So FC looks to have lots of very specific link compositions which I'm struggling to process and make a list. So far Laxmee and kaplans Haris seems like a godg option for a midfield killer/specialist combo. Not sure what to do with the rest of the team. What are your thoughts?
Looks like I'll be taking the Securitate/CSU core pretty much every game. I'm a little disappoint none of these AVA4 profiles got some type of special core without taking 3 characters. The bolt haris and the Kaplan haris look pretty decent, since I'll probably be taking Laxmee anyway
It's so annoying, especially looking over at Dashat where you basically just can do what you like too. My only Only idea is to do a SoF with 2 Bolts and a Laxmee Haris with two Kaplan, but it seems rather underwhelming. It's also feels weird for Hannibal to have a Marksmen rifle and then give his crew Forward Deployment. Guess it doesn't matter if you take the Shotgun, but you can't do the Lt. then.
I agree, I was really hoping for a great Valkyrie delivery system. Her and massacre in a Haris or something, looks like you'd have to drag a 5 man core around.
I don't mind all that much really. I think Haris is a good spot for the characters, Valk I want running around on her own anyway, that's not a huge deal. I just would have liked to have more defensive ARO options, something where Kaplans can mix with Securitates or CSU
I played around a bit and keep ending up on this. Securitate core with CSU for specialists/flank guards plus a Hannibal Harris. Strategic deployment gives the whole link FD2 so you get to start a spitfire bolt and Massacre up the table. I'm feeling the same vibe as Starco where it looked great on the surface... but I kept running into the same combinations. For a second list, I would probably want to fit in a crocman (because they're cool!) but I don't know how much value it would provide as this list already has significant mid-board presence. Foreign Company ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 KRIZA BORAC Lieutenant HMG / Heavy Pistol, CC Weapon. (2 | 54) HANNIBAL (Chain of Command, Strategic Deployment) Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 37) SEÑOR MASSACRE Breaker Combi Rifle, E/M Grenades, Eclipse Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW, E/M CCW. (0 | 29) BOLT Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 23) SECURITATE MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 21) SECURITATE Feuerbach / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 22) SECURITATE Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13) CSU (Specialist Operative) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) CSU Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 11) CSU Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 11) GROUP 2 3 1 ZERO Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21) ZERO Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21) AKAL COMMANDO Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 21) WARCOR (360º Visor) Flash Pulse / Stun Pistol, Knife. (0 | 3) 6 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army
Nice, I see you're having a similar problem as me, I find it tough to push 13/14 orders Foreign Company ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 SECURITATE HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 21) SECURITATE Feuerbach / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 22) SECURITATE Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13) CSU (Specialist Operative) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) CSU Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 11) CSU Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 11) ZERO Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) ZERO (Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle, E/Mauler / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) KRIZA BORAC HMG / Heavy Pistol, CC Weapon. (2 | 54) VALKYRIE Heavy Shotgun, Grenades / Heavy Pistol, EXP CC Weapon. (0 | 35) GROUP 2 3 LAXMEE Hacker (UPGRADE: Maestro) Submachine Gun + Pitcher, Cybermines, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 34) KAPLAN Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 28) KAPLAN Combi Rifle, Adhesive Launcher, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) 5.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army I have a tournament coming up in the middle of April and I plan on playing Foreign company in it. There's two missions that have objective rooms so this is kind of built around that. Valk seems invaluable in enclosed spaces....
I like FC because of the SoF characters, so I don't mind having to take them in a core. Although as the group runs expensive, i might go for a 3-men core and haris. (the SoF core w/ ORC HMG pointmen is 176 Pts, although a bolt Spitfire pointmen could do the work for 21 pts saved) It is interesting that all the special cores rely on including Valkyrie. I might run bolts with hannibal haris, which gives them FD L1, or improves it to FD L2 when applying a tournament rule giving them FD L1. Bolt haris is good. Then a Val + Avi + Orc core or a securitate (inc. CSU). Another double haris option is Hannibal + Val + Massacre core and 2 KTS+Laxmee haris, uses all SoF characters.
