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by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:56 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

I would absolutely love if you could give me, exact, specific builds that you think are a problem. And I would love if the AR.com would reveal any and every list they believe is broken and maintain a powerhouse table as I described above. AR is not going to breach anything shared with it for the pu...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:01 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

The question then, at long last: Does the AR.com currently have a structured idea of what the best builds are for all the factions? A follow-up question would then be whether you have a matchup matrix for these lists and whether you use those numbers as a means to balance the armies. I guess you do...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:53 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

Ok, this will be an angry one... Have you guys lost your mind?! Do I really have to change my army? Cause atm those DE are totally useless piece of crap... Sorceress on horsihorsi 1 choice!??! For real? Super ultra strong black dragon for 0.5 choice? Oh, wait, its actually 1 slot, not 0.5. Wood Elv...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:53 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

linky-linky to horsihorsi post? Interesting discussion actually. It seems like the ETC comp keep 'forgetting' that their comp is actually used by a lot of (non-ETC) tournaments out there. They probably ignore it and focus on the team aspect as much as anything. But it makes me wonder how the comp w...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:52 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

Heh, don't want to rub salt in the wounds, but can't resist sticking my neck out... Its funny how much flak I got for my "eternal whingers" poke in the 2.5.1 thread: http://www.ulthuan.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68098&start=150 And yet with an incoming nerf, a massive sh*tstorm...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:48 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

Yeah you basically echo my sentiments Andros which I wrote on TWF. Next year I'll likely apply for AR.com. I can't believe that it can be such a hard job that it apparantly seems to be. Be open about your decisions and rationale and stay true to your mandate. I hope you do, not enough people run im...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:47 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

After reading through the comments on the new draft and the AR teams responses, I must say I'm fairly shocked. You really get the feeling, that most of the decisions made by the team, seems to be based on a few tournaments and gut feelings. I my opinion you would need a huge amount of games to be a...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:45 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

Well, also there is some illogical and irational HE hate since the 5th edition, which after giving all elves ASF seems to have spread on all pointy ears. Not so worrying for the Druchii, as they never really cared if the others like them or not ;), and also their book is quite good and they can mak...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:43 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

Agreed on Book/Scroll. Most strong players on here, if they have to choose, drop the Book. There was also a thread on TWF debating this. Several mid-strength players came on and said Book. Then two really good players posted. Both said scroll. Playstyle and specific builds could impact this but ove...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:40 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

ETC players I guess, judging by the opinions voiced on the TWF thread. I recently played with a captain from another team on UB. We discussed their team last year, they ended in the bottom half of the teams. Anyway, said team had a hard time getting 8 players to go so in the end they took on their ...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:36 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

I think that if Teclis does not have Spirit Leech in his spell selection, he should be 3 choices. As it is, in the case there is no spirit leech in his portfolio, the player is paying 1 choice without actually receiving any benefits.. Teclis is allowed to choose his spells at the start of each game...
by Keith
Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:01 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

Hey Curu, I know there are other questions, I just didn't have time yesterday. Hopefully over lunch today.
by Keith
Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:40 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

Add any more questions or suggestions if you like. I'll be back on tomorrow and should have some time to respond more.
by Keith
Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:38 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

I think one of the disconnects right now between the AR.com guys and everyone else is they keep saying "all these tournament results show HE are dominating" but have failed to provide evidence for fear of "invalidating people's lists" which to me sounds pretty political. If they...
by Keith
Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:32 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin
Replies: 178
Views: 56508

Re: Etc draft 3 - HEs kicked in the groin

I am on AR and I don't ignore non ETC people, I WANT ETC comp to work better for singles events. However there are just certain lists that can be too powerful in a team environment. AR is not political, the lobbying of AR by captains IS political. In most of the data I've been looking at HE were ver...
by Keith
Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:18 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: US Masters 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 47107

Re: US Masters 2015

Daniel easily had one of the best painted armies at the Masters and should of placed in the top 3 for paragon if the system wasn't so skewed for battle. That will be fixed for next year. :wink: But I agree, I though Dan's, Peyton's, Eoin's and Skaven and Night goblin armies (you know which), were a...
by Keith
Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:28 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: US Masters 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 47107

Re: US Masters 2015

To me, 20th overall (13th bp) is not succeeding. A good and above average finish... but success? Its concerning.. no.. alarming that that result is deemed as successful enough to justify the fairness of the comp pack. Success is relative to the goal the player had going in. Swede and the comp pack ...
by Keith
Wed Feb 18, 2015 6:24 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: US Masters 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 47107

Re: US Masters 2015

Hero, instead of a whiny rant, perhaps you could get involved. Which region do you play in? There's no wine there, a simple honest to god post about the outrageous pitfalls that is Swedish comp for any competitive event. How it can be possibly viewed as competitive when there's huge imbalances and ...
by Keith
Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:33 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: US Masters 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 47107

Re: US Masters 2015

Maybe the rest of you that have been playing with Swedes AND ETC for a long time can make something painfully obvious for me, but.. The fact that Swedish is representing "Masters" is a god damn joke. People say that the point of playing Swedish comp is to create a environment where people...
by Keith
Tue Feb 17, 2015 6:31 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: US Masters 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 47107

Re: US Masters 2015

Because Swedish appears more loose than ETC until you understand it.

