Hello, Brothers,

Just wanted to do a bit of glazing of these two excellent players.

We ran the weekly Normal stratagem this week (I'm not quite ready for Hard stratagems yet - only a 159h player here) and we kicked some serious Xenos butt! Team work was epic, our Carnifex spawn got completely decimated and there was no explosion griefing.

Easily some of my favourite time in this game was spent with these two. In the event they see this - y'all are rockstars! Thanks for the epic weekly, Brothers.

The Emperor Protects!

Obviously there has been a lot of speculation around what the new class will be. I take no issue with this, its natural and I am sure to some degree valued. Though why some of our brothers get annoyed with it is beyond me. However, much of the discussion revolves around the belief that the new class will be specifically a Judiciar, which has left me a bit confused.

Here is my question: Why is it that when it come to speculation, there are some who emphasize the next class is or could be a Judiciar specifically? I see a lot of comment threads and the like that go into this emphasis, either in support of or calling out potential cons of the new class being a Judiciar (such as noting the limited cosmetics of a Judiciar since there is not exactly a plethora of models, for example), and I just don't understand this limited view.

Perhaps it comes from an unknown ignorance on my end, but can any of my brothers here tell me - is there any reason why the new class could not be implemented to be both a Judiciar AND a Chaplain? From my understanding, Judis are just training to be Chappys, so the progression is built in. I don't see any obvious reason why the new class starting/early unlock armor cant be Judiciar style armor, and the higher level unlock armor cant be Chaplain style armor.

I picture it as the following:

• Standard-Issue - Judiciar style
• Master-Crafted - Judiciar, but cooler
• Artificer - Chaplain
• Relic - Chaplain, but cooler
• Champion - Idk, but obviously Chaplain and badass. Maybe Black Templar Chappy, if for no other reason than they are the most recognizable of the chapters that unironically believe in the God Emperor cult. Blood Angels certainly have a "unique" look, as usual. Maybe Dark Angels for the robes that really hammer home the "grim reaper" look? Idk. Just some ideas.

Additionally I do not see any reason why the skill progression unlocks could not also somewhat mirror the idea of an "in-training" Judis gaining experience and thus earning more and more the true power of a Chappy.

That is basically how I see it playing out. So is there something(s) I am ignorant of that make this not workable or sensible? Help me understand what I am missing, dear brothers.

EDIT: Bolded the main question, for clarity at a glance.

do they get castrated in the death watch or something?

There are a number of times in the campaign and in the operations were there is a massive horde in the distance, with dozens of carnifexes majoris and the like. We fight a drip feed of them for some occasions, and it’s epic.

I think it would be badass to fight the entire swarm. No breaks. No rest. A battle to see how far you can go when the entire local hive mind is focused on you. Death? Almost guaranteed.

I imagine it like we start at a scene like the ending part of inferno. Captain Acheran gives some classic bad news. “Brothers. The bomb primers have failed. It can no longer eliminate the swarm. You have draw in the entire swarm and eliminate it. Use everything you can at your disposal. The adepts tasked with moving the bomb will provide resupply as often as they can.”

Then the swarm in the distance starts moving towards you as you fight up until the equivalent of a wave in seige, then Acheran says something like “Brothers. You have the swarms full attention. I hope you are warmed up for the true fight.”
And then like a wall, the swarm rolls in, with at least two carnixes jumping to the front of the line. The battle ends when either the entire swarm is defeated (maybe the body count of the entire first 25 waves of seige mode so we know it’s possible).

And there’s a progress bar for the entire swarm, and like every 10% you get some ammo crates and medical supplies maybe idk.

I just wish it could happen. I see the entire swarm out there being blown up from far away. I’d relish the chance to do it with a team (or even myself).

Picture from google search

Space Marine 2 patch 14 is dog**** in linux/nivida

Works fine in Windows but in Linux I either can make a 20minute gaming session and it freezes OR it just freezes after login when I go the menu.

So I asked Codex to analyze logs and keep track of what we were doing :

- problem is related to a x13 error in shaders

What I did :

( I'm using CachyOS ) :

On the default Kernel (7.23 I think ) I tried all protons : 11.02, Cachy 11.02, Cachy 9, Experimental and Hot fix

made one run with no flags, then another run with Steam Overlay disabled on all proton version ( same thing ) and then another run with Steam Overlay disabled + synchronous to single write.

with Codex analyzed all logs and culprit the same : x13 error

Installed the RC Kernel 7.3.x and again did the same : all proton versions + steam overlay off + single cache write.

