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Soulless wrote:
Just a heads up for anyone that, like me, have completely missed it but Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight plan is now released on steam.

So far ive only gotten through the tutorials but its a neat little game, could definitely use some more content but hopefully it can do well enough to give the devs room for additions and improvements.

Only $20 right now so worth it for a few hours of fun

Is AI:Flight Plan different from AI:Flight Command? I've been playing a bit of Flight Command and am amused at how it seems much closer to the old rules than the new rules (10 altitude steps, more detailed speed/altitude trade-offs, much stricter turning radii...).

 AnomanderRake wrote:

Soulless wrote:
Just a heads up for anyone that, like me, have completely missed it but Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight plan is now released on steam.

So far ive only gotten through the tutorials but its a neat little game, could definitely use some more content but hopefully it can do well enough to give the devs room for additions and improvements.

Only $20 right now so worth it for a few hours of fun

Is AI:Flight Plan different from AI:Flight Command? I've been playing a bit of Flight Command and am amused at how it seems much closer to the old rules than the new rules (10 altitude steps, more detailed speed/altitude trade-offs, much stricter turning radii...).

Argh, I meant Flight Command of course

Flight plan? Where i get that from?

Flight plan might be the WarCom advertisement article series, if memory serves

New starter will be on preorder next weekend -
https://youtu.be/FwLCnoj9d7I

Two Xenos down!

Only a few more to go - fingers crossed for Tyranids!

FINALLY!!

Gonna make so many pew pew noises with my Tau

Yea, gonna be nice whit some alien tech buzzing around.

(thouse tau dices are Clean AF, deffo gotta grab thouse too!!)

 AnomanderRake wrote:

Soulless wrote:
Just a heads up for anyone that, like me, have completely missed it but Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight plan is now released on steam.

So far ive only gotten through the tutorials but its a neat little game, could definitely use some more content but hopefully it can do well enough to give the devs room for additions and improvements.

Only $20 right now so worth it for a few hours of fun

Is AI:Flight Plan different from AI:Flight Command? I've been playing a bit of Flight Command and am amused at how it seems much closer to the old rules than the new rules (10 altitude steps, more detailed speed/altitude trade-offs, much stricter turning radii...).

AI:FC is actually very closely based on the original v1 rules, in most instances, down to the letter.

Where it differs is in the "WEGO" format - everyone plans their maneuvers for all of their planes, and then they all move/shoot at the same time.

It actually works out really well on the balance, and I've been enjoying it quite a lot.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/02/faction-focus-tau-air-castegw-homepage-post-2/

New stuff on Tau aircraft

Seems the Vulture can be a usefull universal toolbox, having the ability to hoover(minimum speed 0) and capable of doing all ace manoeuvres.
(only shame is that it is resin model, so FW product)

Jump Troops Special rule for Valkyries and Vendettas(plus minimum speed 0)

I think these can be a valid addition for the imp hangar.

Jump troops isn’t a new rule though?
That said, being at speed zero to do it is a great advantage, unlike the Marauder which nearly has to land - bad odds otherwise.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Jump troops isn’t a new rule though?
That said, being at speed zero to do it is a great advantage, unlike the Marauder which nearly has to land - bad odds otherwise.

i assumed it is, me and my buddy just uses the rulebooklet in the 2p box, as we dident see the point getting the book that had the same rules but with i guess more fluff, so im just going by what the article says.
(yes we are holding off the investments untill the game gets more meat on the bone)

The jump troops rule from the article is unchanged from the stand alone Rynn’s world rulebook.

It is still an absolute pain to actually find in there though.

 Overread wrote:
Two Xenos down!

Only a few more to go - fingers crossed for Tyranids!

They were not in the original game, but there were some homebrew rules out there.

I got a pack of 6 barracuda, these go together real quick. Maybe quicker than any of the other aeronautica planes i've built so far. Only thing is i'm really not sure how to arm them. I was going to build 2 of each primary weapon type. But where i'm really unsure is which of the two drone weapons to use in conjunction with the primary gun. So far i've built one with the rotary cannon and two miniguns under the wing, basically honing in on that medium range dice potential. But not very flexible on either side of that range.

