Alright! Sorry to keep switching it up on you guys.

I am going to go with this piece: http://www.bloomilk.com/Custom/25326/plo-koon-in-starfighter

I will still try to implement suggestions you guys have right up until the deadline if you have any other thoughts!
But this is the hyperlink I will stay with.

Shoot mine didn't post yesterday! Here it is:
http://www.bloomilk.com/Custom/25345/plo-koon--ace-pilot

I'll start the voting so you guys can see what I had in mind. You don't have to go into much detail if you don't want to. And you don't have to make links, I just did it to make it easy for you guys to find what you need.

Surf_Rider's Jedi Master, Plo Koon
A very powerful piece and for 69 points it should be. 16 attack and ranks it up with the biggest of the big boys. 130 HP is a good number with having parry and Shien Mastery. The force powers are really great too. Push 4 can be pulled off every other round with renew which basically makes him a shooter as well as melee. Fog is great but I think FPs would be saved for Push 4. My biggest concern with this build is the Renew 2 MotF 2 in combo with Shien mastery. I don't think this piece could be shot with having 3 tries to get away from the shot.
I do like the piece very much and addresses the need for a real Plo Koon bad ass. I give it a 9

General_Grievous's Plo Koon, Ace Pilot
I really like what you started with wingman, but I think it needs a little work. I don't think letting somebody move 18 squares because an ally with pilot got attacked with triple attack. Perhaps "once per turn" or something to limit the amount of moving. As for the stats, they are great and are what they should be on a 38 point piece. Without Double, it leaves it's damage output at 20 unless comboed with yaddle or obi jedi general. I do like where this could be going with wingman but I think it could use some tweeking yet. I give it an 8

Caedus's General Plo Koon
This is a massive beat stick. Double Twin and has a the beautiful twin sweep. I still am not a fan of Shien Mastery but without MotF 2 it isn't as dominate. For 72 points I think the stats could have been raised for attack and defense. I love the Talons SA, it's a really great way to extend synergy and also make electric judgement even better. I don't know about Ayna-Seff does and that is probably my own fault. I think it would negate allies and himself from being able to gain CEs but I'm not sure. I guess it gets you out of being a target of "assassin" and other "target living enemy" abilities. I think this piece is really cool. Love range 12 Judgement. I give this an 8.75

Lafcadio's Plo Koon in Starfighter
This one gets style points for outside the box thinking in my book. Vehicle is a great idea. I am very pleased that you dropped down to speed 12 and dropped Strafe. Everything on the piece makes sense for what a vehicle in the star wars universe should have. Shields, Mounted weapon, good speed, a powerful damage, but easy to hit with it's large size. If I could get Plo Koon out and use another piece from this contest I would really jump for joy but with the 2 WotC Plo Koon's, I would never get out of this vehicle. The loss of strafe probably gave you back about 20 points. I think you could have put Renew and or MotF back on him so he still had some better force user feel to him.
I like what you did very much. I give it a 9.25

Jak's plo koon
A very basic easy to use version. 33 points makes him very easy to sneak into most any build. The highlight of this piece IMO is the Jedi Reflexes and the CE for charging fire and driod hunter for follower O66 guys. With the meta morphing into more and more melee, Jedi Reflexes is an awesome add and I wish I would have done it myself. I can't find much I don't like about this piece other than D19. I feel like it could have used one more original thing, what that thing is I just can't put my finger on. I love simple easy to use pieces and this is just that. I give it 8.75

Naarkon's General Plo Koon
The Camaraderie is great and makes the old new again. Love it. I couldn't find anything anywhere about Djem So for Plo Koon but it doesn't bother me. Precision 2 and MotF 2 in combo with Death Strike is quite a sneaky way to drop a massive bomb on an unsuspecting foe. 100 damage if done right, yikes! 44 points is a pretty good price for a piece with this kind of sneaky damage output. I think D could go up to 20 and maybe could have dropped "wolfpack" from the CE so he's not so pigeon holed. Cool ideas. I give it an 8.75

