Infinity General: Miles Christi Edition

Infinity is a 28mm scale futuristic skirmish game by Corvus Belli where love is a battlefield.

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Do you plan on playing generic Nomads or Corregidor? Because the answer changes depending on this.
But you can never go wrong with an Intruder with a heavy weapon. And Lupe is already there to provide smoke for him. That is unless you want to play a heavy TAG.
For generic Nomads, Interventors. For Corregidor, Bandits and Morans or Mobile Brigada for the Brigada Pain Train.

I don't know. I bought the half set from ice storm, is that bakunin or coridor?
The intruder should be with a HMG or is the sniper one better?

Are the moiras and riot girls any good?

You should check the tactica in the OP.

The Icestorm half is 3 Algauciles, 1 Spektr, 1 Grenzer, 1 Brigada and 1 Healer. The Algauciles and the girl with the dragon (Lupe) as well as Brigada are all Corregidor, which is why I'm asking. Algauciles and Lupe work great when linked. But if you want to use everything you have, go for vanilla Nomads. Only the Healer is Bakunin.

Moiras and Riot Grrls are much better when playing Bakunin than in vanilla due to the link team rule. Read up on it on wiki. However playing Bakunin means you would lose access to Brigada, Algauciles, Grenzer and some more units. Both Moiras and Riot Grrls can work for low point games though.

As for the Intruder, it's a matter of preference. The HMG one is more aggressive and the Sniper more defensive, although you can still use him to great effect in active turn (and you have the bonus of outranging nearly everyone). The Grenzer works similar to a sniper Intruder and I recommend using him at first to get a good grasp of the rules. Unlike Intruder, Grenzer can also bring a Missile Launcher though, good if you find yourself facing a TAG or Achilles.

Note that Infinity communities are usually lax about proxying, especially to new players. So no one should be angry if you use Algauciles as Moderators or one Intruder as the other. And Grenzer does not even have any other sculpts, so you can use him as any kind of Grenzer.

ITS rules updated.
Here's the craziest part of the update.

Ok so I'll play cordigor first. So the first buy should be intruders?

The alguacils are suppose to be in a link, and my Lt should be the Mobi Brigada.

I looked for an infinity wiki, but all were about cars, do you maybe have a link to the table top game one?

Wonder how long it'll be for all the pilots to get models now, we know Combined is getting theirs (except the avatar one) next month so maybe we wont have to wait 10 fucking years.

Got some more loving on the old Space Werewolf, gussying up his mane a bit.

All the links are in the OP of this thread. They are always there.
Yeah, get an Intruder or use the Grenzer as one. Remember the thing about proxying.

And remember that Nomads in general are not that great in fair fights. So never fight fair. The Smoke + Intruder combo is a common one, but it works wonders.

I would suggest playing "vanilla" nomads for a while before worrying about doing a sectorial (corregidor). There are a lot of rules to learn starting out, so just keep things simple and avoid link teams.

That said, intruders are one of the best strikers in the game, and jaguars are some of the best value troops available. Tomcats are very flexible, and Moran maasai and bandits are good midfield skirmishers.

Don't worry too much about optimizing things to begin with, just play around with what you have and proxy to try different things. After a while you'll start seeing problems and solutions.

Where is the airadna love?

>all this cool new stuff

Now I feel sad for playing Arianda. I wish I could at least field the Anaconda qt, but all I have is a shitty Scarface.

>Crabbot has shitty WIP and high BS
>no actual BS weapons

Okay, this is silly.
I hope that at least it actually holds a knife in one of it's appendages, like pic related.

Check Bit&KISS,Cypher and Switch. Ariadna has AHDs now.

Love make you weak, Ariadnan brothers.

Like the pink, but my autism is triggered when display groups fail to represent feasible lists.

The crabbot also has a flash pulse. So that pic needs a laser shooped into the other claw that the crab uses to blind people.

Strangest thing is that not even the Combined Army are this savage, no knives on their remote pilots.

I am kind of a limited by cash, so optimisation of the stuff I buy is kind of a important. I realy can't spend cash on models I wont be using.

And now I just noticed I can't use 2 of the models from the nomad starter ;/ . I was thinking about buying the sectorial one, but it has the wrong models too. Tomcats and hellcats, and an Intruder with a wrong weapon.
So I guess have to go with blisters.
An intruder with a hmg, a moran. but I don't know which one I should take the boarding shotgun or the combi rifle one, and bandit.

