GrumpyGrandpa

Am I reading Lasting Liquor wrong or does it actually have two effects:

• The Poision Condition cannot be ended
• The Poision Condition cannot be reduced on friendly models within 8 by enemy effects.

Essentially meaning that all friendly models will always have a minimum of 1 poison, since it cannot be ended, if they stay within 8  of the brewmaster?

Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but are there any restrictions that say Zoraida cannot choose herself as "one of the friendly swampfiends in play"? Only think you can use it to double walk, but still.

27 minutes ago, Rufess said:

Also the lack of The Bigger They Are makes Sammy low on the list of upgrade carrier.

Not sure if I’d agree on that - A free suit can often outweigh a +1 to the duel for me. But it depends on the situation of course 

13 hours ago, SEV said:

Do NOT try to brute force cadmus... it won't work. Shooting at them and kidnaping models are the way to go imo. Zipp is a good pick. Bring Gluttony/the Emissary. You'll either have to deal with the mess or invalidate them completely. Try to isolate archivist/Meredith and kill them if you can. Do not underestimate the E&E. If you can kill an inactivated one it's usually the right call. 

Is it worth it to pick Zipp as a second master, or is that overkill? I was hoping Ophelia could help, since she brings Blast Markers to the game.

Also
 

13 hours ago, SEV said:

Ivan have a squishy crew. Emissary is great. Anything that ignores concealment will help. If you can avoid WP 6 models do it.

Could this be done with Ulix then, and the big pigs? 

Thanks a lot for the quick and informative posts, guys. Very appreciated!

Just back from two games with the new Ophelia. I really, really like her! The new title seems to have shaken up the crew drastically. Ophelia is, ironically, a lot less interactive and "fun" for me, but she allows for so many new combos that shake up her crew, that I feel more than fine with it. 

Tried to stack Sammy with a few of the upgrades, and good lord does it do work! Need a unique suit? Glowy Tokens! Need a good angle for the gun? Fast!

So easy to get Glass Shards out, or a double Critical Strike on that juicy Trash Cannon. 

Similarly, the crew also seems a lot more survivable with an almost build-in Armor 1, since they can just toss an upgrade to reduce by 1. Hell, throw out a 1-5 card and get a free Focus.

I've also tricked myself a bit by accidentally "locking" multiple upgrades on a model that didn't have a use for it. As a result, I couldn't make the combo work. Very cool and enjoyable design to be honest. Good job Wyrd! 😍

45 minutes ago, Erik1978 said:

Apart from Explorers being a new faction people need to adjust playstyle against, Cadmus is so different from everything else that people probably need more games before they know how to play against them. That said, I think a few adjustments to Cadmus would be in order. 

I'm reluctant to play them at the tournament next month, I'd hate to be that guy bringing people frustrating games. I do like the crew through. The totem models are so cool.

From what I've seen, most people seem to agree that the issues with this keyword is beyond "Just learn to play against them". Hell, this is a 23-page thread dedicated to that subject 😅

Do you have much experience with them, and how would you yourself counter them?

'Ello all

A local tournament is slowly creeping its way into my calender, and I was hoping people would help me with a few tips. 

The tournament will have a good amount of Explorers Society players, and I've had almost no games against them. Truth be told, I've somewhat made the leap into Explorers Society myself, but I'll never get the models ready in time, which means to experience from their point of view either. So I'm staying with my Beautiful Bayou Boys!

I'm especially worried about UMBRA, SEEKER and CADMUS. 

No strategies & schemes have been shown so far, and so I'm more hoping for general tips against X keyword. Should I try to bruteforce CADMUS through Ulix, or attempt to blast them with Ophelia? Is Gluttony OP against UMBRA because of the many shadow markers?

Man, I've almost broken my keyboard by refreshing the website so much. I'm hooked on this release!

So the book releases in October - Will it be available for digital purchase on the same date, and will the App be updated with the new masters shortly thereafter?

She looks fun! 

Rami is gonna be so good with these updates. Range 22 Clean-up Duty? 28 Trash Cannon? 😂

33 minutes ago, theamazingmrg said:

You think Mah has had her attack downgraded?  How do you think Mei Feng feels!

