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I have returned from class
Go study
What type of math
I’m going to class now for cpr certification
The Math kind
Its mostly him basically never being told to just "stop".
you will extremely notice this effect the more you read his stuff
What would happen if Kirby swallowed the God Emperor?
oh yeah i mean the lack of editing is just BL as a whole
They made me do a test to see what my level was and turns out I've forgot how to divide
He becomes a wizard with a great jawline and hair
Kirby gets his flaming sword lmao
and his hair
They gotta keep the slop machine going

Would the 40k setting change if Kirby ate the God Emperor?
In the End and the Death (all written by him) the ending afterword section had him reveal that his editor was Nick Kyme
And all Nick told him was and I exactly quote; "Just write as much as you want, don't worry about the word count."

bruh
yeah when i read that
Humanity would die
Would you ass change if I sent my foot into it at Mach 5
No transport, no armies, no food
they actually wrote that in like it's something to be proud of?
We can test one of these things
It wasnt to be proud
Not really
I'm used to this
the afterword section is like 10 pages long
its mostly Dan just venting
and saying how hard these books were to write
and im like
"So maybe just dont write so much and get an actual editor that does his job???"
like he also says shit like the Emperor being ""morally ambigious""
Huh? 
He's the reason why the Imperium even exists.
TF does he mean

Yeah I got no idea what he mean tby that.
i think he thought its "good for discussion"
when most pro-Emperor people are very unhinged IRL
He has a sword called barabisater that is made from the broken fragments of a sword used by carthaen swordswomen who use a very specific style of swordsmanship
It is essentially a katana
this is literally a problem he himself created by having a ridiculous amount of characters to work with
Anyway that aside yeah Abnett basically just needs someone to tell him to sometimes just stop lol
HE SAYS THAT TOO
And like
YOU ACKNOWLDGING THIS DOESNT MAKE IT BETTER
Keep a spreadsheet
dan always has way too many characters man
and props to him for putting time into developing them all but like dude chill
eisenhorn surprisingly has few characters for a dan book
series
the first book has a handful
second major book he starts with a big group but then he goes with a small team
Spreadsheets solve so many problems
they include ones at the start of the books and it still doesnt help
Can you Ctrl f on it
you know shit's bad when they have to list the characters

I don’t have issues keeping track of the characters but I’m also not a dumbass and pay vague attention so maybe that’s part of it

This feels like a quantity over quality issue
Arguably my issue was actually there wasn’t enough characters
You are saying this like the sheet includes only important characters.
it includes literal fucking nobody NPC people too lol
Not a fan of a books that make me think "who the fuck are you again" when starting a chapter with a perspective shift
This is even funnier since Abnett also says he tried to include absolutely everyone lol
Yes like kyle the flametrooper who will die like 2 pages later
^
something that annoys me in eisenhorn is he uses first and last names interchangeably so you're supposed to learn two fucking names per character
DO NOT DO THIS
Because some ork shot his promethium tank
There is a funny moment in the GG books
A Clash of Kings afterword
All the major kingdoms get like, 2-3 pages
HOUSE FREY GETS FIVE PAGES, JUST FOR THEMSELVES
Where they’re sneaking through a facility and there’s four teams.
Yeah its why I love people who say to understand the Siege you gotta read all the books when you really dont lol
And A team has all the main dudes so you know they’re ok
There's a lot of Freys
B and C have some main dudes so they’re probably ok
Then at the end of the chapter it switches to D team without a single character you recognize and it’s like
“Oh yeah I wonder what’s gonna happen.”
And they all die.
when you realize you're with the main character group but you're the only non named character
Whomp whomp
i really want an author to include 4th wall breaks and people realizing they dont have plot armour
It’s done in other books
I'm pretty sure that Gloomspite book has that
"i request going into the drop pod with brother "no helmet bob"
There was one
A helmetless Word Bearer (back when they were loyalist)
Got a spear thrown through his neck by a tribal cause he wasn't wearing a helmet
He managed to kill the warrior that did this but then died
Because even the Emperor's gene engineering can't solve
"SPEAR THROUGH NECK = DEATH"
It was like a stone spear I believe also. To add insult to injury
They didn't even have guns and shit. The word bearer literally died because he was a dumbass
Also it wasn't even a stone spear
It was a wooden one

