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wtfNeedSignUp said:
So Arch made a new "lore" episode which is just bitching about the Emperor for 3/4 of an hour. And he talks about why there's no more HH videos.
TL;DW: He claims it was because he reached the conclusion that the new lore was worse for the 40K universe, so he lost the will to continue. There's also the claim that GW wants to remake that universe (ie, Emperor is the bad guy now) to go with social justice, which doesn't make sense (the Imperium were always morally gray) and is just the overused "everything is culture war". There's also the argument that he can't do anything big because GW will ban his videos, which would have had months ago if it was true.

Personally, I think it's just excuses and Arch wants to become a Sargon wannabe in his political channel and just dump the 40k channel alltogether. Problem is that his political channel is unwatchable and has 1/5 of his subscriber count, though at least it has a good ratio of subs vs. watches
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Weird because I remember soygon popping up on a recent drinker stream and going on a tangent on how chaos is inherently based on social justice and the imperium is based on traditional conservative values, which came off as the most shallow "I spend 10 minuets looking at the wiki and reading reddit posts" points I've seen in awhile.

Anyway I think I've said it before but I'll say it again it again, I don't think Arch knows half as much as he thinks he does. Sure he knows a lot more than the lore tubers who just read the wiki, but it seems to only know stuff from the most popular novels and Codices.
I also think he's still seething at GW and BL authors for reasons and is coloring his view on the lore (I think I remember he tried to start a gamer gate sperg out for 40k that went no where but don't quote me). Granted there are some recent things I don't like, but most of his complaints about the lore I view as mostly nothing burgers, and I'm willing to say Matt Ward did nothing wrong laid some of the groundwork for better writers when it came to the Necrons lore.
 
5t3n0g0ph3r said:
>Death Guard
>Raptors
lol
To be fair, I have a Raptor/Warp Talon kit that I plan on kitbashing with my Possessed in my Word Bearer army.
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Look, if they'd just quit binge-eating and start sucking their gut(s) in, I'm sure they could slim down enough to fly, as opposed to just flop.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
So Arch made a new "lore" episode which is just bitching about the Emperor for 3/4 of an hour. And he talks about why there's no more HH videos.
TL;DW: He claims it was because he reached the conclusion that the new lore was worse for the 40K universe, so he lost the will to continue. There's also the claim that GW wants to remake that universe (ie, Emperor is the bad guy now) to go with social justice, which doesn't make sense (the Imperium were always morally gray) and is just the overused "everything is culture war". There's also the argument that he can't do anything big because GW will ban his videos, which would have had months ago if it was true.

Personally, I think it's just excuses and Arch wants to become a Sargon wannabe in his political channel and just dump the 40k channel alltogether. Problem is that his political channel is unwatchable and has 1/5 of his subscriber count, though at least it has a good ratio of subs vs. watches
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I just watched the video and it is worse than that description. Arch is pissed that the Horus Heresy series "ruined" the image of the Emperor, turning him from all-powerful enlightened despot to a super-powered Terran warlord that had to rely on others to build his armies and empire. I can't believe such a self-described fan of the grim darkness of the 41st millennium doesn't realize how much these revelations about the Emperor amplify that grim darkness.

The background to 40k depicts the Emperor just as Imperial propaganda would; A messianic figure that arose in our species darkest hour, bringing with him gene-tailored super soldiers, free humanity from the oppression of the Age of Strife. We can take comfort that even after being mortally wounded by his traitorous son, Horus, he was brilliant enough to have developed the Golden Throne upon which he guides humanity against all the evils that dwell in dark corners of the galaxy.

When in truth, he was simply a psychic potentially immortal human who thought that due to his longevity and experience fighting chaos, he had the best plan to propel humanity forward. His only claim to legitimate rule over the human species is because his post-human genetically enhanced child soldiers will put a bolt round in your face if you question his legitimacy.

The Imperium he built is what he thinks was the best case for humanity to survive against chaos. Humanity is suffering through 10,000 years of the "cruelest, most bloody regime imaginable" because the Emperor read Dune and wanted to larp as Leto II. How the fuck is that not grim dark?

And another thing, Arch seethes at the fact the one of the Emperor's names is Neoth instead of Aquillon or Caesar. Does Arch not realize how dumb it would be if we knew that the Emperor was possibly Julius Caesar or attached to any historical civilization? It would distort our perceptions of the Emperor's character and replace it with our perceptions of historical figures.
 
