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  1. There seems to have been a missing PM from the vendor, he assures me that he has sent out the items. Hopefully that puts this one to bed.
  2. Same issue here. I was told the cards were missing, and that they would be supplied after the models when they received the order from Wyrd. I replied, and despite the user having logged in since I replied, there has been no response.
  3. Very nice models, excellent story, and slightly different scenario type focus from the other big games out there. Thats what does it for me.
  4. I picked up her crew on a whim. I knew that she wasn't considered very good in general, but that only made my interest greater. I plan to try to do well with her, only using her as a master. Not great results straight away - had a narrow loss versus Hoffman in my first game. I shall not be forgetting his dampening field again, I tell thee. Running a bunch of shatter troops up to him didn't prove all that useful in the end...
  5. Thats a real shame. A number of us were very interested in this. Thanks anyway.
  6. I know it probably is of no concern to you, but I'd like to register my dissapointment that you are disregarding the opinions of members of the playerbase you are supposed to represent. Regardless of what you say, you have now created a two-tier system in what is still a small community. I for one will not be attending any ranked events. Perhaps I will be alone in this, but I somehow doubt it. For those who share my opinions, the best I can offer is that my club will run some non-ranked events down south.
  7. I'm not sure how this can still be a purely theoretical discussion where people question how it can happen. It has and does already happen. These same discussions happened before the WHFB rankings and the end result is a preponderance of those lists which are recognised to be superior, and a great many games where you are playing versus a position on a ladder, not an opponent. There is a very real example that has been in play for a number of years now. To assume that people that play malifaux are somehow magically above developing the overly-competative urges as other games systems have suffered from seems to be somewhat naive. I question why rankings is necessary in the first place Everyone that has joined the game has done so for the game, they enjoy the models, the mechanics, the fluff. We can all agree on liking the game. Just the discussion of rankings has shown there to be a deep division in opinion, so rather than making the community more cohesive it adds divisions where there were none. I do not want to have to register my discontent with rankings at each event I go to, sounding like the broken record, so I'd choose not to go to them, and opt for the more relaxed options. The only issue with this that some people seem to be missing is that organisers want the maximum people to attend. They know from current trends that ranked events always draw more attendance. Non ranked events are usually ignored by people in search of their three perfect scores or whatever benchmark has been set. As an objector to the fait accompli, I will have a more limited range to attend. Its easy to say that there will be a plethora of such events now, but who is to run them? The same arguments were used for Warhammer, and now I should think there are few established events that don't hand over results to RHQ. WM/H does not have individual rankings and yet the game is the fastest growing one I have seen for many years. To suggest that having individual rankings would help this game cannot yet be proven, but the evidence is there for all to see for a game that does not have them. WM/H lists events on RHQ, and has a list of the top factions by wins, and casters within those factions. That is interesting data I have no issue with, and would happily see Malifaux receive the same treatment. This is an argument for the middle ground only. The very competative types that already exist will do what they have to whatever happens, as people say. The people who like to paint and muck around, the same. This isn't about them, and to harp on about this point is a bit of a straw man. Its about the middle ground, people who may well be tempted to score those three perfect events as put forward in the first post. The assumption is they will score them quickly and then revert to a more fun list. This assumption in itself implicitly recognises that the three perfect scores are less fun. A worrying belief when mentioned alongside the benefits of such a system. What happens if through lack of familiarity, luck or skill, such a person turns up to events and somehow doesnt get a score they are happy with? Will such people still take those 3 results, or will they persist bringing the powerful list until such time as skill/luck gives them something they are happier with? Thats the real issue, and the thing that kills fantasy as a competative game. The middling sort keep on coming back with the same min-maxed lists, and in ever greater number. Each persobn that gets whacked by the shannigans has a breaking point - how long before they too decide that they don't want to fork out cash to come to these events to get beaten horribly? Or worse, that they will fight fire with fire? I haven't had the opportunity to come to many events yet, but the ones I have attended have had a decent mix of masters. I don't want to see ones skewed towards the Hamelins, Pandoras etc. I fully recognise that people are doing this for good reasons, they want to help the game. I have nothing personal against such efforts, in fact I applaud the hard work and thought that goes into the - I just believe that they will do more harm than good. I have made my thoughts clear enough over two posts, so I doubt I will be chiming in again. If anyone wants to discuss this further with me, you can message me, though I expect you will already know my opinion.
  8. I support the use of RHQ for event tracking and higher level statistics; but in terms of individual rankings, I cannot stress my concern highly enough. Of course, nothing more has been said so it may be that you have chosen the former rather than the latter. If this is the case, then I thank you for that choice and your efforts. If the latter, then I suppose this counts as an objection. Warhammer fantasy took a real nosedive in quality at events as soon as the rankings came in to force. Now there may be some who think the game wasn't terribly balanced before this occurred, and while that is true the effect was exacerbated many times over by all the people rushing to show how 'great' they were at warhammer. The effect was so pronounced that when Warmachine and Hordes was given the opportunity to join it was decided that individual rankings would not be used in case the same happened. Keep Malifaux the fun and sportsman-friendly game it is now, that's my 2-penneth.
  9. Would you post to the UK? They are great!
  10. He affects how the game is played too much. Handing out insignificant disables too many schemes and strategies. Other masters work within the framework of the game - a kill to remove a model from scoring potential. While death has additional benefits in as much as the dead usually cannot strike back, the regenerative element to hamelin's force mitigates the fact that an opponent is left alive after being hit by the spell. Hamelin is pretty safe from them and outside the difficult to kill nix, you actually want the rest to get killed. As you say, he is no more problematic in a time-constraint fashion than many other masters, but that's an issue with the complexity of the game, not any individual master (though some exacerbate it). Some factions need more time than others to go for their points, and in a limited time format, the master than can prevent those points being accrued at range is going to do well. I own him and find him a bit too good, and having seen him played by others I find nothing to alter my opinion.
  11. Hi all. I'm doing another "faction re-shuffle" and I will be getting rid of my gremlin horde. Most models are built and on wyrd bayou bases (and some bases have bayou accessories on them to add some differences to similar models), but a few piglets and bayou gremlins are unbuilt. Nothing is base coated or painted. I have: So'mer Ophelia Pere Rami Raphael 3 x Giant Mosquito 12 x Bayou Gremlin Gremlin Taxidermist 2 Slop Haulers 6 Stuffed Piglets 3 Piglets Hats and Guns of Malifaux All cards have been laminated and are included. I'm based in the UK. PM/reply with offers - around 1/2 rrp for the items (including cost of bases) should do the trick.
  12. I hope to be able to send Vincent's and my own list to you this evening.
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