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So I am completely new to the game and was wondering what schemes and upgrade packs I need to buy to be able to play and have the needed upgrade options? And is there anything in the Arsenal box I wont get from buying the models? Furthermore, I am very interested in the alternative Teddy model, but I don't know what the best way is to try and get it when you live in a small country in Europe. Any ideas? Thanks a ton for your help

I am pretty sure you know what I mean though. I am not planning to boycott 90% of the masters in the game, but i'm just saying it might make more sense to start with one that isn't viewed as extremely frustrating to play against

I get what you mean, but I have read several places now that Hamelin is both annoying to play with and against. The complaint about the Viks were that they were so much glass cannons that they either murdered the opponents whole crew or died before they got to do anything which lead to some very one sided games. I have no idea if this is true. But I know that people will always complain no matter what, but I still think there are some models that lend themselves to frustrating games more than others, which is something I would like to avoid since all of my friends, like myself, are just getting started. ( I am gonna wait with the annoying masters till they are so invested in the game that they can't quit ;))

So I just read in another thread that both Hamelin and the Viks are considered NPEs. Is that something there is a wide agreement on? Cause if 2 of the 3 masters that got me to consider outcasts are annoying to play against that might really swing in Neverborns favor.

Good point, although what would I need for a Leveticus summoning crew? I was more worried about The Dreamer in that regard.

I am completely new to the game and have only had a single intro game. Still I feel pretty confident that I want to give Malifaux a shot and I seem to have convinced a couple of my friends to do the same. The problem just is that I don't think I have ever had as much trouble picking a faction in any game ever as I have in Malifaux. There is just so much cool stuff all around. Although after many sleepless nights and months of soul searching I seem to have landed on either Neverborn or Outcasts. This is where I got stuck though, since I really like both factions. In other games I typically enjoy the fast glass cannon style or the summoning/resurrection attrition style, but I don't know which factions suits those roles best or if I will find some other style I enjoy more in this game. In Neverborn I really enjoy the dreamer since he seems to suit my attrition style, and I love the idea behind him. I am also digging a lot of the nightmare models, although I sometimes feel that the theme in Neverborn gets a little spread. I also really dig Titania. I don't know much about her rules, but she probably has what I consider the best looking crew box in the game. In Outcats I am looking at the Viks, since I like their models and they seem to suit my glasscannony style from what I hear. I am also digging both Leveticus, with his steampunk necromancer style, and Hamelin, since the idea of swarming your opponents with rats and have them die to a thousand cuts really appeal to me. So to sum up, I pretty much feel like a kid in a candy store and I just want to grab a big bag and start filling it to the top, but for the sake of my limited painting time and limited budget, I think it would be for the best if I could narrow it down a bit, I just don't know how. Any suggestions?

I have been interested in Malifaux for a while, but every time I try to get into it my curiosity disappears because I can't find any sort of gallery to view all the models. Is it really right that no such thing exists? It makes it incredibly difficult to choose a faction and crew.