...if only I'd made it to the finals. *grin* Looks like a good solid deck. My only big issue with it is your Manufacturing Errors, which I see would work well against a standard frigate deck, but you really have nothing to discard vs. a Cormorant-based deck, and no backup other than outfighting them with AstroLabs. It becomes a matter of who pulls the faster draw. On the other hand, yours would fare much better against Mike's Amarr Denial abilities.
That's what I love about this game - it's all balances and trade-offs.-Ryuteki, Owner of the Rules! We're playing Monday evenings in IL, see www.games-plus.com for the address or email me at ryuteki AT gmail DOT com.
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Blatherskite
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Re:1st Place Gencon deck - 2007/08/30 05:19Oh yes...the Cormorant. It's is funny you mentioned that as that was a ship I was worried about...especially not being able to ME it. And I did face a few of them, and what I did was ignore them for the most part. If you can take away their support-other ships, and news...they are easier to deal with. Inferior Iterons with the Astro-lab love to eat Cormorants, but then again so do Tristans and Catalysts with some Astro-lab love. Don't forget I ran my own HE also. The Catalyst, Tristan, Hired Enforcer (best card to discard IMO), Central Fleet Command, handled most other ships when it came to Manufacturing Error.Blatherskite Caldari Propagandist
A PRINCE ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline… - Machiavelli
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Why no Pre'Vet'Retirement in your deck ? I think it can be useful on enemy ship as on yours, isnt it ?
I guess you have your reasons
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DTee
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Re:1st Place Gencon deck - 2007/08/30 12:36I like the use of Central Fleet Commands. Almost makes those Catalysts worth playing
I hate to imagine what you've done to the list with Exiled. Gallantee have some very subtle but powerful cards, good job the other races do too...
DTee
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Blatherskite
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Re:1st Place Gencon deck - 2007/08/30 14:15Originally I had Vets Premature Retirement, but I just found in play testing that it was two expensive, Thats why I went to the Manufacturing Errors...which basically do the same thing.
Exiled has been good to this deck Dtee BTW...the Catalyst is a stud!!Blatherskite Caldari Propagandist
A PRINCE ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline… - Machiavelli
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Bombadidaloo
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Re:1st Place Gencon deck - 2007/08/30 15:15well now you can Problem Solver either your 3rd or 4th copy of a same ship in play to hand to reveal via Astronautical Laboratories, or simply Problem Solver the astrolab to reuse it
I bet you're running 4 Serpentis Protectors
BTW love the location build (I'd add an extra Slave Mines)!
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Blatherskite
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Re:1st Place Gencon deck - 2007/08/30 20:43Yes...the Serpentis Protector is in the current build. I hadn't thought of using Problem Solver that way...nice one, i'll have to check that out.
I kept going back and forth with 4x Crokite or 4x Slave Mines...either would probable work. Just comes down to preference.Blatherskite Caldari Propagandist
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Ryuteki
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Re:1st Place Gencon deck - 2007/08/31 06:32Blatherskite wrote: Originally I had Vets Premature Retirement, but I just found in play testing that it was two expensive, Thats why I went to the Manufacturing Errors...which basically do the same thing.
Aye, I was running both of them myself, and generally found that either I didn't need either one of them, or I was throwing Vets to power ME. With the Brutixes in my deck though, there were a couple times where I was glad of the ability to make them repay for a ship, so I could get them low enough in ISK that Enthrallment Tower could drain their coffers.-Ryuteki, Owner of the Rules! We're playing Monday evenings in IL, see www.games-plus.com for the address or email me at ryuteki AT gmail DOT com.
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