Infinity Armies Removed - why, what can you do and how was it handled?

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  • @patrikmuller6813
    @patrikmuller6813 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It's very simple, if my Varuna and Spiral don't come back, I don't play Infinity anymore.

  • @OldManRogers
    @OldManRogers 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Glad to see you're alive and on the mend! With regards to the AoS thing some of the models were less than 5 years old AND were in the previous editions starter set so a lot of people had bought into that particular faction of that army. Contrast MRRF/ASA/NCA etc were 10 years + ?
    It's interesting that they choose to nuke the army rather than resculpt with extra options.

    • @thedicegodswg
      @thedicegodswg  3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Can't keep a bad man down...

    • @benjaminwalker5750
      @benjaminwalker5750 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Spiral Corps was less than five years old when it was announced that it would be nuked. At least GW gives us legends rules.

    • @OldManRogers
      @OldManRogers วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ Fair point. Even a translation to N5 language would be nice.

  • @TheDiceAbideLIVE
    @TheDiceAbideLIVE 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    I think it's important not to ignore that not only armies that were "Playable, but Out of Catalogue" were removed. Varuna along with three NA2 forces being deleted without warning, really sucks. It also doesn't help that their messaging around the "Out of Catalogue" forces was that they'd come back in some way in the future. This edition alone I had well over 100 models in my collection that were no longer of use to me.
    When it comes to the "older N2" armies being removed, you seem to forget that Acon and Caledonia were resculpted up to modern standards. For that matter, you can still buy all of the Varuna sculpts, as well as Mormaers, on their web store, and from their retail distributors. This has left several game shops to sit on inventory that they paid for, but can no longer sell.
    I'm sure there was a need to shake things up, but the way they've handled this was very poorly done.

    • @thedicegodswg
      @thedicegodswg  2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Agreed on how it was done, completely. It was not what I expected from cb.

    • @TheDiceAbideLIVE
      @TheDiceAbideLIVE 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@thedicegodswg Yeah, it's been really weird for me. I got out of GW games and into Infinity N3 because the game was balanced and because they worked so well with the community and had a high level of transparency. Since the launch of N4 I feel like the script has been flipped. GW has become much more transparent, while CB has become increasingly opaque. Now I find myself getting back into GW (not the mainline products though), and being disappointed by CB... really not what I would have ever predicted.
      ITS Season 16, Part 2 coming out today, with no new missions, and not fixing Reinforcements, isn't helping either, haha.

    • @thedicegodswg
      @thedicegodswg  2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@TheDiceAbideLIVE yeah, I can completely understand that. It's not the CB which earned our loyalty and trust, for sure. I am hoping it's just a blip.
      And yes, ITS 16 part 2 was a bit of a shrug than a celebration. Weird times indeed...

    • @shayaplay3213
      @shayaplay3213 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think it's important not to ignore that among your 100 models most could play the loadouts of the N5 profiles and are totally playable. It was announced that all factions were going to get only 3 sectorials. How is anybody shocked by what happened is beyond me. Poorly handled is a bit of a stretch they did not say in advance what was going to get cut but every Pan-O or Ariadna players should have figured it out when they said many month prior that the factions were gonna get curated.

    • @patrikmuller6813
      @patrikmuller6813 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But now we have no way to get the rules for our miniatures. Then they should leave the old N4 online and then they'll see how many people are still building armies there.

  • @Outrun-et1wj
    @Outrun-et1wj 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I wish they put in the rules for the armies, but not allow them for tournament. This way friendly games are easier accessible, but there is no need for too precise balancing and availability.

    • @flareinc7413
      @flareinc7413 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Same they did w Warmachine and Malifaux and it works like a charm.
      The best way to alienate players is to make players' minis irrelevant.

