These really show how much out blessings really favor Vanguard. While Ranger is fine for getting the most out of a numerically superior force, it doesn't benefit as much from almost all of our Blessings.
I think Lifebane+Reliability really cinch it though. Nurgle was really deadly, but he didn't have a big boost to DPS like that, amd Chaos can't really do Reliability. So running full blessings, our troops kill more and heal faster, but don't reanimate the dead or spread plagues, which were Nurgle's real superpower.
I definitely agree that in the abstract, the Vanguard playstyle is optimal for our blessings. I supported Ranger last turn because it is specifically optimized for asymmetrical warfare, which seems like the modal scenario for us for a long while to come. If we ever get to a point where the balance of forces we're likely to face is less hilariously lopsided, I'd be fine with picking up Vanguard.
Just go full Necron and have unkillable inexorable infantry advances supported by giant monsters. But for the time being, we need to play around the expectation that we'll be outnumbered.
Ranger is deffinitely a good pick for the current situation, don't get me wrong. Even when we get Vanguard we should keep our Rangers around, since while Vanguard has better Blessing synergy they fill different, complementing roles.
Well doesn't have a coat and is using a solid arrow but otherwise....pretty close?
Also, reading the apocrypha and saw this... Dragon-Blood Exalts when?
*Disease* biowar is probably too Nurgle, but I imagine biological generation and delivery of sedatives, poisons, or hallucinogens would be just fine.
Lightning powers from biology?!
Heh. Having one layer of defense be based around making anyone who enters as high as a kite sounds amazing. Might be a bit hard since different species react differently to drugs (or not at all in some cases), but still amazing.
I mean we were trying to spy on the governors men just a little bit ago.
I immagine that outside of battle we'd be better of making a dedicated healer unit/monster/plant.Just out of curiosity, is the life drain blessing an in combat only thing, or for the duration of the deployment? If it's the latter, can it be used for field treatment? Rangers healing up by getting into a fight with the nearest tree after making it back to camp would be useful and hilarious.
That's true, but on demand healing that doesn't take up any extra resources or time from a medical expert is pretty valuable. Especially for people who's main job is asymmetric warfare. It'd also help in situations like this one where we don't have those available. We didn't pick it this time, but for a prolonged conflict of this style it'd be very useful.
That's actually something very important to note about our bio-creations because they are very different from anything the previous gods made. All their deamon engines, weapons etc had to be constructed/infused in worlds overtaken by the Immaterium or be the focus of rituals etc for the needed energy.
I was actually thinking about that myself. EMP vines that they can't just banish because they're 100% material, or near enough, to be immune to it. Ships just laying dead in space cause of vines crawling all over them shutting everything down.
Yellow Pikmin intensifies!
They could screw up any electrical system they got into and they'd be tiny enough it's like trying to keep ants out. If they're still dumb as bricks they'd need a commander pikmin for sabotage and such. Though white ones getting into a water supply would be a bad day for anyone.
Yep, though I suspect Yellows are the smartest pikmin normally given they are smart enough to form working circuits and manage to do pretty well for themselves by the time of the 3rd game.
Horrifying, given that they are toxic enough to kill things many times there own size... and as of the shorts apparently have acid potent enough to almost immediatly eat through metal.
True, though I'd imagine even for 40k I imagine underwater flamers is a rarity... shame we can't mod the reds to actually do fire damage ala smash bros.
Since I was already thiniking of Pikmin my mind immediatly went to the Gatlng Groink, these guys are the ban of anyone's existance... mainly because an artillery unit with regeneration/reianimation is horrifying.
Our Belladonas are ten-foot tall freaky-looking plant mechs. The Ranger armor are by WOG a guyver with a greatcoat and a biological bow. We already have a bunch of mean looking stuff.
Never played Pikmin so I'll take your word for it. Now the Geneforge series, I reconigize.
