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Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

KPC_Mammon posted:

Is this a 300 point box with the existing starter or something else entirely?

Edit: About time for a new Joan.

Its a big box with
Tomcats Box
Brigada Box
McMurrough
Hacker Alguacil.

Not sure if it has anything else.

# ? Jul 29, 2017 23:08

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 09:30

S.J.: May 19, 2008; Just who the hell do you think we are?

Sorry, is there a video of this somewhere or is there a con going on I'm not aware of?

# ? Jul 29, 2017 23:21

Pyrolocutus: Feb 5, 2005; Shape of Flame

S.J. posted:

Sorry, is there a video of this somewhere or is there a con going on I'm not aware of?

Interplanetario is this weekend, basically CB's version of LnL. They had a presentation with a bunch of renders and art kinda like LnL. Said release schedule is also from there. You can find phone pics on the WGC Infinity FB group.

I had actually been looking at the Muyib box last I was in my FLGS, is it expected to be new sculpts to replace the current Muyib box? Also nice to see the Hassassin redo, I'll probably pick it up since I could use some more Daylami and currently have only one Farzan / don't have an Ayyar.

# ? Jul 29, 2017 23:26

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

I think its a new resculpt which seems a bit much, the Muyibs aren't that old?

# ? Jul 29, 2017 23:44

Ilor: Feb 2, 2008; That's a crit.

Muyibs are kinda old.

But jesus, that Spitfire Umbra Legate is sexy :eyepop:

# ? Jul 30, 2017 02:31

S.J.: May 19, 2008; Just who the hell do you think we are?

So the Umbra are just a new type of alien that was more recently introduced right? I'm still kinda sad they got rid of those bug dudes, they and their tag were rad.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 04:08

MJ12: Apr 8, 2009

S.J. posted:

So the Umbra are just a new type of alien that was more recently introduced right? I'm still kinda sad they got rid of those bug dudes, they and their tag were rad.

Pretty sure they got rid of them because the Caskuda was super rad. 2W Airborne Deployment models have become a relatively rare feature, and most of them have like, ARM 1 or 2 initially. This is because you can choose to land wherever you want, which makes it easy to land somewhere with 1 ARO, soak a wound, and just ruin the other guy's life by murdering everyone from behind. The Caskuda was an ARM8, 3W AD model with PH17 (PH20 with an EVO/Assisted Jump). It was ridiculously overpowered.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 05:55

S.J.: May 19, 2008; Just who the hell do you think we are?

Yeah but they looked super cool though. :v:

I'm surprised they would've gotten rid of them for rules reasons instead of just fixing the rules?

# ? Jul 30, 2017 05:56

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

S.J. posted:

Yeah but they looked super cool though. I'm surprised they would've gotten rid of them for rules reasons instead of just fixing the rules?

Not only that. Apparently they were hard on the molds and sold quite poorly.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 06:23

stabbington: Sep 1, 2007; It doesn't feel right to kill an unarmed man... but I'll get over it.

MJ12 posted:

Pretty sure they got rid of them because the Caskuda was super rad. 2W Airborne Deployment models have become a relatively rare feature, and most of them have like, ARM 1 or 2 initially. This is because you can choose to land wherever you want, which makes it easy to land somewhere with 1 ARO, soak a wound, and just ruin the other guy's life by murdering everyone from behind. The Caskuda was an ARM8, 3W AD model with PH17 (PH20 with an EVO/Assisted Jump). It was ridiculously overpowered.

Don't forget the part where it did explosion damage to everything in the drop template, had preposterously good weaponry, and cost about the same as a Sphinx. I miss Caskuda bombing people, but that thing was broken as heeeell. I never got on with the rest of the exrah, they always seemed to eat a crit and be a waste of points at the first opportunity when I fielded them. Plus, outside the Caskuda, they looked like poo poo. I'm honestly a fan of the way they wrote them out, it leaves the door open for them to give them another shot in the future and can at least be used to help soothe my rage over Hector having a plasma rifle for some loving reason. Here's hoping we get a CA-reprogrammed Odysseus model at some point in the next couple years.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 07:52

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

None of them made back their costs. You can't get around that hence gone.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 08:02

S.J.: May 19, 2008; Just who the hell do you think we are?

Flipswitch posted:

None of them made back their costs. You can't get around that hence gone.

