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 Mastiff wrote:
Y'know... This guy makes me think of Nightcrawler from the Xmen; specifically, the move version with his black smoke curling around. All tthey need to do is blame the ability on a highly advanced "portable transdimensional matter transporter device" instead of " psychically jumping through the Warp", and they're golden in my book.

Their corporate, technologically-advanced optimistic world gives them a lot of leeway in my opinion, so I don't mind seeing anything that does make the aliens somewhat "magical" by comparison.

Not teleportation, but a smoke screen that move with him.

It could represent many things.

Maybe he has i-Kohl, but instead of being an attractive human female, the Samaritan induces psychological terror like Scarecrow in Batman.

Maybe he has some voodootech variant of TO Camo that has a puff of smoke when uncloaking.

Maybe this is the Combined Army version of an Optical Disruptor.

Maybe this is what Impersonation L2 looks like when the operative "decloaks" and all the disguise falls off in a connective smoky puff.

Maybe a Umbra Hackman in the background is hacking space and time to appear in a hacked hackman haze.

Maybe the Umbra really like super-long wispy cloaks and use it to distract their enemies while they figure out how it works.

Maybe the Umbra is actually nor wearing anything at all and Aleph has censored those images with black bits to protect your sanity.

Maybe the Umbra Samritan is standing on stilts because he's frustrated that Achilles v2.0 can stand toe-to-toe with his race and he wants to be even taller.

Maybe it's a new piece of gear or skill altogether and we won't know until the description and stats come out. Corvus Belli is usually pretty good at at least explaining how things work in a hand-waving manner at worst. Plus, someone is probably going to ask Bosria what's up with the effect.

 Absolutionis wrote:
It could represent many things.

Maybe he has i-Kohl, but instead of being an attractive human female, the Samaritan induces psychological terror like Scarecrow in Batman.

Maybe he has some voodootech variant of TO Camo that has a puff of smoke when uncloaking.

Maybe this is the Combined Army version of an Optical Disruptor.

Maybe this is what Impersonation L2 looks like when the operative "decloaks" and all the disguise falls off in a connective smoky puff.

Maybe a Umbra Hackman in the background is hacking space and time to appear in a hacked hackman haze.

Maybe the Umbra really like super-long wispy cloaks and use it to distract their enemies while they figure out how it works.

Maybe the Umbra is actually nor wearing anything at all and Aleph has censored those images with black bits to protect your sanity.

Maybe the Umbra Samritan is standing on stilts because he's frustrated that Achilles v2.0 can stand toe-to-toe with his race and he wants to be even taller.

Maybe it's a new piece of gear or skill altogether and we won't know until the description and stats come out. Corvus Belli is usually pretty good at at least explaining how things work in a hand-waving manner at worst. Plus, someone is probably going to ask Bosria what's up with the effect.

Hmmm... so what you're saying is...


They may have gone too far this time.

 Red Harvest wrote:
The *distinction* between Sci Fi and Fantasy is somewhat arbitrary and artificial to begin with. There has always been plenty of cross-over between the 2 genres. An entire planet that is one inhabitable biome-- desert world, ice world, etc? Pure fantasy, folks, but you find this sort of thing in Sci-Fi all the time.

Troll-like creatures? Odd way to describe the Yu Jing inhabitants of Svalarheim XD

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by the announcement of Human Sphere's release... and its (rumored) appearance at Adepticon. Nine days 'til pre-order, and 12-15 days until we see a copy of it ( One hopes)

Actually that's not really true, single-biome worlds would be extremely common. Even right here, on Earth, this period of a diverse environment is a very brief window over the planet's geological history. The Earth has not just been a single biome world, it's been several different single biome worlds, each for longer than the current environment!

Volcano, lava world? Right at the start. Water world? Check. Ice world? "Snowball Earth." Desert world? In the far future for a (geological) while as the sun expands. There's plenty of arguments over what conditions were like at any given time, "Snowball Earth" is contentious in some circles, was the dinosaur era a jungle world or more varied, etc. but you get the idea.

So at any given time if you visit a world it's more likely to be a Hoth or Tattoine than something complicated like we have today.

With regards to science vs. magic, guys the werewolves are absolutely magic, lol. No amount of "genetics" can explain the mass they gain, the werewolves are like four times the size of the men who transformed.

Lanlaorn wrote:
With regards to science vs. magic, guys the werewolves are absolutely magic, lol. No amount of "genetics" can explain the mass they gain, the werewolves are like four times the size of the men who transformed.

Maybe they're hollow inside?

How long do we think it will be until copies of HSN3 start shipping?

Infinity week on BoW starting on the 28 same day as preorder starting.

And as of right now they still planning on HSN3 being at Adepticon.