At the moment this is my favourite list i come up with in FC. It is LI though and has probably many other problems i don't see at the moment. xD 300 FC Doomlink LI ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 VALKYRIE Heavy Shotgun, Grenades / Heavy Pistol, EXP CC Weapon. (0 | 35) AVICENNA Combi Rifle, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) ORC Lieutenant HMG / Pistol, Knife. (2 | 44) ORC Boarding Shotgun + 1 TinBot A (Deflector L1) / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 36) ORC Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 36) BOLT (Fireteam: Haris) Boarding Shotgun, Drop Bears / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) BOLT (Chain of Command) Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun, Drop Bears / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) BOLT (Multispectral Visor L1) MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 27) LAXMEE Hacker (UPGRADE: Maestro) Submachine Gun + Pitcher, Cybermines, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 34) CSU (Specialist Operative) Breaker Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 15) 4.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army
That's my actual list idea Foreign Company ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 SECURITATE MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 21) SECURITATE (Repeater) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 15) SECURITATE Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13) SECURITATE Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13) SECURITATE Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13) BOLT (Fireteam: Haris) Boarding Shotgun, Drop Bears / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) BOLT Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 23) BOLT (Killer Hacking Device) Boarding Shotgun, E/Mauler / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21) KRIZA BORAC Lieutenant HMG / Heavy Pistol, CC Weapon. (2 | 54) ZERO (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) GROUP 2 3 LAXMEE Hacker (UPGRADE: Maestro) Submachine Gun + Pitcher, Cybermines, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 34) CROC MAN (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 32) ZERO Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21) 5.5 SWC | 298 Points Open in Infinity Army
@Ben Kenobi Replace the 3 securitate w/ combi with 3 CSU 12 specialists (They count as securitates). Ironic that foreign company seems to work better without the soldiers of failure link options.
Yeah it's quite a shame! I am curious to give this a try, but somehow it doesn't really feel that exciting: Foreign Company ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 HANNIBAL Lieutenant (Strategic Deployment, Strategos L1) MULTI Marksman Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 41) SEÑOR MASSACRE Boarding Shotgun, E/M Grenades, Eclipse Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW, E/M CCW. (0 | 26) VALKYRIE Heavy Shotgun, Grenades / Heavy Pistol, EXP CC Weapon. (0 | 35) BOLT Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 23) BOLT Missile Launcher, Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 26) LAXMEE Hacker (UPGRADE: Maestro) Submachine Gun + Pitcher, Cybermines, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 34) KAPLAN MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 30) KAPLAN Doctor (MediKit) Combi Rifle, Blitzen / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) PEACEMAKER Heavy Shotgun + AUXBOT_3 / Electric Pulse. (0 | 21) AUXBOT_3 Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse. (- | 4) CROC MAN Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 36) 6 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army
It would have been cool if the SoF had more flexible link options (Valkyrie duo with Massacre!) but i like them anyway and will probably play them regardless. This is a list with quite flexible link options: 300 FC Tri-Haris LI ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 VALKYRIE Heavy Shotgun, Grenades / Heavy Pistol, EXP CC Weapon. (0 | 35) SEÑOR MASSACRE Breaker Combi Rifle, E/M Grenades, Eclipse Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW, E/M CCW. (0 | 29) HANNIBAL Lieutenant (Strategic Deployment, Strategos L1) MULTI Marksman Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 41) BOLT (Chain of Command) Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun, Drop Bears / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) BOLT (Fireteam: Haris) Boarding Shotgun, Drop Bears / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) BOLT Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 23) LAXMEE Hacker (UPGRADE: Maestro) Submachine Gun + Pitcher, Cybermines, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 34) KAPLAN MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 30) KAPLAN (Fireteam: Haris) Combi Rifle, Adhesive Launcher, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 24) CROC MAN MULTI Sniper Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 38) 5.