It’s not a jive at you but my criticism of Games Workshop and the old Repentia models among others.
A horrible decision that no one, especially women, likes. Nupentia boxer briefs get 0 cosplay. All the women still dress up as oldpentia.
Wait, isn’t sexual liberation in right now and slutshaming out? Or did it reverse this year again?
I don’t think that would be good at all. The zealot we are is very much not part of the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Hereticus. We are a nobody lunatic with a religious bone to pick.
They should absolutely add a Sister of Battle Archetype and have a Battle Sister and Repentia class respectively. I’d pay good money for that.
The “cheesecake” OP posted are cosplays made by fans back in like 5th edition/6th edition era over a decade ago when THIS was official artwork for what repentia looked like:
Which is still way cooler than what they did to them with the stupid sports bras.
Personally I’m more of a Celestian man myself though.
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This is why I think FS should scrap the whole “Rejects” thing after a while in order to work on more interesting Archetypes (I know they said they probably won’t add more, we’re all just wishcasting here). If the conflict is escalating to the point that Sisters of Battle are getting involved we’re probably past the point where Grendyl can get by with what is basically a single penal legion. They probably wouldn’t be calling up the nearest Order of Litany’s Litany like “Send me your worst and least trustworthy troops!”
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The first piece is way more horrific than sexy and is the exact type of thing I’d want to see if they were ever added. That’s also from one of the more prolific 5-6e artists and are the interpretations I tend to favor over artists from the ttrpgs. There’s an example dark eldar character in one of the Rogue Trader sourcebooks that looks like it could be from a D&D book, not the kind of thing I’d be looking at if I were trying to design character models or armor for Darktide.
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I knew you had good tastes.
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A horrible decision that no one, especially women, likes. Nupentia boxer briefs get 0 cosplay. All the women still dress up as oldpentia.
Haha, so much THIS really.
I don’t think that would be good at all. The zealot we are is very much not part of the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Hereticus. We are a nobody lunatic with a religious bone to pick.
Oh, yes, I would agree totally with that. However, I’m not entirely sure if the cosmetics are meant to reflect exactly that we are nobodies. Like the Psykers 2nd cosmetic bundle is based on a Primaris Psyker, “Primaris Psyker Gennery Vos” (the Primaris Psykers, also known as “Psyker Lords” being quite rare and powerful, appearing in the ranks of the Astra Militarum & Inquisition); the Vet’s Seargent Klast, Armageddon Steel Legion look, being described as “a Veteran of so many campaigns that he cannot remember half of them”; and even the Zealot’s 2nd cosmetic, Drill Abbess Suzinna Mdrua, if I’m not mistaken the Drill Abbots were infact a ranking part of the Adeptus Minostorum. So I just figured it wouldn’t hurt if we got another one with such a background.
But yea, I’d really much rather of course, they just came up with a Battle Sister or Repentia class. Heck at this point I wouldn’t mind a tweaked version of VT2s Warrior Priest class. I mean aren’t we due already for subclasses? Even as a DLC I’d still grab it in a heartbeat!
Personally I’m more of a Celestian man myself though.
Honestly? That, would be an insta-nab from me as well lol.
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It’s an Armaggeddon set
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Oh yes, my bad, Armageddon*, will correct. Thanks!
To start with. You graduate to “Trusted Inquisitorial Acolyte” by lvl 30 (and then, of course, there’s the whole thing with the Mortis Operatives)…
Oh, yes. Sorry allow me to be more precise here. Current zealots are a nobody lunatic with a religious bone to pick who is then thrown in jail so as not to trouble the ecclesiarchy with our religious fervor and murderous tendencies. We are then picked up by the inquisition and sent on suicide missions until we prove ourselves trustworthy enough to be elevated to the status of Acolyte at level 30. This is a very particular path that does not match or mesh at all with what a Sorritas is or starts as and most certainly not a Repentia. Superficially they appear quite similar but the origin and path to their station and training are entirely distinct.
The zealot we are is a literal who generic citizen who gets a religious bug up his tailpipe and flies off the handle. A complete layman.
A Repentia is an adherent of the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Hereticus, not necessarily but very likely plucked from the Schola Progenium. They are instructed and trained rigorously into a formal fighting force. They have then, at some point, fallen into some kind of shameful status and either by will or by order (likely both) taken a vow of penance that is cleared (in most cases) only upon death.
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I’m sensing a note of disdain here…
Quite so.
