Raindog Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Did you see I made your scenario for Week 9? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 I see that now! Thanks for telling me, because I don't even remember submitting a scenario. Sure it was me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 I asked at the Green Dragon. You said , "Get as many models in the enemies deployment zone." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 That works! I'll take your word for it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Finished the first of my fusiliers today. I was really worried about the skin, as it is my nightmare to paint, but it turned out really well. Crappy photos are crappy, but I can't do much about that! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Hot chick laying bricks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Looks great by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Hot chick laying bricks Never thought of it like that! I bet I could easily model a shiny blue trowel into her hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Pictures are always appreciated regardless of photo quality . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Group shot! Sitting at the painting table. Hopefully I'll get something done and not just dick around on the internet all day! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 I beat laziness and did a thing! Now it's time for work! Edit: Looking at this picture now is really showing off how my camera turns many blue shades into ONE blue. The "eye" is my first gem/eye/lens that I've tried to do proper, and I'm pretty happy with how it came out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Panic Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 You pumped for your seraph coming out next month? Just heard on mayacast that it's coming next month! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Yes. I doubt I would ever play it competitively, but TAGs exist for carnage and roflstomping. I'm way more excited to paint it than to actually use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Panic Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 My tag sucks up 120 points in which you are basically paying 30-40 extra points for msv2 and strategos 3... But I still think it can be played effectively competitively you just have to build the list around it. TAGS are super good but I think they take experience to use. I'm definitely excited to use TAGs more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Had a good couple days of getting manhandled with my MO while testing out the impetuous swarm of magisters. They did alright, but are about 500% more effective in a link. Because of that, they will remain that way in future games! I'm going to bring them for one more week, then change the list up and focus on learning other things. On the hobby front I got absolutely nothing done on terrain last week. Instead, I painted a few models and spent a lot of time cleaning the house and working on halloween shizzle. This week I hope to get at least a few things done, but my focus may stay on painting while I have momentum going. Coming in next week's list: attack of the bots! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Panic Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Yeah magisters are just so cost effective. Panzers as a 2 burst aro is incredibly scary and with the +3bs you really have to think twice about shooting at them and generally using an expensive model to shoot them is a tough decision of risk. Not to mention you get them close and they have shotguns or will murder most things in cc. I really like them... The issue with hospitallers and other knights is just you put a lot of eggs in the basket. Magisters are cheap and let you bring other scary things. You really had some bad luck today. I recall at least 3-4 situations where odds were not good for me and I got lucky... It will even out eventually. You know a 'nate' day is due. about your robot list.. whats in it? I'll bring mine lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 I'm ok with having bad luck, it would just be nice to see my plans work for once instead of being spoiled by crits and terrible rolls (you know the feeling). Hopefully I can min/max a list that will be low risk but high reward. It's a process, there are so many things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 My TR bot had seven crits on you in one game including three in a row. That is insanely good luck for me. It really says nothing about your play. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Finished up an order sergeant who will serve as my trauma doctor. Pretty happy with how it turned out. The white pops really well and he stands out from the rest of the models. Next I'm gonna work on doing the same thing with my spec-ops model in green to act as my engineer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Panic Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 nice i like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 The sarge definitely looks nice although the loin cloth is a little hard to read with it having the same tone as the armor. As for crits and luck, crits have been my least favorite part of Infinity since I started. I was hoping N3 would do more to rein them in, but alas Corvis is still very European in their game design. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 I have the same feelings on the loin cloth. From the sides it's not as bad as the inside is black and creates pretty good contrast. My only other options were to go with red or grey. I didn't want to go with red as I wanted the majority of the model to be lighter, and grey seemed like it would just distract from the contrast between white and red. I dunno, I thought about it and decided that I'd stick with white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indytims Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 I actually love the crit system. It is a 5% chance, and often crits happen on non-lethal rolls anyway. Some weapons hardly ever crit at all (most teardrop templates). But to me, it is the great equalizer, where any grunt has that potential for the miracle shot against even the mightiest foe. I am not at all interested in seeing GW-like invulnerable stuff in this game. The system was used almost exactly in Warzone, one of my other favorite games ever. I've had games when i have rolled 2-3 crits, and i have gone games where i didnt crit at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 I have the same feelings on the loin cloth. From the sides it's not as bad as the inside is black and creates pretty good contrast. My only other options were to go with red or grey. I didn't want to go with red as I wanted the majority of the model to be lighter, and grey seemed like it would just distract from the contrast between white and red. I dunno, I thought about it and decided that I'd stick with white. You don't need to change the colors, but instead the level of tonal contrast. Even going a little deeper on the cloth (can't really go higher) would give it some nice pop next to that armor. I actually love the crit system. It is a 5% chance, and often crits happen on non-lethal rolls anyway. Some weapons hardly ever crit at all (most teardrop templates). But to me, it is the great equalizer, where any grunt has that potential for the miracle shot against even the mightiest foe. I am not at all interested in seeing GW-like invulnerable stuff in this game. The system was used almost exactly in Warzone, one of my other favorite games ever. I've had games when i have rolled 2-3 crits, and i have gone games where i didnt crit at all. Crits are a 5% chance per shot and that assumes you're not over 20 on the stat (eg Neko Oyama crits on a 7+ with his AP+EXP swords), An HMG or Spitfire has a 20% chance to crit every time it fires which is a far cry from the 5% you're quoting. I'm also really not sure where you're getting that they're often not lethal as the vast majority of models in the game cannot take more than one wound and the guns with the highest chance to crit also have the easiest access to Shock ammo making resuscitation impossible. Also, anecdotal evidence isn't exactly the strongest way to go. Back when WHFB was a thing I faced off against those invulnerable units all the time and I had plenty of games where they did nothing at all. Doesn't make them well designed. I'm not saying that crits should be gone as they are an easy answer to a problem that could emerge from armor skewing, but that they're still too powerful. I'd love it if crits did all the things they do now, but instead of an autowound just ignored armor/BTS that way you'd still have a chance to save against it. This would also help differentiate gun profiles even more as a crit right now with a pistol versus a railgun do the same amount of damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indytims Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 CC is an interesting conundrum, since typically you get only a single swing. When a CC monster is fighting against a pleb, I kinda expect the CC monster to be able to crit more often, but it's still not guaranteed by any means. Of course, the pleb could still crit, too, or even beat the CC monster's roll, at least giving him a chance to win. When two CC monsters go at it, there's a little play with skills and whatnot, but often you still end up with pretty high strike ranges anyway. And EXP weapons are pretty rare to begin with. It's not like every model (or many models, really) have them. I really don't see a problem with the mechanic, myself. Each dice still only has a 5% chance to crit. You can't guarantee that rolling 20 dice is going to net you one of each number, just like you can't guarantee flipping a coin twice will net you one head and one tail. ;) And like I said - I've seen plenty of games where I didn't roll a single crit - or my opponent didn't roll a single crit. So far, the average I've seen is 2-3 a game - which feels right to me. And it doesn't insta-kill models with more than one W or STR, either, so they do have a little bit of protection that basic troopers do not. Regardless, rolling 5 dice and one of them coming up a crit doesn't bother me - especially since such weapons are usually fairly limited by SWC. If a 15 man force had 15 Spitfires, I might see that as cause for concern. But I don't. And anecdotal evidence sure does seem kinda important to me - since I am far more likely to go by my own experience rather than what others fear or don't like. It's part of how we form our own opinions, based off our own experiences, etc. I respectfully disagree that they are 'too powerful'. But to each their own. ;) -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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