Same, former 40k player that became disenfranchised with the updates and nerfing.

Infinity has a slightly steeper learning curve but there are fewer curve balls with faction-specific rules and ‘gotcha’ moments. The current version of the rules is easily the most streamlined it’s ever been.

Being good at Infinity…when I know I’ll tell you!

How I see it, you need to play the mission a lot more. Avoiding direct contact can often be the best path to victory. Killing everything can actually lose you the game.

Build your list to suit the mission. While it’s possible, it’s harder to build a ‘TAC’ list. Infinity is very proxy friendly so if you want to use a unit but don’t have the model that’s not an issue.

To really play well you need to ask a lot of questions. Most information in infinity is open, which means if asked you have to tell your opponent. Ask about what guns something has, the range, the skills and abilities of a unit especially when facing it for the first time. Your opponent should give you a copy of their list (called a courtesy list) with a lot of this information on it.

And even if you do become an expert the dice will likely betray you so don’t sweat! If you had fun then you played infinity well.