Deep Dive - Legions Imperialis - Rise of the Dark Mechanicum - Maximal Fire Podcast Ep 38

[@Jak0vas]

Hey Alex, sorry to hear about your loss, it's all too common my wife and I have been through this too many times, it's taken us a while, but finding fulfillment in life is key. Wishing happiness and health for the future.

[@Maximalfire]

So sorry to hear that mate and thank you for your words. 🫶

[@zs4747]

Just found the channel, love the LI content! Keep up the great work!

[@Maximalfire]

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[@Paulus449]

So sorry for your loss Alex, I hope you and your wife are as well as you can possibly be and wish you all the best for the future.

[@Maximalfire]

Thank you x

[@StorminWolf]

So sorry for your loss Alex. Hugs for you and your wife!

[@Lunkanize]

Sorry to hear what you went through. We had two late losses before we got our son 3 years ago, its a true pain to go through. 🌹

[@Maximalfire]

Thank you and so sorry to hear about your loss too. x

[@davidwasilewski]

Good to see you both back. I hope 2025 is a better year for you. Loving the LI content…. I’d like to see you do the formations of legend next.

[@grahamfroggatt4530]

Alex, sorry for hearing your news. Really brave of you to share - thank. I love your podcast / videos, been listening almost from the start and I always look forward to you content. Lots of love to you and your family. ❤

[@grahamfroggatt4530]

(And you don’t owe us an explanation)

[@Maximalfire]

Thank you xx

[@peterhairston4629]

I'm working on a Dark Mech stalker list for Adepticon! excited to get them on the table for the true machine god!

[@Maximalfire]

Awesome! Have fun! I’m looking forward to playing Johnnys when he’s done!

[@mushymanUK]

10:19 A maniple of one is a curious idea, but I’m sure it won’t happen (quite apart from the rather hopeful idea of new AT specific rules!) because all but 1 of the new LI maniples that are based on AT maniples only have a compulsory configuration of 2 Titans. Axiom is the only one that needs all 3 in line with AT. Still, some kind of mechanism to bring a Warmaster inside a maniple would be great!

[@makinote]

just checked, legionbuilder supports upgrades to size of 9 for the dark mechanicum detachments

[@Maximalfire]

For all of them? If so that needs changing! 😂

[@granteklund9943]

Can we get a similar breakdown for the loyalists? I haven't played a whole lot against mechanicum yet, so I'd love any extra insights.

[@SonofAlbion]

51:58 “I’ve modelled the volkite because they look the best” How? The only options on the current plastic kit are the exo-planets and the bolters for the tebebrax Doesn’t matter so much as they are both tiny and under the main body so not exactly the easy to see close up let alone across the table!

[@Maximalfire]

That’s a question I will pose to Johnny next time I see him! I’ve still not got my hands on the actual kit yet!

[@mrmako66]

For the Serperos, base detachment of 2, take two upgrades of two to get the full 6 for cheapest points?

[@Felixarthusa]

with the points values listed i dont know why you would ever take an additional 1 or 3, and not just do a unit of 4 or 6. way cheaper in points

[@matthewbannerman6823]

Terrible losses for you. Thank you for this.

[@wilhelm992]

Thabks foe this! Gonna give it a listen at work!

[@editor2766]

Welcome back guys !

[@Maximalfire]

Cheers!

[@Jockrates_paints]

Sorry for your losses. Condolences, and I hope 2025 is better to you and your family. The titan slot is a nice way to add a warlord with all Gatling blasters, which I feel is a nice anti-tank/anti air platform for a pure mechanicum list (obviously very expensive though).

[@DuskRaiderXIV]

I’m also going Stalker heavy, but I would say don’t overlook the Taghmata options that Dark Mech can also take. The Karacnos is a nasty tank that can lay down some great firepower, Thralls are technically trash but with no Morale they can be a pain to shift, and Thallax are surprisingly good. Also, you can take Ursurax in a Terror Protocol Formation to save those Harpax for the Swarm Formation.

[@Maximalfire]

I like the idea of a ‘proper’ dark mark army - it’s going to be a hard sell to get Johnny distracted away from his spider bots though 😂

[@afairy]

I would like to see you guys do the same as you did for heretics for loyalists, a companion piece even if its not quite up to date it would gove the same basis of comparision for loyalists to think of

[@Fortunes.Fool.]

They didn't realize an army box for these? I bought the Mechanicum one (unopened) so all I need are some spiderbots?

[@Maximalfire]

Nothings been announced yet no…

[@crabcrab7569]

Ah mate that is terrible. Very sorry to hear that.

[@Maximalfire]

Thanks bud x

[@5p3cu10]

I love the Mechanicum stuff but it has the same inherent flaw that I think plagues it's HH version. Bubbles. Everything is bubbles. I want to take the cool stompy robots but it's just they need constantly babysat. This would be less annoying if they were insanely powerful but they aren't. They need to find a better rule than synapse because I just spend my games with the tape measure on the board.

[@Maximalfire]

Yeah I get you there… I’ve seen a lot of objective zone of control templates on the web these days. Could have a use for synapse type effects too? Though annoying to constantly move around and around terrain…

[@afairy]

I think it wouldn't be so bad if you could attach the controllers to detachments, so you could have the bubbles right up where you always are instead of being separate and picked off

[@JamesHatfield1981]

The overlord can still have 6, since you can puchase the same size upgrade MULTIPLE times to a max of 6, but you have the option to buy 3 to get a squad of 5

[@Maximalfire]

Yeah if you keep watching you will see us realise this with an epic face palm 😂

[@JamesHatfield1981]

​​@@Maximalfirelol, and here's me all like "I know this one!"

[@Maximalfire]

@ lol we think we do… and then we get it epically wrong. You should have seen the light in Johnnys eyes when he realised he can have 9 butchers. Talking about it for days…!

[@EagleSpireGaming]

@@Maximalfire i was waiting for this moment for half the video, so glad you guys caught it lol

[@Maximalfire]

😬😬😬😬😬 out of practise lol!