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Hannibal, Valkyrie and Massacre can form a fireteam with two Bolts. And Laxmee has her Kaplan Haris. If one or more of the characters die, the Bolts can reform a Haris. This list is very light on specialists though and i don't particularly like the MSR Croc because Infiltration and X-Visior are more or less wasted. I also have list without the bulk of SoF: 300 FC Veterans ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 SECURITATE (Repeater) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 15) SECURITATE HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 21) SECURITATE Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13) CSU (Specialist Operative) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) CSU Breaker Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) BOLT (Fireteam: Haris) Boarding Shotgun, Drop Bears / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) BOLT (Chain of Command) Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun, Drop Bears / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) BOLT Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 23) KRIZA BORAC Lieutenant HMG / Heavy Pistol, CC Weapon. (2 | 54) LAXMEE Hacker (UPGRADE: Maestro) Submachine Gun + Pitcher, Cybermines, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 34) GROUP 2 4 2 ZERO Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21) ZERO (Minelayer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 19) PATHFINDER DRONBOT Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16) FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) WARCOR (Sixth Sense L1) Flash Pulse / Stun Pistol, Knife. (0 | 3) WARCOR (Sixth Sense L1) Flash Pulse / Stun Pistol, Knife. (0 | 3) 5.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Solid Securitate + CSU link, Bolt Haris, Kriza Rambo, a pair of REMs, Laxmee for White Noise shenanigans, Zeros and 2! mighty Warcors. Also CoC + 6 units with Veteran L1.
You guys sound a bit jealous of other armies shinier toys....are we already in the Salty Area even though it's just been released?
Yes. FC and the SoF are rather disappointing and uninspired. Dashat isn't very original, but at least it's a nice surprise, where you have freedom to mix and match to serve your style. I really don't get that from FC yet. That's why...
Hmm...not feeling it for now, when I toyed around with the lists I felt like I had quite a few fun options to go around. I mean sure, there are some choices that seem like they'd be almost auto includes, but besides that? Also let's be real, a Sectorial that allows you total freedom to "mix and match to serve your style" usually isn't a thing in Infinity in most cases, if Dashat can do it, that's very cool for them...but I still couldn't give a rats ass about them as their look doesn't speak to me at all. On the other hand I can't wait to see my Foreign Legion on the table for the first time :-) But who knows, maybe you're right about them and I'm just in the pink glasses phase of the Sectorial still...or maybe my expectations just weren't as high as some others I guess. Interesting to see some of the List ideas here, my first try will most likely look something like this: Foreign Company ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 9 1 1 CSU (Specialist Operative) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) CSU Breaker Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) CSU (Specialist Operative) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12) SECURITATE Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13) SECURITATE HMG / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 21) HANNIBAL (Chain of Command, Strategic Deployment) Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 37) BOLT Spitfire / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 23) SEÑOR MASSACRE Boarding Shotgun, E/M Grenades, Eclipse Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW, E/M CCW. (0 | 26) AKAL COMMANDO Spitfire / Pistol, E/M CCW. (1.5 | 28) BAKUNIN ÜBERFALLKOMMANDO . (0 | 24) CHIMERA Combi Rifle, Nanopulser, Eclipse Grenades / Viral CCW. (0 | 21) x3 PUPNIK DA CCW. (0 | 3) GROUP 2 4 2 WARCOR (360º Visor) Flash Pulse / Stun Pistol, Knife. (0 | 3) WARCOR (360º Visor) Flash Pulse / Stun Pistol, Knife. (0 | 3) ZERO (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) ZERO (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) PEACEMAKER Spitfire + AUXBOT_3 / Electric Pulse. (1 | 27) AUXBOT_3 Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse. (- | 4) SECURITATE Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 21) 5.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army
Yeah maybe it's just not fitting to what I am looking for. Which is a shame since I really identify with the fluff of it, same goes for StarCo though so it's just another Nomad disappointment, which adds the salt.