I am hopeful that this years ETC comp will get used next year. Though 9th will likely be out.
by Keith
Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:42 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: ETC Draft Zero
Replies: 79
Views: 25449

Re: ETC Draft Zero

I do expect we'll need to change HE again, it has been one of the harder armies to get right.

I am certainly open to ideas.
by Keith
Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:25 pm
Forum: Rules Questions 8th ed
Topic: WE Enchanted Arrows - how many allowed?
Replies: 22
Views: 6619

Re: WE Enchanted Arrows - how many allowed?

People believe that there is no clearcut answer because the enchanted items are already being duplicated(by each model in a unit), so why stop the duplication at 12 models instead of 25? People do not read the description of how to buy the items for a unit as an exception to the no duplication rule ...
by Keith
Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:20 pm
Forum: Rules Questions 8th ed
Topic: WE Enchanted Arrows - how many allowed?
Replies: 22
Views: 6619

Re: WE Enchanted Arrows - how many allowed?

I know of no major tournament or rulespack ruling that each arrow can only appear once. I discussed it with Corey and Jon before crossroads. Corey is of the mind to allow it, mainly because he wants to, and feel the rules are not clear enough so there!. Jon was on the fence and decided to rule as C...
by Keith
Wed May 28, 2014 8:30 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: I don't know how many of you have seen this..
Replies: 111
Views: 20260

Re: I don't know how many of you have seen this..

Agree with Lord Anathir. I see Warhammer as 90% a role playing game where the look and background stories matter, if I play a great looking army that makes it easy to get into the game and background I enjoy myself fare more. While armies like these can be fun as display items, they will stop some ...
by Keith
Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:59 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: US Masters
Replies: 5
Views: 1869

Re: US Masters

I am one of the organizers and the head rules judge for the event.

I can say many people did not take HE due to swedish comp scores. Most people felt they could get a better bang for the score with a different army.
by Keith
Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:46 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Australian Masters 2013
Replies: 83
Views: 13435

Re: Australian Masters 2013

Interesting dilemma, I do think WoC will be very popular, but I feel like the overall powerlevel of lizards went down... and will make it tough to compete. I think lizards could do top10-5 but extremely unlikely to win, so depends on what you are going for.
by Keith
Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:15 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Australian Masters 2013
Replies: 83
Views: 13435

Re: Australian Masters 2013

So I came across this analysis on the Warhammer Forum from the TO. Since I like looking at tournament breakdowns, I thought it interesting. http://warhammer.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=119838&view=unread#unread It jumped out at me that both the Brett and (especially) the O&G lists ...
by Keith
Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:17 pm
Forum: Rules Questions 8th ed
Topic: Swordmasters' Deflect Shots and Goblin Doom Divers
Replies: 18
Views: 6964

Re: Swordmasters' Deflect Shots and Goblin Doom Divers

Aerendar Valandil wrote:'..tha do not use templates'.

So if a template is NOT USED (and the shooting attack is not magical) the ward applies.

Clear as water.
There is a template, that is why it is possible to hit more than one unit with the attack.

But what do I know, I actually read the rules and FAQs.
by Keith
Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:04 pm
Forum: Rules Questions 8th ed
Topic: Swordmasters' Deflect Shots and Goblin Doom Divers
Replies: 18
Views: 6964

Re: Swordmasters' Deflect Shots and Goblin Doom Divers

Eirik wrote:agree with loreil
It is a template, the size of the model. Duh. Otherwise you would never use the model, you would use ballistic skill, which is not used.
by Keith
Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:12 pm
Forum: Rules Questions 8th ed
Topic: Swordmasters' Deflect Shots and Goblin Doom Divers
Replies: 18
Views: 6964

Re: Swordmasters' Deflect Shots and Goblin Doom Divers

Long time reader, first time poster, Anyway, what I would like to ask your opinion on is whether or not Swordmasters get a 6++ deflect shots against Doom Diver Catapults. Probably not, rules as intended and whatever you might say -- bear with me here. This is what each army book has to say: -Deflec...