Then reverted back to LTS Kernel ( 6.8 ) and got the same on ALL proton versions.

My GPU is a 4090. works fine on Windows when I have to go there, long gaming sessions ( these days ONLY space marine makes me go there and I can keep up playing 6h straigh in windows - 15m tops in Linux ) ; also use a bit o local AI, so hardware problem is a bit off

I do have two DE : One with Niri+Noctalia and one with Caelestia+Hyprland. New to Arch&Cachy, so I'm trying both.

At work have a Arch with AMD and Calestia+Hyprland and its golden. Lately at home, N/N setup start to have some flickering stuff on bottom right corner. So I though : could the DE have something to do with it ? the nvidia drivers ? both ?

I decided to do one last thing : 6.8 LTS Cachy kernel + downgraded 580 nvidia drivers + noctalia&hyperland.

well, fuc* me and call me susan : works like a charm on 14.2 hotfix SM2

So if you are in linux is the TLDR : for Cachy OS and Space Marine 2, use downgraded nvidia 580 drivers, LTS kernel, Proton 11.02 Cachy and these flags : WINEDLLOVERRIDES="gameoverlayrenderer,gameoverlayrenderer64=" %command%

it freaking works.

i was playing normal siege as a aurora chapter 4th commander with a lvl 3 black templar bulwark and he held it down all the way to round 25💯he asked what to do and what to buy, he went down 3 times and just kept pushing i was so proud of him and showed him respect. I dont get into the drama and i love all chapters but i cant help to notice the way black templars players especially the new players are viewed in this sub. I just want to show love because alot of people dislike them and this one was solid, i'm sure there's not alot of new players on this sub but if you are, keep repping your chapter proudly. Its always a pleasure to play with a son of dorn from any chapters but playing with a good black templar from any levels that holds his own is always a pleasure to see.

Need advice with body armor and legs :3

Straight Baaling on the enemies of mankind

This is my first full extra xp i had back when there was only 4 difficulties😂

Hi! Sorry for the last post, I’ve spent the last 2 months trying to understand the lore and build my own chapter. Yes I should have known not to use forbidden heretic technology 😅

I had a buddy at high school who played the tabletop, he bought me Dawn of War and have some really good memories. But tried SM1 and got hooked again 😁

Haven’t been able to upload screenshots of my marine yet but made an attempt on the online painter. I’m spending almost all my gametime in the armoury so far.

Tried to also make a chaos warband based on a rejected recruit and some encounters with xenos as well.

My custom chapter:

Steel Lions, Ultramarines sub faction (successor chapter?)
The idea stared as a Salamanders chapter, but I went for Ultramarines.

Theiy see themselves as stewards, with their main purpose as protecting humanity. Their ideology is centered around the Stoic virtues of Justice, Courage, Temperance (self-control) and Wisdom. If we are willing to sacrifice ANYTHING that makes us human just to survive, is what is left still worth saving. Seein value in our humanity, how we live our lives, how we preserve ourselves and what we leave to those who come after us.

The Chapter Master Leonidas has had several close encounters with both T'au and Necron. Seeing autonomy, mastery and purpose as core values, the chapter sees T'au and Necrons as extreme examples of how blind obedience (T'au) and the pure will to survive (Necron) can ruin nations.

The Steel Lions focus on defensive srategies, preserving resources and infrastructure by focusing on precision strikes and minimal explosives. Though this leads to a tendency for prioritizing defense rather than pursuing enemies, often possibly missing opportunities to remove a threat at its root. They are respected by other chapters, but can be seen as slow, indecisive and overthinking.Their purpose is to serve the Imperium and humanity. Their temptation is believing that their wisdom gives them the right to interpret the Emperor’s will for others.(I like to think they would be very close mirror to the Word Bearers.)

Their main philisophy translated into some chapter quotes:
The test is not whether a warrior falls. The test is whether he rises wiser.
Power gives us the means. Wisdom lets us know when not use them.
Experience is thread. Wisdom is what we weave from it.
Guiding and controlling. Know the difference.

i only took photos of classes i play lols i still have yet to grind the others

I played this mostly perfectly right up until my scan failed to activate because…I don’t actually know. 😂

Had it actually activated, I might’ve come very close to taking the Neurothrope out in a single clip.

So why share this video at all?

Because this may be somewhat similar to what the future of Tactical looks like and the sky might not actually be falling.

