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The third circle next to the regular/impetuous circles. Is that just decoration or maybe for a third status?

If the first photo is for how the book entries will look... that's great! I really like entries with either photos of the models or at least somewhat closely matching art next to them.

 ckig wrote:
The third circle next to the regular/impetuous circles. Is that just decoration or maybe for a third status?

Just decoration


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Sharing the info from the link Knight posted with the video

In some pretty massive Infinity news from Corvus Belli they have announced that when the next ITS Season begins in 2015 the new Infinity Army 5.0 program will launch with all the profiles for Infinity 3rd Edition, Campaign: Paradiso and Human Sphere. Everything will be updated for the new rules!

The biggest bonus of course is that all of this will be available through the Infinity website AND they will all be published for free. We do love free and it’s a massive part of the way Infinity has built itself up over the years.
- See more at: http://www.beastsofwar.com/infinity/its-2015-3rd-ed-troop-profiles/#sthash.4YTlfPfb.dpuf


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Remind me when they post those updates to start a thread on profile discussion, I am sure there will be both some positive and negative emotion about them.

 GrimDork wrote:
If the first photo is for how the book entries will look... that's great! I really like entries with either photos of the models or at least somewhat closely matching art next to them.

Yeah it's so much more aesthetically pleasing. And this is a really good sign that they are moving N3 away from the wall of text type set up we got in N2.

 Alpharius wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Sadly, not that I'm aware of.

I think the various "Battleground" stores might do...something?

And maybe Pandemonium in Cambridge?

Bah, ok then, thanks Alph. I live in Maine but thought a trip down on occasion would be worth it. Maybe I'll try and get something up and running over here and you can come visit instead

Sounds like a plan!

Maybe we can meet in the middle, if there's a game store...there?

Maybe in New Hampshire actually, I'll look into it! I just need to get off my duff and paint up my O:IS contents and expand the nomads!


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 Kanluwen wrote:
Teucer, Agema Warrant Officer(ALEPH Steel Phalanx)


He has BS14, a Feuerbach(!), X Visor, and Marksmanship X.
Marksmanship X does not include levels 1, 2, or 3. It does however let you use a complete Order to reduce your Burst to 1 and get a MOD +6 to your BS.

Janzerker posted this as well:

Weapon options are either Feuerbach+VisorX or Sniper Rifle K1

That's a BIG deal as it is the first time we're seeing a K1 Sniper Rifle.

Also it was mentioned Scyllah is a powerful hacker for Aleph. The character's name makes reference to the mythological character when she was a beautiful nymph before being converted into a monster. Far from the TAG people had speculated with.

This will be interesting to see as well.

So I know it's early concept work but I am not a fan of the night gown Is it just me?

^It doesn't jive with my aesthetics either. But then neither does a lot of ALEPH.

 Red Corsair wrote:

So I know it's early concept work but I am not a fan of the night gown Is it just me?

It's a hooded tabard over top of the standard Agema Marksman gear.

It's meant to be evocative of Altair and Ezio for Assassin's Creed and the color scheme is just a bit too white causing parts to blend together.

I'm glad we finally have a conclusive "yes, everything will be updated" answer. That was one of the only things I was worried about since some interactions indicated that we may not see Human Sphere and Paradiso profiles updated right of the bat. I'm glad to see that this isn't the case.

And I like the new statblock format, very clean. It's come a long way from the original 1st Edition statblock.

 Ronin_eX wrote:
I'm glad we finally have a conclusive "yes, everything will be updated" answer. That was one of the only things I was worried about since some interactions indicated that we may not see Human Sphere and Paradiso profiles updated right of the bat. I'm glad to see that this isn't the case.

And I like the new statblock format, very clean. It's come a long way from the original 1st Edition statblock.

That was never going to happen. The fact that they're changing rules which will fundamentally change point values means they had to update everything. What they mean by only putting stuff from the Core rules in N3 is purely about what will be in the book. Human Sphere and Paradiso units will get PDF updates on the website, along with units which are Acheron Falls pre-releases (like the new Tohaa stuff)..

