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Relative Popularity

Discussion in 'News' started by Plebian, Jun 1, 2018.

  1. Plebian

    Plebian Well-Known Member

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    We are starting a 12 person league that included Smoke and Mirrors. Here is how often each character showed up in the line ups:

    Totals:
    Gata: 6/12
    Maximus: 8/12
    Lunah: 9/12
    Musashi: 9/12
    Bill: 8/12
    8 Ball: 3/12
    Parvati: 4/12
    Hexxer: 7/12
    Hannibal: 6/12
    Valkyrie: 9/12
    Massacre: 6/12
    Laxmee: 5/12
    Kozmo: 4/12
    Mendoza: 5/12
    TaoWu : 3/12
    Murtair: 3/12
     
  2. Roadrunner7431

    Roadrunner7431 Well-Known Member

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    Very Interesting. The main surprise for me is how few players took 8Ball. We had an informal TTS league organized by Azrael. 8Ball was on every winning team save one. It seems your players are taking characters that excel in dealing damage rather than taking characters that specialize in area control or disruptive displacements. Although Hexxer is very popular as she should be.
     
  3. -V-

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    8-Ball is for a special kind of player and he's difficult to get the most of him.
     
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  4. Plebian

    Plebian Well-Known Member

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    [QUOTE = "- V-, post: 102640, member: 24"] 8-Ball is for a special kind of player and it's difficult to get the most of it. [/ QUOTE]
    W are playing Carnage as one of the rounds, which is a mission that really hurts 8 ball (If it was 2 points for 3-5 wounds he would be super happy).

    That said, I have him in my 8 and intend to use him in other missions.
     
  5. -V-

    -V- A! Team member
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    Carnage is for Damage teams. So 8-Ball will suffer there.
     
  6. Plebian

    Plebian Well-Known Member

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    Sure, but I would consider every other character except 8 ball in carnage, simply because he gives up so many points.

    Him being worth the same as max is crazy Imo.
     
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  7. Flipswitch

    Flipswitch Sepsitorised by Intent

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    I recently ran an event and here was our character breakdowns by players:
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    Forgive the low res, I copy pasted it from a FB Chat group, the original is at my home PC.
     
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  8. Flipswitch

    Flipswitch Sepsitorised by Intent

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    He feels* underpowered with his dice options, especially compared to other movement based characters. I used him every round in that event and I did get one great result in King of the Hill with him shoving everyone out of the zone and getting himself in, but that was very much the wonder scenario with adding extra dice to the attacks.

    *Just felt to be the general consensus when using him.
     
  9. -V-

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    He's even better reacting.

    :wink:
     
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  10. psychoticstorm

    psychoticstorm Aleph's rogue child
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    Personally I am surprised with Lunah's popularity over Hexxer, any information on cards selected?
     
  11. Fathi Amirmoez

    Fathi Amirmoez Active Member

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    You gonna hand me the phone, cause I CALLED IT.
     
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  12. Roadrunner7431

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    Flipswitch's event also showed less participation by Mushashi than I would have expected. I think that a great strength of Aristeia is that not only that there a different styles of play by different individual players but also that different communities evolve different styles of play. I am very much looking forward to the larger venues of Gencon and Interplanetario to see whether certain winning strategies emerge by Darwinian competition.
     
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  13. Flipswitch

    Flipswitch Sepsitorised by Intent

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    I am far too lazy for this and you know it.

    The lack of 10/10 Hexxers was one of my friends forgetting to pick her in his initial draft. :joy:
     
  14. Fathi Amirmoez

    Fathi Amirmoez Active Member

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    Can't speak for others, but I don't believe I picked Holographic Sight in any of the 3 rounds, and Ricochet only in Round 2 (King of the Hill).

    Snakebite is just a universally useful card as 100 to 0'ing someone is rarely a waste. Plus the preponderance of Dazzled and Immobilized (Hexxer, Gata, Valk) among the currently released cast makes it even more brutal.

    EDIT: Disclaimer: I came 7th, so probably don't know what I'm talking about. :'D
     
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  15. zagdag

    zagdag Split box orphan

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    Not suprised to see 8-ball lower (he needs a rebalance IMHO), but VERY surprised to see Mushashi at the bottom. He is so dangerious that I want to use him most games. Was he losing out to massacare and Val because of competition at the melee slot? Or does your meta favor shooting / senarios favored movement?

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