Totally thought that aswell; what differs the Hoplite Achilles from the good one: Its the the higher armor, mimetism -3 and FD. A unit with this traits would be something to consider playing. Especially with some company to run around with. I´m a bit sad about the rumor of a new Ajax coming. I realy love the modell he has, but it has the same problem like all the other characters: the scale. So i see the need to adjust them, but i am also a little sad
What do you mean? Sure, he's an early example of the "super-sized" S5 models, and I can agree that S5s who aren't mechnical (as in, robots - or dudes in bulky Heavy Armor) are tricky, but I have a feeling he's exactly what he was meant to be. ...not that he isn't due for a resculpt indeed.
i guess the idea of him was this homongously oversized giant, like described in the illias. compared to some other (new) modells he still is bigger, but not as much as intended, i could imagine. especially if u compare him to smth like Asura/KothS/Hoplite Achilles... dunno, maybe I´m remembering them all way bigger than they are, but i think thats the point. Or at least with Eudoros and the other folks
Ajax is so nice of a sculpt that I'm wary of resculpt attempts. It's hard to improve something really good. Even with scale changes he's substantially bigger than other sculpts, just not comically so.
That's the pinnacle of Aleph tech? Stuff so advanced they send sss team to retrieve even smaller lost pieces of armor? For real?
Code 1 rules, but it looks like they're shooting for some kind of mid range HI link template with those profiles. Might have smoke if they're some kind of Patroclus lite unit, no Smoke in Code 1.
Or NWI, Immunity (Total), Regeneration, Tactical Awareness, Plasma, or the many other skills and equipment that C1 doesn't have
Yeah it's unexpected to me. I thought at least ARM4 just by the way he looks with the shield. Cosmetic shield?
They've started using STR to indicate a heavily rebuilt/augmented cyborg more recently. Both the Rindak and Diablos were added with Raveneye. Maybe Eudoros was grievously injured but refused being transferred into a new Lhost.
If it’s HI with ARM 3 but Mimetism -6, I’d take that deal. Or ARM 3 +3 Dodge (Riot Grrls gone ‘borg). or Tac Aware all over. Or Regen. Or any number of other configurations. The odds that they’ll err on the side of underselling a new unit are low these days. CB has been engaging in a bit of GW-style new shiny uberness, but not so much as to break the game (typical CB experimentation yet restraint, which is part of what I love about their design/publishing philosophy). I’d put 2-1 odds on this unit getting some unique and useful combo of traits, rather than being generic HI.
This is definitely where the look doesn't fit the stats. But the same could be said for many. I guess if it was any higher ARM it would be pretty expensive in an already pts. expensive force.
Which is why the Bahram may need the ultra-cheap Order battery of Regular Daylami. With Tactical Window / limited Insertion, the horde-based armies of late N2 (I had some lists for Bahram with 4-5 Daylami Irregulars serving mostly as speedbumps) don't cut it anymore.
There are orders and equipment that are on N4 but not on code one, though. It is possible that the N4 version has some spicy equipment that is not listed on the Code One profile. ARM3 is kinda weak for its looks though. And at CC20 it isn't exactly a close combat beast. Still, if its an HMG that can link up with myrmidons with full composition bonus it might be useful at the 30 points mark
As an aside, it’s kinda surprising how few tourneys I see with the no-troops-limit extra (Free Game). Am I just missing those? Any way to get a report from CB on how popular that extra is, or even was in ITS 12?
