What's in an Order Marker? (D1, D2, and D3 up)

[Deroche]

Originally Posted by Jexik

Uh... thanks?

Wow...that's the heroscapers.com equivalent of the twitter generation asking who Paul McCartney is and why is he trending?

[MegaSilver]

Originally Posted by Deroche

Wow...that's the heroscapers.com equivalent of the twitter generation asking who Paul McCartney is and why is he trending?

True, Deroche! Bothi directed that to the wrong person.

[Bothi]

Fixed, sorry guys, I was looking at the post and accidentally typed in Jexik instead of wolfking...............

[MegaSilver]

Originally Posted by Bothi

Fixed, sorry guys, I was looking at the post and accidentally typed in Jexik instead of wolfking...............

Yeah, we figured.

[Joseph Sweeney]

Jexik, are you planning to add SoV/C3V customs to that list? After all, they are the continuation of HeroScape.

Just a thought.

[marted]

you act as if having more of the same common helps so, are you allowed to to use all of your figures on a common? e.g. if I have 3 rat cards can I use 9 rats?

[flameslayer93]

Originally Posted by marted

you act as if having more of the same common helps so, are you allowed to to use all of your figures on a common? e.g. if I have 3 rat cards can I use 9 rats?

No, even if you have 3 Rat cards, you would still only be able to activate 4 of your 12 rats. However, if one dies you can still move 4 rats, unlike how the Unique Squads work.

[Jexik]

Originally Posted by Joseph Sweeney

Jexik, are you planning to add SoV/C3V customs to that list? After all, they are the continuation of HeroScape.

Just a thought.

No.

I've not played with those figures, so I won't discuss how to use them. I don't play Heroscape very much at all anymore.

The main lesson of the article isn't the list at the bottom or end of each section but to learn how to make an army so that you can get the most out of your activations.

Originally Posted by flameslayer93

No, even if you have 3 Rat cards, you would still only be able to activate 4 of your 12 rats. However, if one dies you can still move 4 rats, unlike how the Unique Squads work.

Right. What makes common-based offenses powerful is how they can absorb casualties and still get their full number of attacks per turn. Unique Squads are a risk because their offense is drastically reduced by casualties, while Unique Heroes are risky because although their offense is not reduced incrementally, they are a high risk for losing entire turns (order markers) when they fall.

[OrcElfArmyOne]

How I wish I could have my vote back! I voted back when I first came to the site and didn't use order markers, so this didn't use to pertain to me.

[flameslayer93]

Originally Posted by OrcElfArmyOne

How I wish I could have my vote back! I voted back when I first came to the site and didn't use order markers, so this didn't use to pertain to me.

If it makes you feel any better I can't even vote on this because the multiple-colored text basically makes this unreadable for me.

[Clockwork]

This is really helpful. I sometimes skip using order markers in small matches, but when I play competitively, they are very important. Units that rely on other unit and blah blah blah. Order markers as very useful and so is this article

[IronJaw]

Great article!

Fantastic idea color coding the units and their stregths.