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So I've finally started to get into Infinity. It's... not proving to be quite as easy as I had thought it would.

Right now I'm trying to familiarize myself with Haqq units using the Infinity Army tool. Basically, I read about a special rule, decide that would be good to have, then try to use the app to filter models by that rule. It's... a bit buggy, but basically works.

While browsing in this way I came across a unit called Mukhtar. The stats and rules look good, however I cannot find any images of the model. Is the model old and discontinued, or new and does not have a model yet? Is there any expectation of the model being released any time soon? What's standard practice for playing a unit who's model doesn't exist: do you just proxy or do you not play the unit at all?

Speaking about Mukhtar: opinions? Tips?

FWIW, if you have a tablet I highly recommend the MayaNet app. It does a good job of compiling a profile so if you can see the specific weapon loadout chosen as a more traditional statline. This is the guy I picked, these are his special rules, this is his attack option, etc. I find Army easier to understand now, but MayaNet really helped me wrap my head around it.

Also, I HUGELY recommend not putting much thoughts into lists until you're really comfortable with the rules. All the statline stuff makes a lot more sense after you've played some games and list building makes a lot more sense once you've gotten a handle on the game structure. I'm generally someone who likes to map out stats beyond reason, but I didn't really appreciate or enjoy Infinity until I gave up on that, put down 300 points of Operation+Beyond, and just played the game with what I was given.

Mukhtar mini doesn't exist yet.

LunarSol wrote:FWIW, if you have a tablet I highly recommend the MayaNet app. It does a good job of compiling a profile so if you can see the specific weapon loadout chosen as a more traditional statline. This is the guy I picked, these are his special rules, this is his attack option, etc. I find Army easier to understand now, but MayaNet really helped me wrap my head around it.

Also, I HUGELY recommend not putting much thoughts into lists until you're really comfortable with the rules. All the statline stuff makes a lot more sense after you've played some games and list building makes a lot more sense once you've gotten a handle on the game structure. I'm generally someone who likes to map out stats beyond reason, but I didn't really appreciate or enjoy Infinity until I gave up on that, put down 300 points of Operation+Beyond, and just played the game with what I was given.

I'll look into Mayanet, thanks for the tips! Truth is that as I examine the profiles I realise that the Red Veil set actually has a lot of what I want, which is very cool.

precinctomega wrote:Mukhtar mini doesn't exist yet.

Hmm. Is there any concept art? I'm curious as model aesthetics are quite important to me. Do we have any idea when it will be released? I will probably proxy until then if it comes to it.

No Mukhtar mini yet, and I have not seen any concept art that I can recall.

This is what is coming in November:

Hulang Shocktroopers (Combi Rifle + Light FT)
Model Color Set: Infinity Shasvastii Exclusive
Model Color Set: Infinity O-12 Exclusive Miniature
Kiel-Saan Covert Assault Unit (Mk12)
Beyond Wildfire Expansion Pack
O-12 D20 Dice Set
Pavel Aleksei McMannus, Spetsgruppa C (Ojotnik)

And December:

Infinity: 0-12 Team Sirius (PREORDER) - CVB282001
Infinity: Haqqislam - Hortlak Jannisaries (Submachine Gun) (PREORDER) - CVB281405
Infinity: PanOceania - Helot Militia (PREORDER) - CVB281212
Infinity: NA2 - Libertos Freedom Fighters (Light Shotgun) (PREORDER) - CVB280743
Infinity: Combined Army - Shasvastii Mentors (Shock Marksman Rifle) (PREORDER) - CVB280697

Maybe sometime next year for the Mukhtar. We get the Hortlak Janissary first. A nice unit, actually.

Hmm. That's OK, I can wait. Thanks for the info!

Apparently Jan releases are:
Dire Foes Mission Set 9: Datacash (PanO vs Nomads)
Haidào Special Support Group
Shasvastii Seed-Soldiers
Mary Problems, Tactical ÜberHacker
Alpha Unit