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One bit of lore I like is that the cults on demon worlds don't have a connection to the hives or are just completely ignored. As a result they actually can be friendly to imperials that show up on them and don't try to convert them.
 
Michael Wade said:
One bit of lore I like is that the cults on demon worlds don't have a connection to the hives or are just completely ignored. As a result they actually can be friendly to imperials that show up on them and don't try to convert them.
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Malstrains aren’t friendly but they also have had the connection severed.

I like that the Tyranids are more and more being proven not as “perfect” as originally presented and there are flaws in the machine, like cultists returning to being Imperial citizens if the cult leadership is removed.
 
Humble Architect said:
Malstrains aren’t friendly but they also have had the connection severed.

I like that the Tyranids are more and more being proven not as “perfect” as originally presented and there are flaws in the machine, like cultists returning to being Imperial citizens if the cult leadership is removed.
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I was reading a wiki that said an Inquisitor got help from them but I don't know the circumstances.


Cut out the connection and they have free will.
That I think is a lot more interesting then a standard cult, especially if a strain developed that didn't listen or call to the hives. I believe there was an infected space marine group that was able to mitigate or delay the call with specially designed iron halos or collars that blocked out the link. Even with the hive mind shit I like the little hints of individuality. There's a moment in one of the first cain books where a male cultist grieves the death of a female for a moment before getting pissed off and returning fire.
 
Humble Architect said:
Malstrains aren’t friendly but they also have had the connection severed.
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malstrains are cool because apparently necromundas radiation, Hermiatus' genetic tinkering and a metric asstonne of inbreeding has so fucked them up that the hivemind refuses to come to necromunda because it doesnt want to deal with reconstituting them back
 
Michael Wade said:
I was reading a wiki that said an Inquisitor got help from them but I don't know the circumstances.


Cut out the connection and they have free will.
That I think is a lot more interesting then a standard cult, especially if a strain developed that didn't listen or call to the hives. I believe there was an infected space marine group that was able to mitigate or delay the call with specially designed iron halos or collars that blocked out the link. Even with the hive mind shit I like the little hints of individuality. There's a moment in one of the first cain books where a male cultist grieves the death of a female for a moment before getting pissed off and returning fire.
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Rogue Trader, Lord of Excess (it’s a melee between EC, Khorne cultists and Genestealers) and the second Word Bearers novel have shown that when the “mind” is “up” then they’re one, cut out the Patriarch and whoever they are resurfaces.

So they can be individuals and in the hands of a good writer, the dichotomy between the hive and the individual would be great reading. I’d follow a trilogy of a cultist rising through the ranks and eventually becoming one of the central nodes for the group mind. A Patriarch POV would also do the unthinkable and make a Tyranid character, ideally he’d be like Vandred in Night Lords.

In Word Bearers, a marine is infected and the result is an almost touching moment where his brother puts him out of his misery and the squad takes a moment to pay respects and allow a prayer to the Dark Gods.
Salt_Merchant said:
malstrains are cool because apparently necromundas radiation, Hermiatus' genetic tinkering and a metric asstonne of inbreeding has so fucked them up that the hivemind refuses to come to necromunda because it doesnt want to deal with reconstituting them back
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In a better world, Genestealer codexes would have something similar to chapter creation rules except it would be custom strains and Crusade would have rules around evolving and improving the hive strain as you grow further and further away from the tyranid baseline.
 
Humble Architect said:
Rogue Trader, Lord of Excess (it’s a melee between EC, Khorne cultists and Genestealers) and the second Word Bearers novel have shown that when the “mind” is “up” then they’re one, cut out the Patriarch and whoever they are resurfaces.
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There was also a novel with Fists and Deathwatch vs. a genestealer cult where the Marines took out the patriarch and the survivors of the cult were disgusted and horrified by the realization of what they'd been serving the whole time. The cult magus was so heartbroken and devastated by what she'd done that she let some of the other now ex-cultists kill her in retribution.
 
Humble Architect said:
Brethren, this strategy GW is doing with the Arbites is starting to work on me. It’s honestly the most clever marketing I’ve seen in awhile, plus Robocop’s expansion comes next month so my desire to put a boot on the necks of hive scum is at an all time high. I learned that there is an arbites origin being added to RT as well, so we’ll actually be able go full Lethal Weapon with the new guy.
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Darktide gets an Arbites today, Rogue Trader gets one tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised if they secretly patch Space Marine to replace guardmen with Arbites too.
They were in the Tithes animation too.
 
The Arbites Class on Darktide is a LOT of fun. I spent last night in nothing but full Arbites squads yelling "I AM THE LAW! & THESE BLOCKS ARE UNDER ARREST!" (I only saw a single special-needs Ogryn all of last night.)

The cyber-dog is also a really cool mechanic.
The way they pounce and disable even Ragers is nice. Dispatching downed enemies is a breeze.

The Suppression Shield + Shock Maul is crunchy, brutal, and great for crowd control.

I like the Exterminator Shotgun, I just wish it carried more rounds than 5 in the magazine. It hits like a dump truck though and at surprisingly long range.

I don't have any experience with the Shotpistol + Riot Shield combo yet, I've been sticking with my beloved Bolt Pistol for ranged combat.

Edit- My bad y'all, I didn't see that there's a separate Darktide thread.
 