Space Marine OSHA, when
There was also a Veteran Iron Snake that had to take off his helmet because daemons were scrambling the sensors and shit
And he got shot in the head by an auto gun and died
Weak
Common Word Bearer L
Better than getting nicked by a flint knife and going apeshit
Does anyone know the most likely origin of when Big E was born?
Apparently some where in the Mediterranean
Was it not Anatolia
Dunno
Iran or something
I think you guys thought it was
"The Emperor was born to mortal parents on Terra in the 8th Millennium BC[3b] in a primitive proto-Hittite village along the banks of the Sakarya River[14c] (in Anatolia)"
Most likely somewhere in the fertile crescent.
"You kids are too soft.
Back in my day, I could defeat all of my enemies, bang their wives, and come back to my yurt by sundown. You kids just don't know how to crusade."
- Emps towards his sons
I saw that as one of the in-universe theories when I looked it up, kind of interesting
I definitely did NOT expect BC
Honestly I kinda wish we got a backstory for why the Emperor hates religion so much.
But at the same time his character is so inconsistent that I'm afraid to make it even more complicated lmao
Anatolia
It’s Anatolia
Religion does tend to get in the way of unity ||and, at the behest of sounding like a Redditor, logic too||
In fairness, it was a cursed and/or super high tech flintknife that had a mind of it's own and attacked the very soul of its victim
I would imagine that the Emperor used to be similar to Lorgar
He was Jesus so
In that he was basically a Bible thumper
A militant redditor atheist.
It's kinda like seeing your past mistakes reflected on your kid. Like he sees Lorgar doing something he did in the past
And he tries to prevent that.
Just in the worst way humanly possible
The wiki says that is one account, is there somewhere that confirms that as the answer?
"Yes to prove I am not a god. Let me rain down divine fucking wrath on my son's city"
- Emperor
Which Wiki?
When in the history of ever has super punishment actually changed anyone's mind?
Singapore beating people live on tv