Well, sure. But this is about Mah. Not a Mei Feng expert personally, but she didn't get put on a giant Mech from what I can tell

33 minutes ago, theamazingmrg said:

But I love this Mah.  Everything about it is just complete batshit crazy Gremlin nonsense.  She's amazing.  The damage track might be a little less than she's used to but it ignores Armor and Resistance Triggers, and that's not to be sniffed at, and the Dropped Down a Hole trigger is superb in combination with Scrapyard Mines.

I can totally see options with her, yes. At the very least, she seems like a good alternative to v.1 Mah, when you expect Armor to be a big issue. She also seems a bit SS heavy for suits, but Tricksy has so many options to get soulstones now, so I don't see it as much of an issue. 

I wonder if this version of Mah wants to pick up Sparks? 

We got there, guys. We got it!

A giant Mah Tucket!

Supplimented with a new Enforcer

My first thoughts are very much focused on the fun movement tricks that Mah can do with the trigger Secret Tunnel & Dropped down a hole. Ironically, it seems like getting put in a giant Mech made her loose a lot of her punching power. Hell, she has the same attack as the new 7 SS Enforcer. 

Next week will have a Bayou Master. It must have! 

7 minutes ago, Math Mathonwy said:

But if we counted models, Bayou would have a big influx from the revealed starter set! 

Oh aye, I'm sure of that. Still, I really wanted to see a Gremlin Master!

I have no doubt that we will see a Bayou master sometime during the next few weeks. But man, the "Not a real faction"-meme has gained a bit of traction these days

18 hours ago, Scoffer said:

Oh no! The kindest guy in Malifaux corrupted by that nasty Burning Man!

Also seems to have put on a few pounds. Damn you Burning Man!

Seems like the bow is back  

Alright. The new Zoraida is like 50% Bayou - I'll take it, Wyrd!

While I am very excited to see the 5th or 6th Resser master on monday, I still hope they will start showing us some Bayou Masters.

Just tossin' it out there: Alcoholics Anonymous Brewmaster, with a 12-step rotation that wins you the game if you finish it.

Noxious Nephilim seems crazy good - Survivable, Heavy Hitting with good range, Bring it, Supports the crew with Card filtering, literally tanking enemy hits and generating corpse markers.

Wow 😮 

1 minute ago, Morgan Vening said:

If it wasn't for the fact that it's limited to 50mm, and so you couldn't do it justice, I'd love to see a proper two hog Ulix Chariot.

Hmm... Have it as two 50mm bases that must always remain in base contact? That'd work.

God, that’d be so fun the play around / with

8 hours ago, Angelshard said:

I think a lot of the negativity around guild stems from GG0 and gg1. GG2, plus an errata that nerfed a lot of other factions without really harming us (yes, yes I know, Phiona) made life as a guild player a lot easier. 

Agreed - Seems to be a bit of a meme, more than anything else.

It finally happened - I'm joining the other 75% of people migrating towards ES, and specifically Cadmus. Our local tournaments will have more bugs in them than a newly released Bethesda game. 

On a scale of 1 to 10, how required it the emissary for Cadmus?

2 hours ago, solkan said:

Seems like you'd need a really good reason for a model with a range 18" shockwave attack (pretty much the longest range shockwave in the game) should get an exception that no one else does.  🤷‍♀️

 

Honestly always assumed that it was the model-placement that people used it for the most - But I've also got a very negative view of Shockwave-duels. They never seem to hit home, and this one "only" does 2 damage (obviously excluding the potential Bacon-bomb that follows it). But I see what you mean.

Anyone else tried the Pigapult, after the recent FAQ on how "Placing an object" needs to have LoS? I've had very little experience with it, and wasn't sure if everyone already knew.

From the FAQ:

Section 2

10. *If a model would place an object “anywhere within range” of an Action, does it need to have LoS to that range?*

a) Yes. The range of an Action includes LoS. The only exception to this is if a model is placing itself it does not need LoS

I wonder if making it ignore LoS would break the model?

1 hour ago, trikk said:

I have to say Wyrd has been more vocal on the social media front and I think it's GREAT!

Reposting various community posts/videos/works
Doing videos like that really feels like stepping up in game promotion

Yeah they are really knocking it out of the park. Well done, Wyrd!

22 minutes ago, Adran said:

Is the updated rule book with updated picture not enough?

They have shown virtually the 2 most extreme end points for Pandora pushing towards Rasputina

Didn't know they'd updated it - Thanks a lot!