lets forget the math... hes pretty cool and should be fun

To be honest, when I first recieved Mace to test I immediately thought he was broken just from looking at the stats. But having played with and against him I can say I have zero concerns about him being broken. Is he a beast? Sure, and he should be. But he goes down fast. He's powerful, and fun to use. I am very pleased with how he turned out.

Well done design team!

Just looking at him for the first time, I think he's cool. My thoughts:

(i) My litmus test for a Republic melee piece is whether it's better than its equivalent points in Jedi Weapon Masters. A lot of pieces from more recent sets, like Anakin Champion of Nelvaan or the new Saesee Tinn, are good, but not as strong as two Jedi Weapon Masters. I think this Windu is probably a little bit more on a par with Jedi Weapon Masters - ie I think he's worth about the same as 2 and a half Jedi Weapon Masters. He's also pretty similar to Jaina SotJ - a bit more costly, and a bit more powerful, but with less defensive abilities.

(ii) He doesn't really quite fit in a build with what I think is accepted as the strongest Republic squad - Yobuck, Panaka, R2, Mas, plus either General Skywalker or Rex. You can squeeze him in, but you'll be struggling to fit in enough activations to be competitive.

(iii) His best build is maybe something with General Skywalker - maybe with Dash, and Commander Ahsoka as support? I'm on holiday, so I can't try it out. He doesn't really need GOWK, Atris, or Grandmaster Yoda to boost his attack and maybe the best way to boost his defence is to stick a diplomat in front of him as walking cover.

(iv) I think the amount of chance that comes with him - ie he's going to have to roll 17s to really tear up - means that he's probably not going to be tier 1. Similar to the new Vader - lots of fun, but a little bit risky to take into a big tournament.

I could see running Mace with Ferus Olin, keeping them close to each other, then just slaughtering Ferus after he has soaked up enough shooter damage, went ballistic on a major enemy within striking distance, and then switched sides. If he doesn't miss the save, all the better.

Yep. I think I like that idea. I should save this post in case that becomes popular. Yeah right, like it hasn't been thought of already, lol.

I actually toyed with throwing Ferus into a Mace squad, as good swap fodder once Mace does his thing. =)

Any updates? Lots left to be revealed.

I think this will be the last set of what people could call 'bias'.
They are trying to get all the factions to a similar level of playability.
Once balance has been restored to the force, I'm sure we'll see a more even spread.

In part yes, the smaller factions have gotton a lot last set and same for this set. however do not forget that Republic and Seps are getting extra as well this time round because of the Battle of theed mini set. both should get 5 or 6 characters each there plus what they get in RnR.

It's a 12 figure Mini set being release concurrently with R&R. Think Battle of Hoth, but no reprints. There is a thread in this section, maybe a page back? with more info.

Billiv15 is the guy in charge of spoilers. He is away off somewhere. No doubt when he returns he will spoil something.