It would give me something like this
3xalguacil
1xintruder hmg
1xmoran
1xMobile brigada Lt

and a spekter and grenzer I can't use.
what is stranger is that I can't find any blisters for algucils. I wanted to run 5 man link, but they only seem to have a big 4 model box, the same with jaguars. I want one, but I could only find a 4 man box. Is that like the norm in infinity that you have to buy 4-5 man boxs to get a single model?

Ah and how many models do I need for a general size army? 8-10, or is 6 enough.

Raicho pilot isn't a Morat?

Just start reading the rules. Check the links, the wiki and army builder.

Starting armies (or ones for fast games) are usually 150-200pts, normal games 300pts. You should always try to have at least 10 units.

That's why people are saying you should start with normal Nomads, to use the Spektr and Grenzer too.

Just use what you already have.

Also, you have the Spec-Ops model, right? Spec-Ops have special rules and not everyone agrees to play with them, but the model can also be used as an universal proxy. In other words, you are officially allowed to use that guy as a Zero, Prowler, Moderator, Bandit, second Spektr, fifth Alguacil, whatever. As long as it's Silhouette 2 (the standard human size).

I'm not progressed enough in the hobby to be thinking about ITS and stuff, but this piques my interest.

ITS are, like, official tournament rules, right?
So what is this? A lasting cross-field update of several units that will also stay true after the tournament?

How long does a tournament season last?

>(except the avatar one)
I wouldn't be surprised if it were included in the box. 1 S2 and 1 S1 to a box is laughable.

Also, crabbot is literally cancer.

A new age has dawned.

It's Milites Christi you faggot.

I have a dire foes model. sold the aleph model and the civilian that is why I have some money to buy stuff. I thought I could buy a blister or two, but it seems like all models are in 4-5 man boxs. I need one algucil with a hmg, to get him I would have to buy a big box. I want one jaguar, and again I could find them only in a 4 man box. Now I could be wrong all of this, but it seems kind of a bad for someone who doesn't want to buy multiple models.

And I did read the wiki, It seems like the starter buy requires the buying of 5-6 boxs, but only the use of 1/3 of the models.

Just play vanilla Nomads. They can use all the models and are just as good. No links but you get to field multiple gimmicks at once. Proxy the Grenzer as an Intruder because a) Grenzers are balls and b) the more expensive model means you'll be more elite and easily able to field 10 model lists. Proxy the spec ops as whatever - it's the sanctioned universal proxy miniature. You can field:

2 Alguacil FOs
Alguacil hacker
Spektr hacker
Brigada
Healer (+bots)
Intruder
Lupe (throws smoke in front of Intruder)

Leaves you about 80 points. So grab another heavy infantry with a special weapon on it, whatever model you like, then field the spec ops as whatever fills the leftover points efficiently.

You'll want two or three other minis to switch out of your list and keep regular opponents guessing, but that should be fine.

Yeah, ITS are official tournament rules. They affect causal games too, as their changes are reflected in Army Builder. For example, right now every army has access to Scarface, when in previous season only Qapu Khalki had him.

ITS scenarios are the most common way of playing the game. Not like actual tournaments, but the scenarios described are interesting and varied enough to be the preferred way of playing the game. Some people complain that they put too much emphasis on specialists, but there are enough non-specialist scenarios in it to make it not entirely true IMO.

Today was an update that made all TAG pilots specialists and gave them more weapons. Also new characters have appeared, the ALIVE Anti-Establishment Group. Right now every faction except Combined Army can take them, but apparently after this season ends they will be permanently tied to a single faction.

Current ITS season ends at the end of July, when Interplanetario happens. It's the biggest Infinity tournament.

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What have they done?

What is a healer(+bots) ? I don't have that model. I have 3 algucils, the mobile brigada, lupe balboa, spekter and grenzer . I have cash enough to buy 2 blisters .

Wait, if you split the Icestorm starter with someone, you should have a Reverend Healer model. This chick.
The bots refer to the G: Servants you can find in the Support Pack. Leave those for now, you will get them later when you have the money, if at all (I use the Zondcat from Tomcats box instead, because I got the catgirl Daktari and I never use Clockmakers).

I know this all sounds confusing, but Infinity is pretty complicated. Have you played Icestorm missions yet? Try playing with what you already have, make a 150pts or a 200pts army out of it in the Army Builder. Then decide which units you like and what you need.

nice, thx for the thorough explanation user

The Karkatta is also a knife-wielding crab. But unlike Crabbot it has WIP13, making it actually good at clicking consoles and blinding people.
I know PanO whining has become a meme at this point, but what the hell CB. Couldn't this Crabbot have WIP 11 or a Pistol at least? What's the point of higher BS on a model that literally can't shoot? Was it designed by Teutons or something?

