#40k-lore-chat

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fallen plaza
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Even if they did have it, it would still be enclosed

crystal forum
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then why can you put a commander in the leman russ and malcadors

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open hatch

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that's open top

fallen plaza
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Something meant to endure harsh environments doesn't mean you can't have doors gay

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And also the commander you can just say is inside the hatch when you don't have it

crystal forum
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call me mister jay

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gay is for friends

fallen plaza
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😔

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My bad

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Alright mister jay

crystal forum
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good

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i like my little sentinel

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giving scoliosis to all its drivers

fallen plaza
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Iron harvest looking ahh

fallen plaza
crystal forum
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yeah fuck the big shield one

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"melee unit"

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at least enclose the whole fucking cockpit if the pilot is meant to be in the middle of the fight

fallen plaza
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Okay

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Here's the best argument for to be made enclosed

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It probably looks cuter if it is

crystal forum
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stumpy little box

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i agree

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it would be cute

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but when it's open i can kinda imagine myself in the gunner seat

fallen plaza
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I could probably make one if I wanted to

crystal forum
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like imagine being able to run around with a multi las

fallen plaza
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But I'm not even done with my regular troops

crystal forum
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probably feels super freeing

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although i bet your ass hurts after a while

fallen plaza
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But it's like perma mounted to one direction

crystal forum
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just turn around

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it has legs

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it's like swinging around a whole pintle mount

fallen plaza
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I could see it being fun if your riding it in those las Vegas tank riding shows

crystal forum
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i imagine it more like being super far from the enemy and just pummeling them with las fire

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literally like a more mobile heavy weapons team

fallen plaza
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Which is weird that it isnt

crystal forum
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i dont even want to ask how it plays on tabletop

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since it probably sucks

fallen plaza
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Let's just say this unit doesn't help with much unless your fighting other solar aux

crystal forum
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literally the best combat unit the imperial guard has ever mustered vs 1% of an astartes legion's power:

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the fact that they made militia a thing is still so fucking funny to me

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a unit that's shittier than 40k guardsmen lore wise

fallen plaza
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That depends

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Milltia are more like pdfs

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So there strength varies

crystal forum
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going against astartes chapters that could literally fight wars with numerically superior infantry

crystal forum
fallen plaza
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PDFs have the advantage of knowing the planet

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So at minimum they can put up a decent fight

crystal forum
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astartes have the advantage of BEING ASTARTES

fallen plaza
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Vietnam war

crystal forum
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vietnam except actively burning civilian

modern tapir
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So any lore explanation why the first born space marines are no longer represented as much anymore? Like were they all just replaced by the primaris marines?

fallen plaza
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It's a marketing thing

crystal forum
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rubicon

fallen plaza
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They still exist in lore

crystal forum
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they all transfered to primaris

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even the ones who hated primaris

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like black templars

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(so GW could sell more models)

modern tapir
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Ah, so irl its a marketing thing. In lore, they're still around, but probably outnumbered by the Primaris now.

fallen plaza
crystal forum
fallen plaza
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Some survived the dark age more intact than others

crystal forum
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fun fact some chapters straight up were dead when primaris arrived to replace them

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so the new guys just had to assume the position

modern tapir
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Cool; but Terminators are still terminators right?

crystal forum
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well

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yes

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but they still cant make much more

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and the models are primaris'd

fallen plaza
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Primaris can still wear termie armor

modern tapir
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Ah, so lorewise, they've also been up'd

crystal forum
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no they're the same

fallen plaza
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If you still want first born stuff go play 30k

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I know I do

modern tapir
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Nah, I'm not complaining about first born disappearing. Just wondering where they went.

crystal forum
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it's not really elaborated why termies got switched to primaris without any changes

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like they're still the same suits

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but the models are noticeably bigger

fallen plaza
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I kinda wish they had more lore when they release new units

modern tapir
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Lol that's what got me curious; if they were still using the same terminator armor or they had to make a new one to fit primaris marines like they had to make a new dreadnought.

crystal forum
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and the whole primaris being taller than firstborn is kinda retconned?

fallen plaza
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Like the rogal dorn has like no lore

dusk patrol
crystal forum
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rogal dorn my favorite tank that has no backstory at all

dusk patrol
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Primaris sized marines have existed for a long time

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Or bigger

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Same way they adjust armor to fit all marines

modern tapir
dusk patrol
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Tyberos isn’t even that big smh

fallen plaza
crystal forum
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like poof suddenly militarum have a heavier leman russ

fallen plaza
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Smh

dusk patrol
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But sure yeah

fallen plaza
crystal forum
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malcador has lore

opaque coyote
dusk patrol
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He doesn’t

crystal forum
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and a reason to exist lore wise

dusk patrol
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He has tactical dreadnought armor

modern tapir
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Bro was literally mistaken as a statue.

dusk patrol
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Aka, terminator armor

fallen plaza
dusk patrol
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He’s a head taller than normal marines, he’s not short but he’s not that tall

crystal forum
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also im really annoyed that militarum tanks are named after figures

dusk patrol
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People vastly overstate his size

crystal forum
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it's genuinely annoying

fallen plaza
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Aka giving it back it's old engine

crystal forum
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but i cannot imagine the leman russ without its current name

dusk patrol
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Also the one art piece everyone references isn’t canon

