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Sephyr: Aug 28, 2012

Really liked the ALEPH changes so far. Most were mild, as makes sense for a strong faction. Removing 360 Visors from the long-range Thorakitai stops the lazy Sup.Fire party I've seen some players pull off.

But Andromeda feels rather meh; not much reason to take her over a naga FO/hacker. Feels like they designed her banking on Guardian being really, really strong, and when it turned out a minor skill they forgot to give her a proper specialization.

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# ? May 29, 2024 06:36

tokenbrownguy: Apr 1, 2010

Went to Adepticon for Infinity. Got a chance to play in both the Campaign and the two day Grand tournaments. Was a lot of fun. Need to give a big shout out to the Chicago Infinity crew for being some of the friendliest dudes with which I've ever played games. I was pretty nervous going into the tournament, as I live in the boondocks of a flyover state with only two buds who play at a FLGS. We hardly have a representative mix of playstyles and armies. In addition, Infinity is my first war game, and the Adepticon tournament was the first tournament for any nerd biz in which I've ever competed. Thankfully, the atmosphere was incredibly welcoming, so any newbie-jitters quickly went away.

In the Campaign, I went 2-1, and ended up taking 10th, which was top half, and big morale victory for me. For tenth place, I got a neat FRRM button and the glory of beating my friend who placed 11th.

In the Grand, I went 5-1, and ended up taking 2nd overall. Lost to the 1st place player, and beat the 3rd place player. I'm incredibly happy with my performance and ranking. 2nd place won me a $100 dollar coupon for a terrain company and a ticket to the invitation-only tournament at GenCon. I'm psyched, as the 1st place player in the invitational gets a reserved slot, plane ticket, and hotel in Spain to play at Interplanetario representing the USA. I'm even more psyched at the opportunity to play against some of the best players in the States and see what sort of post-Human Sphere lists we'll running into!

I wanted to thank everybody in this thread for answering all my questions and getting me hyped about Infinity in the first place. Here's hoping I can represent SA well at GenCon.

# ? Apr 5, 2016 05:00

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

Congrats on the win!

Sephyr posted:

Removing 360 Visors from the long-range Thorakitai stops the lazy Sup.Fire party I've seen some players pull off.

But Supp Fire has its own range profile and doesn't care if you use SMG or HMG. :confused:

# ? Apr 5, 2016 11:45

grassy gnoll: Aug 27, 2006; The pawsting business is tough work.

Minimarket is once again holding us down and taking our lunch money. http://www.miniaturemarket.com/clearance/sales-bf.html#/?_=1&filter.manufacturer=Corvus%20Belli&page=1

# ? Apr 5, 2016 15:26

Sir Teabag: Oct 26, 2007

drat that's a really nice first tournament outing, congrats!

I just registered for my first Infinity Tournament in May at Northern Defenders in Montreal. Any other goons hitting that up?
Now I've got to decide whether to use my USAriadna or just Vanilla Ariadna...

# ? Apr 5, 2016 16:05

Sir Teabag: Oct 26, 2007

dexefiend posted:

Tohaa updates: https://lonelyartichoke.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/new-tohaa-everything/

I was like "hey this is a cool blog what else have they written about recently?"
https://lonelyartichoke.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/sexism-in-infinity-and-why-it-doesnt-matter/
:yikes:

# ? Apr 5, 2016 16:37

Not a viking: Aug 2, 2008; Feels like I just got laid

grassy gnoll posted:

Minimarket is once again holding us down and taking our lunch money. http://www.miniaturemarket.com/clearance/sales-bf.html#/?_=1&filter.manufacturer=Corvus%20Belli&page=1

Already started my new faction. Thanks MM!

# ? Apr 5, 2016 16:53

Macdeo Lurjtux: Jul 5, 2011; BRRREADSTOOORRM!

grassy gnoll posted:

Minimarket is once again holding us down and taking our lunch money. http://www.miniaturemarket.com/clearance/sales-bf.html#/?_=1&filter.manufacturer=Corvus%20Belli&page=1

I picked up a few things to flesh out my CA and decided to throw in a Human Sphere preorder to give myself some time to finish painting the stuff I already had. I just couldn't turn down a TAG for $27.

# ? Apr 5, 2016 17:21

dexefiend: Apr 25, 2003; THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!