CorellianComedian's Jedi General Plo Koon
Love Defender, Bond and Electric Judgment. Bond is another one that will make a forgotten piece playable again. I think your version of Judgment is great. More of a jolt with damage. Shien Mastery is just not on my tastebuds. The max output of 40 damage might not be enough for today's game at 47 points. He is a thorn in the side though with Shien and block. D22 just adds to the problem of killing him. Since his damage output is capped at 40 I have the least issue with this piece having Shien mastery. The CE is fun little wrinkle too. I give it an 8.75

Then there is me Donnyrides's Master Plo Koon
I'm not grading myself obviously, but I will explain what I was going for. I was looking to make a mid range jedi with some new wrinkles and would be usable in most any squad. His damage output is low but so is his cost. His FPs in combo with other pieces and his own abilities make him a piece to mess with. Being a follower, the door is open to many combos. I give it a 1000000000 LOL

I give my vote to Lafcadio
His originality with a full blown pilot style piece was really enjoyable to read and think of how to use. Great job.

I've been doing this a long time and I try to make my cards/stats match who/what the person is or keep it simple intent-wise. Out of the close to 1,500 cards I've made, I've only made 2 pieces costing over 60 ( Jedi Masters Oppo & Saba;) never made a Luke, Yoda, or Mace. Most of my Big pieces have been mid 50's. I'm surprised my Plo wound up at 69; he's the biggest beast I've ever made so I'm not sure myself what to make of him ...... I made an Epic 80 point Vader once to demonstrate how much card space would be needed for too many abilities, but I digress.

A lot of my thoughts are gut feelings or nitpicking on costing. I admit I'm not the game mechanic that many of the V-Setters are and I don't "Play Test" my pieces exhaustively, so this is, as with my cards, mostly by feel; In my otherwise unscientific and silly opinions ....



7.75 Lafcadio.

Research and thought will cut down on how much a custom needs to be modified. Costing is just practice. I think you were going with some kind of vehicle here more than a figure and I'm not much for vehicles so I'm not your target audience; still, you seem to change your mind a lot so I'm not sure if You know how you wanted to do this, you just knew where you wanted to go ....


8.0 Naarkon

It's appreciably different from the newer WOTC piece, yet not much cheaper; Camaradarie, Djem So, Renewal & MOTF are worth more than 44.



8.25 General_Grievous.

Not sure what Frag Assault is; an attempt at an auto Galloping Attack? Wingman seems to have potential but my guess is its closer to 49 cost .....



8.255 Donny

You said yourself that you should've Added Electric Judgment; you second guessed yourself. Nice piece, but go with your gut if no one else says otherwise ....



9.0 jak

Biggest gripe is its not much offensively, and its cost is closer to 41, not 33. Love the CE though.



9.5 CorellianComedian

My biggest gripes seem to be cost these last three. CC this should be 54 not 47 and while its mostly aimed at Clones, you still want Force Bond; bet that would drop it closer to your target 47. Second most balanced piece here though.



9.75 Caedus

Still not sure about Talons (might feel more comfortable with 3 squares instead of 6 and I'm still not sure what Brain Death is good for; avoid some mind control? Still, as is I actually think the cost is closer to 68 rather than your 72, and even with my uncertainty about Talons, its the most balanced piece.


Caedus by a Talon ...

Naarkon's General Plo Koon
I like the Ahsoka boost, but Impulsive Advance doesn't really seem to fit thematically as much as Parry does. Love the CE though and cool synergy for Wolffe and his men.
8.2

surf_rider56 Jedi Master Plo Koon: Definitely the powerhouse piece of them all. But I think with his high force points, as well as having access to the Republic movement abilities I think this guy is too strong. Factor in that he gets door shatter and whirlwind as well for a jack of all trades beast. I do like it though. 8.6


Caedus General Plo Koon: On his own he is interesting and provides a unique Jedi experience but my two main issues are his new abilities (one which I don't really see a ton of use for [cancelling crits?], and when combined with swap/tow, he becomes quite powerful, maybe too much. Also he's difficult to shoot or hit. On the flip side his CE is awesome, and the Ahsoka boost is nice. Overall:
8.4


