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notaspy posted:Isn't it now fully estimated that the Golden Throne and the astronomicon are 2 separate bits of tech? They are like 100 miles apart
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Molothecat posted:this was my understanding from Vaults of Terra, too. The astronomicon is just a really big, powerful machine that no one's quite sure how to fix (until they do). The throne is just life support keeping the emperor alive and the web webway gate on terra closed. Nah, it will tie into Votann
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May 25, 2023 17:29
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The Hollow Mountain chapter fourteen: Spinoza you piece of poo poo
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2078450/Warhammer_40000_Speed_Freeks/ You can request alpha access, but check the trailer. Looks fun.
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I realize most here don't pay attention to Age of Sigmar, but they did include an RTS for Age of Sigmar that the few glimpses of gameplay we got made it look like the original dawn of war. But it's much to early to make a call, they'll be having a full gameplay reveal next month.
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Arc Hammer posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsCXcW9pDLk That was great thanks
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Molothecat posted:this was my understanding from Vaults of Terra, too. The astronomicon is just a really big, powerful machine that no one's quite sure how to fix (until they do). The throne is just life support keeping the emperor alive and the web webway gate on terra closed. My theory is that the Ironkin/Squats/Votann are the Men of Iron/Stone/Gold respectively
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euphronius posted:I’m sick of ultra marines but yeah it looks ok I like the Ultramarines, I'm history's greatest monster.
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Improbable Lobster posted:I'm really surprised there hasn't been a LoV novel yet There's one on the way finally. It's by Gav Thorpe....
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Angry Lobster posted:I like the Ultramarines, I'm history's greatest monster. They are the easiest chapter for people outside of GW to write and portray, are easy for new comers to understand, and are the space mariniest space marines without the weirdness or deep lore. So yeah, it makes sense why they get a lot of stuff.
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Pron on VHS posted:https://youtu.be/T_K5-wAWAKU Shame they couldn't get Mark Strong back to voice Titus. So many 40K games try to do the deep imposing voice thing but they always sound forced, while Strong just sounds like that on a regular day.
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Arc Hammer posted:Shame they couldn't get Mark Strong back to voice Titus. So many 40K games try to do the deep imposing voice thing but they always sound forced, while Strong just sounds like that on a regular day. Yep I’m disappointed that Mark Strong isn’t back as Titus, too.
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Xenomrph posted:Yep I’m disappointed that Mark Strong isn’t back as Titus, too. The new guy doesn't sound bad, mind you, but I doubt we're ever going to hit the high point for 40K voice acting like 2011 gave us ever again. Retribution and Space Marine we're absolutely stacked with amazing performances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUP3_kh01mI
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Black Griffon posted:The Hollow Mountain chapter fourteen: Let me guess, is that where She gases everone in the fortress Also it's worth pointing out if somehow someone still hasn't played it, the original Space Marine is pretty good. Deptfordx fucked around with this message at 21:08 on May 25, 2023 |
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I'm pretty mad that they jacked the price up on Steam by only letting you buy the "complete" edition with all the cosmetic DLC for the mostly dead multiplayer. Dick move, I wanted my brother to try the game but he's got standards.
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Deptfordx posted:Let me guess, is that where She gases everone in the fortress Yeah. "Only option", "they would've overrun us", "last resort" whatever, you poo poo, you murdered Hook in a way that is described as excruciatingly painful.
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What’s the right reading order for the Urdesh books? I bounced off Serpent and the Saint because it felt like there was tons of backstory I’d missed out on, but I can’t work out which books to read first.
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Telsa Cola posted:They are the easiest chapter for people outside of GW to write and portray, are easy for new comers to understand, and are the space mariniest space marines without the weirdness or deep lore. Blue is cool and they have a toilet seat as their chapter insignia. Truly the greatest of them all. Now more seriously, a lot of people are still upset about the Matt Ward era and need to let it go a bit. Arc Hammer posted:I'm pretty mad that they jacked the price up on Steam by only letting you buy the "complete" edition with all the cosmetic DLC for the mostly dead multiplayer. Dick move, I wanted my brother to try the game but he's got standards. Space Marine not getting dedicated servers was a loving tragedy because the multiplayer ruled hard. Angry Lobster fucked around with this message at 21:26 on May 25, 2023 |
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Black Griffon posted:Yeah. "Only option", "they would've overrun us", "last resort" whatever, you poo poo, you murdered Hook in a way that is described as excruciatingly painful. Inquisition is gonna inquisition
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euphronius posted:They are like 100 miles apart Previously they might have been physically apart but were still the same device, where as now they are very much 2 different bits of tech.
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Angry Lobster posted:
Lol, just reminded me. I was around a friends with some others our age and we were watching his then early teens son play a bit of the Multiplayer and promptly get killed. I said in the most deadpan fashion I could muster "Well James. I believe you just got pwned like a noob" and cracked the room up.
