The Book of Firefly

[IAmBatman]

Break a leg, SirG!

And Margloth, like Tickle said, Griff and I have the Holographs covered.

[A3n]

Best of luck SirG.

[SirGalahad]

Thanks guys for all the support. I'll keep you posted.

[Good Pig]

Love the simplicity of this design. Team Insane-o is getting bigger by the minute!

[Griffin]

You missed us, didn't you?

[Margloth]

HH tests done, I'll get them posted later. Right now he's looking like 110-20, but I feel his value will go up against squads/armies when he has more targets.

I tested him at 130, since I feel he may end up there with squad/army tests and I really wanted him to fit there to differentiate him from Pyro and Heat Wave, but I may not get my wish. There are some real bargain heroes in the 130 point range!

[Margloth]

C3G INITIAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Firefly

- THEME TEST/ Check to see if there are any powers or stats on the test unit card that does not accurately reflect the theme or likeness of what the character would and could do. Also consider destructible objects, and whether or not this characters powers should affect them.
Pass

- MIRROR TEST/ Check to see if the unit were played against itself, if there would be any loops that would upset the balance of the Game.
Pass

- BONDING TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing Bonding abilities to make sure there are no continual Bonding possibilities that do not stop appropriately or do not stop at all. This is to prevent loops in Bonding.
Pass

- SYNERGIES TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing synergies to make sure there are no factors that could break the game by making any unit too powerful or too weak.
Pass

- POWER CHECK/ Consider the test unit and all existing units and all glyphs to compare to and check for any powers that could be over amplified and break the game. Each power must define when it takes place, who or what it affects, and What are the stipulations on the power if there are any.
Pass

- FUN TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play.
Pass

- FUN COMPETITIVE TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play against.
Pass

- DRAFTING TEST/ Consider whether or not this design is worth drafting.
Pass

- USAGE TEST/ Consider whether or not all of the powers on this card were used or at least usable.
Pass

- STRATEGY TEST/ Consider whether or not the design offers any real strategy or interesting tactics to the overall game.
Pass

Heavy Hitter or Mid-Level Hero Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 110-20?
- Give a brief overview. I tested Firefly at 130, because a quick glance over of his stats made me think he was probably better than Heat Wave, and I really wanted him to not be compared to Pyro. In the end, 110-20 looked best after the heavy hitters

Spoiler Alert!

TEST 1
Map: ALL tests on X Marks the Spot
Units: Firefly v. Penguin
Penguin is really kind of a steal for his points as long as he doesn't have anyone else to steal turns from. Firefly is so short range, he opens himself of for Umbrella Fly-overs.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Penguin wins with 2 wounds.

TEST 2
Map: .
Units:Firefly v. Penguin
Once again Penguin got his fly-overs, but this time Firefly couldn't even land an attack.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Full health Penguin remains.

TEST 3
Map: .
Units: Firefly v. Green Arrow (Connor)
Connor missed some key shots, and allowed Firefly to close in, thinking CCE could finish the arsonist. Firefly has plenty of ways to get around CCE though, and has the advantage up close.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Firefly wins with 3 wounds.

TEST 4
Map: .
Units: Firefly v. Green Arrow
This time Connor didn't mess around and kited Firefly. A decent attack + piercing damage killed off FF.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Full health Green Arrow.

TEST 5
Map: .
Units: Firefly v. Boomerang
Boomerang is kind of like Firefly... it's hard to get points out of him without several targets for him to hit, and Returning Boomerang was a total disappointment. Firefly simply had the bigger attacks here.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Firefly wins with 0 wounds.

TEST 6
Map: .
Units: Firefly v. Boomerang
More of the same... although Boomerang put up a decent fight here. He just didn't have the attack potential to close the deal.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Firefly wins with 3 wounds.

TEST 7
Map: .
Units:Firefly v. Mockingbird
Mockingbird is an absolute steal at 130 points. Excellent move, decent stats, range, and a defensive power? I kind of wonder if she's not too good. At any rate, even with Mocking Words not coming in to play a whole lot, Firefly couldn't muster up the attacks to do much damage.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Mockingbird wins with a wound.

TEST 8
Map: .
Units: Firefly v. Mockingbird
Firefly gets the first attack... but due to the low initial range of his SA, he's forced to attack with his normal attack, which gets reduced. Mockingbird then proceeds to kick his butt.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Full health Mockingbird

TEST 9
Map: .
Units: Firefly v. Electro
There was a lot of trading of Special Attacks in this one, with very few actual hits. Eventually, Electro's beefy attack got the job done.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Electro wins with 2 wounds.

TEST 10
Map: .
Units: Firefly v. Electro
Once again Firefly couldn't muster up the skulls, and Electro could.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Full health Electro

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Squad Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 110
- Give a brief overview. I expected Firefly to start creeping back up in points during the squad tests, but this one actually wasn't so great for him. Even without Killbox really being a possibility, the SHIELD Agents have the mobility, range, attack and defense to easily take down Firefly.
Map: .
Units: Firefly v. SHIELD Agents

Spoiler Alert!