  • @alexbenton1551
    @alexbenton1551 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I lost my SAA, which I had just played through a tournament season, and my StarCo. In particular StarCo going I do not understand as they were comprised entirely of units from other armies that have not vanished (except, I suppose, the Caledonian and USariadna units, of which there are two). End result, I have a whole load of models that I bought, painted and do love, that I just wont play anymore. I get that CB needs to sell new models. They could've sold new SAA, reinventing the sectorial or rolled units over into a new sectorial (as with the Tikbalang into Military Orders). Particularly grating is that they canned NCA and MRRF after introducing brand spanking new models for both in the reinforcements debacle. They had the right idea in the move to N4 from N3 - kept people's armies alive and playable at little to no great cost in transferring them into the new rules. In doing that they kept a huge amount of goodwill with their playerbase that they have squandered completely now. I'm not sure that I feel your example Hydra re: Bagh Mari as they remain for my money one of the best MI units in the game, and regulars were one of the most interesting baseline infantry out there, too.
    The end result of the whole affair is that I am on the verge of giving up on Infinity completely, and I have no appetite to buy any more infinity models at all. I just have to hope the ones I already own remain supported if I do decide to play again when the dust has settled. CB lost a loyal customer going forward.
    Also there remains the option that I sell out with my remaining armies, costing them another opportunity to sell those first hand.
    Only time will tell if they regret this strategy, I suppose - somehow I doubt that they care.

  • @2fun2stp
    @2fun2stp วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I just learned last week that my army was gone 😢. it sucks big time because i had every mini all fully painted.

  • @Jerross88
    @Jerross88 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I got into Infinity in preparation for N5. We had been wanting to play for a while, and the launch of N5 seemed like a great time to start. I decided to go Military Orders and went ham on the army. I spent around $600 to fill everything out and then started painting. I didn't even realise armies could be cut. If I had known that was a possibility, I definitely would have waited until I knew my army was safe before purchasing anything. I could only imagine doing what I did only to find out what I just purchased isn't usable. I bought a friend the Haqq starter box and they were the last video to pop. They're not even in the Lorebook. I was so worried I'd wasted money on that.

  • @professorlaserfist8590
    @professorlaserfist8590 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I went heavy into Caladonians and spent a lot of time money and effort collecting them only to see them get cut.

  • @jordandeline2203
    @jordandeline2203 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    My PanO roster was all NCA, SAA and Varuna. Whole box of minis that are borderline useless now. I think maybe 25/around 150 still have profiles. The loss of the TAGs in particular was a slap in the face; My Squalo, Dragoes, Uhlan are entirely useless, and with Acon dead, the OOP Toni I *just* bought direct from CB to pair with my original one, is useless. PanO is basically dead to me at this point, and I really second guess all my purchases now.

    • @shayaplay3213
      @shayaplay3213 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Most of them still have profiles or exactly the same loadout so transferable. 25/150 is a bit of a stretch. It's a game things are going to move around you should expect those things. I lost two sectorials I played, it sucked but then use your imagination build lists and play something else with what you've got.

    • @Vanyarma
      @Vanyarma วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@shayaplay3213 True, but doing so defeats the entire purpose of removing the armies from the app. If I can proxy everything, which I will moving forward because I really don't want to waste more money having wysiwyg armies that will get squatted in months, then what was the point of squandering the players' goodwill like this? If my Varuna will proxy Kestrel, and my NCA will proxy SWF, why bother buying more minis? Spending time painting? This isn't a videogame where you install and play stuff, it takes time and effort to have an army looking good on the table. And right now I don't feel motivated to buy any more from them.

  • @vilidious
    @vilidious 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Personally, if the game is not historical, I try to buy my minis for specific rule sets.
    So I hope N4 rules and army builders (i.e. point costs) are possible to backup to people's own archives.
    Then as long as you have a couple of N4 armies, you could still play them casually with friends regardless of what happens to Corvus Belli.

    • @thedicegodswg
      @thedicegodswg  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      100%. N4 remains, for now, an option.

    • @waardlafrance110
      @waardlafrance110 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Le site human sphere a fait une archive du builder N4 dans un sous-site, de mémoire.

  • @Psyqhical
    @Psyqhical 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When my Varuna got axed, I cried myself to sleep that day. 😢

  • @jamesteal8253
    @jamesteal8253 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    “They’re a brick in a sock…” 😂

  • @jamieduke2249
    @jamieduke2249 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Correct me if im wrong, but as far as PanO sectorials go, is WinterFor the oldest and potentially on the chopping block when another rule edition takes place?

    • @thedicegodswg
      @thedicegodswg  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No, not really. Based on how things happened last time, I wouldn't want to second guess. Varuna was pretty new. But, this is the first major cull, so I don't think this will happen every edition.

