Grambo wrote:
I will make one observation... to everyone who thinks the Imperials didn't get much in this set... consider this.
Darth IC
Fel Officer
Many stormies
Something about a 5 point piece with a defense of 26 that just makes me want to throw up... and don't even bring up what Thrawn does to that...
Well, first of all, not to make it seem worse, but Stormies actually become a 30 Defense in cover with the combo you listed above. However, there are 14 pieces in this set that do damage either automatically, or without needing to actually hit an attack (like Splash or Grenades) that can kill those Stormies just fine. In my mind, the 23 defense Stormies we used to have were hard enough to beat, so another 7 Defense makes little difference, when I was trying to kill Stormies with non-attacking abilities before anyways. Again...I know this has been discussed many times before, but if you try to build even a 200 point squad around 30 Defense Stormies, you'll have a hard time being consistently competitive.
Grambo wrote:
I do agree that some of the previous pieces got even better (Yoda, Palp)... but I don't agree that we've seen some major resurrection of old stuff. By and large, the things we saw a TON of use of will get even more use. For example, they pumped up uggies... well, you already saw them in every squad. Palp and Yoda boosted... great, they were viable anyway. Show me how any of the old Republic Jedi became viable again (which didn't happen) or how a fringe shooter who was "so so" became useful, and you'll have my attention... but I've yet to see it at all. Kota can improve fringe shooters, but that happened anyway all the time with Thrawn... so the same fringe shooters will appear...
Eh...I don't know about that. Revan's CE is incredible for a WIDE range of pieces, and the Sith Assault Droids in particular. Sure, Kota tends to make the already good pieces better, but he could also help a lot of other things. Think about an Ithorian Commander/Han Stormtrooper swarm with Kota and some of the odd Fringe pieces that work there like Ayy Vida and Bib Fortuna. Bib becomes a piece capable of 50 damage, with a 15 Defense, 15 Attack, and at only 8 points! I honestly am not sure if we've even scratched the surface yet with what may be the best combos for Kota and Revan.
Grambo wrote:
Still, the set isn't "game breaking" by any stretch... and it will revitalize SWM (hopefully... my LGSs haven't embraced it yet). And I'm having fun trying to figure out how the hell I'll store all THESE figs now
Hahahaha, definitely have to agree with you there. I had to completely rearrange a bunch of my stuff. And there is no flipping way I'll be able to bring all those huges with me from week to week at my LGS.