BayouShark Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 so i've been running a pig boomerang list with somer ever since i started malifaux. started off with the warpig and, like many on here, I don't think it's actually worth its SS cost, unless you're running 2 of them in tandem (high SS game) and a whisperer. So i've had a lot of success just using massed piglets. Here's the thing. the hog whisperer gives you reactivate, heal, fly and sooey. if you're taking slop haulers, you don't actually need the heal. if you re-activate a piglet, it's pretty much dead. you should have 4 skeeters for sooey and their other goodness. so essentially, in a list without a warpig, you're paying 5 SS to give your pigs fly. that's a lot in a crew where your stuff is cheap so you can take (and make) more. Is anyone else finding that they're taking the hog whisperer less, even in pig heavy lists? i'm seriously considering dropping it for a gremlin and another piglet. or using it to fund adding Ophelia to my pig crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 The fly ability is what makes the pig boomerang really effective (otherwise they have to worry about severe terrain during movement to include those pushes). Reactivate is useful for when you want to make a Piglet significant and move them (perhaps a last turn rush to complete an objective). He is a lot of points but for the Pig Boomerang he is very useful (if the points dont allow then the Slop Hauler is the first on my chopping block everytime). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Eh, depends on terrain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Call it nostalgia then Lalo, I really do love the little guy (and of course it gives me the ability to field Daisy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouShark Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 interesting... see, i couldn't bring myself to drop the hauler. without Ophelia, the hauler is what makes the gremlin gunline somewhat passable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumb Luck Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 The one reason I would take the Hog Whisperer for is to give Reactivate to Peaches. Even then, its fighting with things like Rami and McTavish for inclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrodude32 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Call it nostalgia then Lalo, I really do love the little guy (and of course it gives me the ability to field Daisy). Who is Daisy? Just getting into the game - so my slang is not up to par yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouShark Posted January 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Daisy is the limited edition Hog Whisperer model (gremlin girl, hair in pigtails, in a bikini, bottle feeding a piglet. it's disturbing). Goes on ebay for about £35. Ruleswise, it is no different to the regular model. I tend to think of her as Britney, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrodude32 Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Ah - the Gremlinette model. Thanks for the heads up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 interesting... see, i couldn't bring myself to drop the hauler. without Ophelia, the hauler is what makes the gremlin gunline somewhat passable. Have to disagree with this, the Gunline was effective long before the Slop Hauler was released. It's not the reduction in Df (which for most Models is 1 point), it's the volume of fire they generate (especially withe Ophelia who is a much better gunline buffer). Daisy is the limited edition Hog Whisperer model (gremlin girl, hair in pigtails, in a bikini, bottle feeding a piglet. it's disturbing). Goes on ebay for about £35. Ruleswise, it is no different to the regular model. I tend to think of her as Britney, though. She could pass as a Britney (though that seems a bit to snobish for a gremlin). Also she is not in a Bikini, more like Daisy Dukes and a Tied Shirt. Such a lovely model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumb Luck Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I creatively call mine the chavvy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouShark Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Have to disagree with this, the Gunline was effective long before the Slop Hauler was released. It's not the reduction in Df (which for most Models is 1 point), it's the volume of fire they generate (especially withe Ophelia who is a much better gunline buffer). no argument that ophelia is a much better gunline buffer, but without ophelia or the slop hauler you take a fair whack of damage from "woops", which your models can't sustain, even if you cheat the damage down. the drop in Df mitigates that a little but the healing flips for gremlins in range of the hauler is another bonus that keeps the gunline firing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Focusing your shots helps a lot more than a Slop Hauler does with Whoops (and hitting the Dumb Luck Trigger and Severe Damage producing :blasts). The Healing is nice but with Some'r Bayou Gremlin's are disposable anyways. Edited January 10, 2012 by Omenbringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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