We need rule that removes all those mixed armies and allows only faction purity in both frendly and tuornament play. When there was first talk about faction purity i was against it but not anymore. It makes me angry when i see mixed armies when there is 9 factions with they strenghts and weakneses but people seem to favor picking best units from diffirent factions. Only mercs could be used with chosen faction and rest units would have to be from chosen faction.

A nice idea, and I play faction pure when I can... I can't remember the last time I mixed anything but Mercs (and usually only Wolf's Dragoons/Kell Hounds) into an army... And having a large collection to draw from I can easily field a good army in any of the 5 factions I collect. However, when I started I couldn't have done so... I think that for a campaign, there should be much greater faction "representation" than the token single unit, and perhaps making a few different classifications for the HtH stuff?

Also, unless there are some serious rule changes, certain factions will simply be outclassed due to lack of "X" units... ROTS, HL, SH have no AA units (OK, the HL have one LE... good luck getting that), and the SC have one that is "marginal" at best. With the upcoming VTOL/tank teleport, how many faction pure battles will these factions win? I'll still be playing my faction pure forces, but I'm fortunate enough to play in a very friendly venue with a lot of guys who also played BT in the old days :)

We also play faction pure at our venue. Only the kids who do not have enough pieces blend their armies. Even then those of us who have the extra, let them use it. Faction pure is the way to go.

Sign me up!!

Its high time this was adopted for at least one hth tournament every month. The recent poll and faction wars proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that purity would be a big hit.

Some factions would do better than others. This would be a passing advantage and could add to the fluff. None would be a sure thing.

man i know a guy who has spent about 1700 euros on mech stuff. dont tell me he cant manage to field a faction pure force. Instead he ends up with just the best infantry units from all factions and swarms. He was fielding swordsworn in mine or yours. Give me a break. thats like sacrilege.

personal suggestion

mixed armies - normal rules

Pure Plus merc - free command roll every turn.

Pure no Merc - free action every turn.

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Pure DF with 2 merc units
Sniper
Giggins (but just got LE)

I'll pass. I like mix and match.

No faction purity, please.

Until recently, I was a huge supporter of FP games; I play the Capellans.

I realized that I was losing more that I should be. Why, you ask? Well, essentially because I would be raped by Arty and VTOLS en masse.

So, now I play the Capellan Death Commandos, the elitest of the elite in the Inner Sphere. How do I justify playing units from other factions? Easy, paint them in Death Commando colors. According to BT lore, the DCs were able to procure any 'Mech or vehicle design they desired. Voila.

So, please, no faction purity rules.

While I enjoy playing faction pure Cats, I'm fairly set against making it a requirement for more than roughly one sanctioned event a month. It's one thing to be a new player and to simply loose games because you don't have the "right" pieces, it's another to not be allowed to play because you don't have enough pieces from one faction in your neophite collection to make an army.

I play faction pure. AND, I play HL.

But I can see having to mix in the very near future. I will HAVE to have AA. There are simply units and abilities either unavailable or under-represented in my Faction. Those are facts!

If all things were basically equal, I would agree to purity.

OTOH, kids with limited resources shouldn't be penalized for not having pure armies.

Exactly, but things are not equal by any stretch of the imagination.

Until that time (i.e. never), please don't enforce faction purity.

The problem is this, I DO NOT HAVE 300 points of SH, Liao, and some others , And with mercs i could not make a half way Deacent army. I think some faction purity is good but its hard for all the players to do. i like the idea of Bonuses for Faction purity, But making it a rule all the time would hurt the game.

another happy wish:
i would like WK to sell the mechsculpts unpainted and without clickbase, that i can make up my own camo, get a normal round base for them etc.


given the 1 in 1x10^-64 chance that wizkids aktually do something good, i would agree, faction purity is a good thing. but small alliance groups should be allowed, because there _are_ "allied" and "not that much disliking each other" factions. like 200/100

right on

#### strait!!!