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It’s fanart

fallen plaza
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I would like it if they didn't name tanks after primarchs

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I want it named after humans

dusk patrol
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He’s cool but he gets overwanked a lot

fallen plaza
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Like, the masade battle tank

dusk patrol
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And he doesn’t really do much in the series he’s in

modern tapir
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It probs did have a different name, but ya know.. Mechanicus being Mechanicus.

opaque coyote
fallen plaza
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They are modern by release

dusk patrol
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Most 40k tanks aren’t named after people either

crystal forum
opaque coyote
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I guess in the 41st millenium, you somehow backflip into WW2 designs

fallen plaza
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Because it's cool

modern tapir
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Lol, Leman Russ tank probably had "Light Armor" in its name before it was named Leman Russ.

opaque coyote
dusk patrol
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Harping on 40k tank design is always a silly fight

opaque coyote
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Ain't actually complaining about it

It is funny though

crystal forum
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shut all of you

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it's the naming system that's dumb

fallen plaza
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Sometimes it can work though

crystal forum
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leman russ is peak tank design

dusk patrol
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Makes as much sense as anything

fallen plaza
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Valdor tank hunter is a cool name

dusk patrol
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Russ was responsible for finding the STC

crystal forum
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destroyer

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demolisher

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they do simple things

modern tapir
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Well, technically just the Space Wolves. Not necessarily Russ himself.

crystal forum
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guess what the exterminator does

fallen plaza
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I dunno

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Kisses things?

crystal forum
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it eradicates pestes

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like cultists

opaque coyote
# dusk patrol Harping on 40k tank design is always a silly fight

Tbf for 40k tanks, yeah I can see some "dead-end" designs returning since well

Modern tanks are made for fighting against other tanks and people.

Meanwhile in the 41st millennium there are a myriad of different enemies.

And also it's 40k.

Being extreme and futuristically archaic is what it's all about babyyyyy

dusk patrol
fallen plaza
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It's basically a scifi machine gun rules wise

crystal forum
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it can even shoot planes

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which is so fucking based

fallen plaza
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The exterminator has anti air rules?

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Oh wait

dusk patrol
crystal forum
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it has better chances to hit planes lol

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flying units

fallen plaza
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I though you meant the incinerator

crystal forum
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no

fallen plaza
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Fuck these names

crystal forum
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you dont know your leman russes???

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smh

fallen plaza
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😔

opaque coyote
crystal forum
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dont confuse exterminator with executioner or we cant be friends

modern tapir
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Lol. You'd need to play something like MOWAS2 modded to even start to get acquainted with the various types. And there'd still be more.

crystal forum
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they're clearly very different

opaque coyote
fallen plaza
crystal forum
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punisher is my favorite

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brrrt

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i am a militarum tank connoisseur

fallen plaza
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Incinerator is my fave

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Along with the bombard

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The chud cannon

opaque coyote
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Also some sci-fi tech like auto targetting systems would probably put things like multi turret back on the menu

crystal forum
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alright if we count wacky forge world

fallen plaza
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We always do

crystal forum
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malcador defender is the best

fallen plaza
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I like all malcadors so I'm biased so based

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The Minotaur is a fun one

crystal forum
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just a bunch of heavy bolters

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the most WW1 shit ever

fallen plaza
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Which for some reason I recall mechanicus can now field

crystal forum
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it takes a trained eye

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to realize the minotaur is literally a malcador backwards

fallen plaza
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You should see the back of it

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It's genuinely horrifying

opaque coyote
crystal forum
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it sucks that's why

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it's great lore wise

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it looks old

opaque coyote
crystal forum
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and solar auxilia get to use it

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good logic right

fallen plaza
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So do milltia for that representation

crystal forum
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and it came around during vraks

fallen plaza
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It was replaced by the russ

crystal forum
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since GW had to give vraksians a shitty old tank

opaque coyote
fallen plaza
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The only thing that was lost was the engine it had

crystal forum
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and then you get the macarius

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which lore wise is a replacement for the baneblade

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which is now in solar auxilia?

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so i've been told

fallen plaza
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Macharius was a stopgap for the baneblade

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Not a replacement

crystal forum
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no it's literally said to be a shittier baneblade

fallen plaza
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It is

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But not a replacement

arctic talon
crystal forum
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why is it in solar auxilia

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have i been lied to

fallen plaza
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Beats me

arctic talon
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They need it

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Idfk

crystal forum
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i havent seen a macharius in solar auxilia yet

fallen plaza
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It doesn't help that the tank is named after someone that doesn't exist yet

crystal forum
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prove it

arctic talon
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Baneblade doesn’t fit in space station corridors

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I guess

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Lol

crystal forum
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baneblade is stupid

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it's literally stated to only have 2 variants during HH

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but solar auxilia get shadowsword

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STOP RETCONNING FOR IMPERIALIS GW

arctic talon
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No

fallen plaza
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Even in the old rules they get to use it

arctic talon
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Glory to Alan bligh’s legacy

opaque coyote
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Although I do wonder how tf do Lasguns have recoil

fallen plaza
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All baneblades were used in 30k even back then

arctic talon
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The retcons will continue until morale improves

opaque coyote
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Gaunt's Ghost say they do

crystal forum
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HH rule book itself literally mentions another type of baneblade

crystal forum
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listen

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check out this rabbit hole

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let me get it

fallen plaza
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You should see the hh description of the land raider

arctic talon
fallen plaza
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It mentions it's amphibious

arctic talon
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Jokes and theories with 0 evidence aside

