How about a Kosmosoldat in DBS? I have no idea what is Kosmosoldats' fluff, I assume that an experimental hackable Ariadnan HI would not be allowed to escape to Druze caravansaries but one can dream, right? Blackjacks and Ratniks could also use some more sectorials IMO.
I don't really think Ariadnan stuff belongs all that much tbh. I'm for an ORC suit with some changes. Maybe some unique Druze addons. But I would really love a Merc HI unit based around either Druze or Brawlers though.
I believe they originate from Turkish-Haqqislam decent and based in Haqq territories. They buy equipment from Haqqislam, PanO and others. The troops seem to be mainly Haqq origin as well with a few one-off hired guns. So they would probably hire from Haqq troops mostly. However this will come into the QK "design space" if they take more troops. Al Faseed is a good one because not in QK and known as a mercenary troop. Jannisaries too but they are in QK already.
Al Fasid would make the most sense as they already have Veteran and the fluff fits. Orcs could also work as CB as has made Faction specific versions of them (Varuna and WinterFor). They could have Druze Division Orcs with Vet and BS (+1 damage), but that might be consider way too powerful.
I'd still like to see some Azra'il. Their job as disgraced Sultanate royal guard is to be seen, heard, and be very obvious in their warcrimes...I mean, interventions. They fit pretty well thematically as a unit that would be assigned to work with some filthy mercs (in QK they do). I don't think their inclusion would step on QKs toes, and the two are different enough outside of the Druze themselves. Also I have 6 of them, and I want to use them.
I'd rather we see something that can't already be played alongside Druze. We already have factions that can run Druze and an Azra'il, or Druze and an Al Fasid. If we need an HI (arguable after the addition of Wolff and Scarface getting good) I'd rather see something new or not already in an NA2.
I like them too but I can't see more than an AVA of 1. They kind of painted themselves into a corner with the story. The Druze are very insular group. Anything other than Druze themselves are going to be low AVA. They've tried to get around that by having others being able to join the core team. In order to fit that story, any "ousider" HI is going to be low AVA. Like 1-3. AVA1 for the big guys and maybe up to 3 for other HI.
I would love to see a Druze specific HI. But I don't think that's going to happen. NA2s are kind of just left out to fend for themselves with the occasional random named character thrown around. Druze based around ORC suits would be awesome. Or even just a profile and let us convert up our own. I don't even need a model.
I would love to have a Druze unique HI. There was previously a limited edition HI Authorized Bounty Hunter model, it would be interesting if they resurrected the model as a low AVA heavy infantry profile with some Druze-style skills/equipment. I don't keep up with JSA, particularly after Uprising, but is there anything that would make Druze and JSA opposed to one another? I know Ikari has Tanko, Karakuri, and Daiyokai, but I can't recall if Domaru or Shikami show up anywhere else.
That's why I think the should make a HI that's like the Brawler. Available to various NA2 factions with different AVA depending.
Duuude... duuuuuude!!! That theme alone is fantastic. I could see dbs as a good way to keep some fan favorite sculpts still kicking, or resurrect some fan favorites like everyone's favorite chainsaw gripped feurbach. Dbs, while insular, obviously had some arms connections. They gained bulliteers, they must have someone who loves their money. Hell, CB could also just use repainted HI as a druze heavy infantry. Blister of a named one, or just a specific druze loadout of it, and boom you suddenly have a new unit with a blister and a swc box! That or you know, make a proper dbs starter box to give us combi rifle druze plus some new goodies.
Druze in an ORC suit sounds perfect to me. CB wouldn't need new sculpts and Druze would get a boost. Druze wouldn't have the whole host of options - just multi rifle, Lt, HMG, BSG. Just ORCs with Veteran (and perhaps a CC & WIP boost to bring them into line with Druze MI). Since the Druze already get pano remotes, why not some boxes of pano powered armour?
Sorry to resurrect this again. But what about adding Wu Ming HI to DBS? Wu Ming are a penal regiment of hardened criminals, who work with Druze in Ikari. They're a rather no frills, brutal HI. I think they fit the description of what the Druze needs in HI.
I kind like the idea of us not having any HI because because it makes us somewhat like Adriana when it comes to trying to hack us. The only things we have that are hackable are remotes and TAGs.
druze needs a proper HI but i'm not sure either is a good choice. sure they buy pan'O remotes and they are considered submondo, ascetically neither unit quite fits them on tech or background. as i mentioned before somewhere in druze threads it really needs to be another part of the druze society
Unfortunately I think CB is reluctant to make profiles just for NA2. Druze are the exception because they were the first. Druze, Spiral, and JSA are the only ones that are mostly themselves. The rest are a bigger mix of many factions. If they were to make something new, it should be possibly available to other NA2 forces. But they would be a smaller amount. Like Druze are in Ikari now.
But Ikari very rarely field Druze, and if so I think I've only ever seen the Druze Hackers. That hardly makes them similar, it's like saying DBS is similar til QK, as we both have Bashis as well as Druze. Ikari are very different to DBS, even if we had a few Wu Ming.
