Hey @HellLois - since you are answering questions about ITS14. Can you please give us any hint how you came up with the name Thunderclap! All my friends make rude and cheeky comments and it is not funny.
An easy fix would be making it able to be hacked to disable the defense system. Would make it a lot more playable
That would make those missions more intresting - and more order intensive - but I would like it. Agree. Simplest solution. Makes the mission more playable and more straight forward. I would vote for an option with the features above ;-)
I grew up knowing "Thunderclap" as the sudden sharp "crack!" following a lightning strike (as opposed to the ongoing rumbling that is usually indicative of high altitude lightning activity - in the clouds). It could be something as simple as the military response to a "lightning strike" - or even a follow-up to one.
Wow the FO REM now are great. I didn't get to play myself because I wanted to make sure new guys played. But I did watch. They are great though. We talked after and we all know Pi-well is going to be broken. It's of course not because of the combi but the flash pulse! We realized too that they can all be modified by the REM Racer giving them a +1 to WIP & Damage. Also you can give them Enhanced Reaction with EVO. A one bot fire team lol. It's all not OP but it is pretty good and fun.
They were already really useful for dealing with Daylami spam etc. . I am def maining two of them in my OCF now just for the order efficiency.
Since Haqq has a red fury, Nomad, Aleph, and O-12 have climb+, CA terrain total, I wish they could give something unique to the others. Breaker combi to YJ. +1 BS to PanO for example. Just something to set them apart.
I don´t know what to say, we choose that name because it is the sound of the thunder, and we made the reference at the ITS fluff text.
I wouldn't say they are great, they were already being taken in lists. I'll take it since I play Nomads but I would would have preferred the Total Reaction Baggage bots to gain the season buffs as it would mean you have a reason to actually take them. Enhanced Reaction can be decent although it sadly only works on a single model.
Well Nomads, Aleph, O-12, CA all pay for those extra abilities as their bots are 16 points. Haqq is an enigma with their cheapest costing 14 points likely due to the rifle + lsg combo over a combi rifle. Yu Jing and Pano only don't have any other special rules because they only cost 15 points. It's only a single point cheaper I know but if they added extra abilities it would have to come with appropriate cost.
True but it could be one of those skills that cost almost nothing. Just something to make them a little different. Climb+ should cost more. It's one of the best skills. Especially when it has 6-4 move! Haqq also has a red fury option that's really good.
Pi-Well has always been awesome. He and Zoe got overlooked a lot before, but they’ve always been the best bargain utility kit in vanilla or Bakunin. Players who use Sensor and a shooty Repeater well have always known he’s a pint sized killing machine! As for broken in ITS14, you could already give him Marksmanship with a single EVO order. Order efficiency is the main change there, and when other forces get the same with a linkable Red Fury, Pi’s combi (or Flash Pulse) doesn’t seem out of bounds at all to me. The linkability is the only big difference- and even in a link, he’s not as nasty as the Vostok. Now he’s just really efficient for the points, IMO.
I wasn't even thinking of it being in a fireteam! Geez. Yet again Nomads one-up everyone else. Well maybe two-up since the Meteor Zond gets all the bonuses too. Thankfully they only get 1. (Sorry not wanting to start Nomad hate). It's not their fault and kinda makes sense for what they do. But it kinda sucks for those that only have AVA1. I think it's only Druze that get AVA3 Pathfinders. Dashat have have one Rafiq and 2 Traktor Muls. It's still fun even if the availability to have them is bad.
Qapu Kalqi can stick two of the Red Fury Rafiqs with the terrifying B4 continuous damage Feuerbach Azrai’l. That’s a whole lot of nasty shooting and ARO presence for 88 points (2.5 SWC though), with 5 orders. (Or put a Sekban doc in there, still 5 orders with NCO and better utility/resilience). These new FObot options are rad.
Yeah some of the few that can be in fireteams are great. Rafiq as mentioned in QK but can duo in RTF and Dahshat Okko can duo with Lawkeepers M-Drones can join Gwailo haris Pi-Well joins Moderators haris or core Am I missing any?
Stempler (x2 even) in a Hollowmen link… with Super Jump. Best filler-plus-Tac-Aware options in the game right now. You already mentioned Rafiq, but to put a finer point on those duos they are putting Tac Aware orders and a close-defense buddy with Marksmanship on -TAGs-! That’s a hell of a boost, biggest knock-on effect from the FObot enhancements right now IMO. Thank you, missed that. I don’t play QK, I’ve just stared at that linkteam with great envy (seriously that feuerbach is amazeballs linked). Doesn’t lose much by putting that Sekban in there. Even in a common 5-trooper Group 2, that Haris can use 7 orders. Jeez!