Yeah that makes sense way more than anything else does.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 08:06

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

Tbh I like their rules coming back spread across our new stuff. (Maakrep, Rodoks)

We just need an Iskaller Batroid. S2... FD2 with deployable sniffers? Maybe minelayer? CB pls

# ? Jul 30, 2017 08:14

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

Apparently MO won Interplanetario. Clearly the player base is full of shitters and pano is op

# ? Jul 30, 2017 18:29

Under 15: Jan 6, 2005; Mr. Helsbecter will you please stop shooting I am on the phone

Flipswitch posted:

Apparently MO won Interplanetario. Clearly the player base is full of shitters and pano is op

I wonder how that happened. In my meta, MO is like the weakest, most miserable thing. Usually the knights don't even manage to do anything, let alone have any orders left over to score objectives.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 18:45

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

A good player is all the variance you need sometimes, but also the Interplanetary missions were very kill-focused missions, where MO does well.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 19:16

KPC_Mammon: Jan 23, 2004; Ready for the fashy circle jerk

Under 15 posted:

I wonder how that happened. In my meta, MO is like the weakest, most miserable thing. Usually the knights don't even manage to do anything, let alone have any orders left over to score objectives.

Order Sergeants and Joan are the real reason to play MO from what I can tell.

Edit: Was this the tournament that determines who gets ALIVE? I was really hoping they'd get sepsidored by CA, but I suppose PanO could use a decent hacker.

KPC_Mammon fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Jul 30, 2017

# ? Jul 30, 2017 19:16

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

The winner gets to choose.

He should go for the gentlemans option, CA, so nobody gets them.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 19:25

KPC_Mammon: Jan 23, 2004; Ready for the fashy circle jerk

Flipswitch posted:

The winner gets to choose.

He should go for the gentlemans option, CA, so nobody gets them.

MO probably makes the best use of a cheap irregular hacker, so good for them actually having a chance to get it.

Could you imagine the tears if the winner didn't pick PanO/MO?

# ? Jul 30, 2017 20:31

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

Id love it. The forum is full of entitled man children complaining their factions didn't get anything despite all getting big army boxes this year and new profiles. It's amazing.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 20:32

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

SP has the most redundancy with Alive, right? I'm just sayin', you really want to piss everyone off...

# ? Jul 30, 2017 20:38

KPC_Mammon: Jan 23, 2004; Ready for the fashy circle jerk

Sepsidored KHD in CA. The finest insult.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 20:46

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

I wanted to see someone field the entire group, win the tournament, then when asked for faction choice say "gently caress it, Alive are cancer, remove them from game forever".

# ? Jul 30, 2017 20:54

KPC_Mammon: Jan 23, 2004; Ready for the fashy circle jerk

I keep wondering if ALIVE's primary purpose was to get as many people using the hacking and holoprojector rules as possible to find out where those rules breakdown and fail prior to the next book where they can be revamped if necessary.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 21:48

S.J.: May 19, 2008; Just who the hell do you think we are?

Were they waiting until this to make the models for them? I thought there was some fluff for the ALIVE group on CB's main page but I haven't been able to find it since they did their redesign a little bit ago.

# ? Jul 30, 2017 22:03

Pidgin Englishman: Apr 30, 2007; If you shoot
you better hit your mark

Apparently there was a 10 order SP list in around 4th, and there was certainly a 10 order vanilla pano list in 10th (at least, for 4/5 games - squallo, tik, Joan)

# ? Jul 30, 2017 23:21

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

S.J. posted:

Were they waiting until this to make the models for them? I thought there was some fluff for the ALIVE group on CB's main page but I haven't been able to find it since they did their redesign a little bit ago.

I think so, tbh there are plenty of poo poo to do not counting a merc hacker team so I don't think anyone has really wanted them to do them sooner you know?

KPC_Mammon posted:

I keep wondering if ALIVE's primary purpose was to get as many people using the hacking and holoprojector rules as possible to find out where those rules breakdown and fail prior to the next book where they can be revamped if necessary.

The holoechoes rule does a good job of baffling the poo poo out of people already, there's so much stuff attached to it and a lot of people don't realise. It's a wicked fun rule though.

Pidgin Englishman posted:

Apparently there was a 10 order SP list in around 4th, and there was certainly a 10 order vanilla pano list in 10th (at least, for 4/5 games - squallo, tik, Joan)

This was my mate Peter (v good UK player), I'll badger him on his list in a while.

Some WIP progress on this little fucker, still got a bit of work to do on him but he's getting there slowly!

# ? Jul 30, 2017 23:42

Cat Face Joe: Feb 20, 2005; goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes

It was announced a ways back that only one ALIVE member would "survive" the season.

Here are the supposed lists that won.

Liste ft
───────

GROUP 1

KNIGHT HOSPITALLER Doctor (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 37)

KNIGHT HOSPITALLER HMG / Pistol, AP CCW. (2 | 41)

MAGISTER KNIGHT Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 22)

FUSILIER Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10)

FUSILIER Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10)

SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration, Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27)

PATHFINDER DRONBOT Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16)

SPEC. SERGEANT Combi Rifle + AUXBOT_1 / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17)

AUXBOT_1 Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse. (- | 4)

GROUP 2

SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 33)

SIERRA DRONBOT HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25)

FUSILIER Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18)

5 SWC | 300 Points

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Liste ft bis
───────

GROUP 1

KNIGHT HOSPITALLER HMG / Pistol, AP CCW. (2 | 41)

