urbanjedi wrote:
All I am sayng (which Boris just said) is that one mini cannot be "balanced" when another mini with a very similar stat line is so imbalanced he must be banned.
I won't worry about balance between figures but more about balance between "tier 1" squads. The game is filled with figures not being balance with each other. Also I would say Flobi is a different beast than GOWK, similair but much different.
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Flobi pairs better than GOWK with some of his main shooter support (Rex and Dash) Rex can actually benefit and 50% more attacks for Dash (even though they have a 20% less chance of hitting) is more than a fair trade. He may not work quite as well in a non-shooter support squad and certainly not as good on the defensive side of things. However I still think he will easily be top tier and maybe even better than that.
Everyone getting hit 20% more often is big, really big for already high defense figures. Flobi also needs Mas as his CE is range 6 so he cost closer to 19 more points. Flobi is less versatile than GOWK in term of squad building so it may be easier to prepare for Flobi squads. (Warning math: Say attacks hit 50% before CE, 6 attack means average of 3 hits, 4 attack at +20% means 2.8 hits not a big difference)
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People seem to be overlooking the builtin R2. Pay 11 extra and get a 2nd R2 for your trouble.
I can also move and use double? seems really good to me (or I can run away if thngs get too close for comfort) And allowing all ALLIES to get extra attack seems quite good also. Terrible twileks in the Rep with a tank to lead the charge and R2 to set up nice lines? Lots of options even more so than GOWK albiet different options. Cad could be pretty good here as well although it would be a lot of points (low activations lke Gobuck or GOWK and Boba squads).
Fly and surprise move in far from an other R2, I wouldn't compare the two. The range(6 vs 12 movement) is different, the timing is different, no override etc. It could get ignoring but every use of surprise move makes him easier to kill and his offense is at worse 40 damage. The only figure I not looking forward to see pair to Flobi is rex and maybe the twileks and that's it. GMA are still a restricted ability for the republic and they don't have activation control to make the opportunist unbearable.
Not saying he won't be good or even find a tier 1 squad to call home but I just can't see flobi being a broken problem. Now about GOWK(which need to come off ban, He in the start set man) ...take away mastery and make it plain Soresu Style thoughts?