Firefly hung in there for a while due to almost always having height advantage... but the Agents wore him down with their range, decent attacks and constant mobility. Firefly had a game-changing potential attack moment... that he failed due to a poor roll.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? 2 Agents remain

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Squad Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 110
- Give a brief overview. 2 things could happen here... either the monkeys would close in and clobber Firefly with their great attack, or Firefly would slaughter them due to their tendency to group (which he loves). In the end, the monkeys won the bet.
Map: .
Units: Firefly v. Gorilla City Warriors

Spoiler Alert!

The onkeys got the first strike, but were forced to do it with only 2 monkeys and with height disadvantage. Firefly had the perfect set up for a 3 strike Raining Flames moment... and whiffed on all 3 rolls. The monkeys caught him and tore him limb from limb.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? All 3 monkeys remain

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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 120 is fine.
- Give a brief overview. Honestly after all the heavy hitters and squad tests, I was a little bummed about this guy. But surprisingly, everything started coming together for him in the army tests. I don't know if I just had bad luck before or what, but I had a blast with these tests.
Map: .
Units: Firefly (120), Killer Croc, Black Mask, Street Thugs x2, Bodyguards x2 (600) vs. Batman, Robin (Tim), Comissioner Gordon, Alfred, Beat Cops x2 (600)

Spoiler Alert!

The round gets off to a slow start as Killer Croc saunters toward the enemy startzone and eats a cop. Bruce and Tim put 3 wounds on KC.
Bruce and Tim kill KC, taking out OM 1. Tim gets out a little too far ahead and is cut down by Black Mask and his thugs. Bats kills a Thug with a 'rang. 4 Thugs and Black Mask attack Bats, but all that happens is that Black Mask gets E-striked.
Batman takes out 2 more thugs with his Batarangs. Black Mask gets E-striked again, but a Thug manages a 3-wound attack on Bats. Bats grapples to a rooftop and 'rangs another Thug. Firefly heads out and uses his SA on Bats, but misses. Bats 'rangs another thug. Firefly soars above Bats' head and kills him with some raining flames.
Gordy re-groups with some cops. FF approaches. Cops make some weak attacks at Firefly. FF lights up 2 cops with his flamethrower. Gordy misses a shot on FF. FF takes out 2 more cops.
Gordy runs back to seek cover with Alfred, but FF pursues, raining flame down on the last cop oon the way. Gordy misses his shot. FF fires, but his SA misses both figures. Gordy misses. FF causes a wound on Alfred.
Gordy misses. FF puts another wound on Alfred. Gordy misses. FF lands a big attack that Gordy whiffs against, taking out Gordy and Alfred.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Black Mask with 2 wounds, Firefly with full health, 3 Thugs and both Bodyguards remain.

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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 120
- Give a brief overview. Okay, admittedly Firefly got lucky here with a game-changing, four-skull flamethrower attack against a whiffing Luke Cage. Still, he's pretty fun with Harley, and the Insane-O army is tons of fun!
Map: .
Units: Firefly, Harley Quinn, Joker II, Arkham Inmates x1, Hugo Strange (615) vs. Luke Cage, Wolverine, Human Torch (Jim) 620

Spoiler Alert!

Luke and Wolvie move out. Firefly and Harley move out. Wolvie and Luke move up. Firefly hits Wolvie for 2 wounds and Luke for 4 (he whiffed), and Harley finishes Luke with a Smilex bomb that also puts 2 wounds on Wolvie. FF and Harley can only manage a 5th wound on Wolvie, who heals back down with the X marker.
Firefly tries to rain flame down on Wolvie but misses, and Harley manages only a single wound. Wolvie rips into Harley and kills her. Joker moves forward. Wolvie tears into Joker, but J laughs off a good majority of the attacks. Joker makes Wolvie crazy (accomplishing nothing other than inflicting a wound on Howlett), but fails to do more damage with his attack from height. Wolvie lays into Joker some more but fails to kill him.
Wolvie finds himself surrounded by Insane Mutates, courtesy of Hugo Strange, and then finds himself dead, taking his team's next 2 OMs with him. Hugo orders Firefly out to hit Human Torch with his normal attack for 2 wounds. Torch hits him back for 3.
FF puts 2 more wounds on Torch, but Torch proves to be the better pyro, taking out FF with his next attack. Hugo provokes Joker and the Inmates out. Torch sends an Inmate up in flames. Inmates can't finish Torch. Torch torches another inmate.
Torch kills the last inmate. Unfortunately, Joker crazies him up, and he dies from the poison damage.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Full health Hugo, Joker with 5 wounds remain.

[Hahma]

Looks good Margloth. Great job here.

Regarding Mockingbird, she's nasty in melee and vs. short ranged units, but can get chewed up by ranged squads or units without special defense and only 4 lives.

Green Arrow Conner can be very nasty too vs. melee only units by hitting them for a few wounds from range and then closing the deal in close

[tcglkn]

Cool 120 looks good for him.

[IAmBatman]

120 looks good, though I honestly wouldn't be shocked to see him go up to 130 - especially if there are a lot more army tests like that!

[Hahma]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

120 looks good, though I honestly wouldn't be shocked to see him go up to 130 - especially if there are a lot more army tests like that!

[Griffin]

Each time this thread is bumped, am I the only one that goes "Yes! It's back!"?


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