warhammer40k.fandom
If it's not Lexicanum, then you can ignore it
Is that one unreliable?
Servitorization works
Ahh
Kinda
One is the correct wiki, the other only lies.
Fandom wiki is
Horrid
Lexicanum is less horrid
I hate how 40k has no good wikis
Lexicanium at least doesn't have headcanon shoved in
Fandom Wiki has a mix of real lore, lore that's no longer canon, memelore in places and people will also just make shit up to fill in the gaps
But it does have some info that is missing also
Like the description for Force weapons is literally a paragraph
Thanks
the lexicanum actually captions images of models with what edition they're from which is very helpful
I literally learned that they implemented crystals into the sword by fucking r/40klore
Severing a person's prefrontal cortex might literally change their mind but I doubt that their beliefs, insofar as they can even exist after that point, will change.
Servitorizstion is essentially just
Using the brain as a cpu
Ahh okay so the Lexicanum confirms Anatolia at that time period as the surefire answer
the wiki annoys the shit out if me with how it takes itself seriously
But elaborates that his birth and powers was because the fucking shaman Illuminati
Yea, it's basically the most recent reliable answer we have
Beep boop
I didn't deserve this.
Beep
VS the Fandom page which includes lore from the 90s which is no longer acknowledged
no sources either
Tbf the shaman sacrificing thing is old lore.
It was used in TTS but that's probably so that they can run with a proper characterization.
Although it is also the only backstory for the Emps
So
Yeah
I mean there are theories that he is a Golden Man from the DAot
just whoever the fuck created the wiki first?
And that he was a super weapon
But there is little evidence
It's a cool idea tho
Usually well established wikis have moderators, admins, etc
But wikis that Warhammer 40k just have
Random people adding shit to it
also lexicanum ads are starting to border on wiki level
Like literally some fandom wikis are closer to fanfic sites
but at least the lexicanum doesnt force me to load a fucking video on my data
You can literally create a wiki about anything
like fuck you wiki
more or less I think, could ask the Inquisitor S who runs the english lex, montius who runs the fandom wiki probably won't reply
I'm just glad the lex cites it sources at minimum
As an actual question. What does Gothic sound like
low or high
frensh/latin/english i think (for high gothic)
Like what we hear is translated. And both Low and High Gothic are essentially entirely different languages
Yeah I heard of it basically being like
A mixture of latin, French, etc
U fokin wot m8 cor blimey
Like it's basically an alien tongue if we didn't have to translated
dan abnet will literally use shakespear english to represent old gothic
Do translators even exist.
Like sci Fi level translators where they use some type of tech algorithm to try and decipher wtf they're saying
it's common in books that hive scum speak some dumb variation of low gothic
I'm one of them 🫡 I cite sources though, so I'm on team lexicanum.
any rundown mook can edit it lol
Or is it just the good old
Grab someone who knows both high gothic and the local language. And pray to the Emperor that they can translate
In 40k universe, our kind of technology never got developed, right?
what does this mean
Or just lost
Nah the 40k universe is way more advanced than us
as far as we're aware 40k went through a similar if not exact history as we did
Because of a toy rocket malcador has
Yeah even the cogitators and shit are described as more advanced than current computers
Basically they are far more advanced but also far more barbaric
I hope Big E fw Darktide then
DAoT humanity did manage to get widespread AI
...
Before they went crazy and started murdering everyone
Forms of comms are very WW2
That's true, forgot about the AI stuff
Vox are radios
Like phones do exist but its just some shit with a latin name and not widespread
communications in 40k are made complicated by warp stuff
Tbf I think it's mainly because the only form of communication across systems is literally just using the Warp and pray that your message doesn't get fucked with or misses
Astropathic stuff is for actually important things.
basic comms still exists, its just not usable for most people
Yeah generally, most Imperial planets make do with radio and maybe even phones
also just any kind if computer miniaturization is rare since you have servitors doing that
Isn't the noosphere that admech use more like wifi/phones/internet?
It's more like a private discord chat tbh
I totally forgot Noosphere existed
And you have to be in their general vicinity
Do they have tiktok and instagram reels in the imperium
Also you have to know the legendary, ancient language known as... BINARY.
binaric
Considering it's the worst period of humanity
100% definitely
Add some extra cringe in there too
This just in, God-Emperor of Mankind banned Tiktok
Millions outraged
And promptly killed
Noosphere is like a bunch of discord channels and calls
Aka hell
It’s a chat room
Full of nerds
Parchment is also a common storage
Mainly because it lasts long
And it's physical
The Mars general-chat noosphere must be hell
Instead of being a behavioral dopamine rat race, there is an actual tube that injects you with happy juice to keep scrolling
Literally 4chan but 40k
Nah that requires people to be happy
/tg
The Imperium is miserable 100% of the time
Literally the worst thing ever
Electro priest channels are literally /pol/
I can imagine Cawl being hated
"FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT IS A SCIENTIST AND INVENTS THINGS. HE SHOULD SMITED BY THE OMNISSIAH"
And I can imagine Cawl "Not an AI" Inferior shit posting and spamming to
"HAVE CAWL BECOME FABRICATOR GENERAL"
And it's just constant spam
There are several bots that just post
"HAVE CAWL BECOME FABRICATOR GENERAL"
Daily
I love how Cawl genuinely loves his creations but all his creations want to fucking kill him
"Alpha Primarius. It's your birthday! I baked you a cake!"
Primus - fucking miserable and depressed
"Father, why did you make me constantly in pain."
"Don't be such a Debbie downer!"
Not for any of the morally bankrupt things he did
It's for doing the cursed thing known as INNOVATION
cant wait for the next mechanicus book to explain wtf happened to gryphonne IV
(without disguising it as a long lost STC fragment)
better than that i mean
They literally faced the full brunt of hive fleet leviathan
They tried for months but they got overrun eventually
because it was the entire fucking hivefleet
well thats not what we're getting
Big E made a mistake not leaving Hinduism and Buddhism be or smth
we're getting a book on a tech priest trying to fix it
who's on the cover? is that Gryphon 4 aesthetic or metalica?
Also Cawl does genuinely get results
i wanna see all the cool forge world side models from gryphonne IV fight early era nids
So he can't be touched precisely because that Primaris sauce is too good
Oh and also most of the other shit
