Lyraeus Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Ish said: Hear, hear! Challenge time! 13 minutes ago, Dark Trainer said: Honestly, I don't think i'd be against 2 people who wanted to use PL on a given week, etc. As long as both players were motivated for it, wouldn't hurt anything. I would ask players to arrange that ahead of time with each other. Are we arranging our own games for the normal games? I am new so I know very few people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 22 minutes ago, Lyraeus said: Challenge time! Challenge accepted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyraeus Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, Ish said: Challenge accepted! Ohhh so I get to blast Sir Hammertime to bits... Nice! Hmmmm now to find the CA18 custom character rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Lyraeus said: Ohhh so I get to blast Sir Hammertime to bits... Nice! I'm a'calling you out! You and that banana you never seem to finish eatin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 So how competitive are people going? I don’t know the 40k group well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, Damien said: So how competitive are people going? I don’t know the 40k group well. I'm pretty much just taking two of the holiday bundles, a unit of Reivers, and a couple of Inceptors I found in Guardian Games's second hand bin for a cheap price. So while Space Marines are never really a bad army, they're not exactly cut-throat competitive either... Hell, at this point, I don't even have any tanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 Cool, I am taking blood angels. Probably going into imperial soup. No knight though, so fairly competitive, but not back breaking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyraeus Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Damien said: Cool, I am taking blood angels. Probably going into imperial soup. No knight though, so fairly competitive, but not back breaking. Well... I am not going to be taking a 25 man squad of lootas out the gate or Evil Sunz mass infantry so... Not so competitive. I want a challenge, not to get stomped or do the stomping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 26 minutes ago, Damien said: So how competitive are people going? I don’t know the 40k group well. Pillow fight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, Lyraeus said: I want a challenge, not to get stomped or do the stomping Same. That’s why I am asking. If knights are in the meta I’ll bring out smash captains. But I really want to drop some of the less competitive units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 Just now, Bosco said: Pillow fight! Only if someone brings the Sisters of Battle. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 Celestine is still a beast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 18 hours ago, Damien said: So how competitive are people going? I don’t know the 40k group well. Different people have different definitions on that one. I know a guy that brought a porphyrion in a 1k list for an escalation league against a newb. He's of the opinion that if he doesn't try to crush you into the ground, he'd be giving you an insultingly easy game. That guy will probably not be attending, but he can be a fun person if you can roll with that I'm of the opinion that a new player should always win their first game, or at least understand what they could have done differently during the game to have won. Though I often find myself in stupid rules debates over the nature of ruins ( @Dark Trainer any objection to just using houseruled terrain rules for the league so I can avoid this entirely?). Like a flat benefit of cover if you are in/on/unit is 50% concealed by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Trainer Posted December 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 18 hours ago, Damien said: So how competitive are people going? I don’t know the 40k group well. Play what you want. A couple people might bring a harder list, however most of the club is usually middle ground and some are pretty soft. We'll be trying to make matchups as best as possible. I don't expect knights honestly, maybe 1 player, but if you aren't matched well against knights ,then we'll match you with who's there. Don't be focused on the unknown, embrace it. There is also no reward for face melting. That's creates a great environment for the league. For example I'm not Fielding destroyers and wraiths at 500-750, maybe a couple at 1k, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 Honestly I just want to make sure everyone is on the same page. It sounds like competitive but not waac lists are what people are going with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 Yeah, don’t feel like you need to deliberately handicap yourself, but don’t feel like you’re going into a knife-fight either. It’s a freindly competition. The emphasis is on the friendly bit, but that’s no reason to ignore the competition bit. Think “checkers with Grandpa” and not “chess with Gary Kasparov.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, Ish said: Yeah, don’t feel like you need to deliberately handicap yourself, but don’t feel like you’re going into a knife-fight either. It’s more about not being “that guy” in the newbie league. I haven’t played since 5th ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 That Guy-ness is more a matter of attitude than army list, if you ask me. Play by the rules, play in a fair and sportsmanlike manner, and play for “the love of the game” and you can’t really be That Guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 I'm gauging my list building power level around 4-6 out of 10 for intended builds, but I'm also out of touch with the meta this edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 Bah! There’s no such thing as “meta.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyraeus Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 24 minutes ago, Ish said: Bah! There’s no such thing as “meta.” There are "optimized" builds which is more what I think @Bosco means Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 12 minutes ago, Lyraeus said: There are "optimized" builds which is more what I think @Bosco means Yup. Nothing I plan on playing is likely to have been featured in any net-lists based on competitive builds. In my case, my space wolves will get a fair amount of plasma weapons and power fists/claws since I've got salamanders for heat/hammers and I wish they were space bears instead of wolves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyraeus Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bosco said: Yup. Nothing I plan on playing is likely to have been featured in any net-lists based on competitive builds. In my case, my space wolves will get a fair amount of plasma weapons and power fists/claws since I've got salamanders for heat/hammers and I wish they were space bears instead of wolves. Well... If you are playing space puppies... Maybe you need level 8 of 10 😜 I tease. Skill is as vital and this is a great way to learn skill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Bosco said: In my case, my space wolves will get a fair amount of plasma weapons and power fists/claws since I've got salamanders for heat/hammers and I wish they were space bears instead of wolves. I've always regretted that I went with Space Wolves instead of going the extra mile to make them Space Bears (or Marines Ursus or something). To the point where I'm actually strongly considering selling off my SW and starting over and doing it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 I'd wanted to call them 'Ursus Legion', but could never reconcile the name against the post-codex separation of the legions. Either way, looks like a fun league format to follow, should be interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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