I think there are a couple grudges missing from the book.
- Firstly I’d like to mention for balancing, since iconic weapons such as the Thunder Hammer are included, that the Bolter is in a very weird position right now. It does less damage and has more ammo than the revolver, which seems backwards since surely Bolter ammo weighs way more than .500 magnum (or whatever the revolver uses) and is more powerful. It should have more consistent damage, especially against armour. The Boltpistol is also in a bit of an odd spot because of this.
- Another one are the Hellbore Lasguns. They suffer the most from the fact that they have an overly long equip animation, which in combination with the charge times make them feel clunkier than they really need to be for the sake of balance
- The Obscurus force sword lacks a reason to use it over Deimos or Illisi.
Secondly, I notice that there’s not too many mentions of Psykers’ problems in the book yet, so allow me to list some here:
- In Talent Tree Deep Dive, it was said that Psyker was envisioned as the most tinker-friendly class. However, this is clearly not the case, as Psyker has the largest amount of impossible talent/ability combinations due to the structure of the talent tree
- On the topic of Psyker’s talent tree, it has the smallest amount of talents, some of the most boring talents, and -5% peril gain stat nodes that are mandatory for some abilities yet actively negative for many playstyles. More discussion on these as well as some other issues here.
- In Update #13, enemies had their health increased, but Brain Burst’s Damage was improperly scaled to this change