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Claimed in the name of the Iron 10th!

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>>555489252
That's a cute primarch you got there.

post yfw after seeing the sneak peeks of the next update

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Telorian's executions are peak.

>>555489561
Me and the bots are gonna love it when I play solo for the coming 6 months until people start going back to other classes again

>>555490402
Don’t worry, some third-worlder who doesn’t even know Techmarine exists will join your game and then die 3 times anyway

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Since they're doing Raptors my guess is the pack will be chock-full of tacticool bits and pieces for other classes. So far Sniper has all of it and at the very least Tactical and Heavy could use that kind of bling.

>>555487136
Power fist, brother. The aoe on its charge attacks is enormous and you can hit thropes out of the air way more often than you'd expect.

>>555498301
I've never been a fan of the Raptors' schtick (and am equally not fond of how the newer models tend to incorporate it--looking at you, Reivers and Eliminators), but lord knows we've got enough 200lb solid gold pauldrons so I'd welcome any kind of stylistic change here.

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Test

>>555499408
FINALLY.
NOW CAN THE FUKCING PEDO/TERRORIST GETTING ME ISP BANNED EITHER CURB THEIR BULLSHIT OR FUCKING MOVE!?
ITS BEEN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS SINCE I COULD POST AN IMAGE!

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>>555489560
Nerd marine looks good

Brothers am I a bad person if i'm really excited for the new marine???
Everywhere I go people are hyped but here? it's doomsday all day...

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Do we know anything about the Space Sharks cosmetics? Those are supposed to be next patch too, right?

>>555503318
>new battlefield conditions
predict the new stratagems modifiers

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>>555502628
Nah blud even R*ddit knows that this dude is gonna have issues
But he’ll be fun either way

>>555504150
Enemies attack faster.
You attack and shoot slower.
Enemies run faster.
You run slower.
Ranged enemies can shoot while moving.
Melee enemies try to run away at half hp and recover health if not damaged for 10 seconds.
You have unlimited uses of equipment, but cannot use ranged or melee weapons at all.

>>555504360
>*snort* erm why aren't his abilities all generic everyman damage resist/buffs? why do they change his ability in key ways so he varies between player preference in significant ways?
God I hate Reddit. Literally one of the major problems with this game is that every class has 1 viable perk build, MAYBE 2.

>>555505325
That’s not what he’s saying bro, he’s saying that most of his perks are conditional dogshit that might only have 1 or 2 uses in a fight, he has no good source of damage resistance, no good source of ammo recovery, and no reliable knockback prevention
Which is all true

>>555504150
Executions and gunstrikes are disabled.
Key binds are randomized.
Mission has a 20% to randomly fail ever 5 minutes.
Enemies don't stop spawning.
Spore Mines are insta-kill.

>>555504697
>Ranged enemies can shoot while moving.
But they already do this.

>>555506025
In a Minoris horde, Techmarine is the only character who can attack and regain armor via gunstrikes at same time. All he needs to do is spam his run move or dash spin and he'll outpace any damage to him presuming parries on top.

>>555508053
That’s cool, but it doesn’t address his issues with damage reduction, no stagger resistance, and no ammo recovery

>>555508515
Shan't be a problem for me, because I borderline main Tactical and he has none of that bar stagger resist on parries.

>>555508778
>>555508515
Well, and the ammo restore too. But you get the point.

>>555508053
Assuming that the hands-free gun strike restores armour (a quick look at the video preview made it seem like it doesn't), that's not relevant to the perks. Sure he'll be a defensive god in standard situations if he gets armour back as long as minoris enemies exist around the majoris he's wacking at, but his build variety will only exist because none of the perks really do anything worthwhile.
And yeah, he lacks anything outside his two abilities and the free gun strikes. I have a feeling the tarantula and servo-bolter will both sport pitiful damage because saber wouldn't like it if we could let the game play itself, which would make the new axe and hands-free gun strikes his only advantage over playing as a level 1 tactical. If the gun strikes give free armour regen he'll be a one-note, simple combat machine that is only good at cheesing through hordes, if they don't he'll be the ultimate challenge class. Hell, he even beats assault for useless team perks.

>>555509247
It absolutely restores armor when killing a Minoris, watch again.

35 seconds in. He clips a Minoris with the spin move, watch his armor bar when he focuses the Majoris.

https://youtu.be/Mdml0eE_v7A?si=udZRjbQaBRJ_nvSO

Can't wait to reinstall tomorrow.

>>555508778
>>555508859
Tactical has singular perks that outperform this guy's entire perk collection. Game's best ammo recovery, game's best equipment recovery (techmarine will actually have a build if you go equipment build IF you have a tactical on your team), and a choice at the max tier of either instakilling everything around you every now and then or permanently denying reinforcement calls and killing the caller to deny them enraging too. And he has stagger resist on an easy, common trigger.
And that's on top of having an ability so strong it has warped the game's entire damage balance around it. Techmarine's base damage output from the shoulder gun and new axe will need to be insane to let him compete with a class like tactical.

>>555509669
Ah, good to see. Then he'll probably be insanely powerful defensively as long as minoris enemies are in melee range and suck in every other aspect.

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>>555503318
Nobody cares about the loyalist Night Lords knockoffs :(

>>555509927
I am of the opinion Tactical is getting nerfed into the ground next patch. Free grenades is way too strong.

>>555510095
Surely, this patch will be the one unlike all the previous ones

>>555510095
Yeah, the same way Assault has been buffed into oblivion.

>>555510095
I can see them making SS not work with Meltas. So it only recovers basic bitch grenades.

why does my assault jetpack just not work sometimes

>>555515693
You see the ground pound crosshair? If that's not visible on the ground, you can't jump, even if it looks clear and fine.

