RMK Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 I think the ability to pass activations by discarding cards is likely to be a very tactical/playing the player aspect to the game. Since it is likely that Abyssinia is outnumbered as a faction, it is likely they could make better use of this mechanic than anyone. My premise is that Abyssinia would look to get up in VP early and pass activations to diminish the opponent from fully utilizing their numerical advantage. When can you see yourself passing an activation at the expense of a card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnBloodbeard Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 how does passing activations diminish the numerical advantage of your opponent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMK Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 They don't get to out activate you. If I have 8 activations and you have 9 by successfully passing once during the turn I have 9 and you have 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 There are 2 things I'd say for this, firstly Abysinna are already wanting to discard to go to Glory, and you only have so many cards...and secondly, Passing has the risk that you won't get to activate anything else you have on the table. If you've left a stronger group of units to counter their later activations, they might be better off just stopping you using them. Or even later on passing themselves to gain the advantage back. From the cards we have currently seen they aren't that much more expensive, I'd largely expect most forces to average 3 units per commander, and so elite might only be at 2.5 per commander, and a cheap force is probably only 3.5 per commander. Abysinnia does also seem to get extra actions from its experimental assets (but again at the cost of a card). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnBloodbeard Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 17 hours ago, RMK said: They don't get to out activate you. If I have 8 activations and you have 9 by successfully passing once during the turn I have 9 and you have 9. You'd still have 8 activations, you're just choosing when to take them...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreg Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Since Abyssinia has some decent mid/close range fire-power from what we've seen, letting cotbm or gh take activations before us will see them in range faster and give us a chance to whittle the numbers down before the closing stages of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerangedGamer123 Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 On 12/22/2016 at 4:52 AM, Adran said: There are 2 things I'd say for this, firstly Abysinna are already wanting to discard to go to Glory, and you only have so many cards...and secondly, Passing has the risk that you won't get to activate anything else you have on the table. Isnt there a faction rule about getting all your activation in this faction? The Long Game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 4 minutes ago, DerangedGamer123 said: Isnt there a faction rule about getting all your activation in this faction? The Long Game? There is now. There might not have been 2 years ago when it was being tested and I made that post. (likewise abyssinna no longer discard to go to glory although at that time in the testing they did) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerangedGamer123 Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 Woah that was along time ago my bad I didnt read the dates!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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