O-12 B-Pong

B-Pong is a mission where the 2nd player always wins assuming that he isn't completely destroyed. You win by doing the following:

- Destroy enemies that are b2b contact with the consoles (they can't be in marker states that shouldn't be too hard)
- Get one of your dudes b2b with a console (helperbots are ideal)
- Get one of your dudes b2b contact with the tracking beacon (helperbots are ideal)
--> You get 2 op, opponent gets 0 or 1.

Repeat process for 3 turns.

 

Roadbot Paramedic or Lawkeeper Specialists are good at yeeting the beacon due to their large bases

 

Holding consoles is really hard and trying to do that is usually not a good idea if you are going 2nd. Like I said, helperbots and other peripherals are ideal for this purpose. You only need four of them.

 

In B-Pong you get points by controlling the beacon and console. You control beacon and consoles by moving a trooper next to them. It doesn’t matter what kind of (non-null, non-markerstate) trooper is so naturally the best troopers are those who you can lose to enemy next turn attacks like helperbots.

The mission has a lot of useless rules about moving the beacon but it’s all trap.

 

Not an O12 player, but if you're stuck going first, you basically have to treat the mission like a 1-round game of Annihilation. If you can't cripple your opponent with an alpha strike so thoroughly that they're unable to play the mission at all, you'll basically never be able to come back from it.

So forget about playing the rest of the table, you really only need one or two specialists you can keep safe (a hidden or airborne deployment would be great here) or to press buttons in the aftermath. Everything else in your list should be utterly focused on ending the game at the top of T1. Even go as far as disregarding accomplishing any objectives on turn one if it means destroying the enemy, you absolutely can not afford to let them play. So long as you don't put them in retreat, you can then afford to sit on objectives on T2 and 3 while your now crippled opponent kind of just has to sit there and watch you score.

Conversely, if you're going second, you just need to survive the alpha. Once you do that, the scoring is heavily weighted enough in your favour that you can sort of just coast.

 

@Weathercock Agree everything except I don't think that having specialists is that important. You don't need to push any buttons in the mission.

Like maybe you can score an additional point by pressing the console and moving the beacon 6", but if you going 2nd and contemplating this issue you have already won the match.

B-Pong is perhaps the most poorly thought out mission in the infinity at the moment. It would become so much better with thse changes:

Scoring:
1p each turn if you have at least one activated console
1p each turn if you move the beacon more times than your opponent
1p each turn if the beacon is on enemy side of the table
1p for classified objective

I would also clarify that the beacon moves by teleporting and doesn't pay any movement for moving up or down.

 

My main concern is you have little ARO presence, which will limit your ability to defend the beacon and consoles. Also, it feels weird not to use Parvati to supplement the investment in the Bronze.

Below is my recommendation as it will provide some more ARO and increase the army's resilience. In addition, I spilt the groups to allow some more flexibility, hopefully:


Bpong
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GROUP 1 9 1
BRONZE Heavy Machine Gun / Pistol, E/M CC Weapon, PARA CC Weapon(-6). (1.5 | 55)
PARVATI Submachine Gun(+1B), Flash Pulse ( | GizmoKit, MediKit) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 38)
NYOKA Heavy Rocket Launcher, Chain-colt / Pistol, Shock CC Weapon. (1 | 19)
LAWKEEPER (Specialist Operative) Combi Rifle, Chain Rifle / MULTI Pistol, PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 24)
SIDEBOT Heavy Riotstopper / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 4)
RAVENEYE Submachine Gun, E/Marat, Flash Pulse, E/M Mines / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 12)
RAVENEYE (Lieutenant) Submachine Gun, E/Marat, Flash Pulse, E/M Mines / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 12)
KAPPA (Hacker, Hacking Device) Submachine Gun ( ) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0.5 | 12)
KAPPA Missile Launcher / Pistol, CC Weapon. (1.5 | 17)
CRUSHER (Combat Jump, Parachutist) Boarding Shotgun, Panzerfaust, D-Charges / Pistol, E/M CC Weapon. (0 | 36)
GROUP 2 4 2
LAWKEEPER (Specialist Operative) Red Fury, Chain Rifle / MULTI Pistol, PARA CC Weapon(-3). (1.5 | 29)
SIDEBOT Heavy Riotstopper / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 4)
KYTTÄ Flash Pulse / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 7)
SHONA CARANO Submachine Gun, Nanopulser(+1B), Flash Pulse / Pistol, EXP CC Weapon. (0 | 27)
VARANGIAN Submachine Gun, Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Heavy Pistol, AP CC Weapon. (0 | 12)
6 SWC | 300 Points
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Yup, minimal effort required if going second. It's actually kind of nuts.