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Re: Heroscape Power Rankings
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#1970
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Re: Heroscape Power Rankings
mccombju
Gencon might have the most players, that doesn't mean it has a gathering of the best players in the world/Country. I don't quite see the Gencon Tournament = to Stanley Cup. Its more like the SEC Championship in realm of the College Football Landscape. I never claimed I'm the best, or even hinted at it. Nor do I think I am to begin with. The challenge to MM has nothing to do with this, though it appears Ollie has taken up the challenge and we will get to have Knights vs Glads at Slugfest II before the event starts. mccombju I hope you re-read my words without any biased towards me, and you might see what I was really getting at. Have you tried Hexscape? 3D Heroscape Multiplayer Battle program! Looking for a C3V/SOV miniature? Try one of these sites. |
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If I had my way, Q9 would be a C. Really, I can't get him to work for me, and when he does wind up beating my army, it's normally because of exterior things (Like snow/a lucky Kelda role...that was a bad day for me) more than Q9 really performing. At the same time, I think that his A+ is deserved. He wins a lot, and he synergizes very well with the other A+ units. At the same time, I would have microcorp at an A. I love them, and they work for me more often than not. At the same time, I understand the reasoning why they are B+. They are tricky to use well, and a bad map can really suck. Personal playing styles totally change the game and how it is player. I have a friend who never attacks unless figures are within range. He sits in his castle (he always insists on playing castle maps) and waits. Normally, I would use one of my normal armies on him, like Knights, Microcorp, or 10th Reg. Against him, I have to adapt and use something like Dragons or minions to beat him. Against him, some units are better than others. |
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When I was playing much more frequently most of our games were pre-made armies, but once in a while we would draft. As soon as it was apparent that someone was going to make a killer combo (Q-9/Raelin, Krav/Raelin, Q-9/rats, etc) everyone would do whatever they could to not make that happen. (We didn't allow for more than one person to use a specific unit) Now there are more option to not only counter-draft but in doing so still make use of some pretty cool synergies. |
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Re: Heroscape Power Rankings
Under the following assumptions, Spider Poison is the best Heroscape player in the world:
1. Defeating opponents in a tournament setting is the best measurement of Heroscape skill. 2. Gencon is the pre-eminent Heroscape tournament setting and carries more weight than other tournaments. 3. We can only measure what we know, and since there are always things we don't know (regarding anything really), if we reserve judgment based on what we don't know we will never be able to make any qualitative assessments, which is a pretty useless and paralyzing situation to find oneself in. As a result, the mysterious 10 year old heroscape prodigy in Katmandu (whom none of her 10 year old friends will play Heroscape with because they always lose) could, theoretically, be the best but this is not very relevant when assessing who the best is because I've never heard of her and she hasn't tested her skill according to the criteria of 1 and 2 above. |
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Thanks for all the comments on my game, guys. It kind of made me blush as I read it . I would never make a claim to being the best or anything like that, but I've always hoped that my results in tourneys do give this thread more credibility.
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Having said all that, I still haven't decided whether or not to do the new unit rankings before or after GenCon this year. There's actually a good two months before the Con. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but that might be enough time to come up with good rankings. I'll actually be proxying some figures for the new stuff later tonight to see how they do. A lot of times when I ask for opinions on units (this time included), it's actually so I can see what people think and provide more accurate rankings. So yeah, I'd be interested to hear what others think of the new stuff and especially if anyone has some play experience with them yet. Thank you all for taking the time to read my essay |
#1975
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I too plan to proxy at least some of Wave 9 this weekend, or some time soon. I'll post what I think.
But I do already agree that the units all look higher than the D category, falling into a C or better grade. Lots of B+'s, probably. |
#1976
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Spider Poison is the best player in heroScape, period.
Wait a minute, if he's the best player and I beat him the last game we played against each other in a tournament setting, what does that make me... Dragon Dice - (the 2nd best game there is) Learn to Play! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h3q6...wujcr8vVf8e21G |
#1977
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It must be true!
Have you tried Hexscape? 3D Heroscape Multiplayer Battle program! Looking for a C3V/SOV miniature? Try one of these sites. |
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~Aldin, speaking in joust He either fears his fate too much or his desserts are small That dares not put it to the touch to gain or lose it all ~James Graham |
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~Matthias, still the current TTO champion. Dragon Dice - (the 2nd best game there is) Learn to Play! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h3q6...wujcr8vVf8e21G |
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