>>555515693
You need to make sure the yellow target mark is visible on the floor. Sometimes if you're looking too far up or if you're up against a wall it seems like the marker won't play nice.

>strategem reduces ranged damage to virtually nil
>constant neurothrope and zoanthrope spawns

why did they do this?

>>555517501
Apparently this is what constitutes fun according to tov. Grigorenko.

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Despite Saber's lax approach to making quality content they did a pretty competent job on optimizing SM2. It runs surprisingly well.

Also, post your specs and your favorite Chapter.

>>555521073
I'm on an RTX 3060 brother...

>>555521073
Raptor Brother reporting in from his 5900X/3080Ti battle station with 64GB RAM

>>555521803
>spoiler

Don't forget us when you're a millionaire, Anon.

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Knowledge is power, guard it well

>>555521073
Initiating sequence ....
>Location: Titan .....
>Specs: 9800X3D/5090/64GB RAM....
>t. Grey Knights Purifier Brother

Yeah, the game runs quite smoothly which is an achievement of sorts, given the state of the industry.

>>555521073
Iron Hands.
R7 5700X
RX 6950 XT

>>555522818
STUPID. GAY. FAGGOT.

>>555521073
Grey Knights, 7800x3d and RTX3080

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>>555521073
I can run this game on a 1660 super even. Not with max settings, but high enough quality that it doesn't really matter. The CPU was an issue before I rebuilt my computer a bit over a year ago though. Honestly not sure if it's impressive that it runs well considering how good it looks, or if it's a bad thing that I had to upgrade my setup to be able to run it.
Couldn't name a favourite chapter however. I like space marines as a whole, I have four different chapters represented in tabletop-playable quantities and a few more as unfinished projects.

This is a very dogshit stratagem
as if it it didnt already take 1 million bullets to kill one warrior it now takes like 5 million.
If the flying zoanthope boss nigger spawns you basically waste way more time than you do running through the level.

Terrible mission. Saber should be ashamed for this one

Calling it -- Techmarine can't hipfire.

How do I know? Hylia the troon said the gunstrikes have to be activated and aren't automatic.

Think about that considering the game's control scheme.

>>555523173
Anon the game was to post your specs and chapter not your share overall IQ and your bedroom preferences.

>>555521803
>>555522818
Brothers amassed wealth equal only to that inside the vaults on Terra!

>>555523621
Haven't beat it yet since when a Neurothrope spawns everyone quits

>>555521073
R7 7800X3D and an RTX 4080 super
Black Templars/Blood Ravens

>>555523621
Flamer DoT is unaffected by the ranged damage modifer. Bringing one with melee damage resistance debuff is a good option.

>>555523621
>>555524828
post codes

>>555525397
Even if I post a code everyone should leave when a Neurothrope spawns, Zoanthropes are terribly hard to kill as is

>>555525728
Nah we kill that shit anyway
Ain’t no BITCHES here in /sm2g/

Beat weekly first try both times
only got a neurothrope on normal though but i also brought powerfist both times for the zoans so it worked out fine anyways

It's obvious that the vatniks have abandoned Absolute and Hard that they just have a RNG machine spitting out stupid modifiers while Chaos weeklies are obviously personally selected by said vatniks.

>>555531375
It’s funny how often the solution is Power Fist

>>555533719
dealing melee damage at ranged distances is an inelegant solution but a strong one

>>555533814
>>555531375
qrd on power fist against neuros?

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>>555534486
powerfist charged attacks deal damage in a cone
tides of battle extends this cone a good ways
if you know how to manipulate the AI and relative terrain you can nail flying enemies with charged attacks even while they're higher than you by standing some distance away
Inferno especially has lots of little elevation differences and lots of corners to tuck around that forces zoans and neurothropes lower
This weekly is actually the best for assault, solving his natural lack of hp sustain, highlighting his big damage with fist and hammer, and making the AoE of jumps extremely relevant
picture for clarity

>>555534486
The full charged damage is shit but its way better than any ranged weapon with the current modifier.

You will still have to deal with its psychic screams fucking up your charging, its beams and the waves it will summon.

If you encounter one, randoms instantly leave and reroll the run.

am I evil if I reject friend requests?

>>555535484
>The full charged damage is shit
Anon even with the bonus hp the fully charged block fist instantly puts warriors into execute

>>555535516
You guys are getting friend requests?

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>>555535214
>that picture

Amazing and informative.

>>555535214
>>555535484
hammerbros... our response?

>>555540209
Hammer is only good on Assault and only because it's the best ground pound spammer, and the Heroic version synergizes with ground pound.

>>555540209
hammer is also good but is worse for sniping thropes because you have to sit right underneath them and even still there isn't a lot of range to it
fist is just S-tier melee weapon, makes shit run smooth with sheer range, hammer is a bit slow and worse to trade with

>>555540209
Heroic Thunderhammer is useless against flying enemies which is exactly the point of using a relic Power fist.

It's also useless against the Carnifex since the Carnifex will never wait for you to fully charge it but if you hit the bugger it'll eat up a sizeable chunk of its HP, half if its still in auspex.

Yes… die…

>>555535214
See, this is how presentation should be done in SM2. Diligent yet thrifty in style, but at the same time very much to the point.
Also I love heroic power fist. That melee rocks.

>>555503318
Saber better not put some gay shark fin on the helmet.

PTS should be out in an hour or so
Dont die yet

>>555535516
I hope anons don't mind, I'm just not into this whole "let others know you're playing a computer game RIGHT NOW" thing

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>>555558264
come again?

Wonder if we'll see any of those supposed Champion skin cosmetic reworks so e.g. the Space Wolf shoulder can be used on other classes.

