I very recently decided to play Ariadna as my first faction and figured that I should probably work out a list or two before buying any models....
Several people have recommended I play Haqqislam over the past few weeks, but they just feel like a less gritty higher tech version of Ariadna...
Yeah, they are unique, it's just a shame that everything fun is so costly, but it does make sense.
I'm not really seeking high risk high reward play, just access to plenty of weird units.
I've read the rules, looked over all the factions, and even played a few games with some Yu Jing models I picked up purely out of convenience, but...