Inquisitor_BadAss said:
Today’s purchases
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A shop was having a 40% off sale and they came to just over £40 all together.
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Those skulls have definitely come in handy over the last few years. I've put the Animal ones on various vehicles, used the regular skulls for decorating bases (sparingly) and made skull mounds as objective markers.
 
Imperial Citizen said:
I just watched the video and it is worse than that description. Arch is pissed that the Horus Heresy series "ruined" the image of the Emperor, turning him from all-powerful enlightened despot to a super-powered Terran warlord that had to rely on others to build his armies and empire. I can't believe such a self-described fan of the grim darkness of the 41st millennium doesn't realize how much these revelations about the Emperor amplify that grim darkness.

The background to 40k depicts the Emperor just as Imperial propaganda would; A messianic figure that arose in our species darkest hour, bringing with him gene-tailored super soldiers, free humanity from the oppression of the Age of Strife. We can take comfort that even after being mortally wounded by his traitorous son, Horus, he was brilliant enough to have developed the Golden Throne upon which he guides humanity against all the evils that dwell in dark corners of the galaxy.

When in truth, he was simply a psychic potentially immortal human who thought that due to his longevity and experience fighting chaos, he had the best plan to propel humanity forward. His only claim to legitimate rule over the human species is because his post-human genetically enhanced child soldiers will put a bolt round in your face if you question his legitimacy.

The Imperium he built is what he thinks was the best case for humanity to survive against chaos. Humanity is suffering through 10,000 years of the "cruelest, most bloody regime imaginable" because the Emperor read Dune and wanted to larp as Leto II. How the fuck is that not grim dark?

And another thing, Arch seethes at the fact the one of the Emperor's names is Neoth instead of Aquillon or Caesar. Does Arch not realize how dumb it would be if we knew that the Emperor was possibly Julius Caesar or attached to any historical civilization? It would distort our perceptions of the Emperor's character and replace it with our perceptions of historical figures.
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The emperor debate is more lore related than the lolcow status of Arch. Having big E delegate most of the work makes a ton of sense considering the sheer volume of tasks he had to do at the same time. It's the ridiculous notion that only Emps is allowed to do things since it removes agency from everyone else.
That being said, no one will argue that Erda was a good idea, and a lot of people will agree that HH became way too convoluted, with too many cooks in the kitchen.
 
Starscreams Cape said:
Those skulls have definitely come in handy over the last few years. I've put the Animal ones on various vehicles, used the regular skulls for decorating bases (sparingly) and made skull mounds as objective markers.
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That box is probably the most versatile thing they’ve released in a long time. Here’s some bases for a kill team I never gotten finished.
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Not sure what I’m gonna use them for now but I’m sure I’ll think of something.
 
Imperial Citizen said:
I just watched the video and it is worse than that description. Arch is pissed that the Horus Heresy series "ruined" the image of the Emperor, turning him from all-powerful enlightened despot to a super-powered Terran warlord that had to rely on others to build his armies and empire. I can't believe such a self-described fan of the grim darkness of the 41st millennium doesn't realize how much these revelations about the Emperor amplify that grim darkness.

The background to 40k depicts the Emperor just as Imperial propaganda would; A messianic figure that arose in our species darkest hour, bringing with him gene-tailored super soldiers, free humanity from the oppression of the Age of Strife. We can take comfort that even after being mortally wounded by his traitorous son, Horus, he was brilliant enough to have developed the Golden Throne upon which he guides humanity against all the evils that dwell in dark corners of the galaxy.

When in truth, he was simply a psychic potentially immortal human who thought that due to his longevity and experience fighting chaos, he had the best plan to propel humanity forward. His only claim to legitimate rule over the human species is because his post-human genetically enhanced child soldiers will put a bolt round in your face if you question his legitimacy.

The Imperium he built is what he thinks was the best case for humanity to survive against chaos. Humanity is suffering through 10,000 years of the "cruelest, most bloody regime imaginable" because the Emperor read Dune and wanted to larp as Leto II. How the fuck is that not grim dark?