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We don’t fucking know

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Why lasguns have recoils

fallen plaza
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Why should we care anyways

arctic talon
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We shouldn’t

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Because it doesn’t matter

crystal forum
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check this

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ITS IN THE FUCKING RULE BOOK

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BUT THEY DONT MAKE A MODEL

fallen plaza
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They probably couldn't because Alan died

arctic talon
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They have recoil in darktide because 0 recoil

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feels like shit

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in video games

crystal forum
fallen plaza
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It's a unit, it has rules

crystal forum
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no it annoys me

fallen plaza
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We dunno what it looks like though

crystal forum
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that GW is just pulling in all the 40k shit

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retconning all the vraks stuff

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and STILL NOT ADDING CHIMERA

fallen plaza
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They did though

crystal forum
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so they make a fucking leman russ basilisk

fallen plaza
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They have a chimera now

crystal forum
opaque coyote
fallen plaza
crystal forum
fallen plaza
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Look up the trojan

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It's a unit

opaque coyote
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Like Darktide tried to have 0 recoil lasguns

fallen plaza
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In the rules

opaque coyote
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It felt like shit

crystal forum
fallen plaza
crystal forum
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lasguns have recoil if you think that's stupid you need to realize that the concept of a gun you can carry that can fry a hole through a person with a laser would require more battery power than your whole house

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so fuck you

fallen plaza
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The recon las has like almost no recoil

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And I find it okay

opaque coyote
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jkjk

fallen plaza
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Explode

crystal forum
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dont apply your highschool level physics to 40k

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pisses me off when geeks get in my territory

fallen plaza
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True

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We really should bring back bullying nerds again

arctic talon
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so it feels good

crystal forum
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it shoots projectiles

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it very clearly causes knockback on enemies

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just imagine it's a bullet

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like fuck

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it's getting me riled up just

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IF IT HAS NO RECOIL WHY DOES IT HAVE IMPACT

fallen plaza
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There

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That's a perfectly fine explanation

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No need to elaborate further

crystal forum
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i need to explain newton's laws now

fallen plaza
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Do you even remember who you were mad at

crystal forum
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no

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im mad at the concept

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it's so fucking stupid

fallen plaza
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Oh okay fair

crystal forum
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the year is 40000
imperium is at war on all sides
conservation of inertia no longer exists

fallen plaza
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They lost the STC to that

crystal forum
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at least one thing is true

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if a lasgun were actually that powerful it would genuinely emit a visible light trail since it would ionize all the air on its path to the target

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people really dont understand how batshit powerful a laser has to be to tear chunks off humans

fallen plaza
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I mean in lore it does mention it is very strong

opaque coyote
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"a flashlight"

opaque coyote
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it actually does

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Some depictions show shooting the lasgun having long streams of light

winter vessel
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I feel like that's the only depiction. I've never seen the laser. when fired, become a projectile or bolt, it's a consistent line of heat and energy.

celest dome
# crystal forum IF IT HAS NO RECOIL WHY DOES IT HAVE IMPACT

In fairness, there are recoil-less guns.
And while I don't think the Las weapons have recoil due to the Laser emition, I think it has one due to the electromechanical components.
Same way I don't think the Lasgun has a a direct 'impact', but rather cause plasmification of the matter hit, which is what mimic the impact

dusk patrol
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I think they decided they wanted recoil because it felt better and there isn’t really a good reason

opaque coyote
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"it looks cool"

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Also like Darktide showed, weapons without recoil feel like garbage

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In all honesty I do imagine that minor recoil is there just so that it doesn't feel just like a laser pointer

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Despite the fact that they're up against Necrons so it might as well be

plush mason
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the recon is most likely using some kind of internal interrupter

opaque coyote
plush mason
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that would just fire a contentious beam

opaque coyote
plush mason
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yeah

opaque coyote
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Ig that would be what a hellgun would do or smth

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Anyways yeah true

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It probably has a timer or something to separate the beams

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Probably to prevent it from uh

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Exploding or something

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Also is it Hotshot or Hellgun?

plush mason
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yeah overheating is likely why the guard is trained to not fire beam

opaque coyote
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I usually say Hellgun cause I think it's a cooler name

plush mason
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arent they like 2 different versions?

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iirc the hotshot is the hellgun's bigger brother

celest dome
plush mason
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is there a las weapon called a volley gun?

celest dome
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Yes

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It's the variant inbetween Hotshot Lasgun and a Multilaser

opaque coyote
celest dome
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Lasgun

opaque coyote
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Veteran weapon

celest dome
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Then Hotshot Lasgun

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Then Hotshot Volleygun

plush mason
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The Hot-Shot Lasgun[1][5][6][8] or Hellgun[1][5][6] is an enhanced version of the standard Lasgun used by the Imperial Guard[1] and the Skitarii of the Adeptus Mechanicus.[2] It is commonly issued to Imperial special forces units such as Storm Troopers for its superior armor-penetrating capabilities.[3]

celest dome
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Then Multilaser and Lascannon

plush mason
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A Hot-Shot Laspistol, also known as a Hellpistol, is a pistol version of the Hot-Shot Lasgun typically used by Imperial Guard Storm Troopers. Unlike the larger Hot-Shot Lasgun, which is normally restricted to special forces units, Hot-Shot Laspistols are more common among high-ranking Imperial officials, including Imperial Guard officers or agen...