wait like after it died?
There were survivors
Honestly I think the only one that sucks is his new dreadnought pattern
it's still salvageable after it got nommed?
nids must have really enjoyed tasting that oil
unironically
that's straight biofuel right there
Nids straight up remove/get planet cores
even dreadnaught chassis' got minerals and other shit on it
"biomass" does not simply equate to organic material
hmmm so full planet cores
also they even steal the fucking air
lead and iron vitamins
so theres no atmosphere left lmao
reminder that some votaan have canonically attacked nids to extract their minerals
this is why space dwarves rule
I remember that being something Cawl was seeking to restore
yeah basically terraforming planets destroyed by nids
which is pretty stupid
but lol
Tyrannids strip planets completely, I think I heard once that the planets they leave behind tend to break apart into asteroids
Its generally left as a dead husk most of the time but im not sure how badly removing a planet's core effects it lol
I mean it's a decent idea if you can cultivate life quickly which I recall being possible if Rogue Trader is accurate
And also deal with the whole missing core thing
Yeah but there's nothing of value on the planet itself. Terraforming it would probably take more work than just finding another planet
I figured most planets in the Imperium's reach were already catalogued but I suppose they really wouldn't be if RT is accurate again
At the same time not many planets can sustain life in the first place, so if an agri world is the goal then maybe? Maybe worth
didnt a book about Cawl recently prove the nids are only surface level feeders?
they dont actually go that deep into a world's crust
No clue, haven't read it.
If new lore says it's only surface level, that's a direct contradiction of old lore where they strip a planet completely all the way to the core
its the one where he was out looking for the remains of the Pharos thing from the heresy
iirc it also says the reason worlds that get eaten by the nids arent retaken and terraformed is because the imperium outlawed it
so when Cawl scans the planet where the Pharos' remains are and finds water and microbes deep inside the mantle he proposes that terraforming it could be viable and only take a few centuries (a short time for him) and gets told to stfu about it as such talk could get him executed
Sotha wasn’t fully eaten
It’s mostly since nids leave nothing behind to work with
It isn’t banned
The nids are just being pickier eaters now lore wise
So there are depictions of the Trinity. Which makes me wonder how the machine God trio would be depicted in artwork for 40k
The Omnissiah would be depicted as the Emperor (of course)
The Deus Mechanicus is basically "The Father" in this instance so I would imagine he would basically be a clump of machinery and wires
And finally the Motive Force is essentially the force that gives life it's motion and continued existence.
Usually depictions of the "Holy Spirit" basically have it as a dove.
So maybe it would be kind of bird or something idk
Motive force is depicted as lightning
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guys
this is so good
Title says it all praise the God Emperor
it's literally perfect
golden jesus had tw-eighteen sons
literally exactly how you should describe it
I send that to anyone who is just getting into warhammer
its so good
If someone's getting into Warhammer I send them on a trip to hell
By hell I mean a mediocre semi relevant lore video that covers less than nothing and paints the setting in such a shitty way that you're left more confused than when you started out
@crystal forum confirm
I think sniper is more Twink leaning 1
what happened this time
live replay on the jumbotron
Last I checked a bear has hair
What is a good lore video to you if you were to actually reccomend Warhammer
Basically anything Leutin right
They're either too long and bloated or too short and stupid
I'll admit, I got into the franchise in a very embarrassing way
You watched Arch
No
that's what she said
Close enough
I watched the kirioth video
What star wars v 40k?
That
Dumb but standard
luetin got me into warhammer
The bar for embarrassment shouldn't really bother you, we play with toy soldiers and sometimes pretend they can be serious
Arbiter Ian is decent at summerization
Although I don't watch him much
True he's pretty based
I find him too neutral sometimes, in terms of list building
Like instead of telling you the rules of the unit he would just list the lore behind it
He does tell the rules, it just kinda depends on the video.
its mostly him trying to make the video more digestible for people also getting into stuff like 30k as well
I used to listen to Luetin videos to fall asleep. Lol learning and snoozing
i dont like his chaos god video
Luetin is very much up his own ass with that shit yeah
he outright says hes aware these are "things that arent meant to be explained but he is gonna explain them anyway" also gets into quantum mechanics and astrophysics and its just... what
no im talking about arbiter ian
I listen to Vox in the Void to sleep to, lol
but luetin's ramblings are bad too
whats bad about it
the one where he says there's no chaos gods
The saturnine video perfectly captures that
Yeah I know but again he makes the point clear lol
Ignorance is your shield
its more just him taking a logical perspective into it and getting into the nerdy side of that stuff with other sci-fi media.
i just think he's taking the wrong approach
its one of the reasons why i like his videos, dumb analysis like that are pretty neat
they're fantasy elements
Yeah but its still a sci-fi setting.
that doesn't change the way it's presented
I mean its still largely presented as sci fi lol
fantasy is the sprinkle ontop of it
but anyway yeah its a normal video, i dont think theres that much deep about it
hes mostly just being pedantic as he says himself for the sake of discussion
Daemons in 40k are presented as like an unknown part of science
Bile says so himself and its about as redditor as you can get with it
its pretty funny lol
chaos is completely at odds with science in 40k
there's two distinct things in the setting
it's more like fantasy magic than anything
And again its still given a medieval yet sci-fi flair.
but this is also just semantics
the two elements are meant to go hand-in-hand
science is magic to those who know nothing of it
see that's literally the quote he opens the video with
that's what ticked me off the most
it doesnt apply to the video
it's pretentious
Not really.
You are just easily ticked off, as per above
this isnt a luetin situation where hes literally getting into actual science to explain it.
tbf its a highly pretentious topic
Yeah this.
then dont do a video about it, is my simple answer
Its his channel and he has a steady fanbase, he can do what he wants
you being upset about it doesnt change the fact that a lot of other people like the subject
mythological stuff in 40k is interesting to talk about and get into the thick of

