AKA: It REALLY isn't going to happen.

Enjoyed reading all the comments, really great feedback! Thanks guys!

I won't sit here and try to defend every decision we made as a team as that would be ridiculous - everyone is going to have their own opinion about stuff and that is perfectly fine.

I do want to hit a few highlights though:

1. Shimmra was not the last piece made. In fact, it was one of the first. I'm the one that wrote up the original stats. Could we have given him more Hit Points? Sure. Was it a good idea? Probably not. In playtesting (at least, in my playtesting), he dominated the field 4 out of 5 games. All by himself. It took my entire New Republic squad (which included the new Jaina and Jacen and Ben) just to bring him down. And then the rest of the squad pummeled me. Parry was all that saved me in the 2 games I won. And that was with 130 Hit Points. I shudder to think what he would have done with more Hit Points.

2. Advanced Battle Meditation. There are lots of reasons to have added in an attack bonus and one reason not to: ABM does not create a commander effect. This bonus would have stacked with everything from Atris to Nomi Sunrider to the eventual Jedi commander that will grant a static bonus to OR followers. It may not be in V-set 2 but I promise you it is 99.99% likely to happen down the road. This is still a luck based game and we want to keep it that way, as much as possible. The +10 damage bonus was actually an afterthought, because the real power of the ability is removing enemy commander effects. But we wanted to do something that reflected Bastila's ability to use the Force to rally her own people. This seemed the most effective way to do it without guaranteeing hit after hit for one decisive crushing round.

3. Jaina. Whew, did we go round and round on that one. Yeah she replaces Shado but he was never really tearing up the battlefield, unfortunately. It just gives us a reason to make Shado Vao, Jedi Master at some point.

Now go play some minis!!

Something you guys aren't considering in the +4 Attack vs. +10 Damage category....The Klatooinian Enforcer isn't going to hit all that often, but when he does, it's often going to be a critical. So you're not including the double damage possibilities. :P

Seriously though, it's kind of silly to discuss boosting horrible pieces. Nobody is going to play those anyway. The +4 attack might help lower pieces like that, but people are still going to just use the better ones anyways. Doesn't matter what boosts you present for pieces, the Klatooian Enforcer is a horrible piece, and stuff like the Ugnaught Droid Destroyer or Duros Scout will always get played instead if you're looking for a 7 point filler piece. It's impossible to boost those lower pieces without also making the already good pieces even better. The only way around that is specifically targeted things like a CE that grants +4 to Klatooinians. :P I kinda doubt people want a CE wasted on something like that.

Boris and Weeks make awesome points as well though, that there are TONS of other ways to boost the attack rating of your pieces, and very few ways to boost the damage rating. This gives the OR a very unique ability.

I have no qualms with criticism as long as it is the way you do it, aimed at the topic and not the people. Thanks for sharing your feedback.

I promise that as long as I am working on these sets, the community will get just as much attention as we did from Rob. I can't promise I or anyone else on the team will always agree with what's said, but I am always open to listening to different ideas.

And yes, there are things about this set that could have been done better. There is always room for improvement, no matter what the topic.

Great points! lol

I am just really glad that Revan and Jaina got a face-lift. Those two pieces alone were enough to stop the itch in the back of my head as to when they were gonna get revamped. Everything else is icing on the cake for me. Well done indeed!!

The only thing I have to say is I was a little confused when I saw that Revan doesn't have Dark Armor; but then I realized that in most cases he won't need it. With his CE, he shouldn't be exposed too much. If he should get into a tough spot, his 22 DEF and Lightsaber Defense helps out. So after taking a good look at his card and the possibilities of him, I came to accept and like what I saw.

Sincerely,
Jester007

Well I would say that Advanced Battle Meditation is closer to Cannon than the original.

I think how ABM works is covered well in the first Darth Bane book. The ability in the book was described as making your allies work better together represented in the extra damage. The ability in the book also said the enemy becomes sluggish and on the verge of retreat. This represented in the inability to be effected by Commander Effects. Nothing is coordinated any longer.

I think Advanced Battle Meditation is spot on. If you recall in Cannon Battle Meditation was considered something that could turn the tide of an entire war. Not a battle only. So I think the designers were closer to the mark than Wotc ever was.

Well, I wouldn't rule anything out. Master Sinde is another Knight that has been requested a few different times. So I'm sure we can work around it all somehow. I don't know if an 'Imperial Knight sub-faction' will be all that high on the list of things to tackle, but we'll see.

I think the only piece I'd be worried about that with is Atton, and if you leave your 100+ HP figs out for him to blast he's gonna do that with or without the +10-20 Damage.

NVM - I need more coffee...