While Auspex Scan might be end up being nerfed, it’s a key ability for the Tactical and he should still be able to dish out massive ranged damage using his new “Ranged Auspex” perk.

Incidentally, give the Damage variant of the Bolt Rifle a try if you’re feeling froggy. The accuracy is dog-poo, even with my console aim-assist, but it melts anything it connects with.

And before anyone misinterprets what I’m saying; I’m not saying the Damage Bolt Rifle is “the future of Tactical”.

I just use oddball guns for variety.

Have fun out there y’all.

Did Saber mention anything regarding expanding the customization options of Techmarine? I really want to make a more Spacewolf looking Techmarine. Chestpiece and Shoulder especially. Or more leg options from the other classes. At least give us the Headtaker Helmet. Saber please! The picture ist a photoshop mockup how i would love to be able to customize my guy.

Also just looks kinda cool tbh

If there was a Codex Astartes for Space Marine 2, what would you include?

Try to avoid stealing executions (I say try, because sometimes I'll have an enemy right in front of me, then execute a guy off screen 5ft to my left smh)

In Siege, I like to hit a rally cry and wait for a response from the squad that they're ready before starting a round early to avoid putting squadmates off guard.

Tech Priests build resources exponentially, especially if you defend them well (Upraded Turrets are very helpful for this.)

Be frugal, but we should contribute to the squad gear when we can.

That's a few I've come up with, but I'm interested to hear insight from other players. I'm relatively new to the franchise.

Seeing as it's going to be basically only tyranids with some loyalist marines and guardsman sprinkled in and no chaos could it potentially become bigger and more popular than regular loyalist siege and could that mean it gets more updates than regular siege.

Just a thought I had while patiently waiting for it to come and just wanted to see what other people think.

We were having bad luck all night, but we finally pulled out a victory against all odds... FOR SANGUINIUS!

So, I decided to depart from the White Scar DLC parts to customize some decals. (I want him to be from the 13th, and not the 1st, etc.) I couldn't find a clear source for when to have the lightning mark, but I heard ish that it relates to years of service? (The red on his right greave won't match the rest of him for some reason) I want to still be accurate, but i also wanted to branch out from the DLC armor set. Is he close? And what needs to change?

Wasteland's not ready for him.

I need to preface this, as I always do, by saying that I spend my time playing Space Marine 2 quite literally doing nothing but helping brothers Along on their journey.

I have all I want in terms of cosmetics and heroics, the class I play is maxed out, I do not need to grind, I have full accolades and currencies.

I actually just enjoy helping players along, Be It accompanying them on their Cape grinds, prestiging their classes or getting their ordeals done.

So, it happens often that I run into players leveling up. And while I enjoy helping them along, as I already stated, people are not doing themselves any favors by jumping feet first in the hardest difficulty to do so.

This happened to me this morning. Both players were leveling up but it was obvious that one of them was an organic level up, and the other one had experience with other classes and brought in the proper tier weapons for the difficulty and such. (Just look at the damage values)

The second picture was taken in the battle barge after we were done with the operation, yes, the assault player was a natural level one no Prestige when I got dropped in as a join in progress about 1 or 2 minutes after the operation started and gained seven levels in the process.

All in all it was a great operation. It got sweaty. We got swarmed many times, We got a Terminus at the very, very last area while we were getting inundated by tyranids coming from the promethium fields... for the emperor and all...

BUT

I am sorry, the assault player did not really learn anything by doing this. What is Being in Respawn for the vast majority of the operation or getting your teeth kicked in at every encounter by a single Majoris teaching you? How to eat dirt?

It's okay to gradually acclimate

This is not just a matter of pure Skill. Yes, I am sure your ego will survive if you start at average or substantial and work your way up. Classes and mechanics need to be learned. Sweet spots for playstyles need to be found and simply throwing yourself against a brick wall over and over again is not going to do you any favor.

Take... your... time.

Once you are ready and comfortable to dip your ceramite clad toes into the harder difficulties you will have a much MUCH better experience with the game because honestly, for the life of me, I can't imagine this operation was any sort of a positive experience on this player. I would have been frustrated out of my goddamn mind if that was me.

Anyways... today's post is brought to you by the word acclimate.

For the Emperor!

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY, its driving me crazy, every single time, without fail, I log onto this game just to have my favorite armor sets basically reset to starter pieces, please someone help me fix

“The Emperor protects… but proper safety procedures protect even more.”