Infinity General - Spooky Units edition

PanO ain't lying when it claims to be the TAG faction. Nomads and Combined Army are runners up in that regard.

Well, it's working.

When I played aleph I seldom played with my Marut, so I know what tricks players use to take out TAGs or just by pass them. I've won many games by just ignoring the tag

This is very true. Which is why you have to put it into a position where they have to deal with it or be at a disadvantage. Cutter, one of their tags, is good for playing the mind game. Though if you deploy it as a TO marker instead of hidden deployment, you are giving away what you are taking. Squalo is also good due to HGL, which means the opponent cannot really ignore it.

Luckily PanO has some pretty good basic troopers (mostly being the Fusilier) that can hold their own, but keep in mind that Wip is your major weak-point.

Even though it goes against my aleph ways I think I'll end up playing nomads. The new designs are beautiful, and I love to hack. As for the lore they're ok

>(mostly being the Fusilier)
Don't forget Regulars and Auxilia. PanO probably has the best basic troops in the game.

Auxilia yea...have no experience with Regulars since I do not have the Acon box yet. I say mostly Fusiliers in this case because he has a solid profile with relatively good choices of loadouts. Hell, a ML fusilier can be scary in its own right, but low wip means PanO is going to have an hard time with objectives.

shaasvastii update when? I want new minis for my aliens.

Why the change to shock? Seems like it wasn't needed and only makes new weird interactions.

Woah, what's new with Shock?

Deactivates Dogged/NWI on multiwound models, but still doesn't instakill. So if an Asura got hit twice with a shock gun, she'd lose the option to go into NWI and instead would go unconscious.

Su Jian is unaffected because STR and fuck you.

New FAQ. Shock, symbio bombs, and some coordinated order stuff.

>Deactivates Dogged/NWI on multiwound models
Does it? The Shock special effect doesn't apply to models with Wounds 2 or more, or Lo-Tech A or Inactive Symbiont Armour (as they count as multi-wound models), or units with STR. All mentioned in the same block of bullet points. Logically, either it would apply to all or none.

Since Shock's effects don't apply to Lo-Tech models in either their normal or their battle-damaged states, do they apply to models with Transformation like the Fraacta?

Don't tell me, I think it's stupid. The change is from the new FAQ.

Ah, by "Does it?" I mean permanently. Like if you take a wound from Shock, and then another from normal ammo, can you NWI/Dogged or not?

Oh yeah, guess I worded that poorly. It doesn't cause you to lose it permanently, but you can't activate it if the last wound you took was caused by shock.

Wait, so instead of just ignoring Dogged/NWI and putting them right to dead, it ignores Dogged/NWI and they are Unconscious?

That is weird they don't let Shock put multi-wound models to Dead if it is the last wound. It would make a lot of sense and I can't think of any way it would be game-breaking.

It also cans the SpawnEmbryo part of the Shasvastii skill.

Smart Missile Launcher and a bunch of Forward Observers/Spotlight Hackers, does it work or is it too clunky?

Well, it's more of a slightly weaker missile launcher and bunch of specialists with Flash pulses most of the time.

It's usable, but clunky. Very niche.

Smart missile launcher + satlock bot + EVO hacker, on the other hand, works beautifully.

Press P if you think we should have glassed Ariadna the first time

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B-but that doesn't mean I like you, g-guizi

What if you get hit by Shock Plasma?

That's a kind of shock.

Is the EVO only for giving B2 in ARO?

No. It makes satlock a native WIP roll instead of WIP-6. That turns the standard sensor bot into a peerless targeting machine.
Though the B2 ARO also helps, it gives the GML bot another role.

Oh, haven't noticed that some hacking devices give passive bonuses, neat.

The EVObots have a shitton of passive skills. Another important one is that they automatically give droptroops a boost.

hey guys, any suggestion for our table? we usually set it up like this, so far it has worked for us but i was wondering if you had any suggestion/ideas or guidelines to follow when setting up.

Also, custom rules for environment: yay or nay? We're a small 4 people playgroup and we were wondering about introducing stuff like destroyable cover, explosive barrels, etc. Too gimmicky?

General rules of thumb to follow when setting up terrain is to have it mildly asymmetrical (so as to give the decision of deployment sides some weight), have some fire lanes vertically, diagonally, and horizontally, but not so that there are too many points where one deployment zone can directly see the other one (like 4-6 paths), and to have room for bikes/TAGs to walk between. Also to have buildings both partially within the deployment, and completely within deployment. Most sizeable terrain should be 4 to 8 inches apart. Generally, biggest pieces should be placed first, then down to the smallest.

So far that set up looks fine, although it could maybe use some more spacing between buildings, maybe cut back on one or two, and that corner with all the shipping crates seems unusually dense.