Ian also just kinda does it for fun tbh.
I dont know why it should be taken seriously at all
Yeah i do agree the video is a bit weird but i enjoyed it well enough like most of his videos, guy isnt a cunt so there wasnt really anything to get upset at imo.
a good chunk of his videos also tend to go against the 40k norm which is nice, makes him more entertaining to watch
The upfrontness and proper lore explanations are prob one of the bigger reasons why I watch him admittedly lol
Him stopping videos sometimes to also explain IRL contradictions/effects of certain events is also nice, i dont see content creators do that much 
gotta get those clicks somehow, who cares about correction 

One of the newer content creators I dislike is the black library guy
Because you can feel that he has consumed so much slop that he has a low bar for what a good book is
I watch Oculus Imperia and Janovich videos
Janovich is great for his historical map videos
Oculus imperia is great yeah
Oculus is Oculus yeah
saying hes great is expected at this point so no problems there 
WAIT
He does lore on basically everything without it feeling like slop
do yo umean the fucking.... uh
Also the australian guy
loser nerd with the harlequin profile pic
Yes
God I fucking hate him
Majorkill?
He's even got the nasally voice too
Though that is more for entertainment than serious lore stuff
Yeh
But I wanna hear your opinion on the slop library man
yeah Majorkill is for memes and shitposts with a tiny bit of lore mixed in
There were two guys who just straight up read articles from one of the wikis
dude has said so himself a few times lol
Honestly its literally the same as yours, like i remember listening to his 1h review of End and the Death Vol2 and him getting teary eyed over Malcador's death for like 10m while im almost falling asleep made me laugh a bit lol
also his content is just... yeah lol
Onemindsyndicate?
I do not remember the name but that sounds right
yeah Syndicate fell off fast
I stopped watching them rather quickly
^
this was his public reception
once people called him out their stuff kinda just flopped
it was like a parasite losing its host lol
Poorhammer can be a fun channel, but sometimes I when I watch there videos I soy in rage everytime they slander the rhino and the chimera
i only know about Syndicate becuase Majorkill bashed them for just reading off the wiki pages and calling it lore videos lol
Lmao
I remember the majorkill and outercirle drama
rare Major W where he actually bashes a bad channel
the Weshammer one was way funnier imo
"HE COPIED MY TOPICS"
Literally the most fucking generic topics
I like mister circle personally, if you can't tell a lot of my opinions I base on his
I'm now imagining a Tzeentchian daemon trying to scare him
The guardsman genuinely being confused
So then the Daemon tries to explain it
"HE STOLE MY THUMBNAIL"
literally the most generic space marine pic you could find
"No you should be scared because blahblahbla-"
Did he even credit the pics
I remember he used fanarts without even crediting the artists
^
Hes honestly a pretty well meaning dude
hes just a bit obnoxious and youtube dudebro but thats kinda it
The YouTube dudebro is the new transatlantic accent
its like Valrak whos a fucking living wojak but also couldnt harm a fly lol
If he says the imperial fist contributed most to the heresy again I just might kill him
LOL
i blame him starting out on tictok ngl
Yeah that might be why, im glad hes kinda grown out of it mostly on youtube
Yesss
its actually weird how NO ONE covers that stuff
same
i was like "huh"
crime + horror yep 💀
Too scary for Warhammer fans
lol

no space marines murdering everything in a 5 mile radius
only a hobbit and his ogryn
Least deranged necromunda enforcer
If weshammer didn't have that hair he would have a billion subscribers by now
yeah him putting his face on ALL his thumbnails is something i wish he would stop lol
Shout out to dark harvest!!!!
wait warhammer crime + horror??? say less what books
Warhammer crime are books all set on an “average” hive world. Mostly about more civilian levenstuff
how am i just now finding out the black library has a website where you can order the books?
Its my favorite aspect of him
I'm just imagining some film noir-ass sax playing over a slow pan-in on a hive city
"She had legs as long as an imperator titan's... and just as deadly"
some dame to kill for-ass stuff
how do you think necrons would roast each other?
with microwaves
"Your mother was so fat she jammed the Biotransference Furnace"
'Your mother is so fat there's a whole level in the Tomb occupied solely by her stasis sarcophagus'
'Your mother was so fat there was not enough necrodermis to make her a new body'
You should read infinite and the divine
you have NO dynasty
"your mother is so fat she broke a c'tan into shards by sitting on it"
You're ass is so dumb you're immune to the flayer virus
Your mother is so fat she would take up all of the Noosphere data with one pict-transmission


