Will there still be a group of people gathering data and considering patches to the game, either in the form of an RC or something less official?
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Could they imagine that there will be people with existing, totally legally armies, that will be very angry when they realize they canât field half their existing miniatures?
And why did they choose this system to balance the armies, instead of another one which wouldnât punish so many players with already existing armies?
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Sad to hear that the RC is being disbanded, theyâve done a good job and shown admirable dedication.
Itâs good to hear that Mantic are âgrowing upâ a bit and developing rules in house with paid employees, rather than relying on a external volunteers. While keeping in touch with a group of fans.
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The RC has always changed its membership. All Iâve done here is expand the group and taken back control.of it. One existing RC member and a previous one are part of the new group.
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Fair enough.
I suppose that anything that appears to be âthe end of an eraâ makes one a little sad.
Iâm gald that Mantic is taking the reins.
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A good episode, particularly the comments on the Fanatics negative comments, the 5% vs garage gamers and what it means, the likelihood of power creep for basic lists versus enhanced lists⌠It felt like a cleansing round-up of where we are.
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Thanks for the preview!
Nice shoutout for Nerve Check.
A demonstration on how the army design has beeen prunned.
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Found the discussion on pointing up units interesting, and reassuring! Hopefully will put some peopleâs mind at rest. Could it have been released a month ago?
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Think in part the army reviews need to have been done first, just to give the points discussion one real context?
Was a good episode and interesting to hear the approach being taken - and with making broad changes across units down the line is required.
What do people think about the fact that units cost the same in whichever army they appear? Seems to miss that last little bit of context where, say, if elves had Drakons and gargoyles to chaff for them they would be even more annoying. Or is it really fair that if orcs have almost no shooting (please ignore the chain lightning) that their melee units donât come a bit cheaper? Or maybe itâs the orc commands that will super-charge their melee units.
Overall I like now the formula sounds even if it does sound ambitious and Iâm guessing it would be easier to do the final tweeking by hand rather than code for every combo of special rules.
I imagine that if you wanted to enthuse people about 4th, you wouldnât start with a podcast about spreadsheets. Maybe they donât know their customersâŚ
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You are 100% correct. For the last 8 weeks weâve tackled more universally engaging content covering key rule changes, first impressions, bat reps, army list previews, and a deep dive into the creation of the new faction. With the cooler stuff out of the way we can move into things like the significant change to how units are now costed and projections on where the meta may go which obviously wonât have the same broad appeal.
Knowing what moves the needle is one of the perks from being a part of the community for 15 years.
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