Thread 531685620

Pasqal edition

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Any good meltas early on or am I better off going with something else at first

>Jae out the airlock
y/n

Damn, I'm only in Act 2 and this game is really long. Does it slow down or is it just this long? Not that I mind, loving it

>>531687393
There's less content in Act 4, and Act 3 is special. Act 2 is the longest by far
>>531686151
Meltas suck imo
>>531686309
No of course not, she's great and useful

Recommended profile mods?

>>531685620 (OP)
If anybody's got better suggestions for links in the OP, open to suggestions.

I personally hate both fandom and fextralife

>>531687818
*portrait

Alright never played this kind of game before, what am I in for

>>531688283
Lots of reading, but it's good reading
Interesting characters and setting
Surprisingly hard boss fight early on
Levelling up that seems daunting at first, but makes sense one you look at what the abilities do and how they interact
Avoid blindly clicking the recommended talents, they're not always good
You can respect by talking to a guy on your ship's bridge.

>>531688283
Have you played any CRPGs? What's your experience with 40k?

Dark Heresy predictions?

>>531688283
Void Shadows DLC is highly recommended, it adds a lot
Latest Lex Imperialis DLC is a bit meh, not super worth it at full price

>>531688553
Alright any build guides or anything? Or should I just raw dog it

>>531688860
Corsair will be the new Jimmy in general disposition and will be a female-only romance

New player here, should I know anything before jumping in? Lore-wise or anything idk

>>531689030
Try raw dogging it just to get a feel for it
There are loads of build guides if you decide to respec
I will point out that for some classes you have to actually take Medicae as a talent during leveling to even be able to use medkits, even though "Medicae" is a skill

>>531689462
Not at all.
It explains everything as you go via tooltips

Is there any reason to go full Heretical?

>>531690378
Overall it's pretty dumb and has less content
I'd say no
Certainly not for a first run

Why did we go from Imperialis to Dogmatic and Benevolentia to Iconoclast

Cumrag, how do we feel about it?

Cassia feels a bit OP, but I don't want to turn up the difficulty
Thinking I might keep her on deck for RP reasons

>>531692462
I like it frankly. I enjoyed being forced to fend for myself and the various little vignettes you comes across

>>531692462
It's fine, I don't mind a little variation from the "main path"

>>531688860
Yrliet will return as a corsair NPC but will be using some pirate nickname like Captain Starfury or something, and it will be left to the player to recognize her or not

>Lord Captain, I've recieved a missive from the Ordo Xenos I must urgently share with you:

Love xenos. Smooch xenos. Cuddle and snuggle a xeno__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ smooch a xeno, tickle a xeno and then smooch the xeno again.

>that'll be all, thank you for you attention Lord Rogue Trader

>>531693940
Jimmy would never say this, fuck off heretic

How much does the ship stuff continue through the game?
It's pretty cool but I got my ass blown off until I figured things out, just not sure how much to think about it

I've been told that this is a better place to talk about RT, is it true or I'm being bamboozled?

>>531695347
It's reasonably frequent but becomes easier as you upgrade your ship. It never becomes totally easy though
There's one DLC space station that was rekting my ass so I had to come back after a while

>>531695694
Mostly bamboozled I'm afraid
This thread is the brainchild of a deranged seether in /crpg/ who hates RT and 40k
By all means try, maybe this thread will live

>>531695694
This is the place to talk about RT.
Some people want to make drama, ignore.

How's your playthrough going?

>>531695769
Yeah I like it but I definitely had a moment
Took me a couple tries
Actually I like it but I read there isn't a lot of it later?

>>531696548
I don't really remember there being a huge amount. There's a decent amount but it doesn't become annoying
One great upgrade is repairing for half scrap cost, very useful

>>531696728
Do people not like it? I actually found it fun, better than most other owlshit "minigames"
Got me thinking about 4x again, or like Ur-Quan masters but not old and janky

Idira seems like a trap like... why would I not bolta her immediately

>>531696985
Yeah some people don't enjoy it. I find it good
>Ur-Quan masters
Would be nice to have a remaster of this. The boarding party ability in RT ship combat reminded me of the Orz boarding ability

>>531695859
I knew it, agents of Chaos are trying to divide humanity yet again. I'll give it an honest attempt, Emprah protec
>>531696026
I'm struggling to roleplay an autistic Lex captain, the hyper-fixation on rules and laws doesn't mesh well with what RT needs to do to be successful. Even dogmatic character felt more flexible. I guess that's the point and joke, my guy needs to learn a few things about choices and how "real" world, to become a good Police Chief.
>>531696652
They aren't as annoying to do and integrated well. Everyone who played previous owlcat games just has a knee-jerk ptsd reaction to any minigame mentioned

captcha : TRVH

I want more portraits

>>531697286
Damn someone else who's played Ur-Quan masters?
To my dis-credit I don't remember a thing about it from decades ago

