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Caliane

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Both games would be much better if they gave you a full build planner outside of the game. let you then save loadouts, which would then show you what to pick when playing.
(but also still let you chnge your mind in game.)

WoTR had two kind of/sort of options for it. one, when making characters in wotr you could look at the class sheets, and make a plan, in your head. you could see most of the options.
its not perfect, you can't open up spell lists. iirc, you can open up the feat list at least.
with no context, it admittedly is not perfect.
the inevitable excess dlc outright let you build and start with a level 20 pc. thus would let you effectively test/preplan builds.

RT doesn't let you really preplan at all. iirc you can't even see what the skills/talents of the 2nd and 3rd classes even are? psyker talents are hidden till you take that school as well.

Giving players the ability to build and playtest a character before committing would be good.
An interesting idea is they weren't really originally intended for that. you were in the past supposed to pick on the fly more. But, this is arguably another of the tabletop roleplay versus crgps tactical choices. As crpgs are a bit more puzzle/tactical designed. as without a live DM to balance with the players, or play off them, the games are more hardset. more encounters/day, etc.


Wrath can be much. the buffing. my azatawitch was pretty crazy. even with extended. pretty frequent buffing. in fact it was so bad. When dance of masks was added, I went back. tried loading up the old save for dance of masks, and inevitable excess. my hotbar was SO full of spells and skills that I did not remember which was which or the good ones, I... gave up and didnt even play them.
 
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the most annoying thing about WotR to me was that fucking mass death ward doesnt exist in Pathfinder even though it existed in 3.5 when they created Pathfinder.
 
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Played the shit out of all 3 of the Owlcat CRPGs and I enjoyed Rogue Trader the most by far (even if it's a crime that Cassia was the OP companion as opposed to Ulfar), so I'm pumped for this.
 
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The developer is also pushing the boundaries of romance. Shestov acknowledges that a “main fault” of Rogue Trader was the unromanceable Mechanicus companion, Pasqal. Rejoice, robot lovers, because that’s changing this time around. “We are fighting hard to make this particular companion, the Mechanicus one, romanceable,” he says. “And it would be the craziest romance I've ever encountered in a role-playing game.”

Should have just let us romance the Eldar and then you wouldn't have to write up a story about having sex with a toaster-human machine hybrid.
 
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Yeah I'm pretty God damn excited about it, and I don't typically get that way with video games anymore. Probably because I'm playing Rogue Trader right now and they knocked it out of the park with that one, and I'm totally down with another big campaign.
 
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oot the Kill Lupercal mini animated series is pretty awesome to tie into this....the traitor must die!
 
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Owlcat Games' Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy launches January 28, 2027 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with a Switch 2 version later. The closed beta goes offline January 7.

Source: Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy Release Date: Jan 28, 2027 - Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy Release Date: Jan 28, 2027
 

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I'll be honest, I'm getting a little tired of the whole initial game release and then multiple DLC model. I'm not talking about money grab DLCs, I'm talking good, solid DLCs like Owlcat puts out. But the reason I'm tired of it is because I only ever play any of these games once, and so if I play the initial release there will inevitably be a DLC that adds a new starting race/class/town/whatever, and I will never see it because I'm not playing it again. Or if they add a new level 10 area but I finished the game at level 50, same thing.

This has resulted in me playing like 30 minutes of Rogue Trader (even though I bought the deluxe pass that includes all the DLC) before putting it down so I can wait for the entire game to be released...like 3 years later. I should have just waited to buy the GOTY edition or something for half price. Which is what I'm going to do with this game, even though this appeals to me even more than Rogue Trader does.

Am I the only one that feels this way? I kind of think I might be a rarity since so many people play games multiple times without any issue. Even if I had the time, I just don't think it would interest me that much.

EDIT: To be clear, I don't see anywhere that this will have DLC, but come on, we all know it will.
 
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Caliane

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yeah. that was a huge problem with Roguetrader, that I talked about in its thread.

Wrath of the Righteous was really good with multiple play throughs feeling unique enough, that DLC baked into the main campaign was good. Although, the TIME commitment was an issue. 200-300 hour campaign.. which is like 300-400hour with full DLC. its insane.

RT is not as replay friendly. And, yes, I kept having to tell people. "nah wait a month or two for the next dlc to release before you buy"

And I've made it clear on their forums/surveys. I would prefer standalone campaign dlc. new characters, etc. Remember when DLC was like,, mask of the betrayer, Shadows of Undertide, or storm of zehir?


RT final DLC, Processional of the Damned release date is DEC 8th. btw.
 
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I need to revisit and finish Wrath one day. 300 hour campaign though? Damn.
 

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I need to revisit and finish Wrath one day. 300 hour campaign though? Damn.
The only reason these games are so hour heavy is because of the faggy, verbose writers at Owlcat who want to pretend their English Doctorate matters.
 

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Just tell us you read slow bro
I don't mind reading. But when it's just pointless exposition and over explanation for no reason other than to see how many words you can use in an essay, I tune the fuck out. You want to add that blather to a voiceover I can listen to in the background? Whatver. But having to read through 9,000 words of self felatting drivel just to parse out the few relevant points?
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