    • @ONIMOT100
      @ONIMOT100 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Yes, they are. I'd recommend not buying into them for that reason, since when the time comes for a new range to get added in 2-3 years, they'll be in the pool for removal

  • @DrVitoti
    @DrVitoti 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I attended the talk unveiling the new Sandtrap boxset in Freakwars and they did mention that sectorials would be deleted so that no faction had more than 3 sectorials, and they did give their reasons, which are what you mentioned, mainly about maintaining such a large varierty of products was making it very difficult to convince stockists to stock their products and that the game had way too many different armies to support properly, that is also why they are releasing more minis in packs instead of individually. However they dont have a way to communicate directly with the community like warhammer community, that is why it may have appeared to many that they kinda hid it.

    • @waardlafrance110
      @waardlafrance110 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      "Cependant, ils n’ont pas de moyen de communiquer directement avec la communauté"
      Ils ont trois blogs, facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube, tiktok (assez étrange vu la moyenne d'âge des utilisateurs de tiktok et celle des wargamers), un forum, et ils vont même sur le groupe facebook (gros pb quand le bot a buggé et vous a supprimé votre compte, vu que ce truc est en visibilité fermé aux seuls membres) et le discord non officiel (ce qui est d'ailleurs un problème car il faut penser à faire une recherche là-dedans en sachant que c'est Koni qui parle).

  • @chromedog68
    @chromedog68 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I lost my NCA army that I'd played from N2, when they became a thing.
    OTOH, my JSA, Corregidor, QK and O-12 got better. Swings and roundabouts.

  • @anthonywaggett9317
    @anthonywaggett9317 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Firstly, glad to see you back and healthy. I
    I totally agree with your summary of why CB made this decision from a commercial perspective and the comparisons with GW were bound to happen, however there are some major differences. When GW retired models for AoS it was to basically replace (most) of them with new sculpts and the retired models became unusable in official play. CB however does still allow the retired minis to be used as proxies. Also when GW announced the AoS cull there was a huge amount of outrage in the community and it is possible that CB saw this and decided to go (to far) the other way. The fact is that if these culls are to happen there is no real way break it easy (reminds me of the cat on the roof and the Grandfather joke - if you know you know).
    To be completely open, I am new to Infinity as a game (not a collector) with N5 so obviously does not really impact me.

    • @waardlafrance110
      @waardlafrance110 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "CB permet toujours d’utiliser les figurines retirées comme proxys"
      Bah même s'ils n'autorisaient pas à faire du proxys, c'est pas comme si Bostria allait faire un voyage jusqu'à ton club pour vous cassez les genoux.

  • @flareinc7413
    @flareinc7413 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Privateer Press did this geniously and Corvus Belli should've just done the same.
    Instead they alienated parts of their playerbase.

  • @tanakoskyler-thetabletopsh377
    @tanakoskyler-thetabletopsh377 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So as someone that had Varuna and Acon, it sucks that i cant really play them without having to proxy them (which to be fair, I have been playing them for Kestrel which is a banger of a sectorial). That said i think its something that is needed for the health of the game since you cant keep adding profiles and sectorials and not expect either overlap or balancing issues.
    What i do think though is that it definitely needed to be communicated clearly what was going away profile wise.

  • @waardlafrance110
    @waardlafrance110 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    CB est bien gentil de dire que leur catalogue est trop gros, on leur dit déjà nous-même depuis des années, mais à chaque fois qu'ils disent ça, à chaque fois ils ont augmenté le catalogue avec de nouvelles armées, et avec des armées qui ont attendu encore maintenant comme la JSA d'avoir des nouvelles sculptures, d'ailleurs c'est ce qu'ils ont fait encore en N5, tout le monde attendait un retour de Neoterra ou d'Acentecimento, on a eu la Kestrel que personne ne demandait.
    Puis parallèlement je signale qu'ils se sont fait bien 30-50% de ventes en plus en faisant des FOMOS mensuels à chaque retrait de figurines ces dernières années, je vous signale que la communauté n'augmente plus donc il n'y a pas 36 solutions concernant le doublement de chiffre d'affaire de CB, s'ils font à peine 100-300k euros avec leurs KS, y'a rien d'autres qui explique comment ils ont pu faire 1-2 millions de plus.
    Ils se sont fait plus de 6 millions d'euros en vendant des Fomos qui ne sont plus jouables et il n'y a même pas de communication.

  • @jessefrederick-eq9fx
    @jessefrederick-eq9fx 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I agree with the slim down for balancing purposes. CB can't playtest every sectorial enough to balance it and if they try then there is backlash against the resulting meta similar to the new edition of Killteam. The communication was lacking and it was interesting that the hype train was full bore until the delay happened and then I had to search to find out anything.

