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Why play IA ?

Discussion in 'Yu Jing' started by siri, Mar 27, 2019.

  1. ambisinister

    ambisinister Broken Zoetrope

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    I mean yes, but that’s true of literally any army, not just dashat. The whole point of IA is that it has NCO, and TA, and Lt2, and everything else. That’s the IA experience we’ve been given (which isn’t the same as it being the one you wanted, but that’s a different matter.) saying dashat can give you the IA experience without any of that is disingenuous. What you’re actually saying is dashat can be competitive without thise things because they have other stuff to compensate.
     
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  2. Space Ranger

    Space Ranger Well-Known Member

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    Yes you are correct. They just don't have the need for NCO and Lt. 2 because they have ways to make up for it.
     
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  3. Zewrath

    Zewrath Elitist Jerk

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    This is the best post made by anyone on this forum.
     
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  4. Maksimas

    Maksimas Heavy Infantry Addict Maxim

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    Can't argue with that.
     
  5. Section9

    Section9 Well-Known Member

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    I'm saying that a lot recently, but I first came to the line by riffing off of a comment by @Maksimas that I can't find now. It was somewhere talking about JSA, and how Samurai don't do subtle.

    Edit: Found the original quotes, had to do an actual search of the forum!
    This then got tweaked into what we're seeing now, but original credit should really go to @Maksimas .
     
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  6. Maksimas

    Maksimas Heavy Infantry Addict Maxim

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    It's the last post in this thread, by the by.
    https://forum.corvusbelli.com/threa...r-single-group-lists.27681/page-4#post-229508

    And technically yes, it was about something involving subtlety, ninjas, samurai and subtlety being overrated.
     
  7. Brother Smoke

    Brother Smoke Bureau Trimurti Representative

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    Because you can field all-HI LI lists with 14+ orders?
    Because you can make some of the best links in the game?
    Because the sculpts are ridiculously awesome??

    I mean, when I started this game I decided I would stay away from YJ, and IA has made me strongly reconsider
     
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  8. Thandar

    Thandar Dedicated Aconteccan Supremacist

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    I feel totally the same. Plus I love the IA fluff. Dahshat could go to fuck itself, period.
     
  9. det

    det Member

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    Well...my position after a multiyear hiatus is this:

    "oh, I can play any IA list just buying the IA starter since of the rest I've got almost everything? (And the few things I don't have I have really suitable proxies) nice!"
     
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    ev0k Well-Known Member

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  11. Forté

    Forté Well-Known Member

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    I was sold IA by a friend who knows I enjoy painting more but not repeating the same scheme loads of times. Mentioned low model count and heavy infantry.

    That's me done.
     
  12. p2k

    p2k New Member

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    They sure look cool, and a paintrain with that many orders can be fun.
    But lets face the truth, I dont believe IA will be very succesfull when we talk about winning tourneys. They just have to many weak points, one em-granade, one assault hacker/repeater, one missle launcher can take you completely out of the game.

    Im not saying thats its impossible to win, just that a mistakes playing IA can weight heavy.
     
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  13. Mahtamori

    Mahtamori Well-Known Member

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    I have a friend who owns some 50-ish models of Military Orders because "you don't really need more than 10 to play a game"

    Sadly he doesn't collect anymore because he got fed up with CB's sense of balance, but he's found new insanity projects with a 3D printer.
     
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  14. Forté

    Forté Well-Known Member

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    I spent years playing a certain other plastic molding companies games. Infinity has cat like balance in comparison :smiley:
     
  15. Samiberi

    Samiberi Well-Known Member

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    You choose IA cause it is YJ, and YJ is state mandated love.
     
  16. Maksimas

    Maksimas Heavy Infantry Addict Maxim

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    The State Empire is the best Empire.
     
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  17. EpicDiceFail

    EpicDiceFail Patron Saint of Horrible Dice

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    Because.....
     

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  18. fatherboxx

    fatherboxx Mission control, I'm coming home.

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    Why bother playing anything but OSS, Shasvastii and Dashat? Dont dare calling yourself competetive players if you play suboptimal non tier A factions hurrrrrrrrrr

    Because there are 3 squalo players in my meta
     
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  19. Section9

    Section9 Well-Known Member

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    That would make me want to play JSA DoTanko core, or any other faction setup with all the EM love.
     
  20. Maksimas

    Maksimas Heavy Infantry Addict Maxim

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    That sounds like...

    An actual letimate use for the Hulang. T:
     
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