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quindraco
02-27-2012, 08:08 AM
After considering the results of the previous discussion the general board, I think the best ideas are as follows:

1) Give warmachine factions that aren't Menoth roughly the same amount of infantry-based jack support (although obviously different in flavor), much as all of the factions have some way to repair. An example of a jack support ability found outside of Menoth right now is Power Booster.

2) Improve Jack Marshals to the point where taking the warjack out of the battlegroup isn't so incredibly crippling. An example would be allowing them to use their marshal bonus for a power attack. This might necessitate rebalancing a couple corner case Jack Marshals, most notably Thor Steinhammer, or perhaps not.

3) Grant warjacks synergy bonuses with each other when fielded in large numbers. For example, 3 or more destroyers with LOS to the same target might receive +1 RAT. As with animi, this would be warjack-specific and listed on its card.

These ideas could be mixed and matched as necessary - all three together could easily be completely overpowered, which is not the goal at all.

Siranaul
02-27-2012, 10:20 AM
#1 will happen when you do #2. Isn't #3 already done in unbound? I'd think that should be where it stays.

So, tweak 'jack marshals and power booster just a bit, and most everything else should be fine.

Ender101
02-28-2012, 05:47 AM
I like #1, I'm not so big on 2 and 3.

I have very mixed feelings on the idea of changing the rules in any way to improve warjacks, as I feel that a unit or solo could easily give the warjacks the push they need to give players incentive to play them.

If I were to change any rule it would be the wording of power booster to merely drop the 'unless it has other focus allocated' bit. Jack marshals are indeed under-powered, but I think that the few that are already worth it would get too sizable a bump.

Number 3 is a little complicated in regular games, and its part of the unbound flavor, from my perspective its best left there.