Tunguska drops and Nomads work...kind of

So Tunguska is out. I will do a full analysis shortly. In the meantime, some quick updates to my recent post about making nomads work.

Onyx lists

Onyx has to be one of the best factions right now. They have average matchups against the other top factions (Marut with TO snipers is especially bad), but there is so much raw power in the faction. They were good before, but with Kernau they've improved dramatically.

Trying to make Nomads work

I’m a bit bored with Infinity. I’ve played just about every faction (excepting Pan-Oceania outside of military orders, and TAGs don’t really excite me) and none of them really do it for me. I can rarely sustain enthusiasm for a faction for more than 2 months. More importantly, the more point-and-click strategies seem to have the advantage at the moment. Link teams with a few good support pieces, especially defensive ones, crush it. This sort of first-order optimal strategy does not give way to more nuanced tactics that require skill to exploit effectively. The skill requirement is there in things like Hassassins, but the payoff is not. 

Tunguska speculation

White noise is going to get me to do an interview with them to dissect Tunguska when they drop. In preparation for that, I've been thinking about the sectorial a bit. Here are some thoughts on what they would need to be viable.