And another thing, Arch seethes at the fact the one of the Emperor's names is Neoth instead of Aquillon or Caesar. Does Arch not realize how dumb it would be if we knew that the Emperor was possibly Julius Caesar or attached to any historical civilization? It would distort our perceptions of the Emperor's character and replace it with our perceptions of historical figures.
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Surprised Arch hasn't made a video spergging out how GW is race swapping Emps yet.
 
Just came back from a 2022 Killteam match, and I was curious if anyone here tried that new Killteam edition and what's your thoughs on them.

Our game was entirely one-sided. The customisation feels stupidly restrictive, and we didn't like how it's no longer a gateway to 9th edition
 
Inquisitor_BadAss said:
He’s Persian how can they race swap the guy unless they make him black?
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>Implying Arch knows about his origins and or cares
Granted I'm willing to admit he's not that dumb but I have seen people who used to post those Trump God Emperor shit and l where convinced the Emperor was white in early editions and GW retconed him to be Persian when they "went woke".
 
Kendrick said:
Just came back from a 2022 Killteam match, and I was curious if anyone here tried that new Killteam edition and what's your thoughs on them.

Our game was entirely one-sided. The customisation feels stupidly restrictive, and we didn't like how it's no longer a gateway to 9th edition
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I'm mildly interested in Nachmund whenever it pops out but unless I strike oil on my backyard I'm not really buying the new boxset. I was eagerly looking forward to corsairs coming back.
 
Kendrick said:
Just came back from a 2022 Killteam match, and I was curious if anyone here tried that new Killteam edition and what's your thoughs on them.

Our game was entirely one-sided. The customisation feels stupidly restrictive, and we didn't like how it's no longer a gateway to 9th edition
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This does not bode well for Chaos players.
 
5t3n0g0ph3r said:
This does not bode well for Chaos players.
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We played Bananas vs purple shrooms.

My loadout was 4 Custodian guards with guardian spears and misericordias.
He went for the Kommandos without the squig and grot.

Turn 1 we were all concealed so we just moved forward and took objectives (I was bolder and took 3 out of 6, and he was more reserved and took 1).

Turn 2 we started fighting. And by "started fighting" I mean I absolutely decimated his lines. Ended losing 1 guard and another had 1 hp left, but he had... 1 boy left standing. A combinaison of "You can fight and/or shoot twice this round", combined with "one model can do a free action", and absolutely brutal melee combat combined with 18(!) Wounds on my guards meaning I could take a punch and he would crumble instantly afterwards.

4 shots per guns on 2+, and his best defense being 3 dices meant that any of my shooting would on average at least hit once, if not more (And somehow half my shooting attacks had one crit in them so he had 2 defense dices most of the time). And that made him super squishy for a followup charge & Fight, where Lethal 5+ with 5 attacks made me crit or double-crit almost always, one-spearing all his mens.

The only thing I really didn't use was tactical ploys, tactical reroll and the misericordias. Fights are so brutal, nothing lasts 2 custodian hits, let alone 4-5, to get hit by mortal wounds after the fight.
 
Kendrick said:
We played Bananas vs purple shrooms.

My loadout was 4 Custodian guards with guardian spears and misericordias.
He went for the Kommandos without the squig and grot.

Turn 1 we were all concealed so we just moved forward and took objectives (I was bolder and took 3 out of 6, and he was more reserved and took 1).

Turn 2 we started fighting. And by "started fighting" I mean I absolutely decimated his lines. Ended losing 1 guard and another had 1 hp left, but he had... 1 boy left standing. A combinaison of "You can fight and/or shoot twice this round", combined with "one model can do a free action", and absolutely brutal melee combat combined with 18(!) Wounds on my guards meaning I could take a punch and he would crumble instantly afterwards.

4 shots per guns on 2+, and his best defense being 3 dices meant that any of my shooting would on average at least hit once, if not more (And somehow half my shooting attacks had one crit in them so he had 2 defense dices most of the time). And that made him super squishy for a followup charge & Fight, where Lethal 5+ with 5 attacks made me crit or double-crit almost always, one-spearing all his mens.

The only thing I really didn't use was tactical ploys, tactical reroll and the misericordias. Fights are so brutal, nothing lasts 2 custodian hits, let alone 4-5, to get hit by mortal wounds after the fight.
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I dunno, I kind of expect that sort of thing when the Golden Bananamen are involved. Were they that OP in the last edition of Kill Team? I never played a match against them.
 
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