Sorry dude, I thought you might have the bonus Reverend Healer packaged with the starter, but forget it. You can already play low points levels. If you want to go to 300pts for a big game you probably need three more units of about 40 points average and some big guns. The best ratio of $ : points is surely Intruder HMG, also an amazing unit. Riot Grrl/Prowler Spitfire, another Spektr or a Custodier would also be good choices.

Damn, they need to update the app then. Can't seem to find anything new there.

It always takes them a while to update it.

>Gecko pilots now akimbo Assault Pistols
Sweet.

didn;t get this model. I only got the ones that are in the starter, he wanted a lot of money for that model. So I didn't buy it. I have not played the missions as we are only starting the game.
And it is odd, because no one else seems to have such problems. My friends started ariadna and aleph, and they use all their models, and seem to be doing fine with 2-3 blisters.
Now my knowladge about infinity is as limited as it can be considering my noob status. But it looks like the nomad faction requires someone to buy multiple boxs and use 1-2 models out of 4-5 inside. I can be wrong, but I am getting he feeling.

If you're playing with an Ariadna player who's using less than 10 models, then you're at low point levels and might not need to buy much at all

Those damn spaniards did it on purpose.

>he wanted a lot of money for that model
What a chode.

>My friends started ariadna and aleph, and they use all their models, and seem to be doing fine with 2-3 blisters.
ALEPH is an elite faction that uses very few models. On the other hand Ariadna uses a ton of models, so they are probably just learning the game with whatever they have, balance be damned. Maybe you should too.

Check this list. Starter, Lupe and Intruder, 200pts.

>higher BS
But the crab's BS is 10, just like all the others. It's CC is 12 because CRAB BATTLE

>I have not played the missions as we are only starting the game
Yeah, but Icestorm has tutorial mission that teach you the game step by step. Ask the Icestorm guy to play those together.

Shit, I did not notice that. It makes it even dumber. I thought it had BS 12 to explain how PanO TAGs have higher BS, but now it's just a strictly worse Karkata. I guess higher crab WIP is counted into Marut's overall point cost.

What does crabbot look like?

how big is it?

can I spam them?


also has this cool thing gotten a new model yet?

>What does crabbot look like?

God, I hope so.

kekamundo gigante

If I had any thunderbolts I would make a casting of their heads and make this

any ideas for what comes in the icestrom box? I don't have any pano besides that and a limited Joan.

It's the pano starter, so 3 fusiliers a Khalis Sikh commando and a nisse sniper. Plus a father knight.

You forgot the ORC.
That's okay tho...

No I mean, what can I make a mold out of those parts in order to cast my own crabbots enmasse?

Take ORC head (or Father-Knight head for the Seraph Crabbot) and the "bunny ears" PanO has a ton of, for legs. You'd need to find the knife in a another set though. I recommend Bagh-Mari, for that sweet icepick grip.

Oh fuck. I did, whoops.

HAHAHA! PanO got new options boyz.

Could you guys at least spell Ariadna right if you love it so much?

Aiarnda 4 lyfe!

Why is CB getting rid of the cheesecake? Cheesecake and dudes in bodysuits set the game aesthetic apart from just dudes and chicks in sci-fi bodysuits

Trash teir bait dude.

Because sex sells and sensible sexy don't trigger autists.

They're getting rid of the cheesecake? Literally this month it's one, and next month it's two cheesecake releases, the Tech-bee and Guijia pilot.

shasvastii cheesecake when?

Try harder.

he is in another city. So I don't realy have the option to get anything from him.
my friend bought the aleph starter, and the trasimedes, some sort of Lt an some other model I can't remember. My other friend got a starter, Russian spetznaz and a blister that had 2 dudes in it.
they use all models, and all models are legal to take.

I checked the wiki and it says stuff like. Take one wildcat engineer. Box has 4. Take a jaguar. box has 4. A ton of take this lunohod which is in a box, take this model from that box. I think only the intruders and morans are in blisters.

Help, anons! I'm about to start painting an O-Yoroi and could really need a guide for painting white! Am seasoned, know techniques, not experienced with white, need step-by-step guide to take my hand, can anyone recommend something?

I have tons of knife bitz left over from other games, Malifaux included. Might check that guy out though....