>>555558458
It's already up and ready to download.
>68GB
sheesh...

>>555489561
I hope a couple of the parries on jumping minoris enemies uses the arm to either catch and crush them or bat them away.

>>555560994
>PTS version of the game is not found in my library anymore
What
How did I add it again?

patch notes
https://community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/space-marine-2/blogs/339-pts-patch-notes-12-0

>Kraken Penetrator Rounds: All bolter weapons now deal 50% more damage with body shots.
lol, lmao even
doing 2 damage instead of 1

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PTS is live bitchbois
Go ahead and tell me what I should think about him
I’m too busy watching Patton (1970)

>>555561636
Honestly? This is pretty good. Despite their attempts to keep the game retardedly hard it looks like they did some good balance changes.
I just wish they would remove daily strategems and incorporate that into the Quickplaylist so the playerbase isn't divided and those doritos wouldn't go to waste.

>>555560715
They did 5 months ago.
>>555561636
Ah yes, we need a second heroic knife when the axe which I don't use hasn't gotten one yet

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>>555561636
There's some genuinely good changes in here at least

>>555561859
No anon, they've said classes like Tactical will get these pieces.

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THEY KEEP BUFFING BOLT WEAPONS AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
GIVE ME YOUR ENERGY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

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>>555561636
LETS FUCKING GO

>>555561636
The majority of the changes, provided they work properly, sound like actually good changes.
Lets see how many of them make it to live

>>555562042
They put out a blog post saying they decided to lock half the pieces to Phobos/Tacticus/Gravis, and even then it's limited because Russian developers working with a British IP

>>555562231
They've said they're specifically remodelling the parts so they're cross-armor compatible. E.g. Tactical will get a Space Wolf Champ shoulder using Tacticus pattern as a base.

>>555562342
https://community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/space-marine-2/forums/6-space-marine-2/threads/48466-champion-customisation
I have proof of my claims, I'm not going to trust you until you post proof of yours

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>contested health no longer fades away during grab animations
This is huge but no one here will talk about this
>rebalanced melee attacks that have multiple attacks: now they restore contested health with each strike instead of just 1
This is huge but none of you faggots will talk about this

>>555562057
>"but a 10% buff is not enough to make the weapon viable."
>"11% then"

>>555562669
>This is huge but no one here will talk about this
yeah, obviously? you shouldn't get grabbed. if you are getting grabbed you shouldn't run away from your teammates so someone can come and save you.

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>>555562483
Ahem.

https://community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/space-marine-2/ideas/11889-allow-all-classes-to-use-the-space-wolf-champion-fur-shoulder-pads

>>555562669
>>contested health no longer fades away during grab animations
It took me a minute to figure this out, I thought this was something about when we grab gaunt jumps, now that I see it yeah that's big
>>rebalanced melee attacks that have multiple attacks: now they restore contested health with each strike instead of just 1
This one I spotted immediately. I do need to see if it makes it so that single attacks that hit multiple enemies will restore more CHP or not before I call it a complete fix though.

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Not bad.

>>555562057
I've said it when the game first came out, that they could literally double the damage for every tactical's bolter and it would still have them barely viable.

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New op and objectives

>>555563151
>I am angry
>Angry about HERETICS

>>555563151
Oh wow they actually did the MKV (primarisified)
I had my doubts, since I have not seen a MKV helmet on any tabletop primaris marine

Omnissian Axe has TWO armor restore perks. So yeah, the class is literally built around armor restoration as his way to mitigate damage.

I need an ESL check.
1. By "grab animations" did Saber mean the ravener, lictor and terminator grab attacks OR grabbing an enemy during an execution?
2. By "melee attacks that have multiple attacks" did Saber mean the attacks where you strike your weapon twice like the thunderhammer overhead attack, or attacks that hit multiple enemies via cleave?
Also, why would anyone think it will restore double CHP rather than 50% with the first strike, and 50% with the other?

>>555563952
The former, cHP already stops degrading the moment you begin an execution
Likely the former, the double aftershock is the most notable example of an attack where half the time you're not actually restoring hp but it also means half of the power axe attacks, half of the knife's attacks, and probably some other unintendeds

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Rate my Straban.

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New heroics
Knife gets reduced parry window (same window as a block window in total maybe?) but damage on successful parry
The giga damage is also interesting, highest of the lot though it's also slower than the block knife
HBR perk description is broken but it seems that it gets the same underslung grenade launcher as the BR, pretty clearly taken from the recent deathwatch kit release
Omnissian axe gets +1 speed and -2 cleave compared to the regular fencing and "damage of attack after Omnissian Rush is increased based on time of the charge"

>>555564174
>Evade away from my firing lines

I was correct >>555348301

The Omnissian Axe has no typical heavy attacks. You have light > hold for the explosive AOE, and holding from idle is the running charge move.

>>555564663
So its intimidating aura but knife? That sounds like it could be fucking amazing

>>555564756
>Tactical with Auspex on Parry + Intimidating Knife

>>555564756
Yeah, I can already see the ungodly damage output on Tactical using this heroic combined with his Auspex on parry perk.

>Modify my Tech sentry gun for the sniper build
>Spends all of its energy
>Can't incap a single Tyranid Warrior
>On Ruthless
The Sputnik strikes again

>>555562096
This is massive holy shit
Fucking finally you can make thematic teams and simply join games at will

>>555565923
I've spent 15 minutes with this class and already deduced the only viable sentry gun build is the incendiary ammo variant with plasma for burst.

HELP WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH ALL THE ESLS IN THE THREAD REEEEEEE

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>>555566190
>Saber ESL-tier writing meets ESL-kun episode again...