Not much need to make houserules for the environment, as there are plenty of established rules for Special Terrain. And Anti-Materiel should indeed be used as often as you feel comfortable with. Outside of tournament settings I usually agree with my opponent to make barricades, walls, doors, and crates destroy-able. And there's been plenty of times where we've been fighting with forests both in an out of tournaments.

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That looks a little dense to me.

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At the time, we thought large scale bombardment would make it too expensive to access the Tesium mines we need, but when taking the actual cost of dealing with those Luddites into consideration, I must agree.

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FUCKING GHAZI

God like. Introduce custom environment rules. Destroyable walls, hackable doors, all these things are awesome and have a distinct impact on deployment and how the game plays out.

Just like PanO to focus on the inhumane route. No wonder you are in league with the Combined Army.

>PanO
>Not Ariadna
Jeez, do you hobos even read?

Does anyone have any experience with the free shipping from MiniatureMarket? Says its 1 - 2 days longer than Ground, which is 5 days. So should I plan on what a week? Illinois to Florida

Hype AF. I have Red Veil and Beyond Veil coming in, just starting out. Haq is for my mate who posted yesterday, and I'm taking weebland.

I would recommend a game mat, it really makes the table look a lot nicer. Some companies can cut it to a custom size.

Beep boop
The subject matter has been analyzed in detail
The optimal course of action has been calculated
Short-term cooperation with the human civilization is an option
Take action as follows:
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You don't fool anyone, slimebucket! False flagging your allies, do you take us as idiots?!

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Beep boop
Explanation follows
Human faction "Ariadna" determined detrimental to the "Infinity project" and *CLASSIFIED RATED 33-NODE*
Reasons follow->
->contribution to planetary temporal anomaly: planet Dawn is roughly 17212 ni (equates to roughly 175 Terran years) removed from the rest of space temporarily designated as "Human Sphere"
-> toxic concentration of /k/ factors, potential of outbreak, strongly recommend quarantine if outright destruction not feasible
-> confirmed source of "kurwa"-type terror-memes

Conclusion: Continued existence of faction "Ariadna" carries costs an order of magnitude greater than potential benefits. Recommendation of destruction verified and upheld.

Get put of here, kazak dog. Your lies only hurt yout cause.

So Infinity Army only lists certain Merc troops in the general armies, why is that? The rulebook says mercs can work for all general armies as long as they aren't alien and sectorals, unless otherwise noted.

You usually need your opponent's permission before you can use Mercenaries not normally available to sectorials and armies, e.g. McMurrough available to Coregidor and CHA, but not Generic Nomads.

Then, in the options tab on the right, you can activate all the Mercs you wish to include in your casual games.

Besides the IA, where can I find a list of what is available to what army? Because Pg 23 under Merc Troops says you can use anyone like I said, so I'm hella confused.

No they can't. For that you need the opponent's permission, or play the Soldiers of Fortune mode and if you do that, just go into the settings and check the MERCS button

Beep boop
Does not compute
Neither Kazaks nor dogs have Cubes, therefore they are incapable of hosting an EI node
Your statement is illogical and false

Infinity army builder will show you which mercs are available to each faction

Guess I'm being a bit of a rules lawyer since the book says otherwise. Is IA the only place that lists availability with mercs?

It doesn't make much sense that I can't field Mushashi or Yojimbo as a YuJing general army.

They're run aways. Read a bit up on the in game lore

I did, and that's why I asked. Yojimbo exlcuded

Mushashi and Yojimbo are available in JSA lists.

Each sectorial (except PanO/Aleph/aliens) has some, check their lists in Army and at the end of the lists PDF you have AVA tables which list them in one place.

>lists PDF
I meant profiles PDF, it's 3am and I have work due yesterday.

That may be true but you're the only person who answered my question.

Of course.

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Also, threadly reminder that Religious Fanatics are NOT welcome among the Ranks of the Naval Intervention Division

Eat shit poolboy. Don't you have some pathetic sardine terrorists to be outsmarted and outmaneuvered by?

>the faction literally run by megacorps/special interests groups and sustained by billions of wageslaves are somehow the 'good guys' of the setting.

That's wrong though. The faction run by an AI that seeks transcendence and sustained by trillions of space aliens are the good guys of the setting.

>the faction who solved the problem of special interest group bribes and also manages to provide a cushy life for pretty much all its citizenry are the good guys
Seems right. Just kidding, the EI is obviously the good guy.

>'solving' the problem by letting the special interest groups run the faction directly

What could possibly go wrong?

As indicated by the faction being the single most powerful in the Human Sphere, nothing at all.

All they need is an Immortal President-For-Life and they would just be like a certain entity from another universe.

Get bent, blue balls. I hear those chinks are still stealing your women and pissing on your food.

>doubting that PanOceania are the good guys

Please, everywhere else in the sphere is a shithole(nomads), a totalitarian shitfest (yu jing) garbage (everywhere else) or absolutely insignificant pissants that should be eliminated (ariadna)

And the aliens are trash and want to kill you off. Yeah sure go with them.