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Deptfordx posted:Lol, just reminded me. wow cool story
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kim jong-illin posted:What’s the right reading order for the Urdesh books? I bounced off Serpent and the Saint because it felt like there was tons of backstory I’d missed out on, but I can’t work out which books to read first. Urdesh ties into a bunch of wider stuff written by Abnett, rather than Farrer. Gaunt's Ghosts - read the series up til Sabbat Martyr to get to know Brin Milo. Key novels would be Honour Guard and Sabbat Martyr, that introduce the Saint type stories. Then Anarch / Warmaster from the same series tie into later events in Magister and the Martyr (the second Urdesh book). Brothers of the Snake introduces Priad and the Iron Snakes, who show up in numbers in the Urdesh books. Also ties into the Dark Tusk renegades who are in both books. Characters from Titanicus are also in Urdesh. ADB created the World Eater character who is in Urdesh, in a short story. Chronologically the reading order would be something like this... Brothers of the Snake Sabbat Martyr Titanicus Arnoguar (ADB short story) Urdesh duology The Warmaster Anarch Amongst that you could also add the GG novels Honour Guard (more Saint stuff) and Traitor General (Wirewolves!) if you really wanted to flesh out stuff that appears in Urdesh, although I think the Urdesh books provide enough context for this stuff to stand alone. Edit: although if you're only selectively reading the GG novels that give you context for Urdesh you'll run into the same issue of not having any context for the stuff that happens in the GG series..so you may as well run the series. a shitty king fucked around with this message at 22:42 on May 25, 2023 |
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Whole lotta bangers on deep discount on Steam (and even deeper discount on Fanatical). I already own pretty much everything I would have wanted but I'm shilling pretty hard to my friends right now lol
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Angry Lobster posted:Blue is cool and they have a toilet seat as their chapter insignia. Truly the greatest of them all. Now more seriously, a lot of people are still upset about the Matt Ward era and need to let it go a bit. Space Marine multiplayer was loving excellent and I'm sure that it would have still had a community years later if it had dedicated servers
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Okay, the Alpharius book ranks number one out of the Primarchs books with almost contemptuous ease. I love how the narrative is equal parts revelatory and blatantly full of poo poo. Telsa Cola posted:They are the easiest chapter for people outside of GW to write and portray, are easy for new comers to understand, and are the space mariniest space marines without the weirdness or deep lore. It's a bit surprising that there's not more Black Templars stuff. They've got a strong aesthetic that reflects the gothic vibe that makes the 40k setting stand out, and it isn't all that hard to explain "fanatically violent supersoldier knights in space" to franchise newcomers.
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Mazed posted:Okay, the Alpharius book ranks number one out of the Primarchs books with almost contemptuous ease. Templars are almost too fascist to make good protagonists, even amongst everyone else. Grimaldus is a fascinating character thanks to ADB but he's not exactly a hero.
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Loved the Alpharius book, he spends the entire thing trolling you
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Xenomrph posted:Whole lotta bangers on deep discount on Steam (and even deeper discount on Fanatical). I already own pretty much everything I would have wanted but I'm shilling pretty hard to my friends right now lol Note: don't buy Chaos Gate Daemonhunters from the Steam sale, you can get it for $11 through Humble Choice until the end of May.
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I quite like Mike Brooks' stuff, he's not great with the immensity of the setting but he is real good with how screwed up it is. For example, where the escaped human in Warboss immediately gets  'd for not dying in glorious sacrifice to the Emperor and instead trying to return with information to help the hive.
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Rites of Passage was what got me into reading black library stuff last year. It seems like he'd be better suited to breezier dialogue driven stuff than the heavier fare.
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Brooks is great, he isn't an ADB or Abnett or Wraight but he hasn't put out a bad book yet and his output is incredibly high. He's also getting noticeably better over time and is really good with "off the beaten path" type POVs. It wouldn't surprise me if he keeps writing this much for BL that in 5-10 years he will be truly great. If BL had 3-4 more like him we'd be in a really good spot and they wouldn't have to lean on Thorpe and McNeill and the like to crank out stuff while the big three take their time with each book.
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NihilCredo posted:Note: don't buy Chaos Gate Daemonhunters from the Steam sale, you can get it for $11 through Humble Choice until the end of May. Thanks for the heads-up on this. Also GOG has Epic 40k: Final Liberation for free right now. Dunno if it's any good, but hey it's free.  Edit-- Speed Freeks free alpha is live right now, too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iej4lTVI_Tg Edit-- lol, Fire Warrior is $0.89 on GOG.  And when you're done, read the book that's orders of magnitude better than the game! Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 16:58 on May 26, 2023 |
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a lovely king posted:Templars are almost too fascist to make good protagonists, even amongst everyone else. Grimaldus is a fascinating character thanks to ADB but he's not exactly a hero. I realize that this is a bit more business than anything, but I think another piece of this is that they and the Dark Angels have a very similar aesthetic. Literal Crusader Knights roaming the galaxy with bolt-guns. And right now, the Dark Angels are the hotness that GW is wanting to push.
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