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>Techmarine execution on the Enlightened Tzaangor is Telorian grabbing the spear with his servo-arm and beyblading the little shit into mince meat

>>555566758
He also has one where he just flings the disc away and slams him with the axe

reminder that you are sharing the thread with a guy who makes excited monkey noises when he presses a button and the game rewards him with a pretty animation of a toy space soldier killing an alien.

>>555567387
is this some desperate attempt for (you)s by posting some weirdly contrarian post to the point you could be playing any shooter and feel the same about them?

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>>555503318
>not releasing the iron hands champion skin at the same time as Techmarine

lame and gay, truly we are the most punished chapter. ALSO any news on chaos for pve?

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Only two of the new conditions are visible in the current set of dailies but oh god they both sound awful

>>555568008
anon was right about a 'no executions' modifier last thread.

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Huh so it's Red Corsair for PvP then

>>555568008
Didn't the explosion one already exist before? Pretty sure it happens before the invulnerability wears off so it just punishes your teammates for grouping up

>>555567772
We're never getting chaos operations unless they make entirely separate operations specifically catered for chaosfags.
If Saber has brains in their heads, instead of just making a new map for seige come patch 15, they'll make it chaos siege.

They don't have to make imperial guard and npc marines fightable, but unless they do, they'll never catch up with space marine 1's dlc.

>>555568224
thats not really red corsair, it would be would have black thigh plates and the trim would be black

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This is illegal

>>555568224
What's the upgraded set look like?

>Stratagems: Hard difficulty Stratagems no longer grant XP.
It's a solution to keep low and inexperienced players from boosting themselves. I'd still much rather see some level lock and perhaps beating X operations on absolute before letting new players into hard strats.

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>>555564756
>>555565595
>>555565718
Hard to say if the auspex bonus applies to the first parry. I was generally able to kill majoris enemies in one parry + gun strike + one melee attack, though it was hardly controlled conditions.
I also got to do this to a terminator. No idea if he had been hit by my techmarine teammate or the assault bot beforehand, but if you genuinely vaporize terminators with nothing but the parry button that's at least kinda funny.

>>555569623
If this really works based on parries alone, it looks like I found a reason to use knife on my Tac. Provided it stays that way post PTS.

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ESL devs at it in full force

>>555570072
Kek. Quality as always. Somebody should check if they butcher other languages to that extent.

Did russkies mention how much they're going to scalp people on that voice pack "DLC"?

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A friendly reminder we won't be getting a chain axe variant for power axe due to James Workshop being James Workshop.

>>555569743
Good one. How is tarantulas spawn rate during boss fights?

>>555570072
Maybe I should go apply to be their localizer, because why not at this point. I literally live a block away.

>>555571247
I've seen one spawn in most major encounter areas, and it actually pulls some weight. Enemies tend to spawn a mile away from it, and it'll mog most shit before they even get close. It often ran out of ammo and detonating on its own than getting killed by the swarm.

Entire bottom row of the Omnissian Axe's perk tree is the way to go. Don't be fooled by the double armor restore bait in the top row

>Top row
>Hyper specific terrible cooldown armor recovery options and going all in on the charge move

>Bottom row
>Aftershock equivalent gets anti-stagger, 75% bonus damage, charges up 40% faster, and you can immediately follow it up with a spinning dash attack to cover ground and catch stragglers

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>>555569743
Holy absolute LMAO on the sniper variant. It's so bad it even feels like it's probably bugged.
Note:
>single ranged warrior
>doesn't kill it
>therefore doesn't trigger the ability recharge
I was genuinely bewildered when it just ended after a few shots, what the fuck

>>555573327
The sheer damage difference between the two builds is just retarded. The plasma incendiary sentry gun will literally clear a wave by itself via splash and burn, it almost 1v1s bosses, doing a good 60% of their HP before the charge runs out on Absolute.

Meanwhile the sniper build can't even kill a fucking Majoris.

Techmarine is gonna be awful to prestige when the two perks that make his ability worthwhile are both in the bottom row.

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>>555573327
Meanwhile the AoE option just shits on stuff. This is a bit of a biased example but it seems to handle groups of anything if you activate it.
I think looking back on the footage that the sniper build switched target midway through its volley because the knockback from its own shots changed which warrior it targeted, so it's possible it might kill a majoris if it gets to focus fire.
Fat chance of that though if you're playing substantial or higher. Especially since it creates those damage divisions itself.

On a side note, maybe I just haven't built up the muscle memory for it but I struggled to work the axe. Against hordes the light attack sucks because it neither kills nor presents gun strikes, so you're sort of forced to dance around doing sprint attacks to make it work. Against majoris enemies, it has unreliable knockback and slow moves, so it's easy to get trapped in an animation or interrupted. Especially rough against enraged enemies.

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How do I get in??? Tools is checked and it's not showing up.

Carcharodon armor?

>>555574974
Never mind, I figured it out.

>>555575034
The Carcharadon pack is disappointing as fuck outside of the helmet. I figured with zero successor heraldry to pad out the pack like all previous DLCs, there would be a couple more armor pieces and a few custom decals.

It's literally just

>Helmet (See>>555563151)
>Same helmet but with tribal markings and blood
>Chest
>x2 Shoulders

No leg armor, no power pack iconography, no Chapter specific new icons or decals, nothing. Actually decimated my hopes for the Raptors pack.

>>555573327
>brother, you used too much corpse-starch on your purity seals

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>>555575349
They shoulda done Unknown Successor Chapter heraldry, that would've been perfect for Space Sharks to include.

