u/ZioBenny97

I've just started the game today and want to do my first run on fully non-lethal. Since I've accidentally caught one of the guards in the timed bomb's explosion, I'd love to know if I can still get the achievement if I restart the mission while I'm still early on and not face a sour disappointment at the end.

Maybe it's just me stumbling into bad apples but whenever I casually browse other 40k-related sub or YT videos etc. whenever the Iron Hands come up I keep stumbling on people dunking on them for very.. dumb reasons to say the least. Worst case has to be YT shorts.

Not talking about the usual jokes about Ferrus dying on Istvaan, that's just run-of-the-mill banter after all but genuinely dumb arguments like "Oh the writers don't give a fuck about writing more stuff for them" (like that's a flaw of the faction some how??), or straight up, factually wrong nonsense (i.e. when I asked for examples of IH getting stomped I've been given Wrath of Iron, despite the purge of Contqual being a square imperial victory lol).

Like, seeing this it's hard not to think that an awful lot of haters might just be larpers who consumer meme-lore and cherry picked bits taking them as gospel or straight up just hate the chapter for not being heckin' wholesome chungus like the Salamanders.

I don't know, is it just me getting the wrong idea or did you guys had similar experiences?

Some days (especially weekends, like today) I just find myself stuck in this insufferable loop of joining a session and getting kicked out of it after two seconds over and over again without me not being able to do fuck all about it (losing the spare pilgrims coins too ofc, just fuckin' dandy).

Is there any option to just being able to play solo or do I just have to wait someone else to finish firs before I'm allowed the privilege of playing the fucking game that I've paid money for? This is just such pointlessly frustrating bullshit.

1. Don't shoot the bosses' shield in the Assassination mission. You're wasting ammo. Save your bullets for specials/elites and just get stuck in with the team. Learning the boss' patterns (when to dodge and when to parry) is also excellent practice should you ever try to dip your toes in Havoc, and you'll definitely be skill-checked on that during the Orthus Offensive mission.
2. This is NOT cod zombies. Melee is your main weapon for a reason. If you stand still spraying the horde at every wave you'll just ran out of ammo in the first few minutes and get pummeled the moment you're surrounded- especially to those of you who picked veteran as your starting class. Don't forget to use your ability and grenades also, at least when you're in a tight spot, stimms as well. If you die with a full inventory that means you've wasted plenty of opportunity to use those tools.
3. Try to pay attention to your teammates' callouts. Someone with a red ammo icon next to their name and constantly asking for ammo isn't trying to pester you, especially if you got a crate in your inventory you might've forgot about.

So, I'm in Chapter 2, second playthrough, just farming some money and other things- just got my hands on my first perfect bear pelt after hunting a grizzly. Hauled my sorry ass all the way from near Strawberry down to St. Denis to find a trapper and see if I could craft something with it since Pearson doesn't need it, however, as I stand right in front of that raggedy schmuck the game tells me that the guy "doesn't have enough materials" for the bear pelt saddle despite me standing right in front of him with the damn thing on my shoulder.

What am I doing wrong here? Do I need to sell it to him first?