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Re: What Were They Thinking?


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I don't think the sculpts really supported 2 Life for the other pirate squads.

Overall I was very happy with the level of fun and novelty and competitive value that the pirates brought to the game, but your experience may be different.
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I don't think you're supposed to pick the Exiles or Knaves instead of the Dreadnauts. While the latter squad is certainly integral to the Dawn Raiders' backbone, 6 Lives/3 figures of bonding isn't always sufficient for the hero-heavy Pirate army. An extra, 4-man Pirate squad can be very useful for establishing board control and maintaining a formidable number of attacks per Order Marker.
I wish someone involved in the design process would speak to this issue.

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Re: What Were They Thinking?

If people want my attention they can tag me. I always check.

The pirates are intended to play as a tightly interwoven faction. Multiple unique squads can work with the same captain, and bond with pirate heroes, at the same time.

The designs of the Age of Annihilation, and their ACES compatibility with VC
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Re: What Were They Thinking?


Well met!

So, it’s you!

I hear and understand you, but, If the sculpts of the Exiles or Knaves would not support two life figures, they should have been way less expensive relative to the Dreadnaughts, or given some other advantages to justify their price. As we’re proxying them anyways, I’m tempted to house rule them as two life figures - if the Gang will go along.

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Re: What Were They Thinking?

You are certainly entitled to your own opinion, Kolakoski. I don't mean that disrespectfully, I just mean that my own review of playtesting revealed a different value from the one that you, emphatically, perceive.

The designs of the Age of Annihilation, and their ACES compatibility with VC
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Re: What Were They Thinking?


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You are certainly entitled to your own opinion, Kolakoski. I don't mean that disrespectfully, I just mean that my own review of playtesting revealed a different value from the one that you, emphatically, perceive.


That I understand.

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Re: What Were They Thinking?

I suspect that the Exiles and Knaves being 4 figure squads helps their value in comparison to the Dreadnaughts. The Exiles getting range once per round and the Knaves letting you activate 5 figures are certainly no small change.

The thing that sticks out the most to me is the Dreadnaughts having 6 move, instead of 5 or 4.

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You are certainly entitled to your own opinion, Kolakoski. I don't mean that disrespectfully, I just mean that my own review of playtesting revealed a different value from the one that you, emphatically, perceive.

That I understand. And stand corrected, as clearly your opinion is more informed than mine.

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Re: What Were They Thinking?

Having gone through a lot of work to prepare to play with all these AOA figures, I'd be hesitant to make changes in them before even trying them out a few times. Besides, if you see older Classic/Customs that you feel would work better, you can just use them after our next session, which is to get familiar with the AOA cards by themselves.
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