your mother so fat she couldnt even fit in the eye of terror
You are a worthless, bitch ass organic.
Your life literally is as valuable as a single scarab.
I'm just gonna stomp you, you're gonna keep coming back. I'm gonna seal up my tomb, you're gonna keep coming back.
Why?
Because you keep smelling the Necrodermis, you worthless, bitch ass waste of metal.
You're gonna stay on my coffin until you die.
You serve no purpose in life.
Your purpose in life is to give us your soul so that we can become great again.
Your purpose in life is to be extinct, while we rise up from our tombs. And laugh at your inferior culture.
Your life is nothing.
You serve zero purpose
You should kill yourself now
And give someone else that soul and flesh so that we can turn into the greatest race in the cosmos.
Because what are you here for?
To worship the Emperor?
Kill yourself.
I mean that with all of my being.
this shit is peak
Chuck E Cheese is actually the God Emperor is disguise
One of his many names before he ascended
That's the ass of the imperium
A friend asked me and one other person the other day if we found the Space Marines in SM2 to be lore accurate. It was a resounding "no."
It's a great game though don't get me wrong. We just said that the space marines are canonically a lot faster able to run at least 35 mph; and generally speaking, Primaris marines are larger than their first born brothers which means they're also supposed to be larger than the Chaos Space Marines.
I'm 95% sure this is accurate, but want to sanity check here.
That's not lore accuracy
Thats wishlisting
But for the most part
Lol damn it. All right, color me an ork. What's the accurate information?
For the most part
He's right
But tell me, how are you able to convey all that lore into the game without it being unbalanced
The inaccuracies are really not that deep
Maybe the height part probably
👍 Lol, no I agree with that part. Can't throw some of those details into the game or else you'd be playing a mobility shooter
height of the chaos marines is most likely for balance and to not spent unnecessary time adjusting the models when you can reuse the rigs from the imperial side
Plus
Primaris aren't that tall
There's no reason a chaos sm can't be the same height
Dang it Cawl and his need to make plastic models slightly different via the black library.
Yeah, that's fair.
that chart doesn't feel right either
SM1 and SM2 wise, guardsman are about that height relative to the space marine model, so its gotta be somewhere in that margin.
yeah it's not too much off, the scale just feels off, as in that doesn't look 2,2m when the man next to him is 1,8m
looks taller than 2,2m
Lol oh in that way. 😆
you're right. Top part of that chart, the lines are going through middle of head.
Bottom, the lines are at the top.
Obviously the CSM in multiplayer are just above average height
the person who made it probably took the numbers which are based on an unarmoured marines and tried to fit armoured marines to it
But yeah stuff is gonna exist for balance, melta doesn’t function exactly the same, stuff takes longer to kill than normal, melee weapons don’t kill in one hit and all that
It’s a game
A great one at that.
the melta is also a cone blast instead of the laser right
It’s more just a wider beam but yeah
it shouldn't really be a laser either, a beam of heat
Melta descriptions vary so idc much
Yeah sometimes it's straight up doesn't even have color
true and fair
I know some of the RPGs have examples of meltas with a wider blast setting or setup
welp that's another streak of not finding a straight heat beam melta
it seems that it just became the super shotgun of 40K nowadays
And the multimelta has rules for firing a wider blast
But yes it doesn’t matter either way, lore wise it should one shot the fuck out of everything
Even the Hive Tyrant
But it’s a game
So the found a different way to show them and they’re really fucking good and maintain that powerful feel imo
To be honest I'm just looking for a warhammer 40K game where the melta is not a shotgun blast
at least the justify it well by felling a 1000 tonne statue on top of it first 
Iirc Eternal Crusade had it
Rogue trader and I am pretty sure Boltgun made use of the expanding beam
They do
Multimelta frankly just has a super wide beam
Or blast or whatever
Idk how you’d described it, it’s just a wave of heat
honestly this is entirely on space marine one it's depiction of the melta being a super shotgun basically made it the standard for 40K game appearances
But MM has always had blast rules
After that I'm pretty sure alot of melta's that appeared in a 40k game is almost always a type of super heated shotgun that will turn you into cooked meat
or ash
It’s more they’re just a short range gun which hits hard in a wider are, which effectively is a shotgun for space marine purposes
Like think of how big a hole these things are chewing into tanks and shit
i want to see a laser beam cook someone I like the shotgun interpretation but it's always the shotgun interpretation
Multi meltas for marines are fucking huge
The “beam” is super wide regardless of if it’s a beam
The game exaggerates it a bit probably for gameplay effect but it’s still pretty actuate to how meltas would look when fired imo
and yet being a shotgun kinda fits given how short range they are in the first place
yeah there is a reason why that is the standard game appearance
It's cool but I just want to see the laser beam to cut clean through a tank
Its not really a laser though
yes yes super heat whatever i
i'm just saying i just want the interpretation of just the beam shooting without it turning into a shotgun cloud more
It’s basically a heat gun for stripping paint but cranked to 10000000
Also I think Eternal Crusade has this
Depending on the writer, that either instantly killed that guy or he died later but still killed all the attackers
any other game besides that
so they went with the invisible hair dryer interpretation
that can melt someone into basically a gooey mess
The other amusing thing is multimeltas aren’t that short of range
They have like 100m of range in some cases
50m optimal
you said it yourself it's a game so accuracy isn't really a thing
Yeah it’s just for balance
Same as bolters not being able to fire a mile away with perfect accuracy
Can you imagine standing only a bit farther from a space marine and he melts your head off before you could even rev up your heavy weapon
it's not gonna be fun
Meltas are fucking terrifying weapons in marine hands
There’s a reason Blood Angels love Inferno Pistols
Just land on the tank, fire a shot through it killing the whole crew
I'm kinda looking forward to what SM2 does with the Volkite pistol
The concept of a flaming pistol is so fun
Chuck a frag in to finish everyone off
I very much and too