Lafcadio Plo Koon in Starfighter: Man this thing is cool, I love huges and him in a starfighter was definitely outside the box thinking. Only thing kind of wonky is his force powers. I feel like there are easier ways to accomplish the same thing without creating new powers. Evade and a couple force points, and a variation of rage but worded more similar. The CE again is cool and needed.
9

jak Plo Koon: I love the simplicity in design and no new abilities/powers. But with his name being Plo Koon he is subject to Coleman's effect and therefore becomes broken with twin+whirlwind attack (4 attacks on everyone adjacent) especially when you plug in his low cost and swap/tow. In a world without Coleman he's a 9, as is, to me he's a:
8.0

CorellianComedian Jedi General Plo Koon: I love the Wolffe synergy and the sweet CE. Not sure how I feel about the boost for the Baran Do Sages, same race but did he work with them ever? And as is I think Defender is too strong as protecting Rex and Commandos is crazy powerful, maybe if it was for non-uniques with Order 66 it would be a bit more balanced. But cool flavor overall.
8.6

donnyrides Master Plo Koon: Another simple, and well-designed piece. Thankfully the different name save's his twin from being broken with whirlwind. The synergy is random as is because that piece doesn't exist yet? would be cool to see though. Tactical Levitation is genius though. Good job.
8.8

My vote goes for Lafcadio, that fighter is just to cool.


What I was going for is epic synergy with Yaddle, and trying for a fresh take on a "bombing run" style of Jedi pilot. But it seems I was not successful haha. And wingman was me trying to find a way to make Republic pilots better. Trying to recreate the Malevolence episodes from the clone wars with the high movement and coordination that pilot's would provide for each other and as is it affects few characters. Also as your character moves towards the enemy, even a melee character may potentially be able to attack. I think with the critique I would adjust wingman to "move 2 squares". But alas, next time. Cool first round though. And good fortune to the winner. Thanks everyone for the critique and look forward to the next one.

First of all, you guys make very difficult to choose a winner! Come on! Why do you all have to make such great pieces?!

Surf_Rider: Jedi Master Plo Koon
This is a great piece! I LOVE the high attack, and all the defensive abilities, but just because it costs almost 70 points, I'm not sure how often I would use it. Sigh... I wish awesome pieces like this could cost less without messing up the game... The only thing I would think about changing if I were you, would be the wording at the beginning of the "Force Fog" FP. "Usable on this character's next turn." The first couple of times I read that, it gave me the impression that the piece is always one turn away from actually being able to use this FP, and could thus never be able to use it... I know that's not what you meant by it, it just took me a few tries to understand what you DID mean. (Anyone else get that, or can I just not read? ) Not a big deal though.
Surf_Rider: 9.5

General Grievous: Plo Koon, Ace Pilot
In my imagination, I see "Wingman" as being INCREDIBLY useful for taking down enemies quickly! I like that ability! (also thumbs up for the CE that goes along with it!) "Frag Grenades Assault" is REALLY cool! I like it, it's just that it seems a little weird to have a jedi having that ability... The only thing I feel like he's lacking, in my opinion, is a bit more regular attack capabilities. (like twin or double) And then possibly force renewal 1? But this piece would be a lot of fun to play with, I think!
General Grievous: 9

Caedus: General Plo Koon
I like the Double/Twin combo. I absolutely LOVE the Special abilities like "Shien Style Mastery" that make an opponent pay for attacking your piece! With "Kel Dor Talons", that is an AMAZING ability which would be really useful! My ONLY problem with it is that I KNOW that if CorellianComedian got his hands on this piece during one of my games against him, he would absolutely crush me into the ground with it! (so my problem with this SA is actually another plus for this piece ) Again, just because of the high price, I don't know if I would use this piece all that often... Like I said with Surf_Rider's piece: I wish awesome pieces like this could cost less without messing up the game...
Caedus: 9.75

Jak: Plo Koon
Whoa: "Jedi Reflexes"! I didn't even know that ability existed! YES! I like it! I kinda like how non situation-specific his SA/Force powers are. I think that just makes him function even better in all sorts of varying situations! Good CEs. I am specifically a fan of the "Charging Fire" CE. I have seen that SA come in handy on many occasions, so that is a great squad booster! And the relatively low price is another plus for this piece as far as I'm concerned!
Jak: 8.75