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i love how just about every weapon in the imperium has a bigger version of it

celest dome
plush mason
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this would be cool for the vet to get

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hotshot marksmen rifle

ruby turtle
celest dome
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Might be difficult to make work. More so if considered a different wrapon than a Longlas

opaque coyote
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Hmmm

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Yeah so obviously Hellgun s/Hotshots for Veteran

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Lascutters do sound cool tho

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Basically they're supposed to be used for sieges

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Y'know opening up bulkhead doors, walls, etc.

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But they can actually be used as a short ranged weapon due to them creating a "short ranged laser arc"

celest dome
# opaque coyote Lascutters do sound cool tho

I'd guess they would appear as the same 'weapon' as the Multilaser and Lascannon.
Where like the Rumbler/Kickback(/Tughshot) where they have the same model but are different weapons

fallen plaza
storm jungle
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Another lasgun recoil discourse i missed

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who do i gotta strangle this time

fallen plaza
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You aint strangling no one today

storm jungle
celest dome
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Do you often need to strangle people other than Zimmer and Jay ?

paper haven
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Do lasguns shoot only lasers or is there also a projectile. I've seen it mentioned both ways. In the same book.

spring cairn
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it's the old beam vs bolt thing

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bolts are lame and anyone who says lasguns shoot bolts you can safely consider them braindamaged

paper haven
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I figure it's pure lasers. Meaning there would be no recoil.

celest dome
radiant lance
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There is recoil on a lasgun!
Very small, but it's there

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They shit out a ton of photons and actually have recoil as a result

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Like a ton

raven stone
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The most typical answer for Lasguns and recoils SHOULD be...

"...it depends on the pattern of the Lasgun"

mic drop

green loom
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Stop trying to junk science recoil

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It doesn't matter, it either does or doesn't depending on how you/the author would prefer

storm jungle
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WHAT

fallen plaza
queen laurel
fallen plaza
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Its a takara tomy toy

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😁

queen laurel
fallen plaza
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They are officially licensed

queen laurel
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why the hell would they call it lebron james version

fallen plaza
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Because lebron james

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They also had an evangelion recolor

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Though im not sure if that one is official

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Yup its real

queen laurel
fallen plaza
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did i ever tell you guys i sleep in hello kitty bed sheets

storm jungle
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hey zimmer how about you tell us about the time you exploded

fallen plaza
storm jungle
fallen plaza
storm jungle
fallen plaza
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so sad the automod couldnt let me say the full slur

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but in a way im glad it knows

queen laurel
crystal forum
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i hate when coop games dont punish solo brains enough

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cough cough helldivers 2

fallen plaza
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helldivers 2 has the worse teamates ive ever seen

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genuinely stupid

crystal forum
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that's mostly the console and AAA effects

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but also the game doesn't really push you to work together

queen laurel
crystal forum
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teamates throwing artillery on you and you're the bad person for asking them to use their eyes

fallen plaza
queen laurel
fallen plaza
crystal forum
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fucking mortar turrets

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at least darktide pushes to you literally stay in a group with all the buffs and spawn mechanics

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that still doesn't stop idiots from ignoring it

queen laurel
crystal forum
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it shouldn't

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mf'ers have the option to play solo but they decide to make random people's experience miserable by not following the simple coop mechanics

gray umbra
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I do think coherence is the sort of mechanic that is easily overlooked

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Especially for new players

crystal forum
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call me stupid but arent elite spawns increased when teamates spread out

gray umbra
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Its just monke brain

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No logic or reasoning

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But yeah, game likes to spawn disablers when people get too cheeki breeki

crystal forum
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i noticed that very early on

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that when i rushed forward i was being tackled by like 4 mutants on diff 3

gray umbra
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If you have an afk at spawn, the game will always spawn a dog to eat them

crystal forum
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fun fact left 4 dead 2's director would actively try to slow down your progress

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if even the whole team was doing everything perfectly together but progressing too quickly it would reduce the intervals between climax moments

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the whole climax and interlude system was so damn good

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time to take a breather and time to have full action

gray umbra
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L4d is just such a good game

crystal forum
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it perfected coop horde shooter gameplay before it was even a fully defined genre

gray umbra
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I wonder if we will ever get versus in DT once it full releases in vt2

storm jungle
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ı hope not because like these specials were NOT made to be used by players

crystal forum
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sang guard release

storm jungle
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compared to Special Infected in L4D

crystal forum
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why are they golden

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did sang become custodes

crystal forum
gray umbra
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I think sang guard were always goldenboys

crystal forum
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GRENADE, OUT

queen laurel
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and just ******* burning everything

gray umbra
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being a tox bomber woukd be the shit

queen laurel
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yep

storm jungle
crystal forum
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block passage with fire + mutant charge into a bomb guy

storm jungle
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^

crystal forum
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throw people off map

queen laurel
storm jungle
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Tox Bomber is probably one of the most lethal enemies in this game, i love him

crystal forum
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reminds me of bridge map in left 4 dead 2

storm jungle
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Parish finale?