Some such chapters would include
>Soul Drinkers
>Retributors
>Death Eagles
>Marines Malevolent
>Black Dragons
>Storm Wardens

and that's a much longer list of unknown successors than Amphibian Successors

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>>555575034
Here's what's available if you want to get some visuals on Sharks' gear pieces.

>>555573327
>>555574005
ALl this means is just that the AoE variant will be nerfed down to the sniper's performance

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Fresh leaks.

Looks like we'll be getting some Lamenters Armor Pack (?). I'll post more as I find.

>>555577120
Called it, they're running through all the massively popular successor Chapters.

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Iron Hands Champion. You're luck IH bros... I really feel for you

>>555577120
>(?)
the redacted chapter dlc.

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>>555577282
NO FUCKING WAY
NO FUCKING WAY ARE THEY THAT RETARDED

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>>555577282
>>555577368
That's fake

>>555577282
>>555577368
If you're raging about the "cannot be customised" thing then that's already been changed on every other class. So at worst this is the Vatniks not removing old code

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>>555577282

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>>555577509
May be they're putting disinfo. I'm just dropping what's in the files. Speaking of, here's a render of Raven Guard's Champion.

>>555577613
>TACTICAL
>Not Techmarine
>TACTICAL

>>555577613
>if you're raging about
no, he isn't. read it again.

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This coloring is dogshit. Why would they do this?

>>555577709
>>555577784
I mean the techmarine's default customisation already covers most bases no? So if you mix and match with the IH tactical champion you can probably get what you need out of it. I don't find it that strange.

>>555577916
One of the chestplates has the tertiary colour do some sort of metal miscolouring effect which is... odd

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>>555578000
Anon this is about as egregious as Salamander Sniper. The 12 Iron Hands fans on the planet were fully expecting their Champ to be Techmarine because they're like the peak ethos of the Chapter, to the point they double as Chaplains.

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UI icons for the upcoming heroic weapons:
>Second Chainsword
>Plasma Pistol
>Power Axe
>Second Power Axe
>Second Thunder Hammer

>>555578145
Fair enough, but ultimately the only unique thing you would get if they chose the techmarine is the backpack, which they might still do like they did with the blood angels jump pack

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>>555577282
Here's additional info on the contents of IH Chapter Pack, with Lamenters at the bottom (already included before).

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>>555578145
>The 1 Iron Hands fan
That person being me
>was expecting my Champ to be Techmarine

Nigga, please tell me it's going to the Iron Hands. Don't. Tell. Me. They. Fucked. It. Up. AGAIN.

>>555578472
It's Tactical, sorry. >>555577282

>second combat knife heroic
okay dude

>>555578639
it's going to be the next meta unless saber notices and nerfs it back.

>>555577709
I mean a tactical iron hands is a sanguinary guard situation, where we get two for the price of one. Iron Hands don't have a non-gravis unique miniature, so it stands to reason that you'll get a tactical with a bunch of cybernetic limbs that you can slap on a techmarine as well.

>>555578839
what does it do?

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>>555578581
Not only that, WHERE THE FUCK IS MY LEFT HAND BIONIC GODDAMMIT??!?!?! THE IRON HANDS CUT OFF THE LEFT. HAND. NOT. THE RIGHT. AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

>>555578945
it adds intimidating aura. and it's fencing.

>>555579114
lmfao

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Well, at least I can play a proper Iron Hand now. This must be what gender euphoria feels like for trannies, minus the underlying urge to kill myself because I subconsciously know I'm living a lie.

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>>555577282
>>555578447
>Iron Hands Chapter Pack
>And your champion skin goes to..... Tactical
lmao, this is really rubbing it in the faces of all the 3 IH bros

>>555579274
As one of the other Iron Hands players I too am pretty happy. Though it's unlikely we will get to team up again with the class restrictions lmao

>>555579274
there's no such thing as gender euphoria. the reason they ultimately kil themselves is because the dysphoria doesn't disappear after they geld themselves.

>>555577708
>CRAAAAAAWLIIIING IIIIIIN MYYYY SKIIIIINNNN

>>555579714
desu he resembles till lindemann more than a scene boy

>>555579550
>geld
I wouldn't have known what this meant if I didn't play Umamusume.
>>555579431
What's your steam? If Tac is going to get the Champion skin, I'm willing to play it while you play Tac so we can at least have 2 Iron Hands in the same squad outside of solo with bots.

Wait, the power fist on the raven guard skin is just the heroic isn’t it?

>>555579935
>If Tac is going to get the Champion skin, I'm willing to play it while you play Tac so we can at least have 2 Iron Hands in the same squad outside of solo with bots.
Yeah I don't mind swapping around either honestly. But I wont be playing on the PTR, I want to wait for the full release

>>555580054
I'm saying when the full thing drops. I'll put myself in the metaphorical cuck chair for fellowship with adherents of the Omnissiah.

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WHY IS THIS NOT A UNIVERSAL BUFF TO BOLTERS???????????????????????????
FUCKING RETARD VODKA NIGGERS

>>555580054
I wouldn't do that if I were you, anon. There's something wrong with the way he talks. Stay safe.

>>555580356
Vatniks love playing Tactical so much they forgot other classes use bolt weapons as well

>>555580356
It could've been 100% more damage dealt and still only be acceptable. Baby steps I guess.

>>555579325
it's worse when you consider they still refuse to remove that fucking skull from his pauldron

Brothers, I have my weapon switch button set to Q, but for some reason on Tech, it keeps acting like I'm trying to use the class ability. Please help, I'm drunk. As per usual.

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New class when?

>>555580889
they fucked up by introducing valtus again instead of leandros being in action

>>555580469
>Vatniks love playing Tactical so much they forgot other classes use bolt weapons as well
They also forgot to add a Power Sword to his arsenal, even though minis have had it for the longest time now.