So lots of info in coming.

Bad timing for the pre order since it lines up with Wyrds Easter sale. But then I only miss out on the LE model and I am starting to sour on CB's pre order models since I've not used or painted a single one - making generic models is fun for a while but when they never hit the table I start to wonder what the point is. So I might just grab HS as it hits the shelves.

I have used one of their pre-order models once. The ABH Brigada dude, but I still like them despite only using Sectorials.

I have hope that they will get a new lease of life in the Merc Sectorial down the track.

 -Loki- wrote:
Bad timing for the pre order since it lines up with Wyrds Easter sale. But then I only miss out on the LE model and I am starting to sour on CB's pre order models since I've not used or painted a single one - making generic models is fun for a while but when they never hit the table I start to wonder what the point is. So I might just grab HS as it hits the shelves.

I consider that to be a result, then!

I've always considered them to be a nice optional extra - nice little painting project to do something different, may or may not get used in a game.

If CB were including absolute "must haves" as the limited edition mini, I'd be of the opinion that they were doing it wrong.

Not that you won't still get some people acting as if their lives no longer had any meaning and should just kill themselves now, as a result of missing out...

 Chillreaper wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:
Bad timing for the pre order since it lines up with Wyrds Easter sale. But then I only miss out on the LE model and I am starting to sour on CB's pre order models since I've not used or painted a single one - making generic models is fun for a while but when they never hit the table I start to wonder what the point is. So I might just grab HS as it hits the shelves.

I consider that to be a result, then!

I've always considered them to be a nice optional extra - nice little painting project to do something different, may or may not get used in a game.

If CB were including absolute "must haves" as the limited edition mini, I'd be of the opinion that they were doing it wrong.

Considering that in the past, their preorder limited edition minis produced for themselves or partners have included:
Joan of Arc(a brand new sculpt for Angel Giraldez's book; still nowhere in sight as a general release)
Miranda Ashcroft(unique profile ABH for the Infinity Art Book; still nowhere in sight as a general release)
GoGo Marlene(the only WarCor model in existence until N3 released)
Add in the dismounted Maverick, Devil Dog with Heavy Pistol and Chain Rifle for the USARF box(argue all you want on the second one: he's a unique profile that is NOT able to be built out of the new Devil Dog boxed set despite being basically the exact same model and being shoveled out with the exact same K9 Antipode), the CSU from Icestorm, the Reverend Healer(still not a general release version available despite the Father-Knight getting a general release version) and it becomes a case of them "doing it wrong".

Not that you won't still get some people acting as if their lives no longer had any meaning and should just kill themselves now, as a result of missing out...

Exaggerate much?

This is a game that is built around profiles, and the company in question has been moving more and more towards making specific profiles VERY difficult to access without purchasing from third parties or splitting boxes yourself.

I'm usually of the opinion that if such a troop is essential to a list, just proxy it. Or convert it.

Don't think that I've had so much fun doing conversions before I got into Infinity - the stuff that I've learned, the ideas, the materials, the sourcing of parts.

My greenstuff and pinning skills have improved no end!

@Chillreaper you called it bet you could of even "guessed" name.

Yet he missed the RPG model. I'll do it for him, how dare CB make models with weapons then give us unarmed ones, damn you CB.

Army 6 is live.

It's fast and looks great.

https://army.infinitythegame.com/

 TalonZahn wrote:
Army 6 is live.

It's fast and looks great.

https://army.infinitythegame.com/

Woo hoo!

VERY nice - and thanks for posting this news!

Wow, a bunch of Yu jing units got new symbols.

Henshini wrote:
Wow, a bunch of Yu jing units got new symbols.

They look really cool. I like the new Pheasent logo. CA got quite a few new ones too, and the Hexas from PanO.

 TalonZahn wrote:
Army 6 is live.

It's fast and looks great.

https://army.infinitythegame.com/

Blarg, there's still using only icons to represent units instead of words. I know you can hover over them, but it's a pain for newbs like me who don't recognize all the icons on sight. The left/right arrows on the icon bar give no indication if there's actually anything to the left or right. The filters also don't adjust based on the other filters you've selected (ie: you've selected Line Troops but the Weapons drop down still shows all weapons instead of ones available to those Line Troops). Yes, fast, yes, looks great, good, debatable.

skarsol wrote:
Blarg, there's still using only icons to represent units instead of words. I know you can hover over them, but it's a pain for newbs like me who don't recognize all the icons on sight.

Pull up the options tab on the right and sort the "Units Menu" Vertically. This lists the units by name as well as icon.

skarsol wrote:
The left/right arrows on the icon bar give no indication if there's actually anything to the left or right. The filters also don't adjust based on the other filters you've selected (ie: you've selected Line Troops but the Weapons drop down still shows all weapons instead of ones available to those Line Troops). Yes, fast, yes, looks great, good, debatable.