Maybe not so much. The Zealots will occasionally mention that Melk has some unkind words to say about their grasp of High Gothic, as displayed while preaching sermons during morning services (presumably in the Mourningstar’s chapel/s), which suggests that they are, in fact, legitimate Ecclesiarchal clergy, just very low-ranking ones.
Quite to the contrary. Its more like how anyone can declare themselves a preacher in Christianity and start proselytizing. There’s a fair bit of lore on this point. But it just goes to show how…half assed we are as actual “priests” in some case. not all voice packs are the same of course but that’s the general kind of zealot we are.
No, not at all. If I didn’t explain properly that’s my fault.
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Considering GW must approve decisions on how the game looks, you would not want to see current-edition Repentia cosmetics.
Those new designs are not very good lol
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It’s American censorship culture. The person you quoted is clearly a US Citizen.
Europea has this culture of censorship reversed. Sexy stuff is a-ok even for “minors”, but a single droplet of blood and you’re +16. +18 if you can move the dead ragdoll around.
That’s merely a symptom of our degenerate modern age. Historically speaking, anyone aspiring to religious ministry was going to have to have some kind of legitimate connection to the existing clerical structure of the realm. You can’t, for example, just unilaterally declare yourself a priest of the Roman Catholic Church (from whence the Ecclesiarchy derives most of its attitude/flavour). You have to actually go through the training and be granted the title and responsibilities of the role by the church authorities. Nor do our Zealots give the impression of being at all akin to the unaffiliated, self-declared, living-room-congregation Protestant pastors that are not uncommon today. They comport themselves as legitimate clergy of the Imperial Cult, and no one, not even the Psykers, seems to question this.
Similar complaints were not infrequently levied against the average parish priest in the Middle Ages.
That’s always seemed very strange to me.
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I’ve followed this thread with some interest. From the political pearl-clutching and “current year”-isms, to the actual discussions…
My 5 cents - aren’t you supposed to be at least initiated into an Ordo Militant of the Adepta Sororitas, then to have failed in some rite or task, in order to even qualify for Repentance? Our shouties didn’t qualify for the first part. Now, saying that, we are repenting for sure, having to be subjected to this endless torture of grinding for mats and watching Hadron brick our stuff…
Jokes aside - these Zealots we see in DT were more a part of the Imperial Guard or some PDF, rather than the Ecclesiarchy.
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I personally think it’s all well and good to allow more sexy cosmetics.
The part that bears mindfulness is in years prior women were defaulted as bikini babes in action video games. They didn’t even have access to plate armor and stuff that made sense in games for a functional and powerful aesthetic. Many women might have found that appealing, but many also disliked that their aesthetic role in the game was less practical bad ass and way more “a guy just drew his sex fantasy and those are our only cosmetic options” without any broader representation.
Personally, I’m totally ok with skimpy cosmetics in games that aren’t meant to be sex fantasies. But ONLY if they prioritized the actual armor and functional aesthetics first. And I think Darktide has covered the functional looking aesthetics enough to allow for that.
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yeah, but look at the comments in this thread… a lot of thirsty losers who really want that JRPG child exploitation vibe.
The lore description of the Repentia is their take on flagellants, the scanty outfits come from the ‘clothed in prayer book pages’ in their old descriptions; which described a grubby, wild-eyed, roughly shorn, fanatic bent on carnage. They were never described as the stripper nuns many of the sadder fans thirst over.
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I don’t think he was making a point on the state of modern Christianity, more how literally anyone of any religion can become a scripture spouting fanatic, which is very common in 40k. As for whether or not our people are actual memebers of the Ecclesiarchy, I don’t think its set one way or the other. I made my preacher a former Militarum preacher, but your background doesn’t actually matter at all in the game so who knows.
Yes, but some Sisters even ask or choose to become Repentia for voluntarily for self perceived sins.
As for Repentia skins, I would be fine with some more classical style skins, but I really wouldn’t want them to be porn models, if that makes sense. There’s nothing wrong with having attractive looking women in media, but I still think there’s a line that can be crossed.
New Repentia Models
Classic Repentia models.
Honestly I really don’t like the old Repentia models. They feel pretty weird (I do like the one on the right however). However beside the weapons and some of the head options, the new ones don’t really feel very 40k. Wish they had made a better comprise between the 2.
The new Repentias are a disappointment, for sure. The sculpts are better, but the fantasy is lost.
The older models have lesser-quality sculpts, but convey the idea much better.
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