crystal forum
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just charger people off the map

queen laurel
storm jungle
crystal forum
queen laurel
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yes he is very annoying to deal with because the gas is

storm jungle
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the survivors literally say "watch out for chargers here"

queen laurel
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Rather dangerous

storm jungle
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the devs knew from the start

crystal forum
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we do a little trolling

queen laurel
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but he's actually a fine enemy

storm jungle
storm jungle
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its entire job is to disable or kill you

queen laurel
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pretty much is

dusk patrol
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Gotta watch out for his jerkin arm

rocky gale
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Next big reveal show

queen laurel
rocky gale
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I imagine this is where we'll get our next Roadmap

crystal forum
dusk patrol
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Honestly I haven’t, it was always a joke with my friends and me

crystal forum
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do NOT tell me you havent seen it

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it's a classic

gray umbra
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Tox bomber makes exe stance even more useless

queen laurel
dusk patrol
crystal forum
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please watch both videos if they're still on youtube

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you missed a vital part of my childhood

storm jungle
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"It has no GAS you MORON"

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"Yeah but theres gas cans around for JUST such an occassion!!!"

crystal forum
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"i wonder why they call this one hard rain"

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why do they keep pointing out the massive cannons

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they really want us to know that this planet has 1 single gimmick

storm jungle
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i have like 4 friends complainin about that same subject lol

crystal forum
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"you might have missed this glaring fucking thing in the trailer"

queen laurel
rocky gale
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Because it's the reason everyone wants the world

crystal forum
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GW we didn't miss the cannons we just didn't think they were special in 40k

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they're just normal ass 40k background

rocky gale
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That's where you're wrong kiddo

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Big gun bigger than all others

crystal forum
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literally look at any art of imperial fortified cities and you see massive amounts of huge guns

queen laurel
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it'z one of a kind Dakka

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DA BIG DAKKA

crystal forum
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so i guess the cannons are there to shoot other planets or something

rocky gale
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Yea but they talk about it in the reveal stream, the world used to be a Hive World before the gun, now it's a Weapon World, where the entire world is dedicated to maintaining and supporting this weapon.

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It's mahooosive

crystal forum
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also ngl i thought the massive shell was a crucible for iron working

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i can't be the only one who thought this

crystal forum
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but what does this have to do with the killteam

fallen plaza
#

Maybe that cannon is teasing a new terrain

rocky gale
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It's the focus point of this season of Killteam

fallen plaza
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Giant cannon terrain

rocky gale
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All the Killteams are fighting on this planet trying to get this big gun

crystal forum
rocky gale
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Yea the gun won't be in terrain

crystal forum
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let alone killteam terrain

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it's bigger than a hive city

rocky gale
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They talk about the fights being "Areas around the gun"

crystal forum
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im pretty sure you can fit an imperator titan in the barrel

fallen plaza
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Maybe not that big

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But i dunno

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I dont anyone knows the scale of that

crystal forum
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around 3 feet tall on tabletop i believe

raven stone
#

The name of the gun is...well, not imaginative but still on point.
Massif Ballistus...

crystal forum
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it was actually given a size once lol

gray umbra
#

Da BEEG dakka

crystal forum
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what would orks even do with it

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shoot attack moons?

raven stone
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Probably. Or make an extra big Zzap gun.

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Also

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I cannot help but think someone on KT design team watched the trailer for PVKK when they came up with that thing

crystal forum
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what's PVKK

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oh that game

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knowing the time it takes to animate stuff i do believe it was in concept long before that game was revealed

raven stone
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Yea that game XD.
And yea, fair. Probably a very odd but lucky coincidence.

crystal forum
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large cannons arent a particularly novel concept either

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im just confused what the point of it is in 40k

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shooting ships?

raven stone
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I would say so

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Given the Tau dispatch explicitly mentions that is the thing preventing them from sending the fleet in.

crystal forum
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kinda ironic that if the planet didn't have that cannon it wouldn't be much of a target for attacks

queen laurel
raven stone
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I would assume the planet itself had values beyond the cannon...but then again it is GW writing the lore.

crystal forum
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weird to see tau going so guns blazing

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you'd expect them to just play the long game and convince the planet's rulers

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but the imperium might have a tight grip on the world

raven stone
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I think the dispatch did try to justify that by saying the human population is weirdly dogmatic and loyal to IoM

crystal forum
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yeah and they worship the cannon or something

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they did say that

raven stone
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Yep

crystal forum
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i guess they had to also justify it not being a fortress world since if that were the case it wouldn't need scions for help

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it's just a normal hive world with a big cannon

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a repeat of the vraks armoury world condition

raven stone
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To be fair, even fortress worlds can do with elite assistance, but I get your point.

