The Book of Jack Flag

[Arkham]

I got pics for him but thanks for being on top of them!

[Yodaking]

It was kind of spur of the moment, I saw the figure in my bag when I went to grab Rocket and couldn't remember if we needed them or not so I just grabbed him and snapped away. Same thing with the Kree Capt., all my 'cosmic' figures without cards are all in the same bag. Then when I loaded up the Kree Capt. pics I notices I already had some in my folder from way back when. I think they were hosted on Photobucket though and didn't know if Karat could currently access them so I just posted those up as well.

[Ronin]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Jack Flag

Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Jack Flag @220, Songbird, Captain America, Bucky (700) vs Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Iron Man Mk IV (700)

Spoiler Alert!

The two teams meet up pretty quickly, with the map being so small, but the first round is mostly unproductive... right up until the last turn of the round, when Songbird and Jack both attack Iron Fist and take him out on two whiffed defenses in a row.

In the second round, Iron Man manages to keep Jack away from Luke with his Repulsor blasts, and also takes out Songbird. Jack charges back into the fray and deals some damage to Iron Man, though.

At the start of the third round, Jack is set up for a Tactical Diversion and his use of it is enough for Cap to take out Iron Man, stripping Luke's bonding buddy away from him.

Jack and Luke slug it out for the rest of the round, with Luke ultimately winning out thanks to impenetrable skin. Cap takes the game in clean-up.

Unit Summary:

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): 2 wounds to Iron Fist in 1 attack (destroyed), 2 wounds to Iron Man in 2 attacks, 2 wounds to Luke Cage in 2 attacks
• Tactical Diversion: used 1 time. Knocked 2 dice off Iron Man's defense, resulting in him taking just enough damage from Cap's attack to be destroyed
• Keepin' 'em Busy: didn't come up
• Beating the Odds: double-activated after 0 of 6 OM reveals.
• Damage Taken: 2 wounds from Iron Man in 3 special attack, 4 wounds from Luke Cage in 3 attacks (destroyed)

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Captain America with 3 wounds, Bucky unwounded

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-took Move down to 5-

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Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Jack Flag @220, Songbird, Captain America, Bucky (700) vs Hand Ninja x2, Bullseye, Cheshire, Karai (700)

Spoiler Alert!

Jack's double-turns come into play a lot more here, and help him beat down some ninja, but his team struggles because the Ninja take out Cap early. Karai is able to get away from him after he attacks, a couple times, and force him to make a move-only turn for his second activation.

Unit Summary:

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): destroyed 3 Hand Ninja in 4 attacks, 3 wounds to Bullseye in 2 attacks
• Tactical Diversion: not used
• Keepin' 'em Busy: not used
• Beating the Odds: double-activated after 5 of 5 OM reveals. 2 move-only turns, 3 attack-only turns
• Damage Taken: 1 wound from Hand Ninja in 3 attacks, 1 wounds in 2 attacks from Bullseye, 3 wounds from Karai in 4 attacks (destroyed)

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Bullseye with 4 wounds, Karai with 3 wounds, Cheshire unwounded

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Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Jack Flag @210, Star-Lord, Agent Venom, Nebula, Bucky (1000) vs Fantastic Four (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

This one went rough for the Guardians - they made a run on Johnny early, but they got him right up to 4 wounds without killing him. Suddenly, it was Clobbering Time, and Nebula and Venom went down hard and fast before the other Guardians could finish off Johnny.

As a result, Jack got a lot of double-activations, and he did end up the last man standing, but he got locked down by Reed and couldn't put his extra movement to good use. He struggled to hit through Reed's Force Field defense, as well, which didn't do him any favors. He eventually got Reed up to 4 wounds, but then it was Clobbering Time again.

Unit Summary:

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): 2 wounds to Mister Fantastic in 8 attacks
• Tactical Diversion: used 1 time. Knocked 2 dice off Reed's defense, resulting in 2 wounds
• Keepin' 'em Busy: not used
• Beating the Odds: double-activated after 4 of 5 OM reveals. Took 4 attack-only turns.
• Damage Taken: 3 wounds from Mister Fantastic in 2 attacks, 0 wounds from Invisible Woman in 1 attack, 3 wounds from Thing in 3 attacks (destroyed)

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Mister Fantastic with 4 wounds, Invisible Woman unwounded, Thing unwounded

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Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: Jack Flag @210, Star-Lord, Agent Venom, Nebula, Bucky (1000) vs Original X-Men (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Jack Flag struggled to find relevance here at first, mainly because Jean Grey kept chucking him away from the battle. He did tank a ridiculous number of attacks from Iceman, though.

But he eventually went down, without accomplishing anything of note. Kind of a rout for the X-Men.

Unit Summary:

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): not used
• Tactical Diversion: not used
• Keepin' 'em Busy: not used
• Beating the Odds: double-activated after 3 of 3 OM reveals. Took 3 move-only turns
• Damage Taken: 5 wounds from Jean Grey in 2 attacks, 1 wound from Iceman in 8 special attacks (destroyed)

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Professor X with 2 wounds; Jean, Iceman, and Cyclops all unwounded

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Kind of an underwhelming performance here, but I think a lot of that was just down to bad luck, especially in the latter two games. I'd be comfortable nudging the price down to 190 and sending him to the public.

[Ronin]

Let's send Jack to public testing at 190.

@japes - yea
@Arkham - yea
@Tornado - yea
@Yodaking - yea
@johnny139
@Scapemage
@Spidey'tilIDie - yea

[Arkham]

yea

[Tornado]

Yea

[japes]

Yea

[Yodaking]

As long as you are still happy with how the mechanics of the powers played, I don't have a problem dropping his points until we find a place he's good at. No preconceived notions about where he should be costed.

yea

[Ronin]

Yeah, I think he's mechanically sound. 180-210 is the range where I envision him. I think going over 220 (HasCap) would be undesirable, but that doesn't seem to be a danger.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Yea though I'm not sure the drop is enough, but ultimately I trust you!

[Scapemage]

We'll see how public testing goes. Yea for now!

[Ronin]

Thanks for the confidence! The drop ultimately may not be enough, but he had some pretty rough luck in the last two games, so I wouldn't want to overcorrect based on those.

Down to johnny.