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D-Pad posted:Interesting two new AoS novels from French and Haley after we just had the discussion about the dearth of new AoS books. We've got a mole in ITT, it seems.
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MonsterEnvy posted:I don't see how the Kharadron look stupid. I have always liked their look myself.
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May 6, 2022 12:05
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Demon Of The Fall posted:I watched a few streamers play the new Daemonhunters game and it looks real fun It was discussed in the XCOM thread: Kanos posted:I'm only about half a dozen missions into it, but it seems pretty good so far. Huge differences from normal XCOM: Some of its design echoes Mechanicus - warp surge instead of necron awakening, valuable units with skill trees. Some of it seems different, Mechanics generally had few enemies at once and melee was not very preeminent.
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May 6, 2022 15:32
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You had me at-quote:All attacks hit 100% of the time, As long as my entire squad isn't getting bodied cause several 90%+ shots missed and enemies wreck my poo poo despite cautious movement and placement. I'd rather get hosed cause I'm stupid and not from rng.
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May 6, 2022 16:09
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MariusLecter posted:You had me at- The only real RNG in battle are warp surges and enemy pod composition, it's quite a different approach to combat compared to X-Com.
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May 6, 2022 16:18
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Guess I'll have to wait for the Slaanesh dlc if I want to see snake tits.
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May 6, 2022 16:18
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MariusLecter posted:You had me at- I haven't played it, so beware that it might be like Mechanicus where attacks always hit but the damage done is partially randomized. So you can still have RNG situations where your gun does 2-4 damage, the target is at 3 HP, and the RNG decides if it gets another turn to wreck your poo poo or not. However, that's definitely much less frustrating than full misses, because even if you don't do as much damage as you were hoping for, you always make some progress so it doesn't feel like you wasted a turn. Plus Mechanicus had some special abilities that let you maximize damage, and you could sandbag them for those relatively few do-or-die turns where dealing maximum damage made a big difference.
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May 6, 2022 16:20
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Not to worry though, because instead you get to be irritated by your oh-so-elite Grey Knights taking weeks to recover from injuries inflicted by deranged cultists with stubbers. 
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May 6, 2022 16:46
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MMAgCh posted:Not to worry though, because instead you get to be irritated by your oh-so-elite Grey Knights taking weeks to recover from injuries inflicted by deranged cultists with stubbers. Oh yes, this, after the early missions, the fuckers pretty much stay full-time in the apothecary.
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May 6, 2022 16:59
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Angry Lobster posted:The only real RNG in battle are warp surges and enemy pod composition, it's quite a different approach to combat compared to X-Com. There is also some RNG around critical hits, but at least one class comes with an ability that automatically crits. The amount of damage you’ll deal is always spelled out beforehand, and you can expand a sidebar to see how all the various contributing factors break down. It’s very nice. Also, Grey Knights don’t open doors. They Kool-Aid through them, as one does. There are an absolute ton of environmental kills you can perform.
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May 6, 2022 19:24
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Preechr posted:There is also some RNG around critical hits, but at least one class comes with an ability that automatically crits. The amount of damage you’ll deal is always spelled out beforehand, and you can expand a sidebar to see how all the various contributing factors break down. It’s very nice. Yeah, I totally forgot about crits being RNG based, at least without stunning. I really like the more deterministic approach to the combat system. Vidya games aside, I'm looking forward to read the new Huron Blackheart book, I don't really care about the character but I have faith that Mike Brooks can write something entertaining with him.
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May 6, 2022 19:48
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Chapter Master Valrak - CHOASGATE PURGING! I am the Hammer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UZB2SxAMCE 19 minutes to go as I hit post for this.
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May 6, 2022 20:10
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now i'm tempted - i just have so little time for games these days
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May 7, 2022 02:14
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Syncopated posted:Didn't those guys show up after Horus' death anyway, or am I remembering it wrong. gently caress me, genuinely did not know this.
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May 7, 2022 05:08
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MMAgCh posted:Not to worry though, because instead you get to be irritated by your oh-so-elite Grey Knights taking weeks to recover from injuries inflicted by deranged cultists with stubbers. Tbf they’re Nurgle cultists, you might get über tetanus from those bullets or something.
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May 7, 2022 06:38
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Duzzy Funlop posted:gently caress me, genuinely did not know this. It's one reason among several why their chapters basically have a poo poo ton of marines.
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May 7, 2022 07:28
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Duzzy Funlop posted:gently caress me, genuinely did not know this. Their approach is what makes Horus drop the shields and risk a direct confrontation with the Emperor (at least, that's how the story is recorded.)
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May 7, 2022 07:58
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wiegieman posted:(at least, that's how the story is recorded.) I think they've made it clear they're completely prepared to retcon the original ending and go with something new with the whole Ollianus Piers/Pile story in Saturnine and the heavy hints dropped in it about the recorded story being different from the real.