Dont get mines shipped before tomorrow...

Grabbed the new cards, and box of Lightnings and vendettas/Valkyries. They are in the mail! Can't wait.

Gonna pick up the book and imperium cards this weekend.

Still puzzles me GW hasnt released additional flight pegs of various height, seems like it would be a nobrainer

Fact that they dont sell the bases seperate says alot...


edit.
small heads up on the lightning fighter models, seems they only comes with 2 lascannons on the sprue, so GW wants you to assemble them as strike fighters as there is 6 multi-lasers on the sprue.
prolly not an issue for anyone at all, but if some of you have a bit higer fokus on details then the rest of us, then you can only make 1 lightning per sprue.

if you have not recived the rules yet, the lightning is default 19 points and the strike fighter is a +4p upgrade.


2nd edit.

my 2p box arrived whitout assembly instructions for the tigersharks........... very funny.

 FrozenDwarf wrote:
Fact that they dont sell the bases seperate says alot...


edit.
small heads up on the lightning fighter models, seems they only comes with 2 lascannons on the sprue, so GW wants you to assemble them as strike fighters as there is 6 multi-lasers on the sprue.
prolly not an issue for anyone at all, but if some of you have a bit higer fokus on details then the rest of us, then you can only make 1 lightning per sprue.

if you have not recived the rules yet, the lightning is default 19 points and the strike fighter is a +4p upgrade.


2nd edit.

my 2p box arrived whitout assembly instructions for the tigersharks........... very funny.

Saw that on their page. Wish you could build 3 and 3 but tbh I was probably going to build 4 of the strike fighters. Does the multi laser have good hitting power?

cant say yet, going to be a little time before i get to play.
raw stats are 4-6-2, dmg 5+, no special rules.

to me it seems the lightnings are more of an interceptor then a dogfighter.

Love the Lightnings and Valkyries/Vendettas models. Got the cards to and I can't wait to buy the Vultures and Avengers. Waiting on the book from the FLGS.

Well, vult/ave are FW models so expect a few months before they are released.

I am allso expecting the Remora drone to be sold by FW, even though that has not been officialy commented on yet. (but it makes sence since it is a small model)

Rules Errata:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fA5P5d6dN0MaK6u5.pdf

Funny blurb from the latest Regimental Standard:

"The aircraft of the T’au are the perfect symbol of the weak-willed and compromising “ethics” of this degenerate species. Each craft has been designed to work with gravity and aerodynamics, rather than expressing dominance over them, as our craft do. What they accomplish with “design”, we accomplish with THRUST."

Dissapointed in the community page now, just repeated info from winter. They should have just done like june, drop it alltogeather.
Like here is 2 imp planes that will be sold from FW but we wont say when..... yea we know, you said that in februar.......
Could have instead told us who is going to be selling the remora drone, but i have a strong feeling that will be FW too...

Feel like this is the least supported and worked on boxed game section from GW, like, they dont know if they want to invest in the game or not cuz it prolly aint selling that good, yet why would someone buy a game system whit extremly limited support...

 FrozenDwarf wrote:
Dissapointed in the community page now, just repeated info from winter. They should have just done like june, drop it alltogeather.
Like here is 2 imp planes that will be sold from FW but we wont say when..... yea we know, you said that in februar.......
Could have instead told us who is going to be selling the remora drone, but i have a strong feeling that will be FW too...

Feel like this is the least supported and worked on boxed game section from GW, like, they dont know if they want to invest in the game or not cuz it prolly aint selling that good, yet why would someone buy a game system whit extremly limited support...

Hope it is soon, I want to paint them with my Valkyries and Lightnings. Need my Vultures, gonna pass on the lighters though. Look like the Avengers will be later too.

Just a reality. It is hard to escape the circumstantial evidence AI is struggling. Of three stores I have access to that all carry GW, one never carried AI at all, another still does, and the largest store dropped it and put it on the clearance table before Taros came out. Not a good trend.

Its clear even from the first rulebook that they didnt put a lot of effort into the game. The models perhaps but not the game.

But if they put out one book and starter box each year, with new factions and whatnot, I consider that pretty good support for such a small niche game.
I would like to see some accessories though.