Naarkon: General Plo Koon
Again, not too complicated. Good. I like "deathstrike"! It sort of adds to the feeling of this piece being a protector! I very much enjoy the fact that this piece can potentially deal 50 damage in one attack! And I like how frustrating you could make a battle for your opponent with the "Avoid Defeat" CE. I just wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that... (Don't get any ideas, CC )
Naarkon: 8.25

CorellianComedian: Jedi General Plo Koon
"Shien Style Mastery"! YES. Again: I always like having SA like this that make opponents think twice about attacking. I like how this piece lends itself well to not just having clone troopers in its squad, but actually actively keeping them alive with things like "Defender" and his CEs!
CorellianComedian: 8.5

donnyrides: Master Plo Koon
"Tactical Levitation": HaHA! That's awesome! This is another one of those pieces I would really want to keep CC from getting his hands on because of that force power! I like the Synergy! I would not at all mind having a jedi with +17 attack and 24 defense! My only issue is that I feel like he should cost a few points less... [WARNING: Lafcadio is by no means a reliable authority on pricing for pieces. He has no business telling you how much this piece should cost. Taking his advice on anything regarding changing the cost of a piece is not advisable. Lafcadio will not be held responsible for any physical, mental, or emotional damage resulting from the enactment of any advice he has given regarding piece costs.] And then maybe adding force renewal?? [WARNING: Lafcadio is by no means a reliable authority on adding force renewal to pieces. He has no business telling you if or when you should give your piece force renewal. Taking his advice on anything regarding force renewal is not advisable. Lafcadio will not be held responsible for any physical, mental, or emotional damage resulting from the enactment of any advice he has given regarding force renewal.]
donnyrides: 8

Again, I wish I didn't have to rank these pieces! They're all really good!

Winner: Caedus (with 9.75)

(sorry, looking back over this, I went a little bit crazy with the emoticons )

Don't blame me if you didn't understand Force Fog; it's a V-Set ability that a couple of characters have from V-Set7, Armed and Operational; I just used it ....

I wasn't blaming you. I was merely observing. It didn't influence the way I voted at all, I just though you might be interested in some constructive feedback... Maybe I can just not read. I was creating this post at about 11:30 last night, so my brain was probably shutting down for the evening. As I said, not a big deal. I still like the piece.

It looks like we have some very diverse ideas ranging from ultra defensive to massive beat stick. We also have a very wide range of what we like and we have an outcome that never happened once in 44 weeks when we used to do this competition a few years ago. The 2 people tied for the most votes did not win. The person with the highest average rating won the 2 extra votes and won this weeks contest. I will have more comments and thoughts after the scores

Surf_Rider 9, 10, 8.75, 8.6, 9.5, 8.75 AVERAGE 9.1
General_Grievous 8, 8, 8.25, 8, 9, 9.25 AVERAGE 8.42
Caedus 8.75, 8.25, 9.75, 8.5, 8.4, 9.75 AVERAGE 8.9
Lafcadio 9.25, 9, 7.75, 8.75, 9, 9.5 AVERAGE 8.88
Jak 8.75, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8.75, 9.75 AVERAGE 8.89
Naarkon 8.75, 9.5, 8, 8.2, 8.25, 9 AVERAGE 8.62
CorellianComedian 8.75, 9.5, 9.25, 8.6, 8.5, 9.5 AVERAGE 9.02
Donnyrides 8.75, 8.255, 8.75, 8.8, 8, 9 AVERAGE 8.59

But after adding the highest average bonus Surf Rider gains the making him this weeks winner!!!

Congratulations to Surf_Rider on Jedi Master Plo Koon. A master Jedi with great calm while fighting and able to sense the next strike before it can land giving him the advantage needed to strike down the enemy. Great Job Surf_Rider, as your reward, you get to choose the next weeks piece for the contest.

Like I said in my opening, This has never happened. normally there are a few pieces that would rise above the rest. It was a very close competition this week. Keep in mind that your given scores are very important. I suggest saving 7s for pieces you can tell had very little thought given to them and 10 for pieces you think are absolute perfect pieces that you can't believe are not in the current game. 8.xx to 9.xx are about the range for most scores. This keeps the unintentional sabotage from happening.

I will post next weeks contest in a new forum post as soon as I get Surf_Riders selection.
Great Job everyone.