>>531688283
>>531689462
I strongly recommend installing the Toybox mod.
https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40kroguetrader/mods/1

It's useful for kickstarting quests that aren't triggering, which does occasionally take place, and general quality of life stuff like turning on conversation from remote companions so you can see everyone react to what's going on, turning off jealousy for your space gfs, all sorts of things
It also lets you set flags manually when they aren't triggering properly. For example pic related is a whole section of voiced dialogue that is hidden behind a flag that can never activate naturally, leaving you with a weird dialogue wall unless you flip it manually.

>>531688283
>>531689462
You can turn up combat speed via pic related
Default is way too slow once there's a going on
I usually turn off 'Move Camera to Currently Acting Character" as well

Fuck I wish RT was fully voiced. What's there is pretty fucking cool. They could make a full price DLC that's just voices for existing content and I'd buy it.

>>531699283
WITH EACH STEP, I FORGE MY DESTINY AMONG THE STARS

>>531699283
Full Voice is a Faustian bargain, you give up a lot more than you believe as a player

>>531700051
That's true but then again it would be adding voice to an already finished game so it should be fine.
That being said I guess I could just check out how shit the AI TTS mod is.

>can't decide on a background
I know it's stupid and probably doesn't matter

made a pyro bladedancer executioner after a guide and this nigga tears through everything and kills bosses on his first turn. did I fuck up by making the game too easy?

>>531701419
Guides are pointless. RT is already piss easy so just pick whatever sounds cool.

>>531701419
Well you wanted it to be easy, no?
Surely you knew that most build guides and tier lists go for the most OP stuff and behave like there is no way to complete the game otherwise to generate views and prestige.

Post one ONE (1) good reason for being Heretical
no "it's cool and I'm rebellious" doesn't count

>>531701789
when yrliet peered into my soul's garden and there was a little pink horror in there representing my subconscious facets just going "hahahahaha!" I thought it was funny and would be funny to make a character that just goes hahahaha

>>531685620 (OP)
I fuckin love Pasqal that's all I have to say

>>531701789
you want to try something new and daring in life

I heard theres an optimal order to doing the planets? or ship exploration?

>>531702059
Does Yrliet react to it

>>531702606
I usually go
>Foulstone (it's right there in the Trinnitos System next to Footfall and you can colonize it)
>Janus (very near to Foulstone and collect Yrliet)
then just however you please from there on

>just found out about the sewer thing
fuck, I hate missing stuff. I know it's just part of the story but tempted to reload

>>531703420
Id say it's better with the sewer path. The ending to the overall quest is very similar and the sewer really adds something.

What does /rtg/ think are the best talents?

IMO, Hive World Weapon Personalization, Solid Projectile Weapons Expert, Voidborn's Jinx, Cassia's talent that lowers Veil Degradation, and Idira's talent that reduces veil degradation with psychic powers

>>531688860
heterosexual sex with eldar men

I hope DH quests get more elaborate. I just replayed Janus yesterday and it's such a letdown. There's zero clues about Vistenza being a slaanesh cultist other than the weird interaction with her maid. Then Yrliet just decides it's 100% Vistenza's fault bc trust me bro and that's it. The funeral side quest in Footfall is better and higher effort than Janus, wtf was owlcat thinking?

>>531708449
>zero clues
nigga did you miss the whole investigation

>>531708449
Sidequests are usually the best ones in these kind of games

>>531708540
I investigated everything, and nothing points to Vistenza. You get:
>berries, to locate rebels if you don't get Yrliet
>mutations in the planet reported by the Admech guy
>rebellion info and eldar skull by the secretary
>things the trapped rebel tells you. if you confront Vistenza about this she just shrugs it off and you can't reply.
there's no actual way to uncover Vistenza based on this

>>531708983
Old Servant around the side of the house tells you about the kidnappings and orgies

>Break up with Leliana
>come back to camp after some adventuring
>still seething
Kek, I do appreciate the game is more realistic than Owlcat's "After the confrontation event every girl gets amnesia"

>>531709202
Wrong fucking thread
fuck you guys for splitting

predictions about RT season 2 DLC? are they going to bloat act 2 even more? there's 2 more companions coming

stop posting in this shitty thread you retarded newfags, sage

>>531708983
Anon... The kidnappings? Did you not read?

>>531685620 (OP)
Going to give the Overseer archetype a shot after being a forever officer donut. I'm also planning to be a psyker, probably starting with biomancy.