That’s the hand flamer
The inferno pistol for no reason is the melta pistol
Why it is called that, idk
the only interpretation of volkite i know is again Boltgun which makes it a laser beam so i wonder what they will do with the pistol
Dual plasma
oh for so it took the place of the heat ray of the melta
Makes whatever it kills burst into flames explosively and kill stuff around it
The ray reminds me of the Darktide sniper effect
Which I assume will be a thing in this game
Maybe, Volkite is kinda the opposite basically
Ignores armor but fries the insides
oh so it's a microwave beam
cook the inside ignore the outside
So big volkite guns just combust everyone inside a tank or whatever
Basically
It can fuck up armor but often the result is the flesh goes first
Anyways it’s a perfect gun for a horde game if they keep the combustion effect which I assume they will
Mostly curious which classes are gonna get it
Bulwark definitely will have access to it because all he has are ******* pistols
i'm pretty sure he has access to every pistol in the game
Except for heavy pistol
Which is amusing since on table top the bulwark has that as a signature deal
wait he gets access to a plasma but a heavy Bolt Pistol is of limits?
given how Bladeguard vets have access to the neo-volkite as the only unit (besides lieutenant with a shield) that has access to it, Bulwark is a pretty safe bet
For whatever reason only the assault has it
Does assault also have access to plasma?
No
Imo the heavy pistol is a better fit for assault anyways
I’m more surprised we don’t see more classes with it
Like tactical, heavy, bulwark
with the heavy pistol existing what's the advantage of the normal bolt pistol
Largely ammo size but
I think the bulwark has the plasma because it has access to power fist as well which is the loadout for a captain variant (power fist + plasma)
yeah it packs more punchs
And if you don't want to use the consistent charging mechanic you need for plasma go heavy
I actually prefer the normal pistol over heavy in pvp at least
Charge would be more awkward for assault I think
he needs to go in 24/7 right
Well rn he really needs some buffs lol
so yeah of course he doesn't really have the option to stand back
Every other class is good but assault has some issues
yeah i heard the circulation that he is not liked by everyone
apparently so called the worst
It really isn’t worth taking if you’re speaking decent team choices
It needs more damage
More interesting perk tree
The rest are all solid though
for pve assault does feel the worst, but for me it's mostly because how awkward the jump pack is. I keep trying to lift up but hit the ground rightaway because I was attempting to do it in a slight incline so I just wasted a charge and left myself in the open
Largely my 3 issues besides fixing servers and bugs or whatever:
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Improve a lot of the bolt weapons damage and penetration/horde clear ability.
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improve assault/buff melee a bit perhaps. Maybe it more interesting and stronger for its role.
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Possibly add a little health regen which scales up for majoris/extremis/terminus enemies
For executions
Is the heavy bolt pistol lore wise just uses the same rounds as normal bolt pistol?
Uh iirc it’s a stronger round or the gun fires it harder
not sure if any distinction has been even made
in both the wiki and lex it always just says
The Heavy Bolt Pistol is a variant of the standard Bolt Pistol that is larger and possesses a more elongated barrel to enhance its range
It basically makes it a bolter but in pistol form
in space marine 2 the sounds are definitely heavier
Smaller mag and slightly less wieldy
compared to the normal bolt pistol
Reivers use them a lot too
And Reivers use basically the old bolters a lot too
“Smg” style compact ones
They better add a graviton gun
I would love that
If they add a Techmarine Conversion Beamer and Grav gun would be fun
well i do hope they at least buff the blunt power weapons
Well that’s not technically true
it seems everyone is in an agreement that they suck
Conversion beamer is probably the easiest non conventional weapon in 40k to transition into a game without bending the lore
no one remembers Torgaddon
wait that's not even his name
Torgaddon is a Luna Wolf
He wasn’t chapter master
oh actually, the primaris techmarine has a grav pistol
why did I forget that, I field it constantly
If they ever get to a Techmarine class I expect we’d see some exotic weapons with it
I cope and pray
If they do they better fucking give him a mortar
There’s not a lack of options
forge bolter my beloved
I largely just want his servo arm to function in melee
Servo executions would go hard
Thunderstrike cannon?
mods, bench vise his head
Imo the idea is have his shoulder mounted gun able to operate independently
So he’s the turret
forge bolter, it's such a baller on the tabletop
But there’s a lot of options
it's basically a heavy bolter you can fire freely regardless other shooting actions you might take
Who left the techmarine unsupervised
the iron hands ofc
He is the supervision
here comes the fucking CLAW
Tbh I kinda preferred when techmarines wore there legion colors more prominently
IH do both
It’s largely preference
Some choose to wear the Martian colors more prominently
techmarines have pretty much always been full red and a chapter pauldron on the left side
Wasn't the case during rogue trader, or the heresy
It was usually the inverse
Codes changed how battle roles were marked out
But largely it’s up to the chapter
We see plenty of cases of them largely ignoring it
I imagine some have to wear chapter colors to make them less alien to there fellow brother
Seeing a red IH Techmarine is actually very uncommon
Generally it seems to be ones who have come back from mars recently
Frankly, red techmarines look better than the whatever chapter colours they would have most of the time
Largely I think most of the specialist roles tend to work good
Except Librarian
Fuck that
Nah that works well too
That reminds me
Someone pointed out that the runes the librarian model are the same runes on the word bearers decal sheet from the betrayal at calth box set
I just think it's funny a loyalist is using heretical runes
In the new Exorcists book it’s noted they use a lot of similar stuff the Word Bearers do just for a mirrored purpose
Wasn't there another suspiciously not word bearers looking chapter that everyone forgot?
Think there was one with a burning book icon
That one yes
Covenant of Fire
Ultima Founding, Salamanders successor
orange and black colours
it's the stinky kind
he has insane drip
he has his gat gold plated
a level of drip unknown to most mon'keigh