Go ahead, your beret is waiting once you come crawling back

>Be PanO
Pro: Highest quality of life, greatest overall wealth, military, economy. Pioneer luxury. Hard work ethic. Highest chance of resurrection after death. Ethnic diversity all over.
Cons: Being poor sucks. Signing up for the army means you're probably not very smart.
>Be YuJing
Pro: No crime, industrious high-tech society. Incredible personal safety and societal harmony.
Con: Hope you're not japanese or some kind of subversive, else you go into the brain-melted suicide bomber project.
>Be Nomads
Pro: Tons of freedom, live in space and travel a lot, get to visit Bakunin and have a go at the gladiator fuckfighting or install new limbs or genitalia. Get sick VPN and high speed shitposting access
Cons: Got a disease from that Bakunin trip and now you have nano-AIDS. Can't afford air on corregidor and may get eliminated. PutinAI 2.0 owns all your money.
>Be Haqq:
Pro: Have great medical care, surrounded by beautiful people. Not too crowded. It's always sunny on bourak.
Con: Biker gangs are horrible killers and run around a lot. Please ignore the thursday afternoon assassination. It's too fucking sunny.
>Be Ariadna
Pro: Great if you're /k/ or some kind of furry.
Con: Everything else.

You forgot

>Be Aleph
Con: Enslaved by 2nd rate AI.
Pro: Easy to get a sculpted bod with backups.
>Be Tohaa
Con: Smells bad, no taste in music.
Pro: Sexy alien butts
>Be citizen of the Ur Hegemonic Civilization
Con: Lots of jealous haters.
Pro: Being part of the most expansive empire in the known universe. Cute top of the line goddess EI. Immortality(probably). Sexier alien butts.

>implying I'm even a snowman
Acontecimento doesn't have chinks, and even better it doesn't have whiny fishfuckers.

FUCK PAN O

That's not how Haqqislam works

Yeah, Haqq works by funding the slave trade, witholding cubes from its people and giving criminal gangs free reign in their territory.

go get lost in the jungle then, you third rate manual laborer.

FUCK [insert your shitty, third rate faction here]

They don't have the strength to stop the entire slave trade in the Human Sphere. They just don't pretend it doesn't exist.

The cubes are for religious reasons. Join the army and you get the hook up.

Criminal gangs are in the fucking mountains. Not much they can do about it

Okay, gang. Time to see, who the "EI Aspect of the thread" really is.

OLD MAN VORONIN?!?

And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for your meddling Hyperpower!

Look we know you're just trying to get the rest of the O-12 to side with Ariadna over "inhumane practices", but as you can see here we already know about your alliance.

Don't worry though, neither Haqq nor Th Jing will oppose when we glass the planet now.

Warships are already attaching to the circular & plans are in the works to evenly divide up the Tesium deposits without conflict.

>2nd rate AI.
Nigga you're dreaming. ALEPH is the best AI for the human sphere. It's the only one that cares about humanity. The EI will just kill off humanity and strip our systems for raw material for more processing power. It already has enough client races
And the sad thing is it'll never reach enlightenment, it's too emotional.

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Look we know you're just trying to get the rest of the O-12 to side with Ariadna over "inhumane practices", but as you can see here # we already know about your alliance.

Don't worry though, neither Haqq nor Yu Jing will oppose when we glass the planet now.

Warships are already attaching to the circular & plans are in the works to evenly divide up the Tesium deposits without conflict.

>The EI will just kill off humanity and strip our systems for raw material for more processing power. It already has enough client races
Being dodgy and conniving is one thing, but outright lying is poor form. Smelly humans will be a great and valuable addition to the family after their hazing is complete.

>local inferior human AI self-conscious about its inability to spell
And to think PanO and Th Jing want this thing in charge.

>Th Jing
Well, at least I have the self respect to correct myself.
While you're so flustered you'd fail a Guts roll on a d6.

Nevermind all this EI posturing.
I have news on why we've yet to see the Vedic subfaction.

They're all busy sneaking around after Ariadna, gathering up those Tedium bullets they like to waste. So far we've got enough to almost double our Naga forces

Oh please, the CA shitposting corps has been baiting Tohaa for years. Mere humans and their machines aren't enough to rustle even a single jimmy.

>Th Jing
They get Chaksa to post for them sometimes, so playing dumb and pretending to not understand the most obvious and basic of jabs won't work either.

>picking up litter from a bunch of low tech savages
Classy.

>Tedium bullets

shit. is that an actual painted model or is it made in photoshop?

You say that, but it's humanity that has the ultimate weapon to defeat your morats

that is what she wanted before EI got the taste of the scotish cock. now she transcendence is a secondary thing, to getting it on with as many manly highland men as possible.