacked by another dynasty who wants to blow everything up too

arctic talon
#

they are literally fighting a 2 way war to stop another dynasty from using it rn

dusk patrol
#

If you use it you literally destabilize reality

storm jungle
#

Yeah i know

#

its just funny

tough haven
#

It would fuck the fundamental functions of the universe

storm jungle
tough haven
#

I love my silly skeleton robot guys

spring cairn
#

they should hand over all of the leadership to the dudes who wear people skins

storm jungle
#

💀

dusk patrol
#

Hey some of them do

tough haven
crystal forum
#

i think the only exception to the clear disadvantage is tau since pretty much all they lack is enough reach and resources. that might be why they feel so weird

dusk patrol
storm jungle
#

Tau very much should have been handled in a case where they expanded every edition to the point of just going beyond the size of something like Ultramar

#

but like

dusk patrol
#

Beyond ones Necrons

storm jungle
#

nobody really cared or bothered

#

so they are just "there"

arctic talon
#

They did expand tbf

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in like

#

8e smarf

storm jungle
#

yeah by like

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1cm

arctic talon
#

blame GW for that one

#

smh

crystal forum
#

they're perpetually stuck in the "new empire on the rise" stage

storm jungle
#

I JUST SAID I DID

#

YOU FUCKING HACKS

arctic talon
#

We got the 5th sphere of expansion

#

which was cool

#

ig

tough haven
storm jungle
#

How about

#

i expand your spheres

#

so they explode

arctic talon
storm jungle
#

🪄

spring cairn
#

they're gonna expand soon

#

any moment now

storm jungle
#

that is the most cocktease gif ive seen in existence damn

arctic talon
#

They have expanded

#

its just like idk

dusk patrol
#

Just one more new battle suit guys

arctic talon
#

ask GW lol

#

The earth caste begging for more money

#

colorized

dusk patrol
#

It’s not like the Tau are operating optimally either anyways.

crystal forum
#

much better than the imperium

arctic talon
#

thats not a high bar

dusk patrol
#

What a standard to hold yourself to

arctic talon
#

At least we still get lore on Tau R&D lol

spring cairn
#

also the smaller you are the easier it is to keep things tidy

dusk patrol
#

That’s the other aspect

arctic talon
#

GW keeps on expanding Tau tech in lore

dusk patrol
#

Their big advantage is predicated on their size too

arctic talon
#

but tabletop is just like

#

💀

spring cairn
#

do tau eat something in particular ?

arctic talon
#

food

#

Water caste are vegetarians it would seem

spring cairn
#

I like to think they all have a goop with a caste based coloring

storm jungle
#

Asian food but sci-fi

arctic talon
#

We get some depictions of Tau food

storm jungle
dusk patrol
#

All we know is their music sucks

storm jungle
#

lol

crystal forum
#

i like how votaan will probably have chaos corrupted AI before tau

arctic talon
dusk patrol
#

And art iirc

arctic talon
#

tbf

#

none of the castes like

spring cairn
#

taus on the neet instant noodle regime

arctic talon
#

would get the chance to develop art beyond the ethereals

#

maybe the water caste ig

#

but it would all be for propaganda

crystal forum
#

those lanky bastards

dusk patrol
#

That’s air caste

arctic talon
#

Watercaste are like

spring cairn
#

they save all the protein for the fire caste

arctic talon
#

normal human proportions

#

have you seen a fire warrior

#

they're fucking built lol

crystal forum
#

god damn avatar mechanics

arctic talon
#

bro got all the fucking protein

dusk patrol
#

Earth caste are dwarves

crystal forum
#

the correct term is kickable

dusk patrol
#

Puntable

celest dome
#

If an Air caste appeared in front of me I'd grab the nearest thing to defend myself, the rest look "normal" enough