What initial archetype should I go for? Soldier for some extra attack shenanigans? Warrior for some extra durability and melee buffs? I always somehow end up running sword and pistol when it comes to weapons, but shields seem pretty cool so I might commit to just one.

Probably going to keep Abelard, Jae, and Cassia in my party more often than not.

>>531710117
Any chance they might pull a Varnhold's Lot/Through the Ashes?
I personally would love it but it seems like I'm in the minority on that

Any thoughts on the future of 40k with Owlcat? Have they talked about it at all?

>>531733582
I don't think they've said anything specific. It would be a long time out anyhow, with DH releasing 2026 probably, then DLC, then also support for The Expanse game as well. I wouldn't expect any announcement about things further than that any time soon, but it would be cool to know if they have future plans set.

>>531732181
I think I remember them saying they learned they're lesson after through the ashes and Lord of nothing regarding side stories. We probably still will get some sort of rogue like mode though

So what are possibilities for new origins they can add? A navigator origin wouldn't be off the table but maybe lore breaking since I have no idea how the von Valencia's gene can get in there.

There are zero mentions of navigators being randomly born to human parents right?

>>531736076
Man, that sucks. Those were my favorite DLCs from them. Fuck the "roguelike" shit, is that even popular among players? It's so grindy and soulless. Couldn't bring myself to finish the KM one, didn't bother with the WotR ones.

>>531737442
Through the ashes was the biggest pile of dog shit I ever had the misfortune of playing. Faggots like you with bad opinions deserve to be crucified

For those who take her, in practice how often does Idira summon? I like her character but I don't know if I want to constantly be dealing with that

>>531736912
Anything's possible but seems pretty unlikely to me.
>>531737442
I liked them too

Jae's origin talents are completely nuts, mogging the fuck out of my character

>>531685620 (OP)
Are the cyber-mastiff claws still broken?

>see there's a hidden CHEEVO for "subduing the pit"
damn I don't want spoilers but I also kinda do

Best way to upgrade the ship for space battles? The Imperial Navy doesn’t want to trade for any of my stuff. Or should I just set them to Easy?

>>531742682
Should be fixed now

>>531743538
I just set it to easy, personally. It's a cool concept but wasn't implemented very well imo

i really like the overseer archetype :)

>>531743538
Easy is for bitchmade with all the nerfs and new toys they added. Fighters and better flaks alone mulch 99% of the eldar ships in a salvo or two. Just fight space battles and you'll get navy loot. Projects and few decisions for navy also go a long way.

>>531745709
I'm a little confused on the ultimate abilities

>>531748152
I'm not sure what the non-eagle ones do, but AFAIK my eagle ultimate just makes it so I have 3 free eagle attacks and helps with obstruct vision more.

>>531749229
The other ones do pretty much the same but with extra caveats. I only used the raven and eagle really

>Eagle causes all missed shots from its attack to be crits on enemies
>Raven lets you shoot damaging abilities through it

The overseer is fun as fuck. I even love glatio and I barely use him

Lord Captain?

>HABOBENDUM
what did he mean by this?

>>531743538
Get Warp Wave and Reinforced shields and then Shallow Jump for more mobility, use Reinforce Shields actively because this can help mitigate a TON of damage, try the gauge where enemies will be attacking you from, sometimes the game will trip you up when they attack diagonally 9/10 times they will target your side rather than the front or back.

After that I get All Hands on Deck Ultimate in order to spam torpedoes during particularly tricky fights. Torpedoes are great because they deal a ton of damage and ignore evasion, which means they can pretty much one-shot any Xenos ship. Torpedoes can be a bit tricky to aim at first but remember that enemies are forced to move forwards when they start their turn so you can use this to estimate where the enemy will be rather than were they are when aiming your torpedoes. You could use fighters instead since they're much easier to use, but they deal much less damage and are subject to enemies' evasion, still they're pretty good when enemies use torpedoes of their own.

After that I get the cheaper repairs upgrade in order to save on the scrap, then you get Silent Running I and II back to back in order to always act first, which is a god send.

WHo do I bother to get into the Argent Dawn Nerub SIlkweaving Forum guilds?

Dogmatic Rogue Trader forcibly impregnating Argenta with his holy seed as a reward for her faithfulness to the Emperor

the thassera mission is kino unironically

>>531765472
Agreed. Which route?

>>531761317
Switch Pasqal and Ulfar

>>531766156
dogmachad

>>531743104
psyker RTs only

bump

now that the dust has finally settled, dogma or heretic?

Fake thread

Why do women like Heinrix?

>>531807565
Dark and brooding, but completely under their control

what do you guys like most about 40k, is it more the grimness or the darkness

>>531814272
For me, it's the dank

>>531801764
for me it's gotta be dogmatic