THe ORC would be a prime candidate because of his sculpt being mold friendly -- sans ears.

The ears can be easily cloned, or I can fabricate my own outta greenstuff and plasticard.
You know... on second thought, I might be able to clone these legs (or just model the tiny ones off of them. These are big enough for a packmule.

BTW how big is the ACTUAL crabbot?

Silhouette 1, so servant bot sized. That bionicle would be too big

>I checked the wiki and it says stuff like. Take one wildcat engineer. Box has 4. Take a jaguar. box has 4. A ton of take this lunohod which is in a box, take this model from that box. I think only the intruders and morans are in blisters.
Well, that's something to consider after you get more familiar with the game.
It is true that a lot of good stuff comes in boxes. Jaguars have a 4 man box, because you can link them in Corregidor (although you need Massacre for that, and don't bother with him now). Wildcats are 3 in the starter box for the same reason Algauciles are, they are supposed to be "the basic trooper" for Corregidor. Although with them you have the option of a single HRL or Spitfire Wildcat blister (don't bother for generic Nomads with them though). In the long run boxes are cheaper (per model) than blisters, but I can see why it might not look so for someone new.

Nomads have a ton of single blisters though: Daktari, Alguacil Hacker, Reverend Healer (different pose from the Icestorm one), Bandits, Spektr, Prowlers, Zeros, Carlotta Kowalsky... There's even a single Interventor still on sale. It's old and has no Panda, but it exists. And as I said, what you already have should be enough to learn the game with. Save your money for now, and when you have more and know how the game plays, then buy a Jaguar box or Remotes or Support Pack or whatever else you'd like.

Thing is I can't play right now, both of my friends have 200pts armies that work. And my is some kind of random models. I don't understand why they put models people won't use in to a starter box.

Maybe I'll sells them and try a different factions. Nomads seem popular, but to me they seem to suck collection wise. What faction uses all models from their starters ?

The Crabbot doesn't need BS if he has nogunz. These Remote Pilots aren't actually pilots - simply an auxiliary drone that they can detach from the unmanned TAG to press buttons that the TAGs can't do themselves because their thumbs are too big.

And of course it's a worse Krakata, the same way the Scindron is worse than Staldron. Both of the more advanced Remote Pilots are a part of the Marut and Avatar respectively, much more advanced TAGs with way more computing power to devote to a small detachable auxiliary unit.

>I don't understand why they put models people won't use in to a starter box.
What you don't understand is how the game plays.
Try being less impatient and learn the actual rules. Nomad starter is fine. As presented here you can actually use all models in the starter box. I know what I'm saying, because I play Nomads myself. I moved onto Corregidor (because I like the "cats" theme), but I've used every single model from the starter box.

Also here's another thing: you can switch lists up. In one game you may decide you want 2 Algauciles and 2 Jaguars, but in another you may want to use only 1 Jaguar and 3 Algauciles instead, because you want Paramedics and Forward Observers rather than Smoke and Martial Arts. People don't stick to one list all their life. In fact in tournaments you are allowed to bring two lists, just as long as both are from the same army/sectorial.

It's kind of like when playing RPGs, one time you want to play a two-sword elven ranger, another time an archer human ranger. You have options.

you can actually use all models in the starter box. I know what I'm saying, because I play Nomads myself. I moved onto Corregidor (because I like the "cats" theme), but I've used every single model from the starter box.

Ok color me stupid, but how do you use grentzers or spekters? Because am looking at the list builder, maybe it is the wrong one or an old one. But neither are is in the model list.

> People don't stick to one list all their life. In fact in tournaments you are allowed to bring two lists, just as long as both are from the same army/sectorial.

From what I talked with people playing at my store, all games are with one list. I do not know about, tournaments as it will take a long time till I get to 300pts. I have seen people own two armies from different factions.

>Ok color me stupid, but how do you use grentzers or spekters? Because am looking at the list builder, maybe it is the wrong one or an old one. But neither are is in the model list.
Are you looking at the Nomad or the Corregidor list? Because Grenzers and Spektrs are not in Corregidor, but they are in generic Nomads army.

In generic armies you can't use Link teams, but you can use every unit for the army there is. So you can mix Corregidor, Bakunin and Tunguska models, instead of being limited to either Tunguska or Corregidor. And it works wonders for Nomads.

In the Army Builder click the "Nomads" tab at the top instead of the ones below it.