spring cairn
#

they need to be built smaller in order to be down to earth kinda guys

crystal forum
#

who knew having stunted legs made you walk funny

arctic talon
#

air caste used to be able to fucking glide

arctic talon
#

The greater good does not approve of this

celest dome
#

Sizeist

dusk patrol
#

It sorta does lol

storm jungle
#

the aircaste literally look like creepasta villains 💀

spring cairn
#

the earth caste would dominate the NBA

celest dome
#

All you lanky bastards will be cut down 🪓

crystal forum
#

-10000 greater good credits

dusk patrol
#

Government mandated breeding centers

#

Oh boy

arctic talon
#

I love eugenics

dusk patrol
#

Fuck for the greater good

arctic talon
#

can GW replace aun'va yet

#

I don't think a single person likes the fucking drone holo pope thing

dusk patrol
#

Ethereals probably do that Demolition Man sex

crystal forum
#

do they use the three seashells

arctic talon
#

I forgot vostroyans actually got modern art lol

dusk patrol
#

This guy doesn’t know about the seashells!

arctic talon
#

actually wait nvm

#

this isn't modern

#

its reused art

spring cairn
#

these mf should eugenic themselves into having 5 digits

crystal forum
dusk patrol
#

Iirc the director said the future diets make poop super dry and simple

#

So you just pick it up

#

Everyone has those perfect no wipe poops

#

Magic

crystal forum
#

it's a distopia because stalone can't say bad words

dusk patrol
#

Well he can

crystal forum
#

if he wants toilet paper

dusk patrol
#

Ngl I’d give up basically all my freedoms if I had 90s Sandra Bullock as my future gf

#

At least it’s a dorky dystopia

storm jungle
#

still great but not new

celest dome
#

Vostroyan are such a dripped regiment

storm jungle
#

that art does them good justice

arctic talon
storm jungle
#

fuck you

#

also

#

"wait nvm this is reused art"

#

is a running theme recently

#

💀

queen laurel
#

You can only make

#

Big battle looking cool type of art multiple times

#

Before it gets stale

outer wave
#

What would you guys do if in the newest AoS books, someone says "What the Sigmar?" When they see a large gathering of enemies?

outer wave
#

Let's goooo!!!

queen laurel
#

And send you in the dan abnett room

outer wave
#

The Abnett Den

#

Damn I don't wanna go back....

queen laurel
outer wave
#

Damn that's some hate for the old world giants

queen laurel
outer wave
#

I mean, I would've thought you meant in fluff

#

Which tbh they probably lose against gargants?

outer wave
#

Gargants seem smart enough to make a basic culture anyway so

#

Giants don't seem that interested, which might be a testament to their intelligence but idk

queen laurel
outer wave
#

Sounds like a wrestling move

rocky gale
#

Hmmm the Hereticus Battleforce isn't awful

queen laurel
outer wave
#

His destiny was to break down the gates....

queen laurel
#

In the old world these are the largest types of giants

#

You can see why i am not quite fond of them

outer wave
#

He's so gaunt

#

Well yeah it's an awful model that's clearly too old

#

I guess that and the TWW treatment of them does add up though

queen laurel
outer wave
#

AoS keeps winning

rocky gale
#

Like two Killteams, a BS squad, an Inquisitor, a Priest and a vehicle, it's unironically so much better at being a Sororitas Battleforce than the Sororitas Battleforce we got.

arctic talon
#

Greyfax gaming

#

Shame she’s the weakest of the 3 plastic inquisitors

rocky gale
#

New rules in the codex maybe?

arctic talon
#

Maybe

#

Draxus and Coteaz just outshine her unfortunately

#

She’s way too silver bullety into just psykers and characters

#

And she has a melee/fallback focused ability

rocky gale
#

Bruh their new Boardgame "Tyranid Attack" doesn't contain any Tyranid models

#

It's just 5 pushfit Marines

rose thorn
wraith quartz
#

Hey

queen laurel
rocky gale
#

Behold your new version of Space Hulk

#

Now with less effort than ever

nocturne crest
#

Space Hulk-lite.