He has the gold skin for both his weapons.
Probably a CoD player with a number so long it's excruciating to say.
Its a farseer.
No
basically a demi-gandalf, hence the drip
Its a nearseer




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Conceal carrying a meltagun is the new meta
chat, is this real
can't believe some hillbilly got a melta gun before we did
LMAO
We got real melta gun before grand theft auto five
ah yes my favorite type of thing people making dangerous weapons in the garage
I've been following that guy for about a year.
He has a melta rifle as well.
Are they usually this dripped out? This is his actual combat fit?
Eldar stuff is always dripped out
that and sisters of battle
Yeah pretty much.
Eldar dont really have dress regulations too much so they kinda wear whatever drip they want fitting of their role
Eldrad for example wears lingerie under his robes




what
Eldar are based basically
picking out the perfect 1200 thread count golden robe to go fry orks with
glorious
They are pretty neat

their aesthetic also like Hindu-Gaelic-Greek-Japanese so you cant get a better aesthetic culture soup than that lol
as much as i fault GW for their choices i will admit there is a reason why people love their factions
except Beastmen
nobody likes them
good job that guy did
That dude just didn’t design the factions
He did basically a lot of the core lore of a lot of factions
Yeah he is the pioneer lol
i got two of his sketchbooks, he almost did like fucking everything
he also did pretty much all of the Primaris stuff you all HATE smh
Yeah unfortunately 😔
shame we dont know most of it
he DID post the tank but thats kind of it
and chaplain and a couple other infantry models
Is he the reason why warhammer orcs are so chaotic neutral across all three settings?
yeah but the chaplain is good

Sculpts.
better yet, no Primaris is bad 
easier to re-model and re-utilize
I think i get it not sure though
GW still breaks into his house every once in awhile to steal his sketchbook
Yo it's the flashgitz marines
they gotta copy the dakka somehow
also I LEGIT HATE how the nerf guns fit them
color them correctly and people would have no idea
Add a bit of nuln oil and some dirt and it would look warhammer 40k and no one would even notice
Desolation squad is the weakest link but still not terrible
i thought it was real for a sec ngl
Mean
Accurate depiction of SM2 weaponry

let's not forget the other thing they stole
holy shit
i forgot about that ork model lmao
the fact that its almost the exact same thing kills me
Bro is that what happened to my cataphractii shoulder pads, you turned in into a fucking gokart?
it's so fuckin hilarious how it's almost a one to one yeah
down to having the low riding chassis
40k mariokart when
Someone made a Bloodborn kart game
I'm sure some people will manage to make SM2 into a kart game in many years
Is an ogryn character literally forgetting his name and having to check his tags to remember too meme-y?
Feel like the gimmick would get old
Make him kiss the commissar
As long as you dont repeat it much its fine.
Trying to write a ogryn character who has depth and nuance but still some of their goofy charm
lots of tropes to study here for you lol
“Sah! Let me give you a smooch, sah!”
Maybe I’ll do it once, when he’s introduced, he had taken quite a few head injuries over the years

yo me too
ik it's the popular opinion but i cannot state enough how their weapons look like such dogshit
Yeah the fact that the day they got released these memes got made say it all lol
I legit got no idea what were they thinking with these
they knew the flashgits shootas were peak so they tried giving them to the marines because marines deserve everything
Genuinely
no joke
straight up just ork construction
ork guns are so cool
Ogryn like fight,
Ogryn like emprah.
Ogryn hate xenos,
Ogryn hate heretic.
luv me rations
‘Ate Xenos (not racist, just don’t like em)

The Sludge..........
well that's rude
I'm thinking either Ogors with a big cooking pot like a new Skrag model or it could be a new Daughters of Khaine Blood Cauldron
The Daughters did get attention so i am really hoping this is ogors
they need new shit
like they are an army without a legendary character unless you bring in Kragnos
Can any of you tell me what this is called? Not the piece of armor but the design that's on it. I lack the vocabulary to describe what this is
Gorget
Decoration, Ornaments, Adornments, etc
its basically the gorget part of his armor being given one of above treatments
A-dorn-ments




