So you have minimal experience with Warhammer, so you change it to Warmachine, then you throw in a quip about knowing for a fact Warhammer isn't balance all the way through.

No, his argument was why play with Super Battle Droids when there are other pieces (both WotC and V-Set) that can get the exact same buffs yet perform so much better?

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Was/Is anyone stopping you from taking it in your own direction?

Yup! I think the big beatsticks that the v-sets added have been really good - if you wanted to play a big beatstick in the era immediately before the v-sets, there were very few options, probably only a few select pieces in Imperial, Republic, and New Republic, that could stand a chance against squads like Han Cannon and GGDAC boosted droids. Now there are some good options that can stand on their own a bit better against techy squads and shooter dominated squads.

I already said this recently, but I think if you breed a competitive meta, and play normal 1-on-1 150 or 200 point games, that's what the v-set is designed for. We're in New Zealand, and removed from the competitive scene in the states, but we have a leader (Kezzamachine) who's done his best to make New Zealand follow the same guidelines as the tournaments in the States and follow the same rules for gameplay. And in doing that, I think we've found that the v-set pieces make a lot of sense, and that we find the same pieces that fingersandteeth just cited (Geonosian Drones, Naboo Pilots, Klatooinaian Assassins) are some of the power pieces. While Jaina SotJ has never really been quite top tier, and there are plenty of ways to deal with Mace.

There's just no way I'd want to go back to no v-sets, and I don't think anyone else in NZ would either - they've opened the game up to so many different types of squads. It's like that moment when you're watching the Wizard of Oz, and it turns into technicolor. And there are Munchkins.

Although this topic has been trampled by a horde of ewoks, crushed by AT-ATs and blown to space junk by the Death Star, I think this thread has finally convinced me that the V-Sets are a GREAT addition to the game! If you don't like it, do your own thing. I do think that at first glance may pieces seem ove rpowerd and maybe unfair, but I think eventually I will adapt to use them and like them. I must apologize for bashing the V-Sets so much in the past, and I thank the designers who keep the game alive!

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My suggestion to people who think pieces are "broken" is to bring your so called "broken squad" and play it at a tournament. Or even on vassal against other top players. As fingersandteeth said about Poggle, Kalt Assasins & Naboo Pilots, these were mistakes. However, that doesn't mean that these can't ever be remedied. I used to think Lord Kaan was broken for the mere fact that the Mando's and the Rebel's had no counter to him. I have retracted my statement since then. You know why? Becasue the designers realized this and made pieces like Kelborn and Princess Liea, Rebel Commando. There are competitive answers to every squad. There is no one squad out there right now that is reigning supreme and crushing every other squad it comes across. If you think there is one I'd like to know about it. Cause I've not seen a single one yet with all the V-sets. Instead of complaining about pieces, how about you people actually come on here with play reports and show us facts that prove a piece is "broken".

I am sad for you.
The people you play with are so polarized that they won't bend on V-sets? If someone says they don't want to see this again because they've seen it to much, I say OK, and try to get them to back off on something I don't want to see again.

I can name dozens of broken pieces, but super glue usually fix them

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