Do you guys varnish/clearcoat your minis, or just leave them with paint as the last later?

thin your paints.
No, more.
More.
MORE.
Okay, so they're thin as fuck now.
Start with a medium blue-grey.
now do it again.
and again.
Nice solid colour? okay, now do a lighter grey.
And again.
AGAIN.
Now a lighter one.
And again.
And again.
Okay, now the lightest grey you have.
And again.
And again.
Okay, now put a tiny amount of white on the edges.
Done.

Ok, but what sense is there in playing normal nomads. Everyone here says that normal lists are inefficient compering to most specialized lists.
All people that play nomads here told me to stay away from the normal list, because it is, their words not my, bad.
I though that when you said you switched that there was somehow a way to use those models.

I don't understand something. I noticed that there is a cordigidor starter box, but it has wild cats and hellcats inside, and the intruder has a combi rifle. the only unit mentined as being as always included in the sector lis is the lone algucile. So they somehow manged to make the sectorial worse to start with, then the starter that has 2 dead models. I find it kind of a strange, but again I just started, maybe it makes sense if someone plays longer.

Gloss coat, then matt coat. Gloss protects, matt makes them look sensible. Be warned, matt varnish dulls colours slightly.

>Ok, but what sense is there in playing normal nomads.
1. Tunguska Interventors. They're the best hackers in the game.
2. Spektrs. They are the only Nomad TO Camo units.
3. Various units playing off each other strengths. Like those afore mentioned Interventors, they really like Repeaters, as Repeaters increase their hacking range. Corregidor Morans carry Repeaters on their backs. In Corregidor there aren't many good hackers, but in vanilla there are, so Morans are actually better outside Corregidor.
Or take your Intruder amigo. Instead of having smoke thrown by a 10pts Jaguar, he can have one thrown by a 6pts Bakunin Morlock.
That also means you can spread your Algauciles, making them more effective corner guards. When linked they are more dangerous, but they need to be close together – and there's nothing an enemy Yuan Yuan or biker with a Chain Rifle loves more than bunched up models.

Basically it's a trade-off.
And it's true for all armies. Last year Interplanetario was won by generic ALEPH, without any link teams. It used both Post-Humans and Achilles.
And today generic ALEPH kicked my Corregidor ass.

And yeah, the Corregidor starter is kind of jank. In the 1d4chan tactica page it is mentioned that you should only ever buy it if you want to run Wildcats. They're my favourite unit, but they aren't really anything to write home about.

Everyone can be wrong. Link teams are awesome, they can also be a massive vulnerability. The order efficiency of 5 alguacils looks less impressive when a EVO-guided Ekdromos costing 20 points kills 4 of them on turn one with his nanopulser. They can also be fiddly to move around the board.

And, especially when you switch lists between games, vanilla lists represent a metagame nightmare for the opponent. If Corregidor field 9 units, I know the missing guy is a Cat airdropping in and will cover my flanks. In vanilla it could also be a Spektr - I have to deploy expecting both. And in your local meta if your next opponent is sectorial that often means you can tailor your list against them. Not so long ago we had a new Phalanx player in here complaining that all the opponent were just spamming MSV snipers because you can be sure as hell to find soft pickings there.

>In vanilla it could also be a Spektr

Or a Meteor, dropping with a Repeater just beside your TAG or next to an Objective.
That's one of the things that is making me consider going back to vanilla Nomads.

I think I can work with that, thanks user.

I thought it was common courtesy to reveal your list? Hiding all private info, of course.

Existence of Camo/TO Camo and Airborne Deployment models *is* Private Info. Just like Lieutenant (although some are more obvious than others).
If your opponent knows your army, he can try to guess what you're hiding. But Tomcat Doctor, Hellcat with Boarding Shotgun, Meteor Zond and Killer Hacker Zero all cost 21-22pts, so it's a crapshoot. And if you're hiding more than one of them...

Hold in, same user here, just another quick question

I take one can't use washes to give White ( or very bright grey) some shading?

Whoa, there slow down. First off, there are no sectorial starter boxes that contains troops that the vanilla cannot. They may not be as useful in Vanilla or able to field as many of them.

The Bakunin and Corregidor starters are pretty good in that theyou don't run into that availability problem at all transferring into Vanilla.

Now the Icestorm starter has two models that you cannot take into Corregidor, but most people will not bat an eye if you use the Grenzer to proxy as the Intruder and the Spektr as a Bandit.