I got some clearance Pokemasters now that they are linkable.

# ? Apr 5, 2016 17:35

Not a viking: Aug 2, 2008; Feels like I just got laid

Macdeo Lurjtux posted:

I picked up a few things to flesh out my CA and decided to throw in a Human Sphere preorder to give myself some time to finish painting the stuff I already had. I just couldn't turn down a TAG for $27.

Got my Sphinx :getin:

Don't tell my local meta yet :ninja:

# ? Apr 5, 2016 17:38

Sir Teabag: Oct 26, 2007

Q: What do a Scout (Ojotnik), Scout (AP Sniper), 112, Tank Hunter HMG, Spetznaz with Boarding Shotgun, and Uxia McNeil all have in common?

A: I ordered them with a massive discount. Oh yes.

# ? Apr 5, 2016 19:17

jodai: Mar 2, 2010; Banging with all due hardness.

I had just bought a bunch of this stuff at my lgs so I'm a little bit irritated at the coincidence, especially since when I bought my squalo, the same thing happened. Ah, well, finally got the PanO support pack and some sweet remotes.

# ? Apr 5, 2016 20:17

alchahest: Dec 28, 2004; Universal Solvent

Sir Teabag posted:

I was like "hey this is a cool blog what else have they written about recently?"
https://lonelyartichoke.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/sexism-in-infinity-and-why-it-doesnt-matter/

indeed. This kind of thing gets people kicked out of my LGS. Different strokes I guess.

I haven't posted any painting in any thread for a hundred years, but I had an hour before my back exploded as it does when I paint, and finally got some colour blocked in on my planet of the apes space marines:

I know better than to paint yellow over black, but I kind of want the armor to look dinged up and rough. I didn't realise til the picture was taken how bad the blue looks though. Lots of cleanup to do before I start doing details and bases, but at least I've got a starting point.

alchahest fucked around with this message at 06:53 on Apr 6, 2016

# ? Apr 6, 2016 06:51

BlackIronHeart: Aug 2, 2004; PROCEED

Always like seeing angry space apes, can't wait to see more!

# ? Apr 6, 2016 07:32

tokenbrownguy: Apr 1, 2010

Sir Teabag posted:

drat that's a really nice first tournament outing, congrats!

I just registered for my first Infinity Tournament in May at Northern Defenders in Montreal. Any other goons hitting that up?
Now I've got to decide whether to use my USAriadna or just Vanilla Ariadna...

Vanilla! Don't fall for the allure of the Link Team.

For reals though, pre-HS I didn't feel that any of the Ariadna sectorials are worth sacrificing the flexibility of the entire roster. Post-HS, I have no idea. So many of the sectorials got neat stuff.

# ? Apr 7, 2016 05:20

Clawtopsy: Dec 17, 2009; What a fascinatingly unusual cock. Now, allow me to show you my collection...

The scottish have the best dogs, the ruskies have Spetznaz & Tankhunters, US Ariadna has the best cheerleaders/mavericks, the french have chasseurs. Vanilla's best for more or less every faction apart from ALEPH.

# ? Apr 7, 2016 06:06

tokenbrownguy: Apr 1, 2010

I think you could make a good argument for Corregidor, but otherwise yeah.

# ? Apr 7, 2016 06:22

Clawtopsy: Dec 17, 2009; What a fascinatingly unusual cock. Now, allow me to show you my collection...

There are a few sectorials that are side-grades to a vanilla faction, and some sectorials that are well below just taking vanilla. Maybe I'm just biased, as dismantling link teams is something that seems to come really naturally to an army with dedicated, fast close-combat specialists.

# ? Apr 7, 2016 06:53

Sir Teabag: Oct 26, 2007

tokenbrownguy posted:

Vanilla! Don't fall for the allure of the Link Team.

For reals though, pre-HS I didn't feel that any of the Ariadna sectorials are worth sacrificing the flexibility of the entire roster. Post-HS, I have no idea. So many of the sectorials got neat stuff.

The Tournament is using Pre-HS I believe. I think I'll probably try and shoehorn my biker gang into a Vanilla list because those are the units I love the most from USARF. Also probably some II grunts with Flame throwers because they're too good not to.

WAR FOOT posted:

The scottish have the best dogs, the ruskies have Spetznaz & Tankhunters, US Ariadna has the best cheerleaders/mavericks, the french have chasseurs. Vanilla's best for more or less every faction apart from ALEPH.

