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Any ideas on when Ice storm ships? I am itching to get this!

So, any more details on the performance/stats of the untis they just previewed? Like what the Tohaa boarding team is all about?

 Savnock wrote:
So, any more details on the performance/stats of the untis they just previewed? Like what the Tohaa boarding team is all about?

The Tohaa Boarding Team is most likely a "G: Sync" unit like the Gorgos or the PanOceanian Auxilia or the ALEPH Deva+Devabot combos.

 Savnock wrote:
So, any more details on the performance/stats of the untis they just previewed? Like what the Tohaa boarding team is all about?

The Saturday seminar was only about models and artwork. Apparently the Sunday seminar will include some rules stuff.

 Alkasyn wrote:

 Red Harvest wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
Now, we just need 19 more and some really big d20's

On a side note, the base is a little small, looks more like one of mantic's integrated 15mm bases Still pretty darn neat though.

Nope. Tabitha is an enormous person, like 2 meters tall... at least while wearing that bolt's helmet. A much improved cosplay. I note she has a combi-rifle this time.

What is this? The Haqq is strong in this one. Tuareg sniper?

The folder name says "Govad" which was my guess as well based on their equipment anyway.

Yep. The visor over her head looks dead on for the visor on the Govad concept art too. Interestingly the face is still showing, and this is normal book art. Carlos said their faces would be hidden.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Savnock wrote:
So, any more details on the performance/stats of the untis they just previewed? Like what the Tohaa boarding team is all about?

The Tohaa Boarding Team is most likely a "G: Sync" unit like the Gorgos or the PanOceanian Auxilia or the ALEPH Deva+Devabot combos.

I'm curious about the numbers, two tohaa with one chaksa ? Most likely one tohaa with 2 chaksaa: a little like nomad's chimera
or a special rule to have G:synchro in tohaa fireteam ?

 Riquende wrote:
Stating facts about the release schedule =/= whining.

A harmless Jest no reason to get defensive, but to put things in perspective for the year to date.

Releases per faction, by model count (Does no include repacks)
Pan O: 15 (Plus a LE Cosplay Bolt)
Yu Jing: 4
Ariadna: 11
Nomands: 14
Haqq: 15
CA: 11
Aleph: 4
Tohaa: 4 (Kotail pushed back but counted)
Merc: 3 (Yojimbo has been pushed back, but counted)

So I know it is nice to want to get a release for your faction each month, but you can see the Pan O and Haqq lead the pack with most new models this year so far and we know they are probably getting at least 4 more before the years end with the SWC boxes for the line troopers.


Also like the avatar, nice mashup.

I guess the Rodok are supposed to have some kind of high mobility power armor or something? Am I the only one who thinks that their armor looks rather un-Moratish?

I hope that we see some lineart for the new Yu Jing units. I know we've seen the Hac Tao already, since that was the redesign. But I'm very curious about these new JSA units.

I'm still hoping a suitable stand in for Tetsuo shows up so he can join my imaginary Akira biker-gang themed JSA force. Someday... someday...

Jump morat looks interesting.

I like the look of the US-Ariadna grunt, they keep that up and I may be interested in the faction. He looks like he'd fit in with my Mars Attacks! US soldiers and lord knows they could use some help with all of those martians running around...

 Sangarn wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Savnock wrote:
So, any more details on the performance/stats of the untis they just previewed? Like what the Tohaa boarding team is all about?

The Tohaa Boarding Team is most likely a "G: Sync" unit like the Gorgos or the PanOceanian Auxilia or the ALEPH Deva+Devabot combos.

I'm curious about the numbers, two tohaa with one chaksa ? Most likely one tohaa with 2 chaksaa: a little like nomad's chimera
or a special rule to have G:synchro in tohaa fireteam ?

Most likely?

1 Tohaa with a Chaksa.

 NuclearMessiah wrote:

 Riquende wrote:
Stating facts about the release schedule =/= whining.

A harmless Jest no reason to get defensive, but to put things in perspective for the year to date.

Try selling that joke to non-Infinity players, especially to those that don't have much interest or appeal in Infinity.

 NuclearMessiah wrote:

 Riquende wrote:
Stating facts about the release schedule =/= whining.

A harmless Jest no reason to get defensive,

I'm not defensive at all, just pointing out that you're making assumptions about things people are posting that may not be accurate. Like you just did again in fact!

Interesting data on the model counts, as well. I'm not sure that models themselves are the best metric, given that multiples in boxes now are using most of the same 3D model, requiring less work to increase the count. I'd also throw in caveats about resculpts as well as opposed to both new loadout variants or even entirely new profiles. Would you be excited if a game company announced that for the next year they were just going to resculpt all the stuff you already own?