Second, anyone who says Vanilla Nomads isn't as strong as sectorial, does not know what they are talking about. Sectorials can be easier to learn because they provide focus and more obvious hammers. Vanilla, especially Nomads, has sheer breadth of tools and combinations of those tools. Yes they lose the movement efficiency of fireteams, but that stings less when all your specialists are already where they need to be.

Unfortunately for new players, getting there can be overwhelming. But when your Tomcat steals something under White Noise and your Szally opens up, nothing feels better.

I will admit the starter box as is, is going uphill against a similarly skilled opponent with a more finely tuned list, but it will teach you fundamentals and give you a basis to build from.

Is this a permanant change or just for season 8?

Why does the avatar need a pilot on the field? Its pilot is the EI, not some little robot in the danger zone. What happened to G:Mnemonica? The whole point of that skill was that it took over the mind of another soldier on the field so it could continue leading the fight in case of its current body getting destroyed.

The thing is I do not have the money to buy 3 starters to make one list. But lets say I pick vanila nomads, and ignore what people here say, about them. What should I buy to make the stuff I have right now work, on a comperable level of what my friends get with their lists?

As proxy goes, people here are ok with proxy models of models that do not exist, or are no longer produced. No one is going to let me play spekters as bandits, unless it is for esthetics aka I would have to buy the bandits anyway.

>No one is going to let me play spekters as bandits, unless it is for esthetics aka I would have to buy the bandits anyway.
Wut. What kind of autists are you playing with that require you to have a copy of a model that you are proxying for aesthetic purposes? That sounds fucking miserable, famalam. Especially when first starting off.

>The order efficiency of 5 alguacils looks less impressive when a EVO-guided Ekdromos costing 20 points kills 4 of them on turn one with his nanopulser. They can also be fiddly to move around the board.

I understand that game itself requires skill, I lack right now, and I also understand that links are not some golden bullet to kill everything. Or at least I hope there are no links that walk over whole other armies. And that isn't my problem, what is that the list I saw are either 20+ models which costs a lot, and requires multiple boxs of alguciles. Don't know if their are sectorial or not, did not ask, when I saw them played. Or they are smaller 12-14 models, but each of the versions have like single models from big boxs, and they run more alguicles then there are in the starter box too. In fact how do people get 7-8 combi weapon alguciles. Do they buy 2-3 starter sets, because I haven't seen any alguciles in blisters at my store.

They do not require it. They just do not care what model you use as long as you have bought the official model. If you have, am going to us a non infinity example, a jack X bought then you could as well play with the base and a paper stripe saying it is jack X, and aside for the store owner no one would care.

Okay, so you have the basic Nomad Starter and Lupe, right? And you also want single blisters, which is understandable.

You were already given one option: HMG Intruder blister and you're set, as this rounds you up to 200pts and gives you a tough doorkicker. I assume you will not be playing with hacking at first, because hacking is a lot to take in.

Another option is to take two Moran blisters. This brings you to a nice 199pts if you make them both Forward Observers or fewer, allowing you to make Algausiles FOs or Paramedics (there are no dedicated Paramedic and Forward Observer models, so any Alguacil will do). And also gives you the amusing option of fielding 4 Crazy Koalas. And you're at 9 Orders instead of 8, so it's a bit more efficient (and at that point and skill level Brigada is doorkicker enough).

How does that work?

That sounds dumb as hell, your Infinity community is shitty as fuck.

Why do they care whether you've bought the official model or not?

There are services that break up boxes and sell individual models out of them. In other cases, people will buy boxes even though they may only run one or two of those models in any given list, because flexibility is a huge asset.

Also in Limited Insertion, you cant use command tokens to strip 2 orders or limit coordinated orders

So what are your ideas to proxy Bit(+Kiss), Cypher, and Switch? I mean, the obvious answer could be interventors, but that's a box of two and dirty nomads. Plus it could be interesting if factional.

I'd probably use and interventor box and a Hafza anyways

I'm thinking some kind of kitbash of Authorized Bounty Hunter with Combi and a Nomad trooper, like a Prowler, Zero Hacker or Spec Ops, for Switch. Alternatively use a generic, featureless head to paint a skull over it. Or just use Spektr face.

This significantly alters my opinion and strategies of the game in limited insertion.

Tagline may not be the hero I deserve, but it's certainly the one I need. That's pretty dank.

What if one of them is revealed to be a qt catboy

That'll usually just make it look dirty and not white. Honestly, white's a bitch to paint. Your best bet is to look up youtube tutorials for it. Personally, I avoid it or use an airbrush.