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It also does seem to be the case that there is a non-Tau invasion that is also happening

crystal forum
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the ork one right?

raven stone
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Yea, they look like the ones with the actual invading force.

crystal forum
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i dont remember seeing the cannon shoot in the trailer but it apparently does

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so there's definitely some shit going on

raven stone
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Yep

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Even if it was a fortress world, you would need Scions to guard the Big Gun since the home regiments are busy fighting the Orks

crystal forum
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yeah it seems to he a hard target to defend since it has so many areas that keep it logistically going

raven stone
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Yep. The bigger the round and mechanisms, the more there are tiny entrances to guard...

viral halo
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How is the lore chat today

paper stirrup
#

is there a reason that grey knights havent shown up yet in the moebian domain yet

crystal forum
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there havent been any major demons appearing

paper stirrup
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eh fair enough

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the domain is pretty close to the sol system tho so I thought it would be kind of worrying for the ordo malleus

storm jungle
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most of their artworks have them fighting in quite literal hellscapes

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Atoma is not a full on daemonic invasion

crystal forum
#

it takes a lot for inquisitors to call in astartes, let alone grey knights

storm jungle
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^

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  • The grey knights use Prognosticars to gauge and assess threats they do want to deal with, they'd know if things were bad enough to warrant their assistance here
paper stirrup
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yeah I don't know a ton about grey knights as they've never really interested me

raven stone
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Generally speaking by thr time GK are involved, physics has long disappeared and even our characters will genuinely go insane.

crystal forum
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would be very funny to see grey knights fighting pox walkers though lol

paper stirrup
#

I just know em as "anti-daemon guys"

storm jungle
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too bad nerd

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get loredumped

crystal forum
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they'd probably kill captain wolf the millisecond they arrive

queen laurel
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get lored you nurgling

crystal forum
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and those fucking twins would not stand a chance

sour hornet
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I'm somewhat of a newbie

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do grey knights actually kill people they fight alongside?

storm jungle
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yes

paper stirrup
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yeah

sour hornet
#

bruh

raven stone
#

And conversely, a single "truescale" Demonic threat would be like...we take Corruption tick damage as soon as we touch down on the planet

crystal forum
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you're not supposed to know demons exist as a pleb

sour hornet
#

cadians though?

storm jungle
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its related to working with grey knights

queen laurel
sour hornet
#

what abt those guys?

storm jungle
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Any mind exposed to daemonic corruption or things worse like daemon primarchs can get corrupted down the road by chaotic influences, sometimes this is true sometimes its not, in their eyes its "why take the chance"

tough haven
fallen plaza
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Cadians aren't real tho

crystal forum
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grey knight havent purged many people recently so i guess they kinda mellowed

fallen plaza
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Imperial propaganda

raven stone
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Only Marines and VIP have thr priviledge of being mind wiped instead.

Also if a Marine chapter happens to stand up for you...you might get away with it.

sour hornet
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^

crystal forum
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but they would literally kill entire battalions

storm jungle
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like

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why are you people expecting sense

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from literal space nazis

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lol

tough haven
crystal forum
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they did it so hard that space wolves fought them to calm tf down

storm jungle
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it depends

tough haven
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Or work them to death still

storm jungle
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also depends

sour hornet
#

What if they fight alongside other astartes?

storm jungle
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same with Sisters

raven stone
#

Well, the other issue is also that Chaos and Warp corruption is like a mental virus

sour hornet
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What if I say no?

storm jungle
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you die

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lol

fallen plaza
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To answer any lore questions in the future

storm jungle
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you dont get a choice

fallen plaza
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It depends

sour hornet
#

Kiss my ass, proverbially

queen laurel
storm jungle
tough haven
crystal forum
storm jungle
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^

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the Imperium are not good guys

sour hornet
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I mean if the Astartes they fight alongside say no

tough haven
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You are chaff for the grinder

tough haven
sour hornet
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Not a normal shmuck

queen laurel
#

there are very few space marines that know they exist

storm jungle
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^

paper stirrup
#

victims of imperial propaganda everywhere

queen laurel
#

one of them being the space wolves

crystal forum
storm jungle
sour hornet
tough haven
crystal forum
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they suck

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space wolves arent good guys

sour hornet
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Who won the fight though

tough haven
#

Unfortunately space wolves are boring and one note

fallen plaza
storm jungle
sour hornet
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Fick

paper stirrup
raven stone
#

Wolves are a mixed bag.
They had to be monsters at Prospero, to do good at Armageddon.

sour hornet
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Fuck

crystal forum
#

it was more like a pyrrhic victory

storm jungle
#

by the climax of the war Fenris was surrounded

tough haven
#

But they’re one of the ones I kinda find interesting

storm jungle
#

their ancient dreadnaught spoke on their behalf

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and agreed to a truce

queen laurel
storm jungle
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and the people the Wolves rescued spread daemonic corruption to the planets they escaped

sour hornet
#

What the fuck is that

storm jungle
#

so the Inquisition and GK were right

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lol

tough haven
tough haven
queen laurel
paper stirrup
#

space wolf mutant

sour hornet
queen laurel
#

also known as yes a Wulfen

raven stone
tough haven
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Or controllable

crystal forum
sour hornet
#

Heretical???

fallen plaza
#

More like gay

tough haven
crystal forum
#

space wolves got off easy because plot armour

tough haven
#

Deemed it worth the downsides

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All of them have the potential for it

paper stirrup
#

space wolves got a pass bc they make gw money lol

storm jungle
#

people just never talk about it

sour hornet
#

What casualties did the Inquisition take if they agreed to a truce?

tough haven
#

It’s the chapters “unique great shame” that every chapter has

tough haven
paper stirrup
#

I think grimnar killed a few gk

tough haven
#

If you find out loyal astartes are fighting the inquisition

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It would not be good

queen laurel
# sour hornet That seems...

nah some chapters have gene seed that have specialized properties to give them more edge it's normal thing but not really appreciated

