Given our general lack of doctors, particularly linking ones, making it a free action means there's really no downside for Yu Jing.
Not dying on a failed roll anymore would have been a change I was hoping for. I mean.... you can just lie around bleeding out for 3 turns no problem. Yet someone knowing what they're doing has a decent chance to make it worse? Oh well, ship has sailed on that for N4. Any changes to Lt/LoL mechanics would be interesting, making sturdy/aggressive Lts more of an option could be a pretty healthy.
You don't know if that guy bleeding can be saved, is just about to die or is already to late until somebody with knowledge checks his wounds. They are schrodinger soldiers, you don't know until you check.
It's not that Pan-O Doctors are worse at Doctoring than Haqq Doctors, it is that Pan-O soldiers are better at getting killed than Haqq soldiers.
...it would be way to good. Shanger stats with HMG, new regeneration and TA would outclass any pointman in IA and WB links. I would even consider it good standalone beatstick in vanilla, easily worth 50+ points.
I've spent a total of 6 command tokens my past two games in our online tournament getting my Yisheng to pick mission critical soldiers off the ground now :(
At that point range it would still be competing with Daofei, Mowang, Yan Huo, Hsien, and Crane Agents. I am totally fine with a premium Shang Ji being able to compete with those.
Vanilla gets TA orders on all their troopers. They're called Kuang Shi. But holy crap, that Regenerating AP HMG profile is pretty freaking huge for our boy. Don't stop, CB! Don't stop!
In vanilla yes. But what about IA links, TA HMG Zuyong compared to this theoretical shanger, harder to kill, better at cc better at dodging, with 70% chance to just stand up free of charge at the end of your turn, ready for aro duty, ready to give you 2 orders again. Don't get me wrong, I would love to use it, but it might be a tad bit too strong. Edit: Looking at states phase and regeneration descriptions it seems that we can do it both in active and reactive turn. As long as shanger isn't link leader you could put him for aro, he goes down and at the end of the turn you most likely get him back. On top of that basing this on n3 rules you can put him back in the link without any cost at the beginning of your next turn.
Ideally I'd like to see a box of: - HMG - Heavy Rocket Launcher - Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower - MULTI Rifle This would cover all load-outs and allow a full core fireteam in IA when using the hacker model from the recent previews. Or maybe we'll get the old '3 + tinbot' box with the HRL as a separate blister? CB occasionally make 'odd' decisions about packaging.
Doesn't look like Shang Ji do combi rifles anymore or light flamethrowers. That last spot might wind up being the paramedic, or maybe the specialist operative might finally get a design.
Maybe 3 Shang Ji and one Jujak to complete the box? Since the latter only wants to be part of a core with the Shang, I won't find this to be out of the place. CB already did this with the Securitate box (3 Securitate + 1 Grenzer), so why not?
HMG HRL Multi rifle And my hopes for some universal model with pistol + colt or sword+ colt/pistol. As mentioned before I don't think we'll get 2nd tinbot within a year. Same with dakini with Deva. But I hope it's not a thing. Jujak should get separate box. If nothing changes you can use 4 with 1 shanger in core so we need them.
