If that was the intent then it will work out very well.

What I meant was if the intent was to speed up the whole squad limiting yourself to staying within 6 from 3 allies will kinda still hobble the squad. But for Terrain and 'Popping' it works well.

Zenoc Quah is awesome, but the big home run for me is Fey'lya. Borsk had done so much in the EU it was going to be extraordinarily difficult to represent him in a mini. I'm willing to bet the vset crew limited themselves to NJO Borsk, but even so, they've made a piece that not only does his sacrifice on Coruscant justice, but actually does his character - all the way back to the Thrawn Trilogy - justice. The only change I'd make is drop hatred for rival = anybody with a Force rating (dunno if he actually hunted them, but he did distrust them) but I'm happy with how he turned out.

You don't have to like the whole set. In fact - you shouldn't. We as designers on Vset 7 were open about the fact during the design process that every piece should not be tier 1. In fact - the majority should not. We'd love it if every piece was INTERESTING, and brought something to the table . . . but with 72 pieces that is a tall order. Trying to have every figure straddle that imaginary and surprisingly thin line between seldom used and broken is impossible. In fact - in my opinion, having every piece be competitive is pretty near the definition of power creep. We knew we'd have some "just for fun" pieces, and "theme" pieces, and "could be cool in the future" pieces, and even a couple "let's just get this new SA out there" pieces. I'm glad even this many pieces have really excited people (with more to be spoiled still). There will be some pieces that don't excite everyone, or even excite many people at all for that matter. That's OK - it's actually better for the longevity of this game than the opposite. I'd rather have a few "duds" in the set than too many over-the-top power pieces.

It was one of my personal goals as a designer to create more options to prevent "auto-losses". That term is thrown around way too much, but I feel if you build a squad well, and run it well - even if it's a "bad" matchup, you should have a shot to win. Many pieces in this set help give certain squad types a chance vs bad match-ups. Other pieces give a new and different take on squad types, trying to mix up the norm a little more. Others still have been oft requested, and we felt needed to be represented. Finally, others are just plain fun! It's not going to be everything to everyone. Truth be told it's not even to each of the designers. There are pieces that each of us love and others that might not do a lot for any one of the 4 of us, but I believe we all stand firmly behind this set as a whole.

I appreciate the praise for the set, and never mind honest negative opinions (as long as they are given in the proper way). Nothing I have seen so far has offended me, so by all means continue with feedback.

Army of Light Trooper definitely not at all what I was expecting. Beskar'gam is pretty cool, it can help save him from a weak attack. (the kind we would usually try to use when taking out a 5 point character) he will see play just for his satchel charge alone.

Sarlacc Still suffers from the inherent weaknesses of Emplacement and Melee attack, but far less due to Stealth, melee reach 3 and the Sarlacc SA. I'm gonna say this guy is all about placement, get were your opponent needs to go and cause problems. (like right after a door or in the gambit zone) Sith Battle Meditation might make him worth a shot. (I was thinking of Force Pull, but you would need to be in the range of the Sarlacc for it to work)

♫I'm Tott Doneeta ridin' on a sarlacc♫

On a serious note, i could see the sarlacc being used in non-competitive themed games as a neutral entity. The sarlacc ability could make it a cool map hazard if you just play that the fig doesn't get to activate, and can't be targeted as an enemy.

Man... a lot of these pieces just look fun as hell to play. Fin was kind of "meh" when I first saw him, but when you look at the big picture with prowl, it looks like they'd be a lot of fun to field together.

I can imagine. This creature, for not moving at all, really looked hard to quantify for the fan-created segment. It had to be difficult to craft after play testing.

I would have removed stealth and included some other mechanic in Sarlacc that, unless adjacent, he can only be attacked by characters with flight. It would have been a little bit more accurate than an accurate shooter picking him off from across the field.

That was the idea. :D

They are definitely a case of the total being greater than the sum of the parts.

It's actually takes a little practice to get them to work in perfect tandem, but once you get the rythm I think they'll be quit fun.

I love what the designers did with Sarlacc. It did a great job capturing how we wanted the Sarlacc to work. (I was active in the community design thread.) And it improved it by streamlining it. It costs probably 10 points more than necessary, but no objection there because it's such an unusual piece that it's better to be safe and overcost it than to watch it dominate through some unforeseen interaction.