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Post by Russell on Mar 16, 2015 11:15:16 GMT -6
He wants to know if they're all the same size. fuck
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Mar 16, 2015 11:23:55 GMT -6
I would think so. For those interested in learning more, this is a pretty decent Conquest podcast: The ConQastCardgameDB is a hugely helpful resource for deckbuilding. And I've found this website to be particularly enlightening.
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Post by Russell on Mar 16, 2015 11:37:11 GMT -6
So I guess I should go ahead and pick this game up then?
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Post by Nick P on Mar 16, 2015 11:37:12 GMT -6
mother fucker, I'm at work here
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Post by Russell on Mar 16, 2015 11:43:45 GMT -6
god dammit jeff
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Mar 16, 2015 11:46:10 GMT -6
I couldn't resist. So close to sorry.
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Post by Nick P on Mar 16, 2015 12:29:26 GMT -6
Ps I've absolutely just been checking out all the cards on FF, pre-planning my awesome Dark Eldar/Eldar deck for when I get my hands on everything. Your puny Shadowsun deck will weep Jeff. WEEEEP.
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Post by Joelercoaster on Mar 16, 2015 12:37:03 GMT -6
How much long-range/mobility can DE pull out? The core deck, to me, was a little disappointing, relying on a ton of 1-HP beasts that got side-swiped by a single AoE... I feel like the mobility game would be fun, and give the edge needed to squishy troops.
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Mar 16, 2015 12:45:24 GMT -6
I dunno, haven't really played much with them. They're all about choking your opponent out, gutting them of cards. Combat isn't really the core of the game as much as chess-moving your pieces around to strike when you have the initiative and a distinct advantage. It's really important for DE to do that, as far as I know how they work. Again, I haven't played with them, but they are by far the clear front runner in regards to meta right now and are very powerful.
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Post by Nick P on Mar 16, 2015 12:49:25 GMT -6
From what I can gather, all the cards are about wasting your opponent's efforts and burning them of cards. Forcing them to over commit forces, then using event cards to move your troops to un-engaged planets, gaining resources/drawing cards, or using interupts and powers to nullify their victories, prevent them from gaining the Battle results they've earned, or auto-exhaust their units before they can attack.
It seems like it can also deal a bit of damage at initiative, given the right cards early on and using things like the Agonizer + multiple sources of khymerae tokens. Can easily get a Klaivex or your warlord to something like +4 damage by planet 3, and just dominate their warlord if need be as well.
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Post by Nick P on Mar 16, 2015 13:28:06 GMT -6
Oh, and a lot of the cards I'm looking at/referencing are from the Ethereal and Scourge sets, so if you've only played with the Core set, your impression is likely skewed Joel. Though, outside of a few Tau units, I haven't seen anything yet that has a ranged attack, so I don't think that's going to be something that becomes more common as the warpacks continue to be produced.
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Mar 16, 2015 13:31:11 GMT -6
Mandrake has ranged and a few Eldar units as well, that's all I know that DE might have access too. Haven't really looked at the Chaos cards much.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2015 13:46:02 GMT -6
Guard have several ranged, off the top of my head, I can't think of any chaos cards that have ranged.
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Post by Joelercoaster on Mar 16, 2015 13:59:21 GMT -6
I know the kabalite strike force (name?) has ranged... and an AoE 1... it's basically that tac squad, with 1 less health and only a 2-drop. So solid, in my book.
Nick, if you can school me a bit on DE build/playstyle, I'd love to learn a bit more and see how they function. A lot of my problem is the generic "not knowing the game", so I was playing stuff like a chump without fully realizing how it works.
TLDR, I NEED REAL TACTICS
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Post by Nick P on Mar 16, 2015 14:07:17 GMT -6
Dude for sure! If I can get the core set this week, and at least the scourge expansion, I'll gladly try to walk you through some of the shit that I'm seeing just from perusing the various card images on FF and fan sites.
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