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Even though I prefer the gameplay of DoW 2 over its predecessor, I have no idea what Relic was smoking when they decided on the unit roster for the factions. No Rubric Marines, no Khorne Berserkers and no Raptors but Bloodletters and a Bloodcrusher ? Who needs Fire Dragons or Harlequins when you can get three types of weapons platform ! No Kasrkin or Krieg for the Guard but Catachan ? Space Marines have the Librarian as a unit and not a Hero. So many strange decisions, and I am not going to get angry about the fact that neither Tau nor the Sisters are playable factions.
 
Spilled Spaghett said:
The amount of Space Marine books isn't that surprising considering they are the main characters in the story.
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Sure, but they also have as many stuff as all the imperial factions combined, despite how popular Guard is.
Judge Dredd said:
I used to hear that "the dark age of technology" was basically Star Trek. These days that's all been fleshed out.
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Maybe? Its 10 thousand years across the entire galaxy, the 9th ed Rulebook pretty much say it was all kinds of stuff, you had post scarcity utopias, and also people turning other humans into living weapons to kill any xenos or human who disagre with them.
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I'm trying to figure out what tyranid focused story came out in 2022, and there isn't one even in the lexicanum link he provided.
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I was going to say the Long and Hungry Road, but thats from 2023.
 
p1138 said:
I'm actually curious what a tyranid focused story would even look like, where it isn't tyranids just eating things and it's actually about the perspective of space marines, or guardsmen or something.
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I would actually like a story that's just from the Tyranid's perspective. It'd be kind of tricky to do, and I don't think you could do a whole novel on it, but it'd be kind of interesting to delve into the mind of the Hive Mind, or the swarm and how it feeds on worlds from a completely detached perspective. There's bits and pieces of it in Devastation of Baal. Though I didn't really care for the whole book I thought those chapters were kind of interesting. We see the Tyranids attack a planet or a genestealer stalking an underhive. The Tyranid doesn't understand where it is or what he's fighting exactly, and maybe the reader is meant to try and put the pieces together. Just a thought, might be a fun experiment if they did.
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Sorry if everyone is sick of 'my first model' posts but I got round to painting mine recently and hadn't posted it here:
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It's a bit of a blotchy mess, but I'm hoping over time I'll learn how to highlight & blend properly. Makes me wonder if I should've picked a Space Marine army to paint first as practise since GSC seem quite fiddly. I have no idea how you guys get through 2000 points of these things.
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First model and you painted inside the lines? I don't believe you. Well done.
Judge Dredd said:
If anyone has any terrain/objective marker builds that aren't xps foam or chip board, I'd like them please.
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As far as objective markers go I really love my neoprene markers. They may not be thematic to the board but the quality of life they provide is well worth it. I've even considered buying a set of neoprene mats for ruin footprints, but I'm starting to spend more time shopping for cool trinkets and accessories for 40k than actually playing 40k. That being said If you don't already have a set I recommend it. I got mine from 3D6wargaming. You can get custom prints, but they have a lot of other designs you can pick from. https://3d6wargaming.com/neoprene-objectives-sci-fi/

If you just want thematic markers I've used an unpainted model before and called it a statue. If you buy bunch of basses you can glue extra bits onto them to be either weapons that need to be recovered, or maybe a broken drone that has intel. There's plenty of videos on youtube for using leftover sprues as scrap and rebar for terrain. If you cut them into tiny squares they can be cobblestone, or pieces of rubble. Popsicle sticks make great fencing, walkways, or docks. Old cardboard boxes can be cut up to be anything you want it to be. All depends on what you're looking to build. Could do an Ork junk town since you can throw in just about any piece of crap you want and it wont look out of place.
 
I played the other Arbites game for most of my day off.
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New portrait, thank God he’s white. You can actually just straight-up do the Lethal Weapon duo with the new guy.

The shotgun/shield/mace build is a lot of fun, the Lex Imperialis content is integrated as early as Act 1 and the story does change. I’ve been getting some fun dialogue from the crew where the greedier amongst their ranks are terrified of you and unfortunately your character wasn’t just a regular beat cop, you were a Marshal.

I’m curious about Act 2 because that’s where you get the new companion and I’m interested in how supercop protagonist can interact with those companions, especially Jae, so tempted to just do the “ARREST HER” outcome.
 
Spilled Spaghett said:
I would actually like a story that's just from the Tyranid's perspective. It'd be kind of tricky to do, and I don't think you could do a whole novel on it, but it'd be kind of interesting to delve into the mind of the Hive Mind, or the swarm and how it feeds on worlds from a completely detached perspective. There's bits and pieces of it in Devastation of Baal. Though I didn't really care for the whole book I thought those chapters were kind of interesting. We see the Tyranids attack a planet or a genestealer stalking an underhive. The Tyranid doesn't understand where it is or what he's fighting exactly, and maybe the reader is meant to try and put the pieces together. Just a thought, might be a fun experiment if they did.
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A whole novel would be a mess, but a short story or even animation could be interesting, maybe from the perspective of a lictor or something.
 
The Long and Hungry Road is pretty good, but even it also changes pov to Imperials from time to time.

When someone talked about codexes earlier, I decided to check up my files, and man, the difference from 8th to 9th ed necron codexes is absurd. Besides the in universe book which is nice, its a huge downgrade on the lore aspect. The artwork is amazing, but now stuff that was 4 paragraphs is only one, subfactions? 1/4 of a page. Units? Barely anything.

Want a timeline, which would be vital to factions, in special the Votann? Fuck you
 
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