>>555580656
Check your settings, the PTS doesn't use your saved controls for the main game
If you've done that already, probably a bug

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>>555580889
Apothecary Biologis for that gravis armor combo with heavy? Would play..

>>555581318
Yeah, it's bugged.

>>555581464
They're abandoning major game development after the Techmarine and will just focus on cosmetics and fixes from here on out.

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January Community update, Brothers:

https://community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/space-marine-2/blogs/343-january-community-update

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lol

>>555582464
>more voice packs on the way... yaaay...
At least they won't charge more than $4.99. I still think it's a waste of time when they could be doing something infinitely more useful, such as I dunno... fixing bugs?

I don't know if you guys know this, but I just failed to defend a generator on Inferno and it didn't fail the mission. Is this mentioned in the patch notes?

>>555562993
Aieeeeee. In reality it'll take them another 6 months to actually get around to thinking about it

I plan to play Astartes mod for Space marine II
Do I need to buy base game alone?
Are the season passes necessary?
The DLC coming in 2026 will be a new item or included in the season passes?

>>555581643
They'll probably do some off-hand S3 Battle pass to funnel more money into SM3.

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I am downloading the pts. If techmarine isn't fucking baller this will probably be the last time I ever visit this thread or boot up this game.

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I am underwhelmed.

>>555585091
His axe feels like fucking shit, his rush move is just suicide in a horde. It does like borderline zero stagger past the first Minoris you hit, and it barely tickles Majoris. They sacrificed an entire heavy moveset for this thing.

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They might be preparing to make another terminator enemy for Chaos. A sorcerer maybe?

>>555582698
>a single weapon skin
>not even a melee weapon for the melee class
Sucks being an unpopular chapter

Power Axe is Techmarine's best melee weapon because he can parry > backstep attack > servo gunstrike + leap attack simultaneously.

how the fuck am i not seeing the pts on pc

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>>555586164
Check the TOOLS box in the jump list above your library's game list.

>>555586057
omnissian axe not just being 2h power axe was such a mistake

>>555586261
thanks

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Hello, patch?

>>555586659
2 weeks

>>555586659
In four weeks.

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>>555586730
>>555586887

qrd on the good and the bad of the patcho notes?

Another heroic combat knife?

wait the update is live? I thought it was end of february

>>555587403
Private test server

>>555579001
In the Iron Hands Champion Pack.

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Techmarine is honestly nearly as bad as launch day Assault. That is not hyperbole.

>Borderline zero damage resist
>Janky servo-gunstrikes
>Main weapon intended for him sucks cock
>Carried entirely by a broken interaction between two perks on the bottom row

We're experiencing him at Pres4 Lv25, and I do not consider him better than any of the existing classes. He offers nothing to the team.

what does the new assault prestige perk look like?

>>555587792
Knock back immune after jump pack use, it was a perk in the tree before but it’s been replaced with landing a jump dash attack refunds a jump charge, 10 second cooldown.

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Is this gonna make the dash attack good?

techmarine is weird, I think that's the major problem people are having right now
>omnissian axe doesn't have immediate access to heavy attacks, only a forward charge
>you can charge any light attack into a heavy explosion you can release at any time or fully charge, after the light attack impacts the ground
>no animation sync for gunstrikes
The ability to charge through groups of minoris while taking 50% less ranged damage and also gun striking every one of them you pass through for an armor refill is kind of nutty.

>>555588609
Also, you can activate your shoulder turret at any time, and it can restore contested health with its damage.

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New mission dialogue lines. The mission's code name is "PvE_Swamp"

>techmarine is a melee brawler with a focus on rushing forward at the enemy
what a weird fucking design decision
>b-but he has a ranged build
it sucks, they very obviously want you to use the melee build

>>555589072
wasn't kadaku supposed to be slurped up by the nids after termination?

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>>555588606
Good question
It's now possible to lose one of your charges to a bug or something, then use this plus commitment to regain both
Alternatively, you can also now do the jump dodge build while picking a different signature perk.
Remind me, ample ammunition does not affect gun strike damage right?

>>555587639
He's better than launch assault as he has a ton of melee damage from his perks.

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>>555585705

>>555588606
It saves you a charge if your jump doesn't want to come out for some reason. But like
>do a dash attack with a block weapon
>doesn't even kill a minoris
>deals miniscule damage to majoris
I am not sure what is the purpose of the move

>>555588606
>>555589506
You’ll be missing out on some ground pound damage and ranged damage, in exchange you can now regain two charges on a perfect dodge, letting you ground pound majoris/extremis to soften them up more often. I think it’ll be a nice side grade, and more fun. Just wish assault could get a passive 5% heal on finisher, both other melee classes can self heal but not the squishiest one? Bullshit

>>555590831
It’s a good change, now they just need to make the dash attack do a chainsword should bash worth of damage and stagger.

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>>555589072
>Straban's line at the end
>It has been an honor, brothers. I have lived long enough.
>Death in battle is the only death I will accept.
They gonna die aren't they?

>>555588606
>make the dash attack good
no, but it's going to make the damage on dashing effect godlike, and make assault getting into melee range 24/7 very easy

>>555589072
There's no boss fight? Just another Helbrute/Sorcerer?

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Retard vatniks cant into translations. What attack is this?

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>>555593415
Seriously come the fuck on

>>555593415
>>555593653
Small indie company working from a shed in the Ural Mountains. Please understand.

>>555593653
>he still has melee bound to m2
lol?

>>555593962
>he doesn't have parry bound to P
>he doesn't change it to B when he's playing a block weapon
lol
lmao even

alright techmarine sucks
see you fags again in 3 months

>>555506691
I sometimes see warriors shoot while strafing very slowly. Never saw any others do this. And I meant more moving at normal speed.

