I hope there's still a Tinbot B. It was one of our unique things, and I hardly think it was game-breaking.
@ijw just confirmed they consolidated the Tinbots deflectors into Firewall if I understood him correctly.
We have absolutely no idea how firewalls even works in N4. For all we know they might have scrapped the N3 concept and just decided it would be the name given to all modifiers affecting hacking. so tinbot A would give a -3 firewall, tinbot B -6, fairy dust adds an additionnal -3 etc..
The way he said it suggest that firewall and tinbots may be different things but both work on all comms attacks. Or it might be a mistake when he said tinbots while talking about firewall. Or our paintrain and best KHD in the game just got nerfed hard.
That Shakush, though... really gives me hopes for Yan Huo and Blue Wolf both to get cheaper and easier to work into lists. Particularly the Yan Huo really needs a big boon. Yes, it's slower than the Blue Wolf and +1 B is costly, but there isn't enough for +30 points (or a 40% price hike) difference.
I've got bit of hope too. Yan huo was just a little too expensive to reach for so it would really do a lot to get into the high 40s
I honestly can't even remember if it was on here or Facebook, he mentioned that the Blue Wolf will be cheaper, and that the new Haqq TAG would have been more expensive if it had been released in N3.
Yes... but... a) I'll trust that when I see N4 stats and b) they might improve the Yan Huo in different ways than reduce price, like (one of few skills who still got to keep it's Cool Name) No Wound Incapacitation
Sound like instead of Tinbot A and B. It will Tinbot (-3), (-6). Since they changed a leveled skills into one.
Hmmm looks like linked forward observers are getting big nerf. No more link bonuses for technical weapons hurts them bad. I almost always have my Zhanshis FO in defensive core if I had points. Sad days, fortunately most faction will suffer the same. Not PanO tho, 12 in both stats make them lose only longer range of flash pulse.
Let's be honest here, the amount of PanO troopers affected by this that has WIP 12 is decreasing drastically each year. That "faction" disadvantage is a disadvantage to a limited few units with the vast majority of specialists being WIP 13, just like for most non-Haqq factions.
