Mercs in Infinity

[Brother Goochman]

What do you think about mercenary characters in regular armies?
Why can't they be allowed in tourneys?
Why can you only make a Merc army and add minis from up to three factions?
Why can't you do the same but the other way around in tourneys? Ex. Make a PanO army and add a couple of merc minis....


Brother G

 

[BobbaFett]

Hello.
I have played a few Infinity battles. I won't say that I'm an expert but I've been playing a few years.
I think that the main reason why Mercenaries are not tournament-legal is because some armies have some intentional gaps and usign mercenaries would fill those gaps.
Let me explain this: PanOceania is the most powerful army (IMHO) but they do not have any troop with smoke grenades among their soldiers. PanO has lots of multispectral visors. Using smoke grenades and MSVisors allows you to make the Smoke-combo. Looks like CB doesn't allow PanO to make that combo.
The chance of using mercs in a tournaments will allow PanO players to field troops like Yuan Yuan or other mercenaries who have smoke grenades. So that is why I think CB doesn't allow mercenaries in torunaments, to keep faction balance in the game.