>>555521073
R7 5800X
RX 9070 XT
48GB RAM
Max settings with 4K textures.

Mantis Warriors

Game's really smooth.

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>>555585705
New weapon entry for a sidearm.

>>555598172
That's because I already have moving backwards bound to B. And P is for shooting plasma weapons.

>>555563151
>Mark V heresy pattern
One step closer to making Talos Valcoran

>>555521073
9800X3D
RTX 5090 UV-ed
64GB RAM

As for Chapters, there isn't really one. I gravitate between Carcharodons and Black Templars. I'd play Grey Knights, because I paint the minis but I know the game isn't made for them so I can't really larp as one of the 666th Chapter brother (I do rock a GK Bulwark occasionally).

>>555590801
New Extremis with Nids' synaptic shock equivalent?

>>555563462
Looks OP 12 and 13 both involve two faction fronts.
Or I read OP 13 wrong and it's just Chaos on Kadaku.

>>555587639
Glad they did a PTS so they can touch up the numbers .
That and fix those fucking awful prestige perks.

>>555591378
Finish reading, anon.
We've been over this since the Reclamation dialogue lines, there's fail/death lines but that doesn't mean we actually die.

>>555590801
How will this guy be any different to a regular sorcerer?

This is just more tedium for Chaos missions.

>>555601565
Maybe. Still, they could've easily made it a live ptach and fix it with live updates. It's not like there's something game breaking there. It's clear as day PTS only serves as padding the release dates. They admitted they couldn't finish Space Sharks armor (and RG's too I believe) on time.
It's smoke and mirrors for the most part.

>>555601565
>That and fix those fucking awful prestige perks.
Anon, there won't be any fixing. It's done and gone. Closed chapter. They're moving on.

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>Kneepads on Black Templars greaves continue to have no option to add icons or edit colors
It's small things like that push a brother over the edge

>>555582464
>Balanced Distribution numbers turned from 10% to 15%
Not bad I guess, more Pyro/Stalker stacking
>Kraken Rounds
At least it's better than penetrating rounds
>Efficient Readiness
Still a tough sell compared to contested hp restore
>Ambush
Was there a difference between stagger and knockback?
>Vantage Point
More perks/abilities need some fucking indicator so I guess this is a single step on a long staircase
>Squad Cohesion
I still think this is a pretty weak team perk
>Commendation removed
Thank goodness
>Strong Strike
I guess taking a perk to make this thing anywhere near "efficient" is a step in the right direction. Might still just take Precision Strike through
>Sanctified Wrath Reliquary
Reverted changes, to be expected
>Another stimm drop
Surprised they would add another source of healing but neat
>Contested Health during grabs and multi-hit attacks
Fucking finally
>Heroic Weapon skin swaps
Finally, I can just run the Xenophase with fencing power sword's speed.

>>555585705
Imagine if they could reanimate Terminators lol

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>>555521073
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
5090
96gb ram
I run a custom chapter, IF successors that have been subverted by a Lord Inquisitor into being his personal army (both sides are the good guys)

>Hard Stratagems no longer give EXP
Praise the Emperor. This will stop the leeches but will it stop the idiot first-timers who don't know the difference between Normal and Hard stratagems?

>Custom Stratagems
Which ones will be the most fun to mess around with?
>Deep Pockets
>Come Prepared
>Larramans
>Sharpshooter/Point Blank
>Technological Miracle

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>>555585705
>>555590801
More datamines. Yep, it's an Occult Terminator Sorcerer.
>>555603052
Don't give them ideas...

>>555604220
New Extremis or is it just the Exalted Sorc in the mission dialogue?

>>555604220
Figures. Roadmap does mention a new terminus enemy in 13.0.

>>555604510
Extremis. Most likely. There was something in the files IIRC about an Exalted Sorcerer that had an ability to summon units. The latter one is a stretch since I can't remember the entry. Maybe they're one and the same thing.
>>555604527
Nah. That'll be something different. There's nothing I could find atm, unlike with Trygon way back after launch. There were remnants about him being a boss in the files. That's not the case with Sorcerer.

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Minotaurs confirmed for a redacted chapter!

>>555605235
Why are they redacted though?

Everyone knows or has heard of them.

Also Blood Ravens taking a massive L.

>>555604925
I imagine the Exalted Sorcerer flies around on a Disc like Imurah did in the campaign.

>>555605235
i dont believe you

Any new extremis to maybe spawn over multiple missile terminators is a good thing.
But I wonder how cancerous sorc termies could be. More screen littering doombolts or what?

>you can fit a jump pack dash attack in the middle of a jump pack dodge as it is being refreshed with Committment and not use up a stock of jump pack.

Unrelated to SM2 but I just remembered that the Blood Ravens had a huge schism in their chapter in DoW2 with Kyras. The Kyras loyalists were literally slaughtering their recruiting centers.
So them getting teamed up with the Dark Angel who also had that fiasco with Luther and the Fallen kind of bind them in that sense of "our chapter/legion tried to kill each other"

>>555609608
They're paired with the Dark Angels because they will be retconned as Dark Angels successors and there will be some convoluted story how their ancestors were "banished" after the Council of Nikaea because psykers were banned and shiieett.

>>555610379
Isn't Caliban on the other side of the galaxy? Or was Kronus in Imperium Nihlus?
Didn't the Dark Angels fleet just translate close to Ultramar?

Can anyone tell me about the PvP in this game? Like how fun/active it is? I know it's not the main appeal of the game, but I've been in the mood to play some sort of PvP game lately. I'm not looking for anything super complicated or competitive, just some mindless fun.
I was already considering buying SM2 and I didn't even know it had PvP. Some of my fondest multiplayer memories come from these sorts of zero-stakes "tacked on" multiplayer modes.