  • @TheWhizzard
    @TheWhizzard 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When i go to a restaurant for the first time i always look at the size of the menu. A large menu is always a red flag because when your offer gets too large it doesnt grow bigger it grows diffuse, confused and nothing you do will be done to the best possible standard. This goes for basically anything including wargames.
    Yes it sucked losing your stuff that didnt make the cut but it is ultimately better for the health of the game. The range absolutely needed some pruning.
    That being said it absolutely could amd should have been handled better.

  • @Jimrod1000
    @Jimrod1000 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    So I think that this video is alright, but it's a little misleading; they actually publicly announced what was staying and what was going weeks before the videos about each faction started coming out. And considering that most of the armies that were cut were not in print anyway, I personally think that people had a lot of warning to not buy into the really old sectorials. Even Varuna is mostly in Vanilla now (Sorry people who ran Max AVA Echo Bravos every game, all three of you have my sympathies), so while I do understand that it feels bad if you have been playing a long time or that you really like the look of the old models, they DID say soon after in interviews and videos that they were reducing unit bloat to be able to support the product lines and that it would mean that we would lose some sectorials for N5. They even said that they plan on bringing them back in the future, which you also didn't mention, although it's true that they didn't give any guarentees on what and when. I would hope that most people would feel like 'that's a shame, but I do like playing the game still' and can find a way they like to continue enjoying it.

    • @ONIMOT100
      @ONIMOT100 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@Jimrod1000 Unless they liked CHA/MRRF/SAA/NCA/VIRD/certain NA2 groups
      And most recently, USARF.
      In which case CB is telling them "buy our new stuff and replace all your old stuff, or fuck off"

    • @Jimrod1000
      @Jimrod1000 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@ONIMOT100 I don't think that's what they are trying to say at all. Not sure you really understood what I meant, but hopefully you too can also find a way to enjoy the game still.

    • @ONIMOT100
      @ONIMOT100 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Jimrod1000 Sure, right after I build up an entire new collection because CB decided to start taking pointers from GW
      Either that, or the community transports the removed sectorials to N5 themselves as a 'fuck you' to CB, which is what I am hoping for even more

    • @shayaplay3213
      @shayaplay3213 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ONIMOT100 Didn't intend to be rude until this point but seems like you just want to be bitter for the sake of it at this point. When you are ready to get your head out of the sand and realize that things changes for, the, better, then I hope things are going to look up for you. Cheers.

    • @ONIMOT100
      @ONIMOT100 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@shayaplay3213 Better? Where? Right now things are a dumpster fire 😆
      I look forward to when you acknowledge that fact, cheers 😘

  • @shayaplay3213
    @shayaplay3213 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It was announced like a couple month prior to the original release date of N5 that every factions would only get 3 sectorials so why are people surprised? I disagree with the statement : "All that money, gone." Since it's written in the rules that you can use proxies and many profiles just changed home. We even have profiles that never got any figurines in the first place. It's good for the game that they did that. You can have your opinion but I feel like this topic might get people concerned and more hesitant to pick up the game. It's a non-issue I feel. Improvise, adapt, overcome.

    • @ONIMOT100
      @ONIMOT100 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Oh thank the benevolent CB that they permit us to proxy with our toy soldiers, lest they call the miniature cops to smash our pieces like lesser companies do!
      By that logic, why buy more Infinity than is needed. Just buy 15 models, all size profiles that are in the game and might be in a list. Done. Never need to buy anything from CB ever again, just proxy those 15 as literally everything, and take them to tourneys too while at it.
      People SHOULD be concerned, and SHOULD be more hestitant to pick the game up if CB is like this. This IS an issue.
      Improvise, adapt, overcome. 😎

    • @shayaplay3213
      @shayaplay3213 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ONIMOT100 I mean as long as you respect the esthetic and weapon loadout all is good in my book. Obviously I meant using Pan-O minis as proxies for other Pan-O minis, don't take this out of context. I lost Merovingian too but at least I can see the long term benefits. It scked but then move on. The game is still fun to play.

    • @ONIMOT100
      @ONIMOT100 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@shayaplay3213 Nope. Playing PanO with CA models. And CA with JSA models. Proxy rule permits it. 😎

    • @Jimrod1000
      @Jimrod1000 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ONIMOT100 Yeah, that's fine. Just be clear what is what and away you go.

    • @ONIMOT100
      @ONIMOT100 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Jimrod1000 No need to be, leave it up to opponents to try and guess 🤣