Yu Jing is a hot mess

Remember what they took from you

 

I’ve remembered Bubblegum Crisis...
So, there is a style now. I like accurate forms of zuyongs.

 

I mean the suit on the picture above.
And look at this.

Spoiler: Yes. This.

Actually, Bubblegum Crisis is an old anime, but still interesting.
A little naive now. Just try it :)
(It’s about mercenary core fireteam, that fights corporations and aleph-like things)

 

It's an old daofei.

 

It's an old Invincible coloured like an old Daofei, old Daofei had a full queue and no shoulder spikes. I find the old designs were much more evocative of old chinese armours but I'm pretty sure a lot of people hated this model.

 

Yuhpp. It is crazy to me that an NA2 faction of the two Kaldstorm Sectorials seems more coherent and effective at multiple playstyles. It can build hacker heavy, midfield heavy, and it has a large amount of potential Haris teams. All while packing White Noise, Smoke, and multiple MSV2 users. Not many Sectorials get the holy trinity of the three. Plus they are all strong users of said equipment.

 

Whilst White Company is a bit weird thematically, it is generous of the company to give Yu Jing players something to do with the Pano they may have ended up stuck with from all the combined sets.

 

"The Blue Wolf" was a nickname for Genghis (Chinggis) Khan. The visual motif is weird, but it's not about an animal totem or something, it's a reference to the archetypal Mongol warlord.

Invincible armor is directly referencing Qin-era armor; the "terra cotta soldiers" that are part of their name are burial objects from the grave of the first Qin emperor, and those statues are mostly wearing Qin lamellar armor. The shoulder plates feature overlapping bands or scales that would have been made from leather. Zuyong armor shoulder plates look very clearly like Qin lamellar shoulder plates. Reference photo: https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Chi...ors,_Guardians_of_China’s_First_Emperor_1.jpg

 

As someone who is often disagreeing with triumph and their tone. I just want to say this is a will written post of issues that I feel are pretty on point for yu Jing.

While yu Jing isn't weak by any measure and with the exception of the dated ISS, the sectorials hold their own. But, I think design wise it absolutely feels disjointed.

There are units with defined roles that thematically just don't fit them, several units with overlapping rules where is natural to just pick the most optimised. The characters often don't mesh well with their home sectorials or bring much interesting to the army overall.

I think some of the issues that sick out to me is little handbrakes that just don't seem to make since in the wider context of n4.

Some examples:
Crane ranks are unique with having sensor and some command skills. But if you want an swc weapon or specialist, you lose that uniqueness - and paying high 40 points for a niche multirifle just didn't cut it.

Ye mao are supposed to be asymmetric warfare units based on hit and run. But don't bring anything particularly good at asymmetry - ie. Presenting an existential threat to heavy units with EM or upgraded hacking.

 

These kinds of compromises feel dated in the age of only the sniper in a link paying for an MSV2. Crane hacker/spitty won't break the game if sensor/triangulated fire got moved to global skills and equipment.

 

I refuse! I will sell those blasted models to someone willing to touch those miniature with a ten foot pole (or size 1 brush) eventually!

 

Jokes aside, but I feel like if there's one thing that's ageing more rapidly than anything Yu Jing, it's those stitched-together NA2 sectorials.