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26 minutes ago, Skyfire said:

For some reasons, Wyrd seems to like the Dark Carnival so much to the point that they corroborate with PlastCraft to make a terrain set with this theme: http://themostexcellentandawesomeforumever-wyrd.com/topic/114153-plastcraft-terrain-circus/

So it's quite possible that they will have a DC version for Angelica (as a hunchback perhaps?)

 

I'm going to go out on a limb and claim that Wyrd has no plans for a Dark Carnival Angelica at the moment. 

1 hour ago, zeeblee said:

Dangit! I'm at work!

For the next 24 hours?

I'm a big fan of Spawn Mother (which brings Gupps into the discussion) and the Necromancy. I run a pair of necros from time to time if the strats and schemes warrant it (combines nicely with hoarcats in burning a lot of cards for your opponent to target).

I'd use the sow if I had a model for it. I have a pair of boars in my 'to use' pile, but it would really depend on whether I could make good use of from the shadows. 

I'd argue the opposites. The Gupps are amazing and perfect. The Spawn mother is a bit dull and generic looking. 

I'm hoping that the box comes with at least 3 bases of gupps, and that more gupps are available separately (don't hold much hope for the latter though).

I think Bete is the model the most hampered by the attacks on buried models - low wounds on top of the highest cost burying mechanic for survival is brutal.

But I still like that the mechanic is available to limit some of the quasi-unkillable burying models.

Well, I think the promos would have to change, but there are ways to support the big "Wyrd purchase events" that GenCon and Black Friday currently are without cutting out local gaming stores. Those events are the two times when Wyrd regularly does something that's inconsistent with their "support your LGS" mantra. 

Wyrd could just use the exact same receipt requirements they already do for LGS promotions. Spend $150 MSRP at your LGS over the specified dates and get some promo figures. It's a bit tougher for the nightmare editions, but doable - maybe make it available to the distributors, but limit them to the size of the order?

I would much prefer this approach. I imagine it would create some short-term stock issues at some LGS, but if you give them notice, they can order in extra stuff ahead of time, etc..

TT Brothers are actually 6ss models. They just happen not to cost that much.

It has flaws, but the key advantage is that like metal and resin, it is capable of undercuts. 

IMO, metal and resin are almost much better materials than PVC. They hold better details, and are better to work with than PVC.

Surprised Nightmare Colette isn't available again (to go with the coryphee).

I think the master perk is a key. Say if you're facing gremlins - Marcus' emissary lets nearby models ignore defensive triggers. That's a devastating ability against a faction filled with defensive triggers. Against guild, that ability is much less important. 

If you want to fix it, make it (and oathkeeper and recalled training) 2SS. Still useful, but it tightens the soulstones available for the crew a bit more. 

I think the issue with Hoffman is that Hoffman isn't too good, and he was balanced at Ca8. Drop the Ca8, and Hoffman loses reliability that he was tested with, and you weaken a balanced master. 

Amusingly with the Perdita vs Mei complaints, Mei crews are still some of the most resilient to Perdita because vent steam puts her in a bad place. 

Regarding rail workers with Mei, a single one is amazing, a second one and the discarding is pretty expensive, and a third one means you're wasting resources. 

As of wave 3 though, Mei has plenty of other worthwhile constructs and scrap sources in 10T. 

But metal gamin are still worthwhile. A different ending for protection, or a larger aura would have been much better (even just 4"), but it can still be situationally worthwhile. Magnetism is still a situational, but potent ability. They've ceased to be a perfect generalist, but unless you're playing gremlins, you generally can't get that out of a 4ss model. 

I do like that this change makes steam arachnids a relevant hiring choice again. 

In a Raspy crew against gremlins is the ideal setup - the threat of an additional devour is flat out unfair.

They missed hair trigger in the book (but included it where appropriate in the cards). Might have been included in book 2?

Keep in mind that Ramos, through Johan, will generally have condition available to protect him.

Remember that there's dark coryphee too. I could see these at $25 a pop, and dark coryphee and something else as the pledge level gifts. 

She's very survivable with her (0) action. She's  really fast (can be across the board turn 1 basically).She has some awesome scheme tricks. She's quite dangerous too. Understudy is nice, but I rarely get the opportunity to use it. You should almost always give her smoke and mirrors, which helps with resilience and scheming.

It's also a rule in every tournament that what the tournament organizer says is binding, so what everyone else has said is true. 

I can see legitimate reasons to do it, and legitimate ways to do it without being overly slow. 

So long as the black joker is accounted for (hand, or already flipped), if some key cards have already come out, you could use it to force a reshuffle - no need to go through the deck 1 by 1 (it's like one of those "roll the dice, pick up all the dice and roll them again" situations in Warhammer). If you do it for much more than that, I'd consider it poor play.

Neat trick, and almost guaranteed to be gone come next FAQ.

You only go for it if you have the hand ready, then you burn whatever stones you can to blow up the enemy master.

Large Arachnid is amazing with Grab and Drop Kaeris. So are Showgirls and Cassandra. Oxfordian Mages and the Captain are worth adding to that list too.

He's probably the least squishy master in the game...

It automatically triggers another railwalk though, so if you can keep flipping 7's, Mei can jump from rail point to rail point and travel across the board.