rocky gale
#

Like it's not even Terminators

wraith quartz
rocky gale
#

Well Space Hulk was also a board game

wraith quartz
#

Oh

rocky gale
#

The difference is they used to put effort into it

wraith quartz
#

So this would be a cheaper version of the original

rocky gale
#

Like it was a proper boardgame with quite a lot of models and tile pieces

queen laurel
#

That actually looks like it has a lot of depth

#

Unlike the Tyranid attack one

wraith quartz
#

Ah

#

So...

queen laurel
#

And really Tyranid attack

#

may as well just called Tyranid assault

nocturne crest
#

I'm surprised there isn't a game based on space marine aspirants training.

wraith quartz
#

So....

Can I do my anecdote and begin my next big lore discussion??

#

That's if nobody else is busy this afternoon/evening.

arctic talon
rocky gale
#

Ah I see

arctic talon
#

The space hulk box is meant for 40K hobbyists

rocky gale
#

So it's a small taste to get people addicted

arctic talon
#

It’s an insanely good box

arctic talon
#

I wish GW would make a new space hulk box

#

It’s genuinely a very cool board game

rocky gale
#

You'd think the time was perfect for it

#

They have new ship terrain, new terminators, new genestealers

crystal forum
#

you know what i just realized

#

40k's show will fit perfectly with amazon's overly gory style

#

i was thinking about how gore isn't as popular as it used to be then i remembered the boys and then i remembered 40k is getting an amazon show

#

simply amazing

rose thorn
#

They also did it in jack sparrow

outer wave
#

Oh dragging them down with an air bubble and then using the bubble to breathe

#

Awesome!

rose thorn
#

Pirates of the Caribbean*

#

Yea

outer wave
#

Man Gargants are pretty cool guys

crystal forum
#

inb4 the bubble shell collapses due to the tremendous pressure under the ocean

#

(early diving was very dangerous)

queen laurel
#

As a matter of fact the grand alliance of destruction is just that based

rose thorn
#

Also they work for any alliance

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

same species

#

and grots

#

they are all the same spcies

queen laurel
#

I mean yeah

rose thorn
queen laurel
rose thorn
#

those are differnet.

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

yea

queen laurel
# rose thorn yea

Yeah now that i think about it is very fitting because Kruleboyz are orruks but it's better to say that they are an offshoot

#

And of course the grots they have would also be some kind of offshoot

rose thorn
#

it mgiht be because they are slightly chaos warped, or they are altered by swamp magic

queen laurel
#

You said they are different

rose thorn
#

Oh

#

soryr i thought you meant the normal grots

#

kruleboyz use both grots and hobgrots

rose thorn
queen laurel
queen laurel
rose thorn
queen laurel
rose thorn
#

yeah

#

except when it doesnt

#

but we ignroe that

#

also tehre is

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

the sloggoth

queen laurel
#

A giant goblin

#

Oh wait no

#

It's an offshoot of the troll

rose thorn
#

yeah

#

these are on all 4s

#

i realize the off shotos might be doing a reference to to a specific species of animal let me check

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

its funny that iron jaws are terrible in the enviorments that kruleboyz thrive

#

and vise versa

#

so it natrually makes sense they woudl evolve the way they do

queen laurel
# rose thorn yeee

I do feel a bit sad for losing the bone splitterz but their range is literally older than dinosaur

rose thorn
queen laurel
rose thorn
#

i imagine htey would return with beastmen

queen laurel
#

And krule boyz morruks

#

And the normal ork orruk

rose thorn
#

also tbh beastmen and bone splitterz designs were problematic if you read into it

