| From: | Bull <chaos@*****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Origins Tourney Update, Part 2 |
| Date: | Sat, 16 May 1998 13:26:40 -0400 |
>Bull wrote:
>
>> >I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum: Anti-social and Hermit are
>> >limitations, and should give (asset) bonuses to the player who uses
>> >them. Recon, Stamina, Guard and Biotech already have advantages -- they
>> >help you win the game.
>
>> Keep in mind that for the most part (I think) the Negative Traits ARE
>> limitations and hinderances as Matt said... Plus, I believe that they are
>> figured into the overall cost and power/abilities of the card. Thus, the
>> exact same card without the negative trait might cost more nuyen, have
>> fewer skills, or whatever... So in the end it does work out...
>
>Well, er, no. I overlooked the benefit of some of the low-cost Runners
>(Skag, Humbug) with negative traits. However, this simply means that
>all the traits work out to a more or less balanced position. So if one
>should get rewarded, they all should. (I'm not entirely convinced
>they're balanced, though -- compare Skag to Hawkwind. Which one gets
>played more often?)
>
>It also seems like this would be guaranteed to affect gameplay in some
>way. The Deckers have a pretty strong strategy between Fuchi and the
>Nuyen thieves; with the added bonus for Recon, which most Deckers will
>have, their deck becomes stronger. It only adds incentive to play with
>Wanteds and Bar Fights: now you're punching him two ways instead of
>one. Maybe its a good thing, maybe its a bad thing - but it seems to me
>that it will cause a change in card choice and gameplay (like,
>storehousing a couple 'trait' Runners until later in the game, after you
>have multiple copies already in play; or, once you have a lockdown on
>your opponent, taking a few extra turns to gather up more nuyen so you
>can win on assets) and that is definitely not appealing to me.
>
Well, don;t forget a couple of things here Matt...
A) Sealed Deck format... You won;t be tuning your decks all THAT much...
(And No Fuchi for the Deckers :))
B) Assets really only affect two things... Ranking in the 2nd and 3rd
rounds of the tourney (Ok, you COULD manipulate it so you fight a weaker
player... But not by THAT much) and tie breakers.
I don;t think Assets will be that big of a factor in the tourney format...
But we'll see how it works in practice :]
Bull
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