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General_Grievous
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 12:45:01 AM
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TheHutts wrote:
I'm impressed you remembered all that off the top of your head Sharron! Although checking the card, his defense is 17, and that CE is after initiative.

Vehicle #8/12 - Grievous on Tsmau-B Wheel Bike
130 HP
20 def
+11 att
30 dam

Unique, Cyborg, Double, Speed 8
Damage Reduction 10
Galloping Attack
Mounted Weapon
Vehicle - at the end of his turn, you may replace this character with a Medium character of equal or lesser cost who counts as Grievous. The replacement character starts with damage equal to the damage currently on this character, and is considered activated this round.
Wall Climber

CE - Non-Unique droids followers within 6 squares gain Double Attack.


That is awesome!!!! Yes! I have been waiting to use Wheelbike again for so long! Galloping attack, wall climber, and he even gets shields from Tann! Freaking a! Though you know his CE was just to prevent him from getting twin haha.
Interesting that vehicle is in a way a lesser version of palleon. Allowing you to swap in a commander or keep the beat stick strafer, or bring in anti-Jedi HoH. Just curious as to the cost of my new favourite character ever. Thank you designers. This was the first piece ever requested for the vset originally if I recall correctly as well
TheHutts
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 2:27:54 AM
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I think the main piece you'd swap in would be Hero of Hypori - it would be weird swapping in a commander oriented Grievous - I guess you could do something funky like get a couple of strafes then swap for GGDAC, but it seems risky.

He's an interesting piece - I hear you about the CE being added to stop him cashing in on twin, but at the same time it's a strong CE that's useful in a Separatist squad. At that cost, I think you'd need to get some mileage out of the CE to make him worthwhile.
Echo24
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General_Grievous wrote:
TheHutts wrote:
I'm impressed you remembered all that off the top of your head Sharron! Although checking the card, his defense is 17, and that CE is after initiative.

Vehicle #8/12 - Grievous on Tsmau-B Wheel Bike
130 HP
20 def
+11 att
30 dam

Unique, Cyborg, Double, Speed 8
Damage Reduction 10
Galloping Attack
Mounted Weapon
Vehicle - at the end of his turn, you may replace this character with a Medium character of equal or lesser cost who counts as Grievous. The replacement character starts with damage equal to the damage currently on this character, and is considered activated this round.
Wall Climber

CE - Non-Unique droids followers within 6 squares gain Double Attack.


That is awesome!!!! Yes! I have been waiting to use Wheelbike again for so long! Galloping attack, wall climber, and he even gets shields from Tann! Freaking a! Though you know his CE was just to prevent him from getting twin haha.
Interesting that vehicle is in a way a lesser version of palleon. Allowing you to swap in a commander or keep the beat stick strafer, or bring in anti-Jedi HoH. Just curious as to the cost of my new favourite character ever. Thank you designers. This was the first piece ever requested for the vset originally if I recall correctly as well


He's 66 points, so he is very pricey, but if you use him as essentially a delivery system for Hero of Hypori, he's pretty amazing. If you can out-activate and win init (easily done with San Hill, Poggle the Lesser, a bunch of Drones, and the MTB), then at the end of the round you have the Wheel Bike move 16 squares cutting through a bunch of things, then at the end of the turn swap out for HoH, then you win init and can make an even more devastating Spinning Blade Attack right away. It's a one-two punch that has the potential to leave your opponent with very little left to fight back with, so even though he is very deep in enemy territory, Grievous still might even survive the round to get more attacks next round, which should be enough to seal most games.

Of course, something we became very familiar with in this set is how much of a disadvantage being a Huge piece is. Wall climber helps a ton, but it still makes him a very, very big target, and you can't stop to use Vehicle if you don't have a big enough place to stop in.
LeftiesWillRule
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 5:50:36 AM
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Echo24 wrote:


He's 66 points, so he is very pricey


The card in my hand says 63 .

I already have my cards since I asked to get mine a liiiiitle early so I would know what minis to bring with me to college (leaving in the next few days) although I said I wouldn't leak anything.

Buuuuut........if there is a green light I'd be happy to tappity-tap tap some card stats for you all.
General_Grievous
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 5:59:21 AM
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Echo24 wrote:
General_Grievous wrote:
TheHutts wrote:
I'm impressed you remembered all that off the top of your head Sharron! Although checking the card, his defense is 17, and that CE is after initiative.

Vehicle #8/12 - Grievous on Tsmau-B Wheel Bike
130 HP
20 def
+11 att
30 dam

Unique, Cyborg, Double, Speed 8
Damage Reduction 10
Galloping Attack
Mounted Weapon
Vehicle - at the end of his turn, you may replace this character with a Medium character of equal or lesser cost who counts as Grievous. The replacement character starts with damage equal to the damage currently on this character, and is considered activated this round.
Wall Climber

CE - Non-Unique droids followers within 6 squares gain Double Attack.