Using Kazaks, Scouts, Tank Huntersm and Spetznaz are pretty much what are convincing me to move away from sectorial for this tournament. Also the fact that I bought some on sale recently helps. But seriously, I can make a combat group entirely out of camo markers now and that is just disgusting and mean.

The other thing swaying me is that my regular opponents are Haqq (Assassins) and PanO (vanilla). Neither of them rely on MI as their mainstays like USARF do, and so they can run circles around me. Sure, it evens out that MI moving and shooting is the same as LI or HI. But repositioning takes me extra orders. I know I'll make mistakes with deployment and prioritizing my moves (because I've come to realize that as much as I like war games - I am not good at them), so using troops with 4-4 MOV will probably help mitigate my brain farts.

# ? Apr 7, 2016 14:58

Exmond: May 31, 2007; Writing is fun!

tokenbrownguy posted:

Vanilla! Don't fall for the allure of the Link Team.

For reals though, pre-HS I didn't feel that any of the Ariadna sectorials are worth sacrificing the flexibility of the entire roster. Post-HS, I have no idea. So many of the sectorials got neat stuff.

USAriadna has some mean link teams you can form, but they are pretty pricey and draw you away from Aridana's greatest strength: Camo Tokens.

If you are just learning, maybe go with USAridana and form a camo light list. You can learn link teams and not have to deal with having 10+ camo tokens on the field.

Edit: I mainly play against ALEPH with my Ariadna. What unit's should I bring?

# ? Apr 7, 2016 16:43

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

What's the quintessential ITS-minmaxed Ariadna horde list? 2-3 Irmandinhos, 2-4 Galwegians, 2 Chasseur FOs, 2-3 Foxtrot FOs, 2 tankhunter HMGs or 1 and 1 Spetsnaz HMG, 2 chain Volunteers, 112, pad the rest with cheap basic troops you hide the LT in? Optionally add a Paracommando FO or Antipode pack?

# ? Apr 7, 2016 21:36

tokenbrownguy: Apr 1, 2010

I'd take Van Zant over the Paracommando and a Cameronian over the pack. Sprinkle in a Dozer and a hacker/bot for Highly Classified and you're pretty much good to go.

# ? Apr 7, 2016 23:26

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

tokenbrownguy posted:

I'd take Van Zant over the Paracommando and a Cameronian over the pack. Sprinkle in a Dozer and a hacker/bot for Highly Classified and you're pretty much good to go.

I meant minmaxed Ariadna, so no bots, and Van Zant is never ever used in those as too expensive (that's 17 extra points!). Cameronian is the other option I considered but forgot to add. Dozer is useless when you already have 2/3 engineers.

...so, something like this filth?

Ariadna
──────────────────────────────────────────────────

Group 1

2
SPETSNAZ (CH: Ambush Camouflage) HMG / Pistol, CCW, Knife. (1.5 | 38)
FOXTROT (Forward Observer) Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (18)
FOXTROT (Forward Observer) Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (18)
FOXTROT (Forward Observer) Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (18)
INTEL Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (9 / 12XP)

MOV:4-4 CC:13 BS:11 PH:11 WIP:14 ARM:1 BTS:0 W:1

Hacking Device, Doctor, AD: Inferior Combat Jump
LINE KAZAK Lieutenant Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (9)
LINE KAZAK Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (9)
LINE KAZAK Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (9)
IRMANDINHO Chain Rifle, D-Charges, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (8)
HIGHLANDER Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (6)

Group 2

4
SPETSNAZ (CH: Ambush Camouflage) HMG / Pistol, CCW, Knife. (1.5 | 38)
MAVERICK Submachine Gun, Light Rocket Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 22)
CHASSEUR (Forward Observer) Rifle, Light Flamethrower, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (20)
CHASSEUR (Forward Observer) Rifle, Light Flamethrower, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (20)
VOLUNTEER Chain Rifle, Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (6)
VOLUNTEER Chain Rifle, Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (6)
M�TRO Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (8)
CAMERONIAN 2 Chain Rifles, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / AP CCW. (23)
IRMANDINHO Chain Rifle, D-Charges, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (8)
HIGHLANDER Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (6)

3.5 SWC | 299 Points

Open with Army 5

# ? Apr 8, 2016 00:26

grassy gnoll: Aug 27, 2006; The pawsting business is tough work.

