Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
5e, GT and Army “nerfing”!
After playing at the Las Vegas GT a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been participating in a number of on-line discussion about how the “new” GT system works, how 5e works in competitive play and which (if any) armies suffer under 5e in competitive play.
Using the results from the Vegas GT (published by GW) I’ve done some VERY basic trends analysis
These results are in no way definitive, but they give some answers to some of the questions. I’m not going to overstate my opinions on the data, I’ll leave that up to the rest of you!
Q: Do soft scores skew the overall result and take away from the “competitive” nature of GTs and the Battle points system?
A: It does not appear to be that way.
Q: Are some armies “hurt” by the advent of Kill Points into the scenario package? How are “other” scorings affecting specific armies?
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total points |
battle points |
sports’ |
appearance |
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130 |
56 |
49 |
25 |
Overall |
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Space Marines |
36 |
126 |
54 |
49 |
24 |
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Chaos Marines |
21 |
128 |
54 |
48 |
26 |
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Daemons |
6 |
142 |
67 |
49 |
26 |
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Eldar |
15 |
134 |
59 |
48 |
26 |
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Orks |
7 |
140 |
63 |
50 |
28 |
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Tyranids |
12 |
128 |
53 |
49 |
25 |
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Tau |
5 |
125 |
54 |
49 |
23 |
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Necrons |
4 |
128 |
52 |
49 |
28 |
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Witch Hunters |
6 |
136 |
66 |
48 |
22 |
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Daemon hunters |
2 |
133 |
62 |
50 |
21 |
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IG |
10 |
128 |
55 |
48 |
25 |
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Dark Eldar |
3 |
117 |
43 |
49 |
25 |
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As you can see from the averages, most armies are comparable when you have a mix of the 3 scenarios at an event. the obvious exception is Dark Eldar, but we already know they need a major overhaul!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Viva Las Vegas!
Ok… so I’m 10 days late…
Vegas was most excellent! had 5 good games, had fun catching up with old friends and had a hoot playing on the blackjack tables with some crazy b’stards (yes Corey you!)
I’ll start the batreps soon…
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Gearing up for Vegas
So only 2 more sleeps until I fly to Las Vegas for the GT!
Pretty excited about the trip.
Sure I’m still trying to get the OFCC Batrep finished (I’ll work on it some more tonight), but Vegas is going to be SO cool!
Bought a new camera - Sanyo 7.3MPx, so my pictures should be a bit better quality.
Packing the army tonight.
Playing Space Wolves - pretty solid list with 40 Blood Claws, and I’m playing my Leman Russ Exterminator for S&Gs.
Pretty excited about the trip.
Sure I’m still trying to get the OFCC Batrep finished (I’ll work on it some more tonight), but Vegas is going to be SO cool!
Bought a new camera - Sanyo 7.3MPx, so my pictures should be a bit better quality.
Packing the army tonight.
Playing Space Wolves - pretty solid list with 40 Blood Claws, and I’m playing my Leman Russ Exterminator for S&Gs.
