ZB's Custom Talk - The Proposal

[ZBeeblebrox]

Ok After reading Dok’s thread [http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=22785on] game balance and Jexik’s thread [http://www.heroscapers.com/community....php?t=13278]; it made me think about what is missing in the Classic custom arena.

Well, we’ve tried various methods of judging, tweaking, or focusing on customs…but there is something missing.
We’ve had the Barracks [http://www.heroscapers.com/community...ead.php?t=987], the Halls [http://www.heroscapers.com/community...ead.php?t=907], Speed customs, Create-A-Custom threads, and TNT Customs [http://www.heroscapers.com/community...d.php?t=11733]. But what I have yet to see, in all of the discussions and deliberation over customs is the careful dissection of each unit in the whole scope of the Heroscape game.

What I mean is; we have Spider Poison’s rankings [http://www.heroscapers.com/community...ad.php?t=6171], Jexik’s Order Markers [http://www.heroscapers.com/community...d.php?t=12071], and all the strategy guides [http://www.heroscapers.com/community....php?t=10693]; so why can’t we take the time and care we put into official figures and use those templates to dissect custom units?

Here’s what I propose:

• Every week I’ll introduce another custom card(s).
• Then as a community we can try to figure out armies that that card(s) would work in, say between 500-600 points.
• Then we can discuss Jexik’x Order Markers and classify the unit(s) as Menacer, Cheerleader...ect
• We can discuss strategy for the custom unit(s), what units to fear, what are they good at.
• Then we can also theoretically place a grade on the custom(s), along the lines of Spider Poison’s rankings.
• If the custom needs a small tweak’s that can be discussed as well. And if the unit(s) are just not that useable, that can also be debated.

So what do you think?


One other thing, should I contact the author of the custom unit before the discussion or as long as credit is given is the openness of this forum OK to proceed without permission?

-ZB, inspired lately to get customs rolling again.