Of new troops that might also be in there with a limited AVA (I think): Mowang, Daoying, Zhencha, Yan Huo.
Out of all of these, I'd only believe the Zhencha to be there. I doubt we'll get the Daoying LT there for all that she can grant the sectorial. T: The Yan Huo seems definitively IA. Mowang I would also doubt. Zhencha seems like a fair guess though. I would guestimate maybe two new HI releases with the sectorial though. T:
Yea i doubt daoying too, but the mowang.. it is a hard battle in ruff terrain against Pano so some semi tags wouldnt seem that unreasonable. And you have to remember it is possibly not a Capital defending army like Iss or a special operations division like IA but a stationary frontline. They will need some bulky defending pieces (and he has a camo pattern sooo). But yan huo has invincible in his name so i doubt him too
For the Daoying, there's nothing to indicate they are expressly a part of IA. They are tacticians for all of Yu Jing Military. They are not in ISS because they are not Military but White Banner is. Actually there's nothing to say that IA troops would not be on Huang Di at all. In fact having HI makes them ideal for prolonged exposure to the frigid atmosphere. Oh and Shaolin!
I know Yu Jing is all about HI. I play the Yu Jing faction but im with @Mahtamori and would like a "dirty tricks" play style with a limited amount of HI. Sure, give the WB a couple strong options but have the focuse around LI and tech. How about some Zanshi style jammers? Then more mid field game play. Or even a updated TAG to support the LI. I was not playing before up rising but it sounds like the WB has a great oppportunity to fill the rest of the gaps that Yu Jing has from that loss. WB has a lot of potential to be unique and continue the strong theme of the faction imo.
Oh yeah! 5 man linkable Ru Shi with cheap access to smoke. Got to steal back the thunder from dashat co.
I said it once, I'll say it again and I'll probably forget I said it so I'll repeat myself. Mechanical Transformation TAG CB pls I have a feeling ''Make them bad at the ARO thingamabobblegum'' is the approach CB wants to maintain as a sort of ''balancing'' factor for Yu Jing. Make us so anecdotally strong at punching the enemy so hard in the chest their rib cage automatically turns into fertilizer... but also make us so fragile in the defense were like an unvaccinated kid being sneezed on. So I would not be getting my hopes up for good ARO potential. T: That being said... I could totes see an HI with a Jammer being released. :T
Hell yeah, smoke camo and mines should be high in priority, but jammers no thanks. even if i would love playing with them its a powercreep and soon everybody has 3 jammers on the battlefield. some sort of su jian with super jump would be something. *and white noise would be actually interesting
I agree about sneaky. I’d like to get back some of what we lost with JSA. What we lost vs. what we gained so far. Raiden -> Daoying? Shikami -> Hulang Haramaki -> ???? Domaru -> ???? Aragoto -> Liu Xing? Asuka Kisaragi -> ???? Keisotsu -> ???? Kempeitai -> ???? Tokusetsu-> Haidao Karakuri-> Mowang? Takeshi Oyama -> Tai Sheng Oniwaban -> Zhencha? Other than both are camo-infiltrator, I don’t think it compares well. Shinobu Kitsune -> ???? O-Yoroi -> ????
Agreed. White Banner is supposed to be the 'old' style of YJ army, focused on large numbers of lightly equipped troops. The one 'new' HI I'm halfway expecting is the old Bird's-Beak Invincibles, basically Wu Ming with Cubes. Emphasis mine. They're the entire YJ Justice Department, plus the various military investigation and law enforcement units, all under a single command. Even the Soviets kept the military police/intelligence (GRU) separate from the civilian one (KGB).
Tbhfam im expecting some serious antitank shit because of the jotum. Also predicting some more EM stuff, probs in the form of maulers and grenades. Probably at least one new HI that's able to slot into a zhanshi team and some sort of core link MI similar to bahh-mari.
That's literally Hulang (they moved a renowned Shaolin commander to IA and gave him capital F Funds) But yes. Have a glance at Haqq Janissary for inspiration. I'm thinking something along the lines of regular Shaolin with various gear as an alternative to Zhanshi. Impetuous keeps cost down while weapon choices keeps range down. Basically like giving Yu Jing an Inspiring Leadership character and allowing Shaolin to link, but without the character and making the Neo Shaolin pay for costs. I'm also hoping for a proper hacker regiment and Deployable Repeater on a Minelayer. Basically, I'm imagining Huang Di to be what happens if a force is not given enough funding, but lots of brain power to find alternative solutions
I'd hope for that less so. I think the idea of a properly funded army that just doesn't have as great a priority for receiving all the newest R&D goodies. So they have the funding, but they end up spending it not on all the newest shiniest gear ( Maybe some Zhencha suits though CB pls ) but on older tried and tested equipment, that may or may not be modified/upgraded with said funding. I'd find it cool if we'd see refurbished old Invincibles HI suits made into some sort of specialised HI. Or downscaled servo-armor troops in the form of Zhanshi MI units.
...well, what about making giving Hulang commander (whatever his name was) a profile. Big daddy Hulang with inspiring leadership running up the table with a harem of Shaolin.
