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2015/03/25 22:00:16
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
GrimDork wrote: Isn't that just one of those un-posed just hanging out renders? She doesn't have her weapon either.
Yes, her arms are out in the "da Vinci pose" so It's a fair bet that's a WIP render.
Still not feeling this, though has there been talk of when the PM for this will close? If it'll be sometime in August maybe the $1 is worth it when the spending isn't as crowded.
2015/03/25 22:03:08
Subject: Re:Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
Hey, I do like the Enforcer scouts, jetbike renders and new terrain. (if not the prices). Truth is it just seemed a perfect opportunity to drop Grumpy Cat in here.
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Yes, it's just a T-pose render. I really really love the design, honestly. So fat and awful. And that will be a big old chunk of metal in the finished product, for better or worse.
Which raises the question - what does a Veermyn Faction Starter look like, in Deadzone? Is the brood mother like a Plague Stage 1 that many squads will take, or more like a special character only used in larger battles?
2015/03/25 23:20:02
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
You don't share other peoples dreams of realizing a miniature based, space rat, What's Eating Gilbert Grape scenario?
Looks about as threatening as the rest of the space rats, which is to say, not at all. All the potential there and Mantic still continues to go with "basically Orks" as the design ethos.
Do we have pictures of the Pathfinders next to their other human infantry?
2015/03/25 23:33:51
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
All pink with bright blue eyes- and some pigtails modeled on.
Behold- the Crushinator.
YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT. OOOH AAAAHHH
Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
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2015/03/26 01:17:04
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
As Tempted as I am with this Kicstarter, I think I'll wait till retail to buy into it. I'm trying to put aside money for the Big Warpath KS I know is coming, even if its a year away.
2015/03/26 02:53:08
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
Just fyi I did a quick check and at this point in its KSKoW second ed was at $172,394. Infestation is over $17k ahead of that and the day still isn't over.
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2015/03/26 03:03:58
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
BobtheInquisitor wrote: The mini I am waiting for is the Veermyn psychic with curling horns and an inflated sense of self-worth matched only by his paranoia.
Does it ride around with a giant reprogrammed Asterian drone, one in a series of experiments as they attempt to reverse engineer their designs?
Poorly lit photos of my ever- growing collection of completely unrelated models!
The more I look at the accessory sprues, the less of a rip-off I think the current scenery pricing is. It's still not great. It's not as good of a deal as $25 DZ1.0 battlezones, and it's arguable that currently available 3rd party retail battlezones are a better deal... 8+2 accessory seems more like 9 to me, vs 6+2 seemingly larger accessory sprues which I'd call 7 on a bad day 8 if I'm generous.
Also consider the longass wait for rewards. Could be higher at retail but probably worth chancing that possibility for most. I may get a bit more, but probably not a heavy investment.
What I probably would throw money at them for is individually available accessory sprues. I think the only thing you really need from the industrial BZ to use the accessories fully is some of the quarter tiles and you could just spread the ones from quarantine around to accommodate a much larger pipe network. $10 for both accessory sprues would see me buy several, even if I can make my own pipes cheaper, the generator/motor pieces are sweet, and all of the accessory pipes are designed to fit with the scenery. The little conveyor belt pieces are kind of awesome too.
I guess time will tell, if anything will help keep my pledge at or above my initial guess of $200, it'll be separately available sprues.
Oh, did I hear right that they were thinking about/planning on including an extra connector sprue per scenery bundle? That slightly ups the value too, and at least makes the new terrain more usable out of the box
Finally, having read the fluff bits, I really really hope that they got whoever was writing it to do a *lot* more, both from Exham, and around the sphere.. and then crampack the rulebook with it.
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2015/03/26 05:34:14
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
BobtheInquisitor wrote: The mini I am waiting for is the Veermyn psychic with curling horns and an inflated sense of self-worth matched only by his paranoia.
Does it ride around with a giant reprogrammed Asterian drone, one in a series of experiments as they attempt to reverse engineer their designs?
Yes. If only his underlings hadn't sabotaged his gruesome golem with their inept tinkering, he might have become the most prestigious of potentates by now. As any void-addled parasite can see, he is the most deservingly distinguished of despots, a truly regal rodent.
If they wanted to make the Broodmother less terrible, she should have been on an armoured palanquin. The current concept suffers from two pretty blatant flaws: there's clearly no way for her to put either foot under her centre of gravity to allow her to walk, and "pregnant" is not a single size to which you can fit a solid shell. Try to do that, and the armour is going to be either too big or too small most of the time.
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2015/03/26 08:51:59
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
For some reason that Enforcer jetbike make me want a street grunge jetbike for the Rebs....
As for the brood mother... without knowing the rules, I can't say... but it made me think of adding a rat king psycher.
One slightly deceased German rat king....
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Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along.
2015/03/26 13:18:47
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation Kickstarter from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $192k Broodmother next!
solkan wrote: Honestly, I think you might be better off getting three Industrial District 'boxes' for 105 instead of the Industrial Quandrant for 100.
Honestly, I was waiting for the scenery pledge as I like some of the stuff but if that is true that is pretty bad. I mean why would a pledge level ever be worse than just getting add-ons. They better sweeten the deal over time or Mantic has "dun goofed".
I guess I will wait till retail??
I wouldn't take that advice. The ruin sprues look better then what you can produce yourself. I not sure what that guy is talking about. Better to get the more diverse compilation.
Automatically Appended Next Post: It should also be noted there is more to a sprue on the new stuff then the old stuff. With those "one block" squares, I think think they utilized more space. Your getting more terrain then what any of the old "sprues" yielded.
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2015/03/26 14:16:26
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
I want those Jetbikes, but unsure of $10 apiece. I'd be fine with three for $25. Someone take note!
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2015/03/26 14:21:50
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
Yeah, I'm more than happy to just pick up the odds and ends at a discount retailer and get free shipping. The pricing AND shipping on this is a collective joke. Frankly though, with the art direction, there's not that much I want.
Does anyone know what happened to the angled battlezone terrain sprue? I've been looking into Mantic terrain recently and found the video below that details the "urban sprue D".
After looking at the various mantic terrain bundles (specifically the adepticon ones but also the sectors and districts), I can't find the sprue being used or included in any of those.
Has anyone gotten this sprue in a normal bundle or kit (as opposed to being handed one at a special event like the youtuber)? I also looked at the new KS sprues and didn't see the pieces there either.
2015/03/26 15:15:22
Subject: Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
So, it's kind of vague and doesn't state anything clearly, but:
Creator Mantic Games 25 minutes ago
@ Joey and Narzoth - sorry, the retailer deals are on the existing stuff, we're already working behind the scenes with them, what I meant was that we will be offering some of the existing stuff, but we're also offering it to them as a good deals as well so that they don't miss out, if that makes more sense.
seems to say that add-on deals for existing product are forthcoming, and they just want to also offer similar deals to retailers so as not to step on toes.
2015/03/26 15:48:03
Subject: Re:Deadzone: Infestation from Mantic Games - Ends 4/6/2015 FUNDED $186k Enforcer Jetbike next!
So, it's kind of vague and doesn't state anything clearly, but:
Creator Mantic Games 25 minutes ago
@ Joey and Narzoth - sorry, the retailer deals are on the existing stuff, we're already working behind the scenes with them, what I meant was that we will be offering some of the existing stuff, but we're also offering it to them as a good deals as well so that they don't miss out, if that makes more sense.
seems to say that add-on deals for existing product are forthcoming, and they just want to also offer similar deals to retailers so as not to step on toes.
Sounds like coordination which should have been done before this project kicked off.
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