like in the trailer and when you max height you’re almost as tall as a ogryn, a powerhouse, and technically most skitarii, especially alpha and alpha primus are astartes sized, so making their character models taller to align to that would be utterly bonkers.
It’s really weird. In the lobby my character is normal sized, and in game friends say my Skitarii is the same height as them, but my POV is a head and shoulders taller than even other Skitarii. I don’t get it and it actually makes gameplay more difficult as I have to aim down all the time
I’ve changed my Skitarius’ height to the lowest it can go, so that it’s about the same POV as the max height for other human classes… It’s a bit strange, to be sure.
yeap so making them taller would work better tbh
No, you might be thinking of Herakli or Thallaxii. I guess both are almost technically variants of Skitarii but its better to say that Skitarii are the dollar store versions of Thallaxii. And Herakli are vat grown heavy weapons platforms that are more servitors then anything, though I haven’t actually read any of the few books they are mentioned in, and I’m pretty sure they have been soft retconned by Kataphrons.
Anyways they are always described as a bit taller then humans but that’s really just because their legs are a bit longer, they aren’t really bulked up much beyond that and don’t have much in the way of genetic enhancements beyond the expected space steroids. There is a reason that femboy/twink skitarii is a meme.
problem is alpha and alpha primus skitarii are described as mostly just human brains and neverous systems with mechanical bodies while in darktide they’re moderately augmented, and described in lore of getting genetic enhancments and independent augmentations than needing to be tethered to a tech priest, so I think of them being tall should be fine.
The skitarii in game definitely have a lot more agency then they should but I imagine that is just because of their rank.
I imagine the skitarii in game are actually pretty heavily modified, just more internally then externally in places. From in game you can pretty clearly see that they have no fat, and most of their chest cavity is filled by mechanical things, their stomachs are sunken in probably showing the lack of any sort of digestive tract. Their muscles probably are enhanced with sinewy coil style implants. You can also see interface ports across their entire body suggesting they have some sort of powered body glove worn over their skin, especially considering their arms and thighs are clearly much thicker with their clothes on then off, and not all of that can be explained by the thickness of the cloth.
Basically I’m fairly sure the stripped skitarii we see only has skin to act as protection for their nervous system and few natural muscles they still have and everything else is synthetic, including most of their strength coming from a external body glove or similar.
yeah I wouldnt be surprised on that, it’s why I am saying they should be taller since darktide lore describes them as cybernetic powerhouses that are bigger and stronger than the average skitty.
Yeah I can definitly see them being stronger and perhaps bigger in some ways. But making them any taller then they already are would be a bit odd. They do still use standard skitarii weaponry, just modified versions and are able to use the larger weaponry like normal skitarii would use average weaponry. But if they were like 8ft I would need to start wondering why they aren’t using a heavy arc rifle instead.
they don’t have to be too tall but slightly taller than currently to match camera height would be bonkers
As long as I get to keep my smallest Skitarii (shortest on the scale) , I’m all good.
I like that I can be human size!
hmm I ee fair enough, I like em big since they’re seen as easy to produce variants of space marines.
Even if it doesn’t make us taller, I wish we had sicarian leg and heads.
agreed