 -Loki- wrote:

 Ronin_eX wrote:
I'm glad we finally have a conclusive "yes, everything will be updated" answer. That was one of the only things I was worried about since some interactions indicated that we may not see Human Sphere and Paradiso profiles updated right of the bat. I'm glad to see that this isn't the case.

And I like the new statblock format, very clean. It's come a long way from the original 1st Edition statblock.

That was never going to happen. The fact that they're changing rules which will fundamentally change point values means they had to update everything. What they mean by only putting stuff from the Core rules in N3 is purely about what will be in the book. Human Sphere and Paradiso units will get PDF updates on the website, along with units which are Acheron Falls pre-releases (like the new Tohaa stuff)..

Ok this confuses me. Please clarify if I am wrong but will they keep printing out of date and incorrected valued units when they print more of the Human Sphere and Paradiso? I mean I can understand them wanting to keep the books and that is great and all but why would they purposely print incorrect material? That also seems malicious and makes me scratch my head. Or will they update those books stats for N3? Or am I missing something? I get its updated online but shouldn't any new prints of the books also be updated?

Yes, they should.

Are they?

Don't know for certain, but I can't see why not.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:

So I know it's early concept work but I am not a fan of the night gown Is it just me?

It's a hooded tabard over top of the standard Agema Marksman gear.

It's meant to be evocative of Altair and Ezio for Assassin's Creed and the color scheme is just a bit too white causing parts to blend together.

Well I never liked assassins creed by aesthetic really but I can kind of see it.... sort of.... Still looks like a night gown though.

 Red Corsair wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:

So I know it's early concept work but I am not a fan of the night gown Is it just me?

It's a hooded tabard over top of the standard Agema Marksman gear.

It's meant to be evocative of Altair and Ezio for Assassin's Creed and the color scheme is just a bit too white causing parts to blend together.

Well I never liked assassins creed by aesthetic really but I can kind of see it.... sort of.... Still looks like a night gown though.

Well, now we know that Red Corsair favours night gowns that show a lot of leg and have a high ball-flash index.

Personally I think it's more of an extreme parka.

ClockworkChaos wrote:

Ok this confuses me. Please clarify if I am wrong but will they keep printing out of date and incorrected valued units when they print more of the Human Sphere and Paradiso? I mean I can understand them wanting to keep the books and that is great and all but why would they purposely print incorrect material? That also seems malicious and makes me scratch my head. Or will they update those books stats for N3? Or am I missing something? I get its updated online but shouldn't any new prints of the books also be updated?

I suspect it depends on how they do things in N3 itself

for example they may have a section saying if you have Paradiso and/or Human Sphere replace these profiles and these rules with the ones in this section, nice and simple

but

if they put out Paradiso/Human Sphere 1.1 with adjusted contents you know there will be some folk who feel forced to buy the new version (we gamers do have a need for stuff) and also some jerks who won't play people with the old version 'because it's out of date'


so both possible options have potential down sides

I highly doubt they will edit Human Sphere and Paradiso with the new profiles. I know some of us like having the books, but besides fluff and the campaign (in Paradiso) there is absolutely no point in owning them.

It would be nice but expect just a "Download the free update."

Add to that that they have said they consider the online rules the 'true' rulebooks. Any edits will be added to the online PDFs, not the printed books. The PDFs are considered a living rulebook, and the one to use. The printed book is a nice, pretty physical copy for people who want such things.

 Alpharius wrote:
Yes, they should.

Are they?

Don't know for certain, but I can't see why not.

They're changing the sign on BTS, and adding a profile attribute to models. That means that they have to, at the very least, issue a GW edition edition sized errata for the troop profiles not in the main rulebook.

The extent of any other necessary changes remains to be seen, but you might notice that neither of the two sample profiles were in the main rulebook, because those two factions didn't exist as playable factions until Human Sphere (Aleph) and Campaign Paradiso (Tohaa).

Some of the profiles also got points reductions, so it seems CB is rebalancing and reconsidering pretty much every unit in the game, which is nice.

Huh, I didn't even notice Teucer's hood. I hope they sculpt him with the hood up, as his jacket does look kind of strange like that. Having the hood up with help complete the Assassin's Creed look. Though, why they're putting that look into Aleph and not Haqqislam, I'll never understand.

