tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post5519499699187194250..comments2023-10-18T07:15:41.566-04:00Comments on Mid-Life Gaming Crisis: On sportsmanship, Onslaught List Fail, and a Conflict GT list (6th!)Ghostinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14612442936351544336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-70397228705639118842012-08-16T14:13:57.422-04:002012-08-16T14:13:57.422-04:00Must. Not. Download. 6th. Edition.
Must. Resist.
...Must. Not. Download. 6th. Edition.<br />Must. Resist.<br /><br />:DSinSynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352693991857976930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-65122803148917397342011-01-25T16:39:05.075-05:002011-01-25T16:39:05.075-05:00If you have twenty stealers or a pair of Trygon-pr...If you have twenty stealers or a pair of Trygon-primes you could make it to 1750; otherwise that list looks a bit short. Still nice to see someone do well with a bug-swarm rather than Nidzilla army.<br /><br />To me Onslaught seems more the sort of power to just take once in the army. You might get to use it turn one for that extra push, mostly thought you will fall back on FNP. It is cheaper than buying a pod. I think the main issue is there are so few units that will make much use out of it after turn one.Lyracianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021663969271276571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-28242293309736768662011-01-25T12:18:09.882-05:002011-01-25T12:18:09.882-05:00Shiny is definitely on the same wavelength then; a...Shiny is definitely on the same wavelength then; and I empathize on the Ork side: they have their equally fun/frustrating moments. My good friend loved his orks for the same reasons I loved my Skaven, but the animosity thing just wasn't a fun dynamic to me (compared to rats catching fire and running amok through my own lines).Ghostinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612442936351544336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964945866386538577.post-57556095296075708452011-01-25T12:05:22.442-05:002011-01-25T12:05:22.442-05:00Funnily enough, I had a conversation with my old p...Funnily enough, I had a conversation with my old pal Shiny, a Skaven player of many years' standing, who explains that his Skaven have survived so long for exactly the same reason that they redeemed you; because it's almost impossible not to be amused and surprised by them. He claims that those of us who play reliable, competent armies are somewhat spoiled by them; we become used to our troops probably being able to do things, and thus set ourselves up for disappointment when they don't rather than surprise when they do.<br /><br />This is partly why I'm contemplating Orks in 40K, who I think stand somewhere between 'with this army, the game plays you!' and 'basically competent' - the army seems to have its random elements and encourage the taking of chances, but to not be totally at the mercy of mechanics designed to frustrate (I loved building and painting my WFB Orcs, but they weren't at all enjoyable to play - too many games where they never left the proverbial starting blocks).Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583821960347555993noreply@blogger.com