Grand Moff Boris wrote:
I will never really understand what Rob was thinking when he made General Rieekan, and I think it is fair to say that SSM was just a total brain fart.
I think it's probably more fair to say that with SSM was Rob saying, "ok, fine, you want to complain about melee
EVERY set? Here you go. Now melee is awesome. You reap what you sew." Let's face it. The SWM community got exaclty what it asked for for years in SSM.
Since everyone is just giving their opinions, I'm going to give mine:
To say there is no counter to SSM is incorrect. To say that there is no 'universal' counter to SSM is more accurate. (Yes, I have read through the whole thread and the line about no counter to SSM shows up more than once- oddly, several times right before or after the line talking about it's counters...) This also applies to Disintigration and Bombad Gungan, which I believe is what Boris was trying to point out a while ago.
But in the end, is this really just a thread about abilities that piss us off? Or mechanics that Rob dropped the ball on? I'll tell you mine from day one. Accurate Shot. This ability getting around Stealth sent this game into a downward spiral IMO. It led to many more pieces getting Stealth, then Super Stealth, then more Accurate Shot, etc, etc, etc. Master Tactitian was number 2. GMA, IMHO, contributed to the advent of SSM. It should ONLY have been given to melee characters. The whole game could have been brought into balance, but no, Rob had to go and give it to more and more shooters. So continues the cries from us (me in particular) that melee can't compete because we cross the map and can't get to the multiple-attacking shooters who are GMA'ing till the cows come home.
I'm confused by all the talk about Yathzee (sp?) and chess. This is a d20 game. The fact that you have to roll a die makes this a luck based game. Tactics can improve probablilities and odds, but you can't alter the fact that luck will always, and should always play a part in this game. This is coming from a guy who played
against Master Tactitian almost every game he played for 3 years. If this thread is about getting things off your chest- man did I
HATE that ability.
My 2 cents.