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Corrode posted:Yeah I was playing like once a month or so and barely knew what was happening which made it hard to keep focused on. Plus yeah like other people have said, the models don't really grab me - I had PanOceania stuff and there's a bunch of things which I find conceptually cool but nothing makes me go PAINT THIS RIGHT NOW. Infinity is a complex game. I play it in tournaments, which I'd rather not do with 40k. It is definitely a game which rewards expertise and accumulated experience of all the tricks, tactics and strategies that can be played. Honestly I think it's he best of its type by a mile. Obviously if the minis don't grab you there's not much to do about it, we can only do what we're genuinely enthused about.
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Pierzak posted:If you have the terrain to play Infinity correctly, why would you want to play 40k? An army of delightful plastic soldiers in easy to paint bold colors! Honestly, the scale is a big part. Infinity is great, but once your list gets lots of activations it becomes two dozen Scots praying until their power causes US Werewolf to change into a DBZ character. Having opponents is nice too!
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Lord_Hambrose posted:it becomes two dozen Scots praying until their power causes US Werewolf to change into a DBZ character.  Maybe I need to give Infinity a second look.
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Pendent posted:
That explanation is an exaggeration of how the Ariadna faction plays. But only a slight exaggeration.
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JoshTheStampede posted:That explanation is an exaggeration of how the Ariadna faction plays. Cheerleaders for the win.
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JoshTheStampede posted:That explanation is an exaggeration of how the Ariadna faction plays. I think this is something which some players/groups do experience in Infinity (for the uninitiated, in very simple terms you start each turn with one activation for each of your models on the board. A single model can be activated any number of times. So if you have 10 scrubs and 1 powerful piece, it can make sense to pour your entire turn into that model, activating it 11 times) This is basically stopped dead by the missions. Infinity has a full suite of tournament missions, around 16 I think, updated yearly. These can be played at a range of point levels. Some are wholly based on achieving non-offensive objectives, in some killing your opponent's army is an objective in itself (major or minor), some missions are a mix. Board position is enormously important in Infinity and I have never known really good players to excessively emphasise one model as their only attacking piece.
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Genghis Cohen posted:I think this is something which some players/groups do experience in Infinity I didn't mean it as an insult. I play Ariadna. 
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So prices on eBay are super ridiculous and I live nowhere near a GW store, I don't suppose there's anyone who would be willing to ship a poor goon a store birthday primary captain? I'm happy to pay 35-50 bucks shipped. (i'm assuming msrp is 35 like most characters). I figure if I'm gonna pay markup I'd rather pay it to some goon ham than an rear end in a top hat on ebay (not that those are necessarily mutually exclusive).
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bonds0097 posted:So prices on eBay are super ridiculous and I live nowhere near a GW store, I don't suppose there's anyone who would be willing to ship a poor goon a store birthday primary captain? I'm happy to pay 35-50 bucks shipped. (i'm assuming msrp is 35 like most characters). If my store lets me get 2, the birthday is tomorrow. I'll ship you one.
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Booley posted:If my store lets me get 2, the birthday is tomorrow. I'll ship you one. That would be awesome, PM me if the store is amenable. :p
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JoshTheStampede posted:I didn't mean it as an insult. I play Ariadna. No, it's cool, I just have heard of/talked with people who dumped the game because they couldn't process that kind of thing. Didn't want anyone to miss out or get scared away from a cool game!
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I grew up in the area near 50 and 197, and it's a pretty nice town. The limits don't even reach 495 so I have no idea where you're thinking of, but I agree there are definitely some unpleasant parts of PG County near the beltway. I think the east side of town closer to Lanham is a lot different , either that or that part of my family was trash. Even odds on both.
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I have tried a few games over the years to experience cleaner rules and more competitive atmospheres. From the beginning of the match I felt like I was under the gun and in a weird way the outcome would determine if I was smart or dumb. They felt more like a dry game of chess than a tabletop fantasy/sci-fi game. These complaints also kept me from playing most RTS multiplayer matches back in the day, I would just have more fun playing the campaigns and not put myself in a battle of wits with another person. 40k games feel like campaign games of command a conquer is what I'm trying to say. Great 40k games can be close, but there is something about the beer and pretzels mechanics that, for me, hits the balance just right. We are not playing to see who is better than the other, we are just playing the game and enjoying the ride. Also no one in my area plays these other games anyway...