I think they were going for the "I'm such a badass that I can wear pajamas on the battlefield and kick your butt!" Look, and missed slightly. Hopefully when it goes from art to 3d it'll look better.

 Theophony wrote:
I think they were going for the "I'm such a badass that I can wear pajamas on the battlefield and kick your butt!" Look, and missed slightly. Hopefully when it goes from art to 3d it'll look better.

This is the base unit.

 NuclearMessiah wrote:

 Knight wrote:

Spoiler:

http://www.beastsofwar.com/infinity/its-2015-3rd-ed-troop-profiles/

Simply sharing the link.

Made screens of the new profiles and the old

It's worth re-posting this link as it's quite important news for ITS players.

For those who haven't looked at the link:
- Infinity Army Builder 5.0, containing all the 3rd edition rues and stat updates
- also includes updates for Paradiso and Human Sphere, it will be free as before

For the uninitiated, on which date does the 2015 ITS season actually begin?

No one knows. it SHOULD be Jan 1st, 2015. But last years season didn't get started until February because of delays.

I think they have their heads on straight this year and know how important it will be to get this stuff out to people on time.

The explosive growth of Infinity, and 3rd edition means they need to get everything out the door on time to keep their momentum.

As somebody that's ever eyeing the Infinity range is it possible to create entire mercenary forces yet?

Thinking specifically a force created entirely from Kaplan Tactical Services?

Not yet, mercenary forces will be in the next book Acheron falls, which has some time ahead.

But you can make a sub army list of Haqqislam (Quapu Khalki sectorial) which can almost make what you want for now.

 Medium of Death wrote:
As somebody that's ever eyeing the Infinity range is it possible to create entire mercenary forces yet?

Thinking specifically a force created entirely from Kaplan Tactical Services?

Yeah, no all-merc forces just yet (not until Acheron Falls drops in 9 months to 2 years... or so).

And just to note, that the way Infinity tends to work, you probably don't want to create a list that is 100% any one unit. And in most cases due to unit availability, it is exceedingly hard to do with anything other than basic light infantry units.

But with all that said, a good stop-gap mercenary faction right now is the Haqqislam sectorial Qapu Khalqi. They get a wide selection of mercenary units including some Nomad units. In particular they can take 5 Kaplan and link them together in to a fire team. So they are your best bet right now, and I doubt a dedicated merc list will have a much better availability on them than that. But Qapu Khalqi can currently run a list that is made from a majority of merc troops and the Haqq troops available to it have a very mercenary/space pirate feel to them.

 plastictrees wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:

So I know it's early concept work but I am not a fan of the night gown Is it just me?

It's a hooded tabard over top of the standard Agema Marksman gear.

It's meant to be evocative of Altair and Ezio for Assassin's Creed and the color scheme is just a bit too white causing parts to blend together.

Well I never liked assassins creed by aesthetic really but I can kind of see it.... sort of.... Still looks like a night gown though.

Well, now we know that Red Corsair favours night gowns that show a lot of leg and have a high ball-flash index.

Personally I think it's more of an extreme parka.

I've been outted! Blast!

Some pics of the lovely new Combined Army on AG's FB page

A bit too dark lord of the Sith, or is that Sith lord of the dark?, the paint scheme. Minis are great though. The Umbra is flipping the bird to, hmmm, ALEPH of course

 Medium of Death wrote:
As somebody that's ever eyeing the Infinity range is it possible to create entire mercenary forces yet?

Thinking specifically a force created entirely from Kaplan Tactical Services?

Pure Merc, tournament legal, although it is technically QK


So basically, we are waiting on the December releases. The HMG Sogarat and... that is the last that I have heard. With the release schedule in flux, are we going to see the Hac Tao (pun not intended) the Teucer, the Alguacil box (curious about that one too). Is there anything new? Not that most of Decembe won't be taken up with N3 talk anyhow. Who will be the first to whine about something in its contents when it releases? And what will the whine be about? Never mind. Too much of a troll.

Hi, hoping this is the right place to ask- the 3rd edition rulebook says the LE mini window is over, but it's still a linked option-- is the mini no longer available?