That is awesome!!!! Yes! I have been waiting to use Wheelbike again for so long! Galloping attack, wall climber, and he even gets shields from Tann! Freaking a! Though you know his CE was just to prevent him from getting twin haha.
Interesting that vehicle is in a way a lesser version of palleon. Allowing you to swap in a commander or keep the beat stick strafer, or bring in anti-Jedi HoH. Just curious as to the cost of my new favourite character ever. Thank you designers. This was the first piece ever requested for the vset originally if I recall correctly as well


He's 66 points, so he is very pricey, but if you use him as essentially a delivery system for Hero of Hypori, he's pretty amazing. If you can out-activate and win init (easily done with San Hill, Poggle the Lesser, a bunch of Drones, and the MTB), then at the end of the round you have the Wheel Bike move 16 squares cutting through a bunch of things, then at the end of the turn swap out for HoH, then you win init and can make an even more devastating Spinning Blade Attack right away. It's a one-two punch that has the potential to leave your opponent with very little left to fight back with, so even though he is very deep in enemy territory, Grievous still might even survive the round to get more attacks next round, which should be enough to seal most games.

Of course, something we became very familiar with in this set is how much of a disadvantage being a Huge piece is. Wall climber helps a ton, but it still makes him a very, very big target, and you can't stop to use Vehicle if you don't have a big enough place to stop in.


That is a super sweet combo, though huge you say? Isn't he a large?
LeftiesWillRule
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 6:09:50 AM
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General_Grievous wrote:
That is a super sweet combo, though huge you say? Isn't he a large?


At worst he misspoke, at best he was referring to most of the pieces in the vehicle. Yeah the wheelbike is a large.
Mando
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 6:11:08 AM
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TheHutts wrote:
I got another chance to type some - a couple of my favourite non-uniques from the set:

#2/60 - Covenant Protector
HP 110
Def 18
Att +13
Dam 20

Covenant, Melee, Twin, Advantageous Cover, Synergy +2 (+2 att/def while a Covenant ally is within 6 squares)

Force 4, Force Push 2, Lightsaber Deflect


#60/60 Warrior Caste Subcommander
HP 50
Def 15
Att +6
Dam 10

Melee, Double Attack, Blast Bug (replaces attacks, range 6, target enemy takes 20 damage, this damage cannot be prevented), Force Immunity, Razorbug, Vonduun Crab Armor 6

CE - Vong allies whose names contain Warrior gain Blast Bug, Razorbug, and Mobile Attack


ThumbsUp

I'm absolutely loving these 2 guys! You can make 2 brand new top tier squads with them.
AndyHatton
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TheHutts wrote:

#60/60 Warrior Caste Subcommander
HP 50
Def 15
Att +6
Dam 10

Melee, Double Attack, Blast Bug (replaces attacks, range 6, target enemy takes 20 damage, this damage cannot be prevented), Force Immunity, Razorbug, Vonduun Crab Armor 6

CE - Vong allies whose names contain Warrior gain Blast Bug, Razorbug, and Mobile Attack


WOW. Yikes, Blast Bug is great and handing it out to warriors is awesome. This might give the Vong the edge on something, picking away at the crazy defensive pieces while sticking back far enough to be safe? None of the Vong Warriors have stealth do they? Because this would have been great with Nom Anor.
Echo24
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 6:22:14 AM
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LeftiesWillRule wrote:
General_Grievous wrote:
That is a super sweet combo, though huge you say? Isn't he a large?


At worst he misspoke, at best he was referring to most of the pieces in the vehicle. Yeah the wheelbike is a large.


Whoops, yeah, I misspoke. We worked with a LOT of both huge and large pieces this set.

And yeah, 63 points is correct. When I opened the design thread to check the cost I didn't scroll all the way to the bottom and the cost had gotten tweaked. Unsure
LeftiesWillRule
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 6:31:12 AM
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Well since I've got nothing better to do I may as well crank out as many as I can.....


