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I'm trying to get my head around which force to go for.

I'm thinking, as the thread says, about either a Combined Army or a Japanese Sectorial Force. It's mostly a question of models for me, rather than rules but I'd at least like it to be practical.

Combined Army - Base it around an Anathematic (favourite model) and how it is seen as an executioner for the EI, so the force would include camo, snipers and the female alien assassin etc

Japanese Sectorial - Yoroi mech (second favourite model) and a bunch of oniwaban, shinobu and some of the regular Japanese troops.

Overall I think Yu Jing have a far better sculpted/attractive range and thus would allow me some flexibility of choice in that regard.

I guess the deciding question is, can you effectively build a decent force based around the Anathematic, or should I go for Yu Jing as I prefer the look of the range overall?

Well I do Yu Jing (mainly ISS) and Combined. The Anathematic is a beast for sure. He's almost a TAG. Lately I've been playing more of my Combined, heavy on the Shasvastii. The Anathematic goes well with them because he has the camo. The Speculo Killer is also effective if not the best figure. Hmm it's kinda hard to tell you which way to go because I love both. With CA you are going to have a lot less figures. I hardly ever get over 10 figs in a 300pt. game. You can have up to 15 with JSA. So at least CA is cheaper money wise. I can't get up the Infinity site so I can't make up a force surrounded by the Anathematic. But since he's so expensive, he's going to be the star of the show. You will want a lot of cheap troops to generate orders for him (I'd say 3-5). Those can be Seed Soldiers, or Morat Vanguard. Those are about the cheapest you can get with CA. Cheapest that can give orders. There's the Hungeries but they are Irregular, so can only take orders, not give. You probably want want some more camo troops just to hide the Anathematic a bit more. The other TO camo guys are the Noctifer and Malignos. The Noctifer is the cheapest TO troop in the game. I'm not sure if I'd make the Anathematic the Lt. because once he's known he's going to be a target.

The JSA is fun for many reasons. The TAG, Bikers, Ninjas, you name it. I guess my question will be too is, do you have buddies that are going to/do play, then do you want to do something you can oppose them. Or just be different. One of the reasons I wanted CA. Not sure how much that helps but once you get in keep us up to date.

Cheers for the solid post man, lots of good advice. Love the Noctifier and Malignos models so that's a no brainer. The Seed soldiers are fairly nice too.

I think I'll just go for the CA then.

Great. Please let us know how it goes for you.

I as able to make a 200pt list. The Seed soldiers and Speculo come int he Shasvastii stater box set.

COMBINED ARMY
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GROUP 1 (Regs: 6/Irrs: 0):

ANATHEMATIC Plasma Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Monofilament CCW (87)
MOV:4-2 CC:16 BS:13 PH:13 WIP:16 ARM:5 BTS:-6 W:2
Regular, Not Impetuous, G: Mnemonica
CH: TO Camouflage, V: No Wound Incapacitation

2x SEED-SOLDIER Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife (14)
MOV:- CC:- BS:- PH:- WIP:- ARM:2 BTS:-3 W:1

CH: Limited Camouflage, Seed-Embryo

DEVELOPED SHAPE
MOV:4-4 CC:12 BS:11 PH:9 WIP:13 ARM:1 BTS:0 W:1
Regular, Not Impetuous, Cube, Shasvastii
Seed-Embryo

SEED-SOLDIER Combi Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Knife (15 | 1)
MOV:- CC:- BS:- PH:- WIP:- ARM:2 BTS:-3 W:1

CH: Limited Camouflage, Seed-Embryo

DEVELOPED SHAPE
MOV:4-4 CC:12 BS:11 PH:9 WIP:13 ARM:1 BTS:0 W:1
Regular, Not Impetuous, Cube, Shasvastii
Seed-Embryo

NOCTIFER Spitfire / Pistol, Knife (30 | 1.5)
MOV:4-4 CC:14 BS:12 PH:10 WIP:13 ARM:1 BTS:-3 W:1
Regular, Not Impetuous, Cube, Shasvastii
CH: TO Camouflage, V: Dogged

SPECULO KILLER Combi Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, Monofilament CCW (39 | 1)
MOV:4-4 CC:17 BS:12 PH:12 WIP:14 ARM:1 BTS:0 W:1
Regular, Not Impetuous, Cube, Shasvastii
Martial Arts L3, AutoMedikit, Impersonation Plus


199 Points | SWC: 3.5

ARMY CODE: eNozNVQ1NFMzUDOsMUYhDYGkOZg0AksDAK9nCKc=
Army Infinity v.3.0. - http://www.devilteam.com

Ugh, two monofilament CCW's in a list. That is scary.

The Anathematic is definitely my favorite model in the CA range, so I can definitely get behind building an army around it.

One thing I forgot to do is the Anathematic is the Lt. The only other one that could be a Lt. is the Noctifer in that force but then no spitfire.

Ah cool, was looking at the Army Builder and apparently you can only have 2 seed soldiers per combined army. I removed one and added those crazy little drop pod like things that just sit motionless and generate orders as I couldn't fit anything else in.

Will post the list when the Infinity site is back up and running.

I found you can go to the devilteam.com site and use the one there.

edit: and now I see they are having problems too.

You can download army builder too, though you need some acrobat app to install it or something. I don't remember how I did.

As far as anathematic Lt:
the good: it has G:Mnemonica, so you are never in loss of Lt situatioon.
the bad: Unless you start with your Lt in hidden deployment, then you are. Which negates one of advantages of TO camo.
And what CDK said.

The problem is both Yoroi and Ana are expensive models best left for battles 250+ points. On the other hand due to many rules and interactions it's better to start infinity with 150 point armies. But if you are willing to read up before fight what actually does what, or have experienced friend, it shouldn't be big problem.

It's called Acrobat Air. It separate from the army builder though.

It's great but you have to update the army builder yourself or lately you have to totally download it again for the updates.

I wonder what will happen once Adobe no longer supports Flash. As far as I know Flash is going bye bye.