Ah, I understand what you mean now. Yes, Yu Jing's Lieutenants are much heartier than JSA's, and less in need of Chain of Command support. Which is likely why JSA gets 21 point linkable CoC and YJ has to pay 29+.
What should get a profile tweak...? Two words. Shang. Ji. Out of all the units we currently have, this one to me is the one that's clearly in the need of the most loving ATM to me. Giving it a more defined role or some other reason to pick the Shangers over the penal troops or the Zuyongs would be very welcome, since ATM, it has exactly two things going for it: An SWC free TinBot and being our cheapest HI Hacker. As for what else... honestly, I would be happy to see the Bao Troops get a pat on their back of sorts. If we could get that Marksman Rifle profile from the CBLs, and perhaps, like said profile, make it so each of their profiles shares both the MSV2 and BMV2 visors ( Except on things like the MULTI-Sniper. Again, like in the CBLs. ). Would at least help nudge them from ''I think this unit is cool'' to ''I think this unit is cool AND has some valid uses.'' As for the Guija... yeah, it's a pretty bland TAG, but since it's our only TAG, and despite being that bland it still has some decent solidity to it, I don't see much need to tweak it around. It's bland, but it's all we've got, and where it counts, I say it's a decent TAG. Pheasants. I have no idea how to even improve Pheasants beyond giving them SMGs to cut down on their costs a bit. Zhanshis... only way I see them becoming as cheap as Alguaciles is if they become Alguaciles. Not hopeful for that in any capacity, really. Improved AVA on the Chaiyi to put it in line with basically everyone elses Flash Pulse bots- Beyond that... yeah, I suppose Sun Tze V2 stands out like a sore thumb. Only idea I can put forth for it is give it a way to be useful without being the Lieutenant. Like some extra gear on the non' Lt profiles and move Strategos L3 to the Lt profile itself, so the non Lt profiles don't need to be weighed down by that cost?
Although I agree with your Zhanshi opinion, but uh, You really call Daofei squishy? ARM 4, CAMO HI is not in the category of squishy troops, well at least IMO.
Shang Ji: make them different from others. I think they are going to go the way of the old Invincible though. Pheasant: I want to be cheaper and maybe they can add NCO to him. I just find him really expensive to get into a list and he doesn’t add much synergy to the Bao in ISS. Bao: give them a Spitfire and/or Marksman Rifle. Zhanshi: I want them to be set a apart from other line troops. Maybe give them a CCW just to be different. Nothing big but sets them apart. Zhanying: Please give them a core option in ISS! ISS Bounty Hunters: These guys should have Adhesive launcher and/or Madtraps. Shaolin: I’ve always hated how they make them Extreme Impetuous. Irregular I can understand, Extreme Impetuous I can’t. Please just make them regular Impetuous! I’d like them to either get more CCW options with the Chain Rifle. Compared to other troops of the same sort they are lacking. Morlocks get DA or E/M CCW with Chain not to mention their Meta Chemistry. Ghazi have Jammer and E/Marat in addition to Chain Rifle for 5pts. We already got a Foo Lion (Su Jian) how about Foo Dogs? Like a pack of smaller transformable troops? A progression of the Karakuri if you will. I really just want a bit more flavor. I want something that says wow those are cool! I’m jealous of Tunguska because they got things that just have cool background if not cool rules. I love the Bikes/Remotes, the brain-in-a-jar Heavies, guys that run little bots with his mind! For me, what would be bad ass Wire-Fu type guy. I’m one of the few that wants them to have some CC. How about our own Hacking specialists based on Taoist Magic? Fangshi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Fangshi (Chinese: 方士; pinyin: fāngshì; Wade–Giles: fang1-shi4; literally: "method master") was a category of Chinese technical specialists that flourished from the third century BCE to the fifth century CE. English translations of fangshi encompass alchemist, astrologer, diviner, exorcist, geomancer, doctor, magician, mountebank, monk, mystic, necromancer, occultist, omenologist, physician, physiognomist, technician, technologist, thaumaturge, and wizard.
Hell yeah, I overextend with Daofei a lot more than any other unit. You have no idea how many time he's been killed while out of cover and out of luck. Admittedly it's more of a personal curse.
Depends on how you see it, doesn't it? Look at it from the perspective of an insurance company, because this is an insurance against LOL. Do you charge more from the guy who is planning on crashing his car or do you charge more of the guy who is unlikely to crash his car? In Yu Jing, the Pheasant is competing against Sun Tze for the spot of LoL insurance and Sun Tze is highly unlikely to get killed and allows you perfect flexibility for that LT order, not having to bind it to a specific model. While Sun is a hell of a lot more expensive, the defensive capability that Sun brings to you DZ is not something the Pheasant could ever compete with.
Yeah, Sun Tze is pretty damn durable TBH. Feels like nothing shot of an E/M(2) shot or a surprise Monofilament can threaten him.
He does NOT like Al-Djabel. Bring Holo2 troops to throw your opponent off if playing against Haqq or CA.
Yeah, Speculos seem like the best Sun Tzexecutioners. That being said... we do have a single unit profile that, alongside Sun Tzes naturally high WIP... would allow us to perhaos corner such impersonators. That, and since Sun Tze is Sun Tze... we can always deploy him on the other end of the DZ, away from the Impersonators.
Yes all things above are important. I never understand why Zhanshi´s that expensive - maybe a faction-balance-thing? They are not even linkable yet. Shang-Ji will get a complete Rework with the Inv.Sector I would guess. They are too near on Wu Ming to be a real alternative in Vanilla. Guija - this mini is too good to not be a bit improved - what about mimetism and BS+1 - oh wrong faction here... but its the only TAG we have now ... I would like to see a big bump of PH for the Pheasant. How can he be a imperial Agent with MA Skills and every line trooper of Ariadna is stronger? Even the Dedicated Target HVT is stronger. Give him 12 for free. Ninja FO. I wouldn´t say no, if this profile is only for JSA to make them a bit different, I wonder why YJ Ninjas could not train FO?
Yeah, it's really easy to get your Daofei overextended. As for updates... Ninja EM CCW. Pheasant is still expensive. Low-CC models probably need a price adjustment. Either that or give them a +2CC bump, so that someone costing an additional point due to CC has a full point's worth of bonus. I'm expecting that the Shang Ji is going to be one of the major re-designs for Invincible Army, won't see that until April 2019. DA or EXP CCW for the Guijia. AP+DA if we're doing something weird.
Tbh while I understand why shaolin shouldn't be eximp I think regular impetuous would be too strong. Especially with hsien combo. Wouldn't say no to more ccws, though I do like the shock for fighting other warbands with dogged or explode.
Pheasant deserves PH12. Would improve their CC ability, and make the stun grenades profile more viable too.
It'd have been nice to have a DA CCW Chain Rifle Monk for the Armored Console mission we had to deal with. I'd like to see Shang-Ji get mechanized deployment. I do agree Sun Tze and Pheasant Ranks might need a rework but I don't mind them as they are right now. The price bloat on the Pheasant Rank is balanced out by Kuang Shi IMO, and speaking of balance I kind of think that the Celestial Guard shouldn't have a free Smoke Grenade Launcher with the KSCD.
I wouldn't call it a free smoke grenade launcher, unless you count being able to kill 4 of your own orders with one short skill being worth half an swc.
People are still mourning the Oniwabans loss I suppose. That being said. ...E/M CCW Ninjas would actually manage to fill that void kinda nicely now that I think about it...