#

bone splitterz more so

#

it was a sad but nessary lost

queen laurel
#

They get disrespected

#

On a local everyday basis

rose thorn
#

beastmen are way too important to the lore to be permanetly gone

arctic talon
#

beastmen are literally the fodder faction

#

💀

rose thorn
#

they bascially caused all the conflict

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

before the chaos gods arrived

#

if we get khorngores and nurgores it probably wouldnt be that big of a loss then

#

so then you can still run the cannon fodder

#

with out making a new faction

#

lore wise i mean

#

it owuld fill in a gap

queen laurel
#

Or grand alliance

#

I would say it is obvious that the Bonesplitterz get the least attention in destruction

rose thorn
#

yea bonesplitters were the least sold faction in the game

#

if we get them back id like to see them given teh aos flare

queen laurel
#

What about the grand alliance of death and order

#

What's there so called neglected faction

rose thorn
#

but now its porbably soulblight

queen laurel
#

Ah the ghouls

#

Oof vlad

#

I am so sorry

rose thorn
#

soulblight are really named character dependant

#

so you have ot like the named characters you run or why bother

queen laurel
rose thorn
queen laurel
#

What about order

#

What's their beastmen equivalent

#

When it comes to attention given

#

And neglect

rose thorn
#

soulblight are about to get new unit tho

rose thorn
#

but most neglected is probably idoneth

#

but they are busted every edition at one point

#

so its fine

queen laurel
#

The elves and the dwarves take an L

#

Very rare that they are united on something

rose thorn
#

fyreslayers are one of my favorites so

queen laurel
#

You make runes to smack into your forehead then you have a fire headbutt

#

That's sick

rose thorn
#

pov you fight the weeakest fyreslayer

#

funfact fyreslayers explode

#

they eat so much magic gold they are bascially living bombs if they are too weak

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

they use to have a rule that they expldoe

rose thorn
#

they eat (hammer int hteir skin) chunks of 2 dead fyre gods

#

fire*

#

that is just scattered everywhere

#

also they are merc core

#

and hav betrayed order many many times

#

so have their flying brothers

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

honor is a proof of strength

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

and strenght means you dont explode when getting a rune

rose thorn
#

they have lodges

queen laurel
#

Is it just like an old world where if a dwarf commits something so bad he just has to suicide

rose thorn
#

most are born into it

#

otehrs join ebcasue anger or money

queen laurel
# rose thorn nah

Wait so being a dwarf that committed a crime doesn't immediately get sent into the explosion chamber

rose thorn
#

they have hunting lodges

queen laurel
#

Holy s*** they are becoming more progressive

#

It only took the end of a world to happen but hey they did it

rose thorn
#

they are actually smart

#

if you commit a cirme you re just exiled

#

which honestly doent mean much

#

you can run exiles

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

its more

exiled, do what you are already doing until we think you can come back

#

grimhold exile

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

doomhunters are the closest to the suicide thing

#

doomseekers*

#

except the difference is

#

the goal isnt to die

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

its to murder every single living thing of a specific race

rose thorn
#

or i die

queen laurel
#

But the fact that you can put a iron jaw brute and a doomseeker

#

Together in a group

#

Is still very funny

rose thorn
#

lore wise yeah

#

if an orruk clan has enough urgold

#

they will work with them]

#

or you share a common enemy

#

fyreslayers have worked with chaos with no sign of chaos corruption

queen laurel
rose thorn
queen laurel
rose thorn
#

yeah

#

the dwarf factions dont hate each other and will support eachother unless one is pissed

#

at the other

queen laurel
#

They still have the kin part checked out

rose thorn
#

you use to be able to run them in the same army back in 9th

#

i mean

#

3rd

queen laurel
#

The steampunk motherfuckers

rose thorn
#

if you ran Gotrek you can apply the rune buff to any duardin

rose thorn
#

overlods my beloved

#

no kings, no gods, only profit

queen laurel
#

Specializing guys

rose thorn
#

s

#

they were abendoned by their god

queen laurel
rose thorn
#

so they harvest his breath to power all tehir tech

queen laurel
#

Because instead of worshiping something bad when they were abandoned they just decided yo we will become chads

rose thorn
#

a kharadron wont accept a contract until they have read it 100 times

#

they are loyal to the contract to the letter

queen laurel
rose thorn
queen laurel
rose thorn
#

you can do it with any fleet bascially

#

also if you break the contract you are bascially marked for death lmao

queen laurel