TheHutts wrote:
With Bastila, you do have a point that her power varies on how much your opponent is relying on Commander Effects, but even if her board wide disruptive isn't working, you can still take the +10 damage or just use her as a fighter - she's pretty strong for 33 points. Have you read the 8 page thread on Bloomilk where a few people are complaining vehemently that she's way overpowered?
I think there are plenty of good pieces available to the Old Republic; I think the Seers are also very strong for 27 points, while I think Carth ORS, Atton Jaq, and those guys with triple are very good shooters. I really like the Revanchist, Kavar, Thon, and Vandar out of the more expensive pieces, while Old Republic Senators are a bargain for 14 points.
I guess Old Republic don't have any huge commander effects that turn their little pieces into attacking powerhouses - Imperial is the faction to play if you want to do that - but they have lots of good, solid pieces that do well in a variety of situations.
I don't think Bastila limits future designs too much - there's no reason why there can't be a different version of Bastila that plays quite differently, a commander who has Rival and can't be played in the same squad as Bastila, or even another Force Ability piece; you'd be unlikely to play two Force Ability pieces together, although it might create problems at 500.
When I first saw her I would have argued to I was blue in the face that she was overpowered, at the same time thank anyone and everyone involved with her creation. I still love the figure and wouldn't be surprised if I played OR at the Owensboro regional.
I guess I'm struggling with what I'm trying to explain. I'm not saying that the current OR pieces are bad or unplayable. I still love the faction as much as I did when old Bastilla was the only rare they had. I guess I'm scratching my head and trying to figure out that with a piece as awsome as she is 1.) Why is the meta not using her more often and 2.) with a hoser like her why was Imperial the most heavily played faction at Lansing and many of the squads electing to use the Thrawn without Ysalmari. This being in a meta where people don't do mouse dumps because of the existance of Wuher. That just has me wondering if something is "wrong" with OR. Something I should probably resolve before Owensboro.
My first thought was a lack of "theme" for the faction. I might be dead wrong here but the only thing close to a theme for the faction is "Brick" but outside of Bastilla I'm wondering where the "mortar" is, outside of OR Senator.
Once again this might be just my narrow view of things, and having just came back after a few years absence there might be things I didn't see and so I don't understand.
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