Old Republic
Arca Jeth, Jedi Master
1/60
Cost 35
HP 100
Def 19
Atk 13
Dam 20

SA
Unique
Melee Attack
Double Attack
Lightsaber Wielder (counts as having a lightsaber)
Parry

FP
Force 2; Force Renewal 2
Force Farsight (Force 3, replaces attacks; Move up to 2 allies with a Force rating and Melee Attack with in 6 squares up to 6 squares)
Mechu Macture 5 (Force 5; replaces attacks; all Droid characters within 6 squares take 30 damage and are considered activated this round; save 16)
Sever Force

CE
Allies with a Force rating without Force Renewal start the skirmish with +1 Force

Ulic Qel-Droma, Jedi Knight
5/60
Cost 34
HP 120
Def 22
Atk 11
Dam 20

SA
Unique
Melee Attack
Double Attack
Djem So Style
Force-Attuned Reflexes
Synergy +2 (+2 Attack and +2 Defense while an ally named Cay Qel-Droma is within 6 squares)

FP
Force 4
Lightsaber Assault
Lightsaber Deflect
Lightsaber Precision

Sith
Darth Sion, Lord of Pain
6/60
Cost 53
HP 110
Def 16
Atk 11
Dam 20

SA
Unique
Melee Attack
Double Attack
Ambush
Long Shot 10
Self-Reliant (THis character cannot gain Force Points or spend Force Points from another character)

FP
Force 7 (SEVEN!!!)
Eternal Hatred
Lightsaber Riposte

Republic

ARC Trooper Captain Fordo (spoiler's note: FRICK YEAH!)
Cost 27
HP 70
Def 19
Atk 12
Dam 20

SA
Unique
Order 66
Twin Attack
Disciplined Leader
Grenades 20
Hand Signals (Allies with Order 66 are not affected by enemy abilities that suppress commander effects while they have line of sight to this character)
Recon
Synergy +4 (Allies whose name contain ARC Trooper get +4 Attack and +4 Defense while within 6 squares of this character)

CE
Allies within 6 squares named ARC Trooper gain Double Attack)
AndyHatton
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 6:38:18 AM
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Ok, Hand Signals is the best ability ever. Because it is perfect

(also reader's note, I'd like to concur with FRICK YEAH for Cap Fordo, love my Arc Troopers!)
LeftiesWillRule
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 6:43:41 AM
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AndyHatton wrote:
Ok, Hand Signals is the best ability ever. Because it is perfect

(also reader's note, I'd like to concur with FRICK YEAH for Cap Fordo, love my Arc Troopers!)


It'd probably be way too good in a top-tier squad. But when we're working with a commander that is supposed to make an old terrible piece a whole lot better, it would just suck to have that CE suppressed and make ARC Troopers terrible again.

So in summary:

CEs that make good pieces amazing can be suppressed.

CEs that make terrible pieces good should not be suppressed.

Thank you V-set design team.
LeftiesWillRule
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ARC Trooper Scout
11/60
Cost 14
HP 40
Def 14
Atk 5
Dam 20
Order 66
Cloaked
Pathfinder
Stable Footing
Targeting

Cin Drallig
12/60
Cost 48
HP 120
Def 21
Atk 15
Dam 20

SA
Unique
Melee Attack
Double Attack
Greater Mobile Attack
Lightsaber Duelist
Lightsaber Training (At the start of the skirmish, after setup, choose an ally with a Force rating and a lightsaber who costs less than this character. Also choose Shii-Cho Style, Makashi Style, Soresu Style, Ataru Style, Djem So Style, or Niman Style. For the rest of the skirmish, the chosen ally gains the chosen ability.
Parry
Soresu Style

FP
Force 2; Force Renewal 1
Brutal Strike
Lightsaber Precision 2
Lightsaber Riposte

CE
Followers with a Force rating and a lightsaber gain Greater Mobile Attack

Separatists
Darth Sidious, Supreme Chancellor
17/60
Cost 69
HP 140
Def 19
Atk 16
Dam 20

SA
Unique (counts as Palpatine)
Melee Attack
Quadruple Attack
Lightsaber Duelist
Ambush
Cleave
The Phantom Menace

FP
Force 3; Force Renewal 1
Master of the Force 2
Force Lightning 4
Leaping Assault (Force 2, replaces turn; Move this character to any unoccupied square within 6 squares. This move does not provoke attacks of opportunity. After moving, this character may still make all of his attacks this turn.)
Sith Rage

CE
Allies with a Force rating gain Force Renewal 1

IG-110 Lightsaber Droid
18/60
Cost 27
HP 80
Def 18
Atk 11
Dam 20

SA
Droid
Melee Attack
Double Attack
Cloaked
Lightsaber Duelist
Quick Reactions
Self-Destruct 30

Techno Union Combat Engineer
20/60
HP 30
Def 14
Atk 2
Dam 10

SA
Mutant/Cyborg Experimentations (Non-unique living allies with a printed cost of 15 or less gain Cyborg and Slave (this character has Savage and -2 Defense unless an allied commander is within 6 squares))

Umbaran Soldier
21/60
Cost 15
HP 40
Def 16
Atk 7
Dam 20

SA
Armored Space Suit (Immune to critical hits)
Cloaked
Quick Reactions
AndyHatton
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LeftiesWillRule wrote:
AndyHatton wrote:
Ok, Hand Signals is the best ability ever. Because it is perfect

(also reader's note, I'd like to concur with FRICK YEAH for Cap Fordo, love my Arc Troopers!)