>>555610379
Nah, it just for gameplay. Every race in DoW4 has two subfactions. Orks have basic orks and snaggas, necrons have destroyers (oldcrons native to Kronus with Nightbrigner) and invading Cryptek ( Nucrons) while marines have essentially light and heavy subfactions.
Dangels are there because they will represent the heavy playstyle with termies and bladeguard.
Blood Ravens are the most tacticool chapter next to Raptors so that's why protagonist is Captain Cyrus and they will focus on Phobos units.

>>555611509
>Zero-stakes
>Tacked-on
>Mindless

You have exactly described SM2's multiplayer. They basically just took the characters from the co-op mode (which the game is primarily built around and is where the vast majority of the content is), fiddled with the abilities a bit, and then put out a few maps with the "standard" PvP game modes (TDM, KotH, Domination) and called it a day. It is nothing deep or special. It will never be competitive in any way. But it works and it has the same satisfying core gameplay as the single-player and co-op modes. I enjoy it, and have put a good amount of hours into it. I don't know that I'd recommend spending sixty dollars on the game if *all* you're interested in is the PvP, considering how barebones that mode is, but if you're on the fence about the game anyway that might change things.

>>555611509
The PVP exists, but in the almost 700 hours I've put in the game, I put maybe 10 total into it just to mess around. The fucking thing STILL doesn't have autobalance or allows people to join mid-match as far as I'm aware

>>555611802
I hope Gorgutz survives

>>555611509
PvP is tacked on. Big problem is that you have to grind to unlock weapons and equipment in it. And by now only sweats and premade clans are remaining so noobs are raped mercilessly

>>555612295
What's some good tips to enjoy PvP if I'm just gonna do it for the steam achievements/research pips? I enjoy a little bit of PvP as a treat but also fucking hate feeling like dead weight and that is absolutely how I'm looking at it being a year behind the curve. I've heard folks talking about a Psword oneshot combo on bulwark but all my friends complain about Vanguard/Assault dives and nothing else.

>>555612576
>allows people to join mid-match as far as I'm aware
AFAIK people can join up at any point if there is room.

>guns suck
>no ammo economy
>melee sucks (except axe)
>no damage reduction
>lowest hp out of all classes
>servo gun does no damage outside of fire DOT
>99% of the tarantula turrets are placed in the most fucking monumentally retarded spots
>90% of the time you are already being attacked before you even spot a turret or the fight is already over
>going more than 50m away from a spawned turret causes it to explode, removing a potential fallback point
Truly
profound
its everything i expected except when the turret is actually usable it can kill shit
Russians acting in good faith challenge: impossible. What an utter fucking waste.

>>555612778
>melee sucks (except axe)
Fuck you, I love the power fist and power sword.

>>555612778
>Power Sword on techie
>Sucks
Oh no. Granted, Paxe is one of my favorites but it's a shame about the omniaxe. Maybe next time.

>>555612983
Oh wait, this is about techmarine kek. My bad.
Can the power whirl not save him? Doesn't he have the overcharge-lite talent?

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>>555605515
>Why are they redacted though?
It's Saber's marketing wording, there's not much to it. Previous Battle pass had "Incoming transmission" and now they're going with "Redacted". I'd go with Deathwatch because they got a refresh recently, so devs can just reuse existing assets that we can later use for making some DW combos in the armory.

The only reason BRs would get a champion would be due to DoW's release, but that's really stretching it.

Who knows though. It could very well be any of the most popular chapters on the Net (let's disregard TT, because they clearly don't follow that logic when it comes to popularity). Pic related was posted around here before. I wouldn't put it past neither GW nor Saber to follow online (gaming) trends and base it on a chapter currently getting wind in its sails.

>>555612778
>vatniks crapping on easy money
More news at 11. Didn't you get the memo? Iron hands are even getting a tactical champion skin. They're that magnanimous the devs.

>>555612656
If I had to give one tip to anybody starting the PvP it's that the equipment pickups are the most important thing on every map hands down. Consider them power-ups. The difference between getting into a fight with a grenade or without one is night and day.

The maps are symmetrical, and there are two equipment pickups on each side, for a total of four. You'll find them naturally if you play the map a few times, or you can start a private lobby and find them that way (there's only five maps and only two unique spawns per map, so this doesn't take long). In-game, your primary goal is to do whatever the objective is, but your secondary goal is to make sure you always have your equipment available. If you get into a fight on the way to the objective and use your grenade, change your route so you pass by an equipment pickup on the way there. If you're moving from one objective to another (like if the zone changes in KotH, or if you've successfully captured a zone in Domination), make sure you pass by an equipment pickup during the trip. The whole game revolves around equipment pickups. People will fight you for them. It's the single best way to improve your results no matter what class you're playing.

As far as classes go, I'd peg Heavy, Tactical, and Sniper as the most straightforward to play. All of their special abilities are pretty easy to use, and their gameplay is similar: shoot bad guys. Bulwark, Assault, and Vangaurd have more specialist playstyles, with Bulwark revolving around the shield while Assault and Vanguard gain access to areas of the map that other classes can't and can abuse those to get nasty flanks. All three of those classes require a certain amount of map knowledge to know when and how to take advantage of their special abilities, which obviously you won't have right away.

Also, shock grenades are busted right now and have been for a long time, but don't get used to that since it looks like they're getting (another) nerf next patch.

>>555614404
>Game revolves around grenade spam and acts like they're power weapons in halo/gears.
Alright sweet. Thanks Anon, it sounds like the 360 era tacked on PvP I remember.