Seems to work for me.

I was able to sort Aleph's list by "Warband" and "Characters" and get exactly the four that qualify. Then sorted those by those with "Motorcycles" and narrowed down even more to just Penthesilea. All categories seem to work.
Here's an image of all Aleph Warband units with access to a Spitfire. Patroclus has access to a Spitfire, but he's excluded because he's MI, not a WB unit.


That being said, the sort-by-order doesn't seem to be working aside from "Publishing order". Minor nuisance.

 Absolutionis wrote:

skarsol wrote:
Blarg, there's still using only icons to represent units instead of words. I know you can hover over them, but it's a pain for newbs like me who don't recognize all the icons on sight.

Pull up the options tab on the right and sort the "Units Menu" Vertically. This lists the units by name as well as icon.

Wow, they should start in that mode, that's much better.

skarsol wrote:
The left/right arrows on the icon bar give no indication if there's actually anything to the left or right. The filters also don't adjust based on the other filters you've selected (ie: you've selected Line Troops but the Weapons drop down still shows all weapons instead of ones available to those Line Troops). Yes, fast, yes, looks great, good, debatable.

Seems to work for me.

I was able to sort Aleph's list by "Warband" and "Characters" and get exactly the four that qualify. Then sorted those by those with "Motorcycles" and narrowed down even more to just Penthesilea. All categories seem to work.
Here's an image of all Aleph Warband units with access to a Spitfire. Patroclus has access to a Spitfire, but he's excluded because he's MI, not a WB unit.

Spoiler:

In Combined Army I select Elite Troops in Classification and then it lets me select G.Servant in Characteristics, which results in 0 units. Or try for Elite Doctors, same set of 0. Or Elites with a Shock CC weapon, etc. It should grey out/remove all filters that are incompatible with the already selected ones.

New site seems nice, but printing out a list seems to be a little broken. A lot of information is just blank.

Is it true that Army6 will have an off-line version. I would love to have it on my tablet.

If your tablet runs iOS, get mayanet, it's amazing. Not sure about android though.

Mayanet is great, but I've been having crashing problems lately with it. Having it crash mid game taking your army lists and current game state with it is kind of a bummer.

I'm missing the export to pdf function. Sad to see that gone. Even more so that the print option doesn't include weapon ranges like army5 had. That was a really useful inclusion and shouldn't have been removed.

Also, I'm noticing some army choices are different/missing. Azra'il with fueurbach has a point and swc decrease while also losing his x-visor and the mobile brigada under QK can't take missile launchers or hacking devices anymore. Probably other changes that I just haven't found/noticed yet.

Install a virtual print-to-PDF device. That shouldn't be a problem these days

I really wish some army builder would bring back the division by unit type under separate tabs like aleph toolbox for 2nd edition. I know you can make or work in this one but tapping twice rather than just one on an already open list, as it were, doesn't feel half as smooth. It's also not particularly touch-friendly IMO.
It's not a huge deal but it was much more convenient to have it like ia2, certainly as a beginner.

This just rams home the game's stupendous level of variety in unit selection, which can be so overwhelming as to be a bit off-putting, in my experience. Oh well.

I've got a print to pdf function. On firefox movement values don't work. On chrome most stats don't print. Neither include weapon stats and ranges. I'll probably stick with army5 for now but if the new stats and unit options are legitimate I'll have to make the switch at some point. Hopefully these issues are ironed out by then.

Ah sorry. That does seem like a bit off an issue.

The Order Units function in the the Options menu doesn't seem to actually do anything.

Whatever I select, the units still display in ascending publishing order, which is the worst possible way to display units.

I get that they don't want people who bought physical rulebooks to feel like they're using awkwardly segmented army lists with little structure other than "this is the book where we thought of this thing", but... Well, that's just the way it is.

The thought of the online army builder being gimped with this abominable affront to orderliness makes me weep tears of rage.

Someone please tell me I clicked things wrong and everything's going to be OK, again. In the meantime, Army 5's still up: http://www.infinitythegame.com/army/

Henshini wrote:
Wow, a bunch of Yu jing units got new symbols.

Just noticed this. All the Imperial Service ones and Invincibles got icons to match the rest of the sets, it looks like.

 Pumpkin wrote:
The Order Units function in the the Options menu doesn't seem to actually do anything.

Whatever I select, the units still display in ascending publishing order, which is the worst possible way to display units.

Have you dragged the sort criteria into a different order? It sorts by whichever one you dragged to the top, then by the second, then by the third etc.