Shakyor

In ressers: Maybe like Molly 2 with full on crooligans and night terrors or Mc2 with no marker creation and just a lot of gassers and guild autopsies. (no canine remains, they are probably to strong with amputate or killing chihuaua)

Hmm okay i see what you mean, have to try it. Though i guess i probably just dont value redundancy as much then xD

I see, but what do the doxies actually do besides walking next to people? Do you really need 2 for getting scarlet tempation? I love doxies too, but I often find 2 a little awkawrd. Because seduction and fancy cane are a little underwhelming and seduciton definitely negatively scales with having more of it.

What makes Doxies attractive in your mind in Molly?

Okay listen guys, he has played some guys we are past this. I am not really looking into input of whether we should do it this way or what other way some think we should be doing this instead. So we are not really interested in henchmen hardcore or such. The open kimono thing is given regardless.

Oh this actually sounds like a cool mix of models and quite fair. Could also work on symbols of authority. I mean I can also just tell him to watch out for movement triggs and manos aura to catch huggy.

So lets go through our masters: Mc1+2: Both good choices I feel, dynamic games, not too oppresive. I think there is some condition removal in TT i could give him. Jack Daw1+2: Both terrible for the other player and too oppresive. Kirai Ankoku1+2: Also feel this is too early, lets do this some other time Molly1+2: Both fine I feel Reva 1: Yes, Reva 2 is probably too weird. Schtook 1+2: Too strong and frustrating Seamus: Punishes Mistakes too hard. Yan Lo: Again too Oppresives. So I feel, either Mc, Reva or Molly probably.

Yeah he does want to play against me.

He basically wants to not worry about list building and just focus on the game for now. Maybe Molly is a good call as well though! She is pretty unoppresive xD

Hmm I think he knows what he wants , so i prefer to stick with his wishes. I think this is exactly the level he is looking for. He basically just wants two competitve lists were expected win ratios should be 50/50 with equally competent opponents and figure that game out and not feel like he already is at 30/70 just because of list building. (For example taking no rutheless models into jack daw or something. But I actually think it is pretty common in Malifaux.) Of course I also dont want this to be a volatile game where its over in t2 with one alpha strike. So I wonder what is a fun encounter. Right now I am considering playing Mc2 against him, because he is fun and not a steam roll master and seem like its fair into jacob. Maybe something like Turf war? It seems like something Jacob 2 would be attratice to me as a TT player? Because between Gwyn, Jacob and Leader Hugg the crew seems really tanky and mobile enough for turf wars.

So I am just not a ten thunders player - so a copy of a post I posted over at the ressers forum to seek an experienced perspective from you fine people. So something a bit different - I have a friend who really has a good strategical mind and kind off got off malifaux because he said the upfront cost in time investment was just too high. Especially crew building. He found it pretty frustrating having to read basically his and the opponents entire faction, to properly prepare for a game. Now you can say, he can just start playing with the models he has and learn from there. Sure , but to him (and i understand) it was frustrating when he felt he already lost at crew select because he took obviously terrible models into the opponent, or the opponent had an obvious strategy he cant answer but should have been able to. (Stuff like taking ruthless into jack daw) So he asked, to maybe learn the game and the factions, if I could just prepare fun games where I write both lists which are close to a competitive setting, but written like two competent players would have created them in reality. So he can just focus on understanding these two lists, the encounter and how it all interacts. I think that is pretty fair. So I am considering what would be best. He already played Jacob back in the day, so I think of just taking him since he has the models and spent some time understanding him. So what would be fun game between any resser master and any jacob version which would be realistic in a tournament setting in your opinion? Maybe even with some interesting ques for a game plan for him.

So something a bit different - I have a friend who really has a good strategical mind and kind off got off malifaux because he said the upfront cost in time investment was just too high. Especially crew building. He found it pretty frustrating having to read basically his and the opponents entire faction, to properly prepare for a game. Now you can say, he can just start playing with the models he has and learn from there. Sure , but to him (and i understand) it was frustrating when he felt he already lost at crew select because he took obviously terrible models into the opponent, or the opponent had an obvious strategy he cant answer but should have been able to. (Stuff like taking ruthless into jack daw) So he asked, to maybe learn the game and the factions, if I could just prepare fun games where I write both lists which are close to a competitive setting, but written like two competent players would have created them in reality. So he can just focus on understanding these two lists, the encounter and how it all interacts. I think that is pretty fair. So I am considering what would be best. He already played Jacob back in the day, so I think of just taking him since he has the models and spent some time understanding him. So what would be fun game between any resser master and any jacob version which would be realistic in a tournament setting in your opinion? Maybe even with some interesting ques for a game plan for him.

I mean I think the best way is to think about it the other way, what does hard to wound not counter. Efficient min damage. Hard to Wound is only good against Focus and stuff because it does not let the person cheat still. But having - - instead of - really does not do that much mathematically. So just do a lot of efficient min damage. Min Damge 3 is good, onslaught is good, ping damage from auras is good, conditions are good, shockwaves are good, blastmarkers are good, hazardous is good etc. Stuff like making damage based on conditions is also good! Think about it this way, preventing max damage focused strategys is literally the ONLY thing hard to wound is good against. (which is unfortunately one of the best strategies) So all of this true, until you reach Transmortis and they have armor as well ... xD

Just wanted to report that by now I have played alot with Gwisins and love them. You cant pick them always, but they have a lot of uses which can feel almost unfair. They are as expected excellent where the Opponent wants to Alpha Strike you. I also like them when I want to play with models aggresively as backup. Especially Reva 1 and Seamus 1+2, but even whenever I pick dead rider. I really really like putting GST on them, the healing ist great but giving them a sensible bonus action is what makes this really really sweet. The terryfing is a bit of a nonbo, BUT when they cost 8SS is actually not so bad giving the opponent basically no incentive to play them. Actually playing them as pairs with another take the hit model can also be really really great against the right pool. Two Gwisins with GST and something like Sloth can make for an extraordinarly unkillable crew.

I actually thing its great story telling to not always make everything perfectly clear. Sometimes just being intrigued is better than having an answer which can ultimately never live up to your expactations. I think Mollys Fluff of being a nosy journalist who asked uncomfortable questions and now follows through as an undead telling the stories of those forgotten in the machinations in malifaux is great. The Forgotten Marshal could be so much, a Marshal being lost on a dangerous assignment. Maybe a deserter shot by his peers. Maybe someone who looked a little to closely into Lady Justices past. All great stories.