Hey I bought the ISS wotan army bundle when they sold that since I knew I wanted to play the army eventualy. It consists of ISS Starter pack, Su jian, Sforza and Sun Tze (V.1). Additionally I havd Red Veil + Beyond Red veil. This will be my 4th faction, 9th if we count all sectorials as individual armies. So I do have some experience with the game hehe. What I am thinking about is which blister or single box would you reccomend to get started. As of right now I have 450ish points of ISS so no problem there, but been wondering if for example the sophotec is so neccesary or a garuda or maybe a kanren. WYSIWYG weapon profiles do not matter in my play group :). I wont get Kuang Shi because I am praying for a resculpt and in the beginning i am proxying remotes with my haqq/nomad/c.army remotes (Its all the same anyhow haha). So should I be good with what I got or could I use 1 or 2 models fir flexibilities sake? Also I can not seem to find it anywhere but is Sforza and the other BH regular order profiles staying and ITS legal, thought it was only for Wotan? Hope you can help me and sorry for the lengthy post :D!
Registered Sforza and the Ashcroft Hunting Party were introduced with Wotan, as you note, during ITS 8. They are here permanently.
You already have a ninja, so that's it... I'd strongly suggest the Sophotect, with her 2 yudbots, as one of the most urgents things to buy: while the Garudais great, you already have killy options, and the ISS "weak" point is less variety of specialists. After that, remotes, either the Total reaction+ 8 points ARO support (which can work as an specialist by doubling its cost, also getting a sensor in the deal), or the Dire Foes with the celestial guard, since it's the only source of glue perimetrals. Another cheap blister is the Dakini HMG, quite good: 21pts and 1 SWC for a mimetic remote that moves 6-4, and if you can use it to proxy it also means you can use it as the ever-useful Paramedic for fast objective grabbing.
Alright nice, thanks :D! @xagroth Thanks for the pointers, suppose its going to be the Sophotect and a Dakini then!