It'd probably be way too good in a top-tier squad. But when we're working with a commander that is supposed to make an old terrible piece a whole lot better, it would just suck to have that CE suppressed and make ARC Troopers terrible again.

So in summary:

CEs that make good pieces amazing can be suppressed.

CEs that make terrible pieces good should not be suppressed.

Thank you V-set design team.


I just love the name and flavor, because it is exactly what Fordo did in the cartoon. But it exactly, it helps clone squads not fall apart.

I also like the idea of him pointing and doing a complicated series of gestures and Obi-Wan just shrugs.
AndyHatton
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I'm really liking the seps in here. the Combat Engineer is super interesting, giving out Cyborg and Slave could help a few living folks get some solid Droid CEs but they have to keep bunched up. Plus I've just always liked the Techno-Union. And that Sidious is just great. Maybe Maul has a chance in the seps now with some renewal! And I love that he is just pure offense.
Bob Chizo
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I Heart all of this stuff, this has got to be my favorite set so far. Drool I don't care if Sion can't get Renewal, Force 7! This is the highest value on any character in the game! So excited for this set.
I just want to say thanks to the V-Set design team for putting together another awesome set and keeping the game alive.

Cheers BlooMilk
LeftiesWillRule
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I've done a bit of experimenting with an ARC squad, with Ordo, Fordo, and Rex. You then have ARC Troopers Double-Twin-GreaterMobiling at +14 for 20 damage.

Granted, it was against a ThrawnSwap squad I was also playtesting with Anakin The Chosen One and Darth Sidious Sith Mastermind (which is my new favorite ThrawnSwap build) that outactivated and tore the clone squad apart. I think I put too many ARC Troopers in and didn't have enough room for R2 or scrubs for activation tempo, so I'll try it again like this:

33 Captain Rex
34 Null ARC Trooper Captain Ordo
27 ARC Trooper Captain Fordo
72 ARC Trooper x4
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
8 Mas Amedda
10 Spaarti Clone Trooper Demolitionist x2
7 point fodder
Echo24
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Designing Sion was really tough. Eternal Hatred is just SUCH a good ability, and just giving him static FP doesn't help because Sith have sooo many ways to get more FP now. I personally really like what we came up with for him though; 7 Force Points with Self-Reliant realistically would usually be less than what a character with 3 FP and FR 1 would have throughout a game, and way less than the many characters with 2 FP and FR 2 get. It means that he gets 3 uses of EH max, but that gives him just 1 left over FP for re-rolls or Riposte or whatever. He's also very susceptible to his FP being stolen, and of course anyone that can cancel FP nerfs him completely.

I also really love the way Long Shot works with Eternal Hatred; he starts out kind of sucky, then when he gets hurt he gets stronger, but then when he passes an EH save he kind of sucks again.
Galactic Funk
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Let me preface this by saying I have been an advocate of a new GG-Wheel Bike for a long time. Now that it is here I'm not quite sure what to think.

The basis of the build Echo laid out is too obvious. The Vehicle for other character swap takes place end of turn so you simply add San w/ your high acts to get your gallop on at the end of the round, auto win init w/ the MTB (and quite possibly blowing something up w/ Poggle at the same time) and then let HoH go bananas.

This concept may grow on me but my gut reaction is that its a ready made and obvious NPE. And before we go any further I'm not taking a shot at designers or anything just merely expressing that I don't know yet if I will be happy to see my opponent bring it. That's partially because I haven't given enough thought or played out how to kill it.

That being said, if you kill off HoH in this example do you just get the 42 points for killing him or do you get the whole 63?
AndyHatton
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 7:17:11 AM
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LeftiesWillRule wrote:
I've done a bit of experimenting with an ARC squad, with Ordo, Fordo, and Rex. You then have ARC Troopers Double-Twin-GreaterMobiling at +14 for 20 damage.

Granted, it was against a ThrawnSwap squad I was also playtesting with Anakin The Chosen One and Darth Sidious Sith Mastermind (which is my new favorite ThrawnSwap build) that outactivated and tore the clone squad apart. I think I put too many ARC Troopers in and didn't have enough room for R2 or scrubs for activation tempo, so I'll try it again like this:

33 Captain Rex
34 Null ARC Trooper Captain Ordo
27 ARC Trooper Captain Fordo
72 ARC Trooper x4
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
8 Mas Amedda
10 Spaarti Clone Trooper Demolitionist x2
7 point fodder


I was thinking of something like this though I cut 1 Arc Trooper to squeeze in Yularen...but you might not have enough activations to make that work...

Also Sidious and Anakin Chosen one can't be in the same squad together, Anakin has affinity for name contains Palpatine.
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