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WhiteOutMouse posted:Also no one in my area plays these other games anyway... You live across the street from one of the largest Mantic communities in the US, Tampa was one of the two places that Guild Ball grew out of, and Serenity Games has a sizable Malifaux community.
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40k is Yahtzee, Infinity is Risk.
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Infinity is literally Valkyria Chronicles.
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MasterSlowPoke posted:You live across the street from one of the largest Mantic communities in the US, Tampa was one of the two places that Guild Ball grew out of, and Serenity Games has a sizable Malifaux community. I'm in Orlando and I had no idea they were out of Tampa. AFAIK nobody here plays it, at least not in stores.
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JoshTheStampede posted:40k games are command and conquer. Infinity is Xcom or Frozen Synapse. 40k is Heavy Metal 2000
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JoshTheStampede posted:It is most definitely not a game you can play half-heartedly, I find. It's maybe my favorite game, but it requires a lot more mental energy. I can't just beer and pretzels it when I am drunk or want to relax like I can with 40k. Agree completely. It is not a "chill out" game. I love Infinity, but if I am tired its the last thing I want to play. moths posted:I'd be a lot more excited about Infinity if my figures would stay glued together. Some of the Infinity sculpts are absolutely torture to assemble. Particularly some of the drones and female minis with arms the size of a toothpick sticking out horizontally, with a join the size of a needle head.
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Der Waffle Mous posted:Infinity is literally Valkyria Chronicles. Does that make 40k Fire Emblem?
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What's a good source for Guard plasmas? I need like, 8, and unsurprisingly bitz sites are light on stock.
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Corrode posted:What's a good source for Guard plasmas? I need like, 8, and unsurprisingly bitz sites are light on stock. They also have a similar 5-pack of meltas. Used to be metal, is now resin, so it's trivial to just cut the grip off and attach it to one of the several guardsmen arms that are holding a detached grip.
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 Super chuffed with how my nurgle boy test model is coming along, still got some cleaning up to do and highlighting the armour, but it's so far so good! Can't believe how far I'm coming along with my painting too, a while back I wouldn't have dared trying armour trims! Tiger Millionaire fucked around with this message at 12:33 on Sep 23, 2017 |
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Groetgaffel posted:https://www.games-workshop.com/en-AU/Space-Marine-Plasma-Guns Didn't think of these but that will work perfectly, thanks. Tiger Millionaire posted:
Needs a timg. Cool dude though.
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Corrode posted:GW's licensing team is at it again: I would play the gently caress out of this if it wasn't just a Halloween event.
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World of tanks but just 40k and 30k vehicles would be bad-rear end as gently caress
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bonds0097 posted:That would be awesome, PM me if the store is amenable. :p I've ordered 2 from the store. They don't stock them, so it'll take a week to come in.
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Do the FW Index knights work with the Admech Codex as written? They have IMPERIUM, QUESTOR IMPERIALIS, <HOUSEHOLD> and I'm trying to figure out if this is the book I'd buy for Admech aligned house Taranis. Or are house knights are their own thing that'll get covered later and I'd stick with the index?
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moths posted:Do the FW Index knights work with the Admech Codex as written? They have IMPERIUM, QUESTOR IMPERIALIS, <HOUSEHOLD> and I'm trying to figure out if this is the book I'd buy for Admech aligned house Taranis. Or are house knights are their own thing that'll get covered later and I'd stick with the index? Taranis is an AdMech aligned house and is in the new AdMech codex. They have a like 4 pages worth of Mechanicus Aligned Knight Houses.
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Oh poo poo, ok looks like I'm buying the new book. Thanks!
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Black_Nexus posted:World of tanks but just 40k and 30k vehicles would be bad-rear end as gently caress Good news! https://wotblitz.com/en/news/pc-browser/news/warhammer-40000/
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That's their lovely mobile game though, right?
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Close, it's the console only version.
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So I've been trying to chaos up a leviathan dread I bought for my Emperor's Children army. First time working with greenstuff too. Should I leave the banner, or ditch it? If I leave it in might try to magnetized it so I don't snap it off.   
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