Waagh
Joined: Apr 13, 2019
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May 19, 2019 - 03:07 |
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What do you do with teams that fail to develop remarkable players? Obviously in box or ranked you can just fire them and start over but what do you do in a league environment? Can you win with pedestrian players? |
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Chivite
Joined: Sep 04, 2017
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May 19, 2019 - 03:43 |
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Most positionals can develop quite nicely without anything spetial. Sure, it is always nice when a possitional develops in extraordinary ways, but I think that as long as they develop, all positionals are fantastic.
You can definitively win with "pedestrian" players |
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DrPoods
Joined: Nov 14, 2013
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May 19, 2019 - 04:10 |
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Nothing wrong with a full toolbox of the basics to work with.
A lot of those "exciting" players can often lack the skills they need to impact the game at their full potential. |
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pythrr
Joined: Mar 07, 2006
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May 19, 2019 - 05:39 |
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bunch of orc bobs and blitzes with blk/gd/mb = win |
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Lorebass
Joined: Jun 25, 2010
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Sometimes having a completely normal team is exactly what you need to win. See above examples. |
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ArthurWynne
Joined: Sep 23, 2015
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May 19, 2019 - 13:00 |
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There is something in this I think because that's why teams like Humans and Amazons often struggle at high team value, they're limited by the potential of their stats.
But the thing to keep in mind is that most teams have exceptional players right out of the box, when "exceptional" is considered against the baseline of 6/3/3/8 with General skills.
With no stats or doubles at all, elves can still be phenoms, Beastmen can be killers, Dwarves and orcs can be an iron ball of Guard and pain. |
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Faulcon
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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May 19, 2019 - 13:38 |
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Yes. Sure it's probably going to be harder, but yes.
Also I wouldn't go for the fire and replace option in league, even normal skills are very valuable over a rookie when every game counts. Besides, all you have to do is play enough games and you'll get your remarkable players. |
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MattDakka
Joined: Oct 09, 2007
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May 19, 2019 - 13:55 |
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Waaghafalga wrote: | Can you win with pedestrian players? |
Yes, you can, but you should think if it's worth to increase your TV with a not special player, TV management is important even in private league.
Generally the lower a player's cost is, the less return you have on skilling him up. |
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awambawamb
Joined: Feb 17, 2008
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May 19, 2019 - 15:17 |
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the right dices at the right moment can overturn any tide.
make your opponent roll huge loads of dices to get where he want, and it's going to roll several 1s eventually. |
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JellyBelly
Joined: Jul 08, 2009
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May 20, 2019 - 00:02 |
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All players are equal when they're lying on the floor, taking a boot to the crotch ... ;P |
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HandyKaufman
Joined: Jan 08, 2017
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May 20, 2019 - 02:51 |
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Antithesisoftime
Joined: Aug 20, 2014
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May 20, 2019 - 05:28 |
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One of my oldest team is a Dwarf squad with 7 doubles, 1 stat, and 2300+ TV.
It's still an incredibly solid team that would be scary for anyone to have to face |
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Verminardo
Joined: Sep 27, 2006
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May 20, 2019 - 09:40 |
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That's really the game as intended isn't it? You start a league, you choose a roster, you roll with what you get. In my experience with small-ish leagues, most teams would be pretty vanilla, your +AG guy or your MB Werewolf would already rate "most wanted" in many cases, and if you manage to roll a real stat monster, that's the stuff that legends are made of.
In Fumbbl Majors you need those super freaks because everyone else has them, too. In a private league, not so much. |
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ArrestedDevelopment
Joined: Sep 14, 2015
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May 20, 2019 - 09:44 |
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Plenty of teams function perfectly with all normals. Anything tier 1, and plenty of tier 2 require zero luck with skill rolls.
tier 3 in a league may very well be better off playing inducements than getting stats/doubles too, it depends where they land. |
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