For example the black dragons which basically makes them into tarkatan space marines

gray umbra
#

I dont like the wulfen curse

sour hornet
crystal forum
sour hornet
#

Why did he do that???

fallen plaza
#

It's complicated

paper stirrup
tough haven
queen laurel
fallen plaza
#

His stuff is good

queen laurel
#

i am not kidding he destroyed planets for that shit

crystal forum
storm jungle
gray umbra
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I thought a lot of the defects were from the primarchs being warp creations

storm jungle
sour hornet
#

What in the fuck

storm jungle
sour hornet
#

Wouldn't that just make more heretics???

tough haven
#

Personally I don’t mind explaining it

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I’m bored

queen laurel
# sour hornet What???

yeah uh his son wanted to worship the emperor as a God and you know instead of lecturing his son, he decided to destroy his work in front of him by blowing up the planets he made to worship his father

crystal forum
# storm jungle SHUT UP NERD

why do astartes get to go through their whole character arcs to chaos but humans have to have this disease that FORCES them to be chaos oriented

queen laurel
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trust me this guy is rather not a good one

paper stirrup
raven stone
# storm jungle people just never talk about it

Ah ok. I mean ultimately I would measure it by outcome (I.e. for the setting, a few extra planets developing Chaos Cults is not THAT big of a deal, compared to extra planets being blown up because of taking jn Armaggedon refugees) but it is still nice to know GW actually remembered to write the ending note for that.

paper stirrup
#

a lot more

gray umbra
#

Emperor is a bad dad

sour hornet
tough haven
tough haven
paper stirrup
#

but it was lorgar so it's ok

#

fuck lorgar

crystal forum
#

knights are a very weird introduction to 40k

queen laurel
tough haven
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That’s one I don’t usually hear

gray umbra
#

Lorgar was galactically embarrassed by his dad in public

queen laurel
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So read you bleed build spamming piece of shit

fallen plaza
#

He wasn't any better let's not pretend he was

sour hornet
crystal forum
sour hornet
#

I saw them and visibly pogged

crystal forum
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also ew anime

fallen plaza
queen laurel
sour hornet
#

I come from battletech

fallen plaza
#

Oh

gray umbra
#

Titans are gundams no cap

paper stirrup
#

my intro was dark angels

tough haven
#

My intro was orks and admech

#

Still my favs

paper stirrup
#

admech is my fav

fallen plaza
gray umbra
#

Intro was DoW

fallen plaza
#

There stuff is cool

tough haven
#

My favorite stupid smart person

paper stirrup
#

admech and iron warriors

gray umbra
#

And i was instantly enamored by the "BATTLE BRUTHA"

queen laurel
gray umbra
#

I also thought sindri was cool as fuck as villain

sour hornet
# tough haven Have you seen titans?

Yes, but from my understanding titan pilots are inherently doomed to become ghosts in the machine, which is decidedly not cash money if you want a family. Or walking.

fallen plaza
#

Dougram is epic

tough haven
crystal forum
tough haven
#

You get to be independent as a knight

sour hornet
tough haven
#

Accurate

crystal forum
#

he's barely a person

crystal forum
#

more like a cartoonishly evil character

fallen plaza
#

Which is a problem I have

fallen plaza
#

Mainly his consistency

tough haven
sour hornet
tough haven
#

Not making this up

crystal forum
tough haven
#

This universe’s lore is nuts

#

And I love it

fallen plaza
#

He was responsible for the ultramarines movie

gray umbra
#

No

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Its true

sour hornet
#

Or actually lore?

tough haven
crystal forum
queen laurel
paper stirrup
#

if only i knew how to read...

queen laurel
tough haven
#

Mostly it’s a mystery

queen laurel
#

as of now he was basically just like born in the world or something

#

and like he was alexander the great

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or

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any other type of ******* history figure i don't ******* know

tough haven
crystal forum
sour hornet
paper stirrup
#

uhhhh

#

he

#

's

paper stirrup
#

fucking dead

#

so

queen laurel
crystal forum
paper stirrup
#

ok hadron sorry

queen laurel
#

so uh

paper stirrup
#

he's freaking dead

queen laurel
#

he was very ******* old

gray umbra
#

BC

sour hornet
crystal forum
#

and by born i'm being generous since he's barely fucking human

paper stirrup
#

fool is 48000 years old

#

gahdamn

tough haven
crystal forum
#

very normal behavior

#

this happened multiple times btw

sour hornet
#

Sons biologically or via metaphysical mitosis?

tough haven
gray umbra
#

Somethingsomethingdealwiththechaosgods

tough haven
#

More like in vitro

sour hornet
#

Hard to imagine this guy having a girl

tough haven
#

With a touch of eldritch magic

hallow plover
queen laurel
crystal forum
hallow plover
#

Just makes them stronger

tough haven
gray umbra
#

I vaguely recall he had a deal with chaos and then walked out of it because he was a dick

gray umbra
#

Then the primarchs got scattered

tough haven
#

Should have written the contract better

sour hornet
#

Who did they come from though, an actual woman? Or literally the goddamn warp?

hallow plover
#

Erda?

gray umbra
#

Test tube

sour hornet
#

Which is correct?