You can see the results of such an announcement with Spartan's Uncharted Seas. They spent all of... 2012 I think, maybe 2011, digitally resculpting the whole range rather that putting out new content. Any interest locally collapsed, and it was no surprise to me that Spartan last year announced they weren't really supporting the game anymore, and moving the range to direct only sales. Weirdly, people didn't seem to want to wait a year to buy new versions of the exact same stuff, nice as it all looked. Fortunately with Infinity I'm new to it (only collected for a few months, waiting for 3rd edition to play) so I didn't already own any of the stuff in Icestorm.

 Riquende wrote:
Interesting data on the model counts, as well. I'm not sure that models themselves are the best metric, given that multiples in boxes now are using most of the same 3D model, requiring less work to increase the count.

As a minor point, the four-model boxes have always used 2x2 bodies rather than four different ones. That they're now sculpted digitally hasn't made any difference to that.

 IJW wrote:

 Riquende wrote:
Interesting data on the model counts, as well. I'm not sure that models themselves are the best metric, given that multiples in boxes now are using most of the same 3D model, requiring less work to increase the count.

As a minor point, the four-model boxes have always used 2x2 bodies rather than four different ones. That they're now sculpted digitally hasn't made any difference to that.

One noteable exception - the Myrmidons. They're 4x1 body, with the arms making them look so different. Ghazi deserve a special mention in that they have an entire leg different per body as well, which is why they all look so different.

2x2 bodies with 2 stupid foot on a rock is a killer :p

I think the in the description of Doctor, all doctors automatically come with a medikit.. for some reason they are just listing it as equipment. Possibly because it can be effected by EM?

Maybe a medkit allows a 'burst 2' healing roll for paramedics and doctors.

Also I've just bought a Bipandra...

Admittedly it's a gamble on her being good in the new edition.

Huh, adding burst to doctors and engineers could certainly increase the chances of survival for their targets

 Space Ranger wrote:
I think the in the description of Doctor, all doctors automatically come with a medikit.. for some reason they are just listing it as equipment. Possibly because it can be effected by EM?

Doctor is a skill and Medikit is equipment. Both do different things in the game so a Doctor isn't 'using' a medikit to heal people. Doctor skill doesn't stop working if they are hit by EM. Prior to Bipandra there aren't any doctor profiles that have a medikit as well. Unlike paramedics that are all listed as having medikits because that what they use. I'm sure all will be revealed in N3. Eventually.

Still no actual news from todays seminar? :(

I tried looking around to see what time the seminar is/was, but couldn't find anything. There was some mention of prizes at 5pm, so I guess it would be before then, and that's an hour away now...

 GrimDork wrote:
Huh, adding burst to doctors and engineers could certainly increase the chances of survival for their targets

Or double your chance of killing them?

 -Loki- wrote:
One noteable exception - the Myrmidons. They're 4x1 body, with the arms making them look so different.

They're very similar, but the back legs are different on the two.

There's a rumour of a new command mechanic. One of them allowing to re-roll the first aid check. With extra dice, you'd have to be unfortunate to fail. Certainly you might want to spend the command token on something else and statistics are in your favour, but in case of an expensive model I think many will choose to play it safe.

I've used medic only twice (and the best PanO one, the hospitalier) 100% time it killed my guys so I will take this reroll chance :p

I like to think of them not so much failing as discovering the injury is untreatable with the battlefield conditions. They don't bleed them out trying to dig out bullets, it's just that if the roll is failed, they weren't savable. Higher skill means you can cover a wider range of ailments.

Surely your own success in a medi-burst would cancel out a failure. If both fail though... I'd say that would require the doc to make an ARM roll from the exploding corpse, should have dropped out of med-school there.

Shame on the attendees of today's event for wasting time traveling home before posting details from the seminar.

 Riquende wrote:
Shame on the attendees of today's event for wasting time traveling home before posting details from the seminar.

Yup, disappointing. Our american cousins were practically giving real-time updates from the gencon seminars. Maybe they've been sworn to secrecy?

Problem is we are not allowed to say much from todays seminar. One thing we are allowed to say is the -3 to hit from martial arts can apply to someone using BS vs CC also you get courage from martial arts 1.

What? Not allowed? So much hype for nothing?

Mothman wrote:
Problem is we are not allowed to say much from todays seminar. One thing we are allowed to say is the -3 to hit from martial arts can apply to someone using BS vs CC also you get courage from martial arts 1.

That suxx hard I hope they will make something more official about those news later ...