I've been making some lists for the new season and finding it harder! Especially with the new Secret Objectives. Our 1 Character and few Elites are expensive! Only 2 Veterans one is also expensive, 1 Chain of command. How the hell am I supposed to prepare for this?! it's also disapointing we only have 1 Medium Infantry and you are not likely to use him for FD Level 1.
Yeah that one classified we are a bit weaker in. On the flip side, I'm leaning on tigers more and its been very rewarding. Tigers are also Elite!
I find Xi Zhaung pretty good for this role - only 20 points) In ISS it is the chepeast way. Plus in ISS i'm looking at Miranda or Sforza. I really want CG to be veterans, like order sergents in MO.
It's going to suck if all of the new IA is Heavy instead of at least 1 new Medium. I guess forward deploy Level 1 isn't that great, but tell that to the factions that have plenty of them and many Link capable. My Combined love it, especially the Rodoks. I"m just a bit discouraged I guess. I'll keep trying to see what advantages we have but it's not much at the moment.
I'm really hoping that the Forward Deployment experiment doesn't survive this season, it skews things weirdly.
I'm going to be taking a little break from Yu Jing for a while but so far I've not really felt that affected by the new season changes. We don't have many options with these classifications but most of them are good, if expensive. My (admittedly few) games this season have been fine and for me, list composition hasn't really been affected much. If anything it has inspired me to try harder to include models that sometimes get left out because they aren't quite as cost efficient as the alternatives. I've not found it discouraging.
It causes a massive headache for sure when I'm setting up tables. I have to consider whether or not a goddamn Marauder core link can have a stupid firing position to start the game from with a tower of doom in the middle of the table.
I've actually thought of that! lol. There's a few missions where he would be closer to objectives if I did FD L1, rather than coming in from the side. That is if I didn't just jump them in.
In those situations it should also be remembered that the Tiger gets to choose between combat jump and multi-terrain. So when you do forward deploy it doesn't have to worry about difficult terrain. (Minor benefit perhaps but definitely useful.)
So, this was driving me a little crazy so I had to list them all out. Troops that stand out for being able to do many secret objectives are: Zhanying Hacker can do Hacker, Spotlight, Veteran, D-Charges. Daofe Hacker can do Hacker, Spotlight, Heavy, Veteran. CAPTURE, HVT: KIDNAPPING, NET-UNDERMINE REQUIREMENTS: Veteran Troop, Elite Troop, or Chain of Command. Pheasant Agent Zhanying Tiger Soldier Crane Agent Daofei Hac Tao Sun Tze DATA SCAN, HVT: ESPIONAGE REQUIREMENTS: Hacker. Celestial Guard Hacker Zanshi Hacker Zhanying Hacker Zuyong Invicible Guilang Hacker Kanren Hacker Pheasant Agent Hacker Tiger Soldier Hacker Crane Agent Hacker Daofei Hacker Hac Tao Hacker Shang Ji Invicibles Hacker Ninja Hacker Yaopu EVO EXPERIMENTAL DRUG, HVT: INOCULATION REQUIREMENTS: Doctor or Paramedic. Zhanshi Yisheng Cube Jagger Zanshi Medic Tiger Soldier Medic Shang Ji Invicibles Medic Zuyong Invicible Medic EXTREME PREJUDICE, IN EXTREMIS RECOVERY, PREDATOR, RESCUE Any FOLLOW-UP REQUIREMENTS: Medium Infantry or Heavy Infantry Tiger Solder Crane Agent Daofei Hac Tao Sun Tze Shang Ji Invicibles Hsien Wu Ming Yan Huo Invincibles Zuyong Invicible HVT: DESIGNATION, TELEMETRY, MAPPING REQUIREMENTS: Forward Observer or Spotlight Hacking Program. Celestial Guard: FO or Hacker Zanshi: FO or Hacker Zhanying: FO or Hacker Wu Ming: FO Zuyong Invicible Guilang: FO or Hacker Gui Feng, Xi Zhuang Kanren: FO or Hacker Weibing Yaokong Pheasant Agent Hacker Tiger Soldier Hacker Crane Agent Hacker Daofei Hacker Hac Tao Hacker Shang Ji Invicibles Hacker Ninja Hacker HVT: IDENTITY CHECK REQUIREMENTS: Biometric Visor, Multispectral Visor or Sensor. Bao Zhanying Hsien Crane Agent Pheasant Agent Sniper Le Muet Sun Tze 2 Guilang Yaoxie Rui Shi Lu Duan Weibing Yaokong HVT: RETROENGINEERING, TEST RUN REQUIREMENTS: Engineer. Mech-Engineer NANOESPIONAGE REQUIREMENTS: Engineer, Doctor, Paramedic or DataTracker. Mech-Engineer Zhanshi Yisheng Cube Jagger Zanshi Medic Tiger Soldier Medic Shang Ji Invicibles Medic Zuyong Invicible Medic DataTracker SABOTAGE REQUIREMENTS:D-Charge Mech-Engineer Zhanying Hacker
For the Identity check one you've left out a number of choices since it is any level of MSV. Guilang, Sun Tze2, the pheasant multi-sniper (not that anyone takes it) and since I can't see anything prohibiting REMs you could also use the Weibing, Lu Duan and Rui shi.
Yup, he forgot the basic REM including to do some clasifieds listed, Xi Zhuang too :/ Yu Jing ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 3 WÈIBĪNG Yaókòng Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16) RUI SHI Spitfire / Electric Pulse. (1 | 20) LÙ DUĀN Mk12, Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse. (0 | 21) GROUP 2 3 PHEASANT IMPERIAL AGENT (Multispectral Visor L1, Marksmanship LX) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, CC Weapon. (1.5 | 32) XI ZHUANG Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, MadTraps / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 20) SUN TZE MULTI Rifle, Nanopulser, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 52) 2.5 SWC | 161 Points Open in Infinity Army
Ok updated. I'm thinking I may do the same for each mission too. I'm thinking that the new troop that Carlos said "Gets things done" is going to have multiple things. Guessing Vet or Elite, Heavy, FO or Hacker with D-Charges I also took out EVO from Telemetry. EVO does not have the Spotlight program.
Zhencha is the one I was thinking of that Carlos talked about. He has D-Charges too. We are thinking he will have some sort of forward deployment ability. The Hai Dao will also have D-Charges so that's going to be great. Of course we don't know if it will be all profiles.