I don't understand, that's only two combat groups? :confused:

# ? Apr 8, 2016 01:09

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

grassy gnoll posted:

I don't understand, that's only two combat groups?

Exactly. What am I doing wrong?

# ? Apr 8, 2016 01:15

grassy gnoll: Aug 27, 2006; The pawsting business is tough work.

Pierzak posted:

Exactly. What am I doing wrong?

That's not an Ariadna list.

Ariadna
──────────────────────────────────────────────────

GROUP 1

LINE KAZAK Lieutenant Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9)

LINE KAZAK Paramedic (MediKit) Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 11)

LINE KAZAK Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9)

LINE KAZAK Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9)

GROUP 2

LINE KAZAK (Forward Observer) Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10)

LINE KAZAK Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9)

LINE KAZAK Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9)

GROUP 3

VAN ZANT (Executive Order) AP Rifle / Heavy Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 39)

LINE KAZAK Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 9)

HIGHLANDER Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 6)

0 SWC | 300 Points

Open in Infinity Army

Now that's an Ariadna list. ITS legal, too. :v:

# ? Apr 8, 2016 01:29

Sephyr: Aug 28, 2012

WAR FOOT posted:

The scottish have the best dogs, the ruskies have Spetznaz & Tankhunters, US Ariadna has the best cheerleaders/mavericks, the french have chasseurs. Vanilla's best for more or less every faction apart from ALEPH.

Now that Posthumans are godly and Nagas/Dasyus have better specialist options, vanilla ALEPH just might be shoulder-to-should with the Steel Phalanx.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 01:43

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

grassy gnoll posted:

Now that's an Ariadna list. ITS legal, too.

I meant an actual very competitive ITS list not a "well it's technically legal so it's got one thing going for it" shitlist.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 01:51

grassy gnoll: Aug 27, 2006; The pawsting business is tough work.

In slightly more seriousness, I admit I'm pretty curious how a list concentrating entirely on numbers performs in an Annihilation round. Can you actually make up for quality with quantity, or are you just going to get mowed down by AROs?

# ? Apr 8, 2016 01:57

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

Are we going for a straight firefight scenario, or ITS Annihilation, with classifieds, timed rounds and all? The first reminds me of the old "17 Keisotsu vs the Avatar" batrep, the second would be kinda draining. I like Annihilation as a palate cleanser, not a slog.

Also, two total reaction bots and an Enhanced Reaction MSV2 bot would make mincemeat out of it unless heavily supported by Galwegian smoke.

Pierzak fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Apr 8, 2016

# ? Apr 8, 2016 02:02

grassy gnoll: Aug 27, 2006; The pawsting business is tough work.

Assuming actual-factual ITS Annihilation, attempting to keep all your points and SWC costs as low as possible per-model. I guess if you practiced you could get moving your gigantic Kazak or Fusilier swarm up the board inside the time limits.

I hadn't heard about the 17 keis, holy poo poo that's a brilliant kind of stupid.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 02:11

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

grassy gnoll posted:

I hadn't heard about the 17 keis, holy poo poo that's a brilliant kind of stupid.

Nah, that was an experiment on whether the shittiest line troop can kill the best unit in the game. Keisotsu won, BTW.

And I might dig up my old genestealers and proxy a swarm of Gakis :v:

# ? Apr 8, 2016 02:17

BattleMaster: Aug 14, 2000

Worse than Moderators though? (though Moderators are technically Garrison Troops not Line Troops :v:

)

I mean don't get me wrong I like Moderators well enough and anything with a Combi Rifle can get lucky and zip anything else in a single burst, but they're definitely no Fusiliers or Alguaciles.

# ? Apr 8, 2016 04:07

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

Ran at 8 man tournament today at Daffcon, numbers a bit disappointing but some excellently sporting players and a lot of new blood, was a lot of fun to run it despite me being down with a cold and generally looking like death. Very early start too, I got there at 0730 for setup, 0900 registration and 0930 kick off, cue grumbling wargamers being like what the gently caress before 10am? Was good times though, here's some pics:

I took around 40 pics in all but it was on my phone camera so the quality is gash, but here's some cool ones and I won't pots pics of players without their consent.

# ? Apr 9, 2016 23:59