Worst cards in the game currently (Plus Gink complaining that no card is useless and linking to random lists)

By dominosfleet, in Star Wars: Armada

Whatever, since we're posting trash anyway. I was inspired by @The Jabbawookie posting a picture of Sensor Team which is terrible in it's points cost, that it costs 1 other die to just change a die to an acc, PLUS it takes up the weapons team slot which is one of the best slots in the game. So everyone, what else out there is as trash as Sensor Team.

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Only a bad workman blames their tools

2 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

Only a bad workman blames their tools

Gink, why are you always so whiny. you're effectively saying "there are no bad cards in the game" while actively existing in the same universe that Konstantine is an option.

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And while I have your attention - Dear FFG, when will this situation be resolved:

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4 minutes ago, dominosfleet said:

Gink, why are you always so whiny. you're effectively saying "there are no bad cards in the game" while actively existing in the same universe that Konstantine is an option.

He's not Whiny. He's Welsh. Common mistake.....

8 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

Only a bad workman blames their tools

All good workmen are picky about their tools.. and leave quite a few at home. All tools do jobs, but some do them much more effectively. Play the game man!

Sure, your teeth can strip wires but is that really the best way?

4 minutes ago, svelok said:

And while I have your attention - Dear FFG, when will this situation be resolved:

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What situation?

1 minute ago, Captain_Nemo said:

What situation?

Is it that 2 reds cost 10, or 9, while 2 blues cost 8?

4 minutes ago, durandal343 said:

Sure, your teeth can strip wires but is that really the best way?

And yet when you want to eat food, you'll throw those wirestrippers away and quit disrespecting those teeth

2 minutes ago, durandal343 said:

Is it that 2 reds cost 10, or 9, while 2 blues cost 8?

So enhanced armament and spinals should be cheaper?

or HCIT more expensive?

i never Really play those cards often but i honestly don’t see a problem with them as is.

Edited by Captain_Nemo

Yeah a lot of the Liason / Officer cards that offer the ability to change orders or for the price of a token change the command are kind of garbage. Sure you could spend those 3 or 6 points and not worry about slicer tools ever again but um... yeah just not worth the points.

Still, I'm not seeing a problem. There is a vast galaxy of good cards to pick from to take lists in interesting directions.

6 minutes ago, Captain_Nemo said:

What situation?

4 minutes ago, durandal343 said:

Is it that 2 reds cost 10, or 9, while 2 blues cost 8?

There's a Turbolaser upgrade to add a dice to each side, or to add a dice to the front and rear, but there's only an Ion upgrade to add a dice to the sides. There's no blue dice version of Spinals, for whatever reason.

Just now, svelok said:

There's a Turbolaser upgrade to add a dice to each side, or to add a dice to the front and rear, but there's only an Ion upgrade to add a dice to the sides. There's no blue dice version of Spinals, for whatever reason.

Oh i see,

i thought it was something ‘bout the existing cards

actually i think that a nice idea

4 minutes ago, tgall said:

Yeah a lot of the Liason / Officer cards that offer the ability to change orders or for the price of a token change the command are kind of garbage. Sure you could spend those 3 or 6 points and not worry about slicer tools ever again but um... yeah just not worth the points.

Still, I'm not seeing a problem. There is a vast galaxy of good cards to pick from to take lists in interesting directions.

not really a problem, just talking about the bad. Mostly because the game has had no real news for nearly 5 months and I'm losing my mind :)

7 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

And yet when you want to eat food, you'll throw those wirestrippers away and quit disrespecting those teeth

I find it more efficient to put it all in a blender and suck it through a straw :)

I get your point but there are some cards that either are too expensive for what they do or are so niche that they never see the table. I completely respect your desire to make every card do something useful for an efficient cost but some just.. don't.

There are useless cards. I find more annoying the ones that sound interesting but are actually terrible.

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Edited by bleachorange
clarification
10 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

And yet when you want to eat food, you'll throw those wirestrippers away and quit disrespecting those teeth

Also, just to be clear, are you saying that if you want to get accuracies, Sensor Team is the way to go? A 5 point exhaust card? That makes you spend a die? If it was on the blog link sorry I didn't go look. Feel free to tell me to read before I ask stupid questions :)

9 hours ago, bleachorange said:

There are useless cards.

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Not to be cynical, but...

That's not a useless card, but a straighforward way to make sure your opponent with big ships doesn't conveniently and surprisingly has the perfect command every single round...

1 minute ago, durandal343 said:

Fair enough, the odds seem to be in your favor with the EA+ST combo. Do you find it useful in every red-die weapons team build or is it pretty specific to the mc30?

Large volleys with high chances of blanks

Large volleys with the possibility to roll blanks, that you might want accuracies in... So limited to large red-dice arcs. Wouldn't you always rather have gunnery teams if given the choice?

I can't imagine tooling my ISD or Liberty to hunt flotillas primarily.

8 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

Large volleys with high chances of blanks

So yes.. you'd need lots of reds and also have a weapons team slot. Probably Ackbar on a mc30, 75, or the AF. Or with Spinals on a Lib. Hmmm

So hard to believe that it would be better than OE. Of course, that did not take into account a double arc where the ST would not be used twice. Or shooting with both sides (Ackbar)

Edited by durandal343