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6 years ago @ 3++ is the New Black - Tau Weapons in 8th Edi... · 0 replies · +1 points

Wounds inflicted.

6 years ago @ 3++ is the New Black - Cancon Battle Report 2... · 0 replies · +1 points

Hopefully Matt will post some bat reps soon, too...

6 years ago @ 3++ is the New Black - Cancon Battle Report 2... · 0 replies · +1 points

No - I would always ask my opponent and some would start their turn or do the scoring, etc. why I took photos. Even if they did not, it took maybe 30 seconds per round max; so 3 minutes total per game?

6 years ago @ 3++ is the New Black - Tournament Report: Pow... · 0 replies · +2 points

No one is saying Commander spam is a great list but it's not meh. It's quite frustrating to deal with as it can be very difficult to target the important models (Commanders), there are enough models to block movement and it's a mobile list that is not easy to pin in combat. The Drones are also the most efficient point for point shooting Tau has, just cannot be thrown where you always want it.

Most lists generally take a mix of Commanders and maybe a Y'vhara to up the damage output but it's by no means "meh" - it's ahead of the curve but behind the array of lists doing well.

6 years ago @ 3++ is the New Black - Cancon Battle Report 1... · 0 replies · +1 points

I did play it poorly at times throughout this tournament =/.

6 years ago @ 3++ is the New Black - Cancon Battle Report 1... · 0 replies · +1 points

Ya no, it's quite fun to play against Eldar. Eldar, Chaos, Imperial Soup and Tyranids are all doing quite well consistently and many tournaments have been won by non-Eldar armies.

It's also fun to play and I would rather play strong lists that there are ways to beat than boring lists or lists of 7th.

6 years ago @ 3++ is the New Black - Tournament Report: Pow... · 1 reply · +2 points

IDK I like Shield Generators on Coldstars as well... though I remember our list crunching way back when when we were trying to source locations for DCs.

6 years ago @ 3++ is the New Black - ITC Missions - a post ... · 0 replies · +1 points

While I finished every game bar 1 and very few games I saw also did not finish organically by at least T5 at Cancon. Some players were poor but they had reputations in that regard but AFAIK, the norm was games finished.

6 years ago @ 3++ is the New Black - ITC Missions - a post ... · 0 replies · +1 points

1) I won't disagree to that.

2/3) Choosing could be fine and it could offset the strength of the alpha strike currently but I do not think so, particularly if you tie it to a CP.

4) Yes I think this is the right direction but would need to playtest and see.

5) Nothing wrong with 2k, lots of games do not end T2 when built correctly and played correctly and you take into account the ITC scoring mechanic (which is not a perfect fix, no idea if it is objectively good either as I have not run the numbers). Lower points generally leads to more skew, not more tactical play, because you cannot account for everything. 8th edition is very deadly, games should not be finishing at T2-4.

6 years ago @ 3++ is the New Black - ITC Missions - a post ... · 3 replies · +1 points

Well then yes, if that is occurring, that is cheating and against the rules. I have no idea if this happened at LVO having not been there but that's an issue for the TOs of an individual tournament; the rules are quite clear.

2) I really disagree - you see a lot of the top tournament games finish on time and without issue. Slow playing is very hard to definitively say someone is doing as it goes to motive and intent but games should not be finishing T2/3.

3) that doesn't answer the point re the pairing. If people are cheating across all levels and winning, well they are cheating then and its up to TOs to stop that.

4) As Puppy says, you are then perpetuating the problem if you award points for turns not played plus, it's very hard to award points for turns not played when there are two armies on the table. How do you determine who gets what?

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