tough haven
#

Added some wolf dna and shit

fallen plaza
#

Ex problems caused all of 40k

hallow plover
#

What part did Erda play besides the scattering thing

crystal forum
tough haven
paper stirrup
#

hey guy what do U reccomend getting for Ur first model to paint i don't wnna get ultramarines...

sour hornet
#

Okay so they're his sons, so that makes astartes his grandsons? And custodes are?

paper stirrup
gray umbra
#

Kill team models looked kind of dope

crystal forum
tough haven
paper stirrup
#

true tho

crystal forum
#

astartes are the primarch's sons

#

except if you're angron

#

he doesnt pay child support

gray umbra
#

Its primarchs > custodes > astartes i think

sour hornet
#

Why do random ass dudes guard him and not someone w/ a vested interest?

tough haven
#

Anyways, enough space marine lore, it’s boring

gray umbra
#

Astartes are just mass produced soldiers

green loom
#

I neab

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*mean

#

They're not exactly random

tough haven
paper stirrup
tough haven
#

Like meticulously master crafted immortals

green loom
gray umbra
#

Custodes have a lot more investment in them than space marines do

crystal forum
#

he didn't create primarchs for fun

tough haven
#

Custodes guard the house

paper stirrup
#

i mean i don't really dislike any factions except for eldar and tau, just don't dig their vibe

gray umbra
#

You dont like penis helmets?

tough haven
paper stirrup
#

i do not like penis helmets

crystal forum
#

eldar hater

paper stirrup
tough haven
#

Yeah

#

They’re from the emperor

paper stirrup
#

like those ones that go out and guard people that r supposed to be important eventually

rocky gale
#

For Custodes they take the best kids from the Nobles on Terra and give them artisanal crafted DNA enhancements to supercharge them and raise them to be completely loyal

tough haven
#

They’re gonna be weird

paper stirrup
#

all the talons of the emporer r weird

crystal forum
#

also yes do not confuse custodes with astartes, they are created completely differently

sour hornet
green loom
#

Marines

green loom
#

Hell no lol

#

Primarchs still pretty casually butcher them

gray umbra
#

Not as good as primarchs but better than marines for sure

crystal forum
green loom
#

No

crystal forum
#

custodes can easily murder astartes

green loom
#

Marines can kill custodes

#

Custodes cannot kill primarchs

sour hornet
#

They've been around for 10K years, guarding the palace and doing esoteric shit, why? Why aren't they proactively fucking daemons up and shit.

crystal forum
#

whatever custodes are somewhere between primarch and astartes

sour hornet
#

How many of these guys are there?

tough haven
#

Actually maybe they do

tough haven
#

Like 200

sour hornet
#

200?!

green loom
crystal forum
tough haven
#

Nvm

#

I lied

paper stirrup
#

10000

#

they are called the emporer's 10000

crystal forum
#

obviously not exactly 10k

rocky gale
#

Yea there are never more than 10k of them

crystal forum
#

but it's their nickname

paper stirrup
#

well yeah doi but around there

green loom
#

A good chunk of them died during the Sack of Lion's Gate and the whole Shadow Throne shitshow

crystal forum
#

never take 40k numbers at face value

#

they dont make sense

gray umbra
#

It should be warhammer 42000 now

sour hornet
tough haven
#

Anyways, besides space marines, what other lore you wanna learn about? Space marines are kinda a lot of randomly nuanced lore other factions don’t get

tough haven
#

One of the primarchs told them to do shit

crystal forum
#

that's the real reason

green loom
#

The lore reason is probably just shame/lack of orders

crystal forum
#

cutsodes were never really important to the narrative

#

but now they do spy stuff

green loom
#

They've always done spy stuff

sour hornet
#

Like could custodes (theoretically) have ran Abbadon's fade at Cadia?

rocky gale
#

No

crystal forum
#

custodes were at cadia

sour hornet
#

Like why aren't they headhunting chaos forces?

crystal forum
#

i think

green loom
gray umbra
#

Because gw deemed the plot must move on

crystal forum
#

but that was a whole black crusade

rocky gale
#

Custodes can't really do much against a Blackstone Fortress falling ontop of them tbh

crystal forum
#

it was a LOT of chaos

sour hornet
#

Okay, so a bit outnumbered, I see.

#

A bit...

crystal forum
#

literally the eye of terror yes

paper stirrup
#

i HAAAAATE abaddon

green loom
crystal forum
#

also apparently since custodes are written to win every battle they go to in imperial records cadia was considered an imperial victory

sour hornet
#

Or did the plan fuck up so badly he got mad?

green loom
#

The Planet would not have survived

#

Regardless

tough haven
#

After literally everything conspired to fuck with the plan

green loom
tough haven
#

No

#

You can’t make me

crystal forum
#

i will make you

gray umbra
#

Cadia stands

tough haven
crystal forum
#

yes

fallen plaza
#

I wish we had lucifer blacks as a unit

#

That would be sicj

green loom
#

Cadia was gone, the Blackstone fortress was too annoying to control and got crippled, so he cut his losses and tossed it at Cadia once the pylons turned on

paper stirrup
#

look at this idiot

fallen plaza
#

I wanna see them in solar pattern armor

tough haven
#

I might have oversimplified lol

paper stirrup
#

i hope robot gorillaman rips his face off

crystal forum
#

he couldn't win without his eldar superweapon

#

what a loser