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May 7, 2022 08:55
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/05/07/revealed-dive-into-the-horus-heresy-with-new-books-from-black-library More 30k books announced. Two anthologies, one intended to be a starter for the setting, and Gav writing about Dorn.
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May 7, 2022 10:57
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The final showdown with Horus will have a villainous monologue about how all of this was planned, but it will be by the Emperor. 
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May 7, 2022 11:00
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I never want to read a book about a primarch again
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May 7, 2022 13:16
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I want to read about Ferrus Manus only
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May 7, 2022 15:35
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euphronius posted:I never want to read a book about a primarch again How 'bout a book about a primarch being executed by denizens of a hive-world for crimes against humanity? Heck, I've only ever borrowed one wh40k book from a library when I was 14 and I'd BUY that book.
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May 7, 2022 15:55
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Improbable Lobster posted:I want to read about Ferrus Manus only Didn't Kyme lay his mitts on the Iron Hands like he did the Salamanders? Hard pass if so
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May 7, 2022 16:02
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Brendan Rodgers posted:The final showdown with Horus will have a villainous monologue about how all of this was planned, but it will be by the Emperor.
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May 7, 2022 17:48
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FoulWeatherFriend posted:Didn't Kyme lay his mitts on the Iron Hands like he did the Salamanders? I was doing some wiki-ing and it seems like they got tied up with em unfortunately. David Guymer's being doing a good job with the "current day" chapter at least. I'd settle with a short story that explains how they got Ferrus's skull back tbh
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May 7, 2022 18:10
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Arquinsiel posted:Horus will kill him but be gravely injured in the process, and he'll end up being shoved into the Golden Throne as a battery. This is why the traitor legions talk about the "false Emperor" all the time. They're super mad about it. This was always a fun theory and I wish it were true, but sadly Rowboat acknowledges that the Big E is the same bad dad he remembered, except now even worse.
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May 7, 2022 18:25
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Preechr posted:This was always a fun theory and I wish it were true, but sadly Rowboat acknowledges that the Big E is the same bad dad he remembered, except now even worse. And in the Black Legion books they talk about how the Emperor's Children stole Horus' body.
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May 7, 2022 18:29
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OPAONI posted:And in the Black Legion books they talk about how the Emperor's Children stole Horus' body. And then cloned him, and then Abbadon killed him, etc. It's a whole thing with them.
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May 7, 2022 18:31
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wiegieman posted:And then cloned him, and then Abbadon killed him, etc. It's a whole thing with them. It's happened like 7 or 8 times now, you'd think they'd knock it off
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May 7, 2022 19:22
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Which are the good iron hands books
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May 7, 2022 19:48
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The one that immediately comes to mind is Chris Wraight's Wrath of Iron.
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May 7, 2022 20:02
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Preechr posted:This was always a fun theory and I wish it were true, but sadly Rowboat acknowledges that the Big E is the same bad dad he remembered, except now even worse.  wiegieman posted:And then cloned him, and then Abbadon killed him, etc. It's a whole thing with them.
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May 7, 2022 20:47
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I forget what book it is but it’s made a big deal of when a traitor first says “death to the false emperor” and it’s in some existing HH fiction so it wouldn’t be a reference to Horus being on the throne.
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May 7, 2022 20:49
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Arquinsiel posted:He's lying because he knows it'd cause even more problems than him just rocking up in the first place In his own internal monologue?
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May 7, 2022 21:02
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^^^^ Nah, I'm just talking poo poo about the whole thing. I could waffle more about Draco and the Emperor to qanon this together still but it's stopped being fun. 0konner posted:I forget what book it is but it’s made a big deal of when a traitor first says “death to the false emperor” and it’s in some existing HH fiction so it wouldn’t be a reference to Horus being on the throne. It also won't happen, because it's too obvious and unintersting a twist. Arquinsiel fucked around with this message at 21:04 on May 7, 2022 |
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May 7, 2022 21:02
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Khizan posted:The one that immediately comes to mind is Chris Wraight's Wrath of Iron. Also The Eye of Medusa and The Voice of Mars.
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May 7, 2022 21:39
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Improbable Lobster posted:I'd settle with a short story that explains how they got Ferrus's skull back tbh The Iron Hands launch a daring raid on Fulgrim's china cabinet.
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May 7, 2022 21:43
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I guess I have to read the last heresy one where they finally do the final duel but that’s it!!
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0konner posted:I forget what book it is but it’s made a big deal of when a traitor first says “death to the false emperor” and it’s in some existing HH fiction so it wouldn’t be a reference to Horus being on the throne. It's in The First Heretic, before the Dropsite Massacre. Lorgar is giving a speech to the gathered Alpha Legion, Night Lords and Iron Warriors, listing the ways in which the Imperium has failed and how their imperium will have blackjack and hookers, and after he is done there is a mome t of silence, and the Night Lords first Captain coins the phrase to get everyone going.
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