KNIGHT HOSPITALLER Doctor (MediKit) MULTI Rifle / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 41)

MAGISTER KNIGHT Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 22)

FUSILIER Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10)

FUSILIER Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 10)

SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration, Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27)

SPEC. SERGEANT Combi Rifle + AUXBOT_1 / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17)

AUXBOT_1 Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse. (- | 4)

TRAUMA-DOC (Father-Doctor) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 14)

PALBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3)

GROUP 2

SPEC. SERGEANT (CH: TO Camouflage, Infiltration) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 33)

BLACK FRIAR MULTI Sniper, Nanopulser / Pistol, CC Weapon. (1.5 | 30)

TECH-BEE (Remote Assistant Level 1, Specialist Operative) Flash Pulse / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 5)

WARCOR (Aerocam) Flash Pulse / Stun Pistol, Knife. (0 | 3)

5 SWC | 300 Points

Open in Infinity Army

# ? Jul 31, 2017 00:19

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

Flipswitch posted:

Some WIP progress on this little fucker, still got a bit of work to do on him but he's getting there slowly!

Great looking tinbot. Now paint a unidron :v:

# ? Jul 31, 2017 02:01

Pyrolocutus: Feb 5, 2005; Shape of Flame

Any KR Multicase aficionados know any good tray codes for trays that fit bikers but also sit low enough that you don't end up with a bunch of vertical dead space? This would be the Haqq complement of bikers, no doubling up on Kum.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 02:16

w00tmonger: Mar 9, 2011; F-F-FRIDAY NIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS

What's A good 150 point aleph list for recon. I have the starter box, support box, teucer, and an ekdromos

# ? Aug 1, 2017 19:38

KPC_Mammon: Jan 23, 2004; Ready for the fashy circle jerk

w00tmonger posted:

What's A good 150 point aleph list for recon. I have the starter box, support box, teucer, and an ekdromos

I find making recon lists really difficult because you never have enough points to make a well rounded force. Last night I played two matches of Recon's Frontline with Onyx (first time playing them) and took the following:

Onyx RECON! (No Hacking)
──────────────────────────────────────────────────

RODOK Lieutenant Combi Rifle, 2 Light Shotguns / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 26)

RODOK Combi Rifle, 2 Light Shotguns / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 26)

RODOK Paramedic (MediKit) Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21)

XEODRON Red Fury, Blitzen / Heavy Pistol. (1 | 59)

STALDRON Flash Pulse / Knife. (0 | 0)

IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9)

IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9)

2 SWC | 150 Points

Open in Infinity Army

I did really well, going 10-0 against Neoterra and 4-1 against Corregidor, but I didn't feel like I had any good answers to a Gecko parked halfway up the field in suppressive fire.

Going second really hurt because I lacked any decent passive AROs, which wouldn't have been as much of an issue if I had the tools to dislodge the aforementioned Gecko.

Mines are amazing in Recon due to the size of the map. It is nearly impossible for your opponent to avoid them. I'd consider a minelayer Naga depending on the mission.

What mission are you playing, by the way? You don't need any specialists for a number of them, so that is a huge consideration for list building.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 23:12

w00tmonger: Mar 9, 2011; F-F-FRIDAY NIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS

Not sure on missions, things have been pretty fast and loose so far

# ? Aug 1, 2017 23:18

Flipswitch: Mar 30, 2010

Don't think I've ever played Recon, any good?

# ? Aug 1, 2017 23:47

w00tmonger: Mar 9, 2011; F-F-FRIDAY NIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS

Flipswitch posted:

Don't think I've ever played Recon, any good?

From what I've gathered they've basically tightened up the rules for really low point play. You more or less Play on half a board so density wise the game plays choose to a full 300 pointer. The group here is doing it so noobies like me can get familiar with the rules without being overwhelmed.

I think it works to be honest, and it has the side effect of needing half as many tables to get games going

# ? Aug 1, 2017 23:56

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

It's a pretty good option for newer players, and for folks who've got more experience it can be a fun option for a bunch of quick little games if you're getting bored of ITS.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 00:21

Pidgin Englishman: Apr 30, 2007; If you shoot
you better hit your mark

I really enjoy recon, but it changes list building heavily. If you're not prepared for everything being in 24" you'll have a bad day.

It makes for quick, sharp little games and you can comfortably squeeze 3 into an afternoon.

Another good option for quick games that still have punch is 200pt limited insertion. You can run a 3 round tourney of that in 6-7 hours really comfortably, meaning everyone goes home feeling good (not exhausted as buggery) and it just squeezes in around normal weekend stuff.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 02:30

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

I painted some dudes for friends. I grabbed an Onyx box while it was on sale, and I'm kinda thinking I might actually paint it myself at this stage. That black metallic looks like a cool color to start from. Do something similar for the drones, flat black and camo for the morats, mix metallic and flat for the Umbra, mebbe.