A hopefully useful and wholesomely educational article about how all the crazy cards and interactions in droid swarms work!
https://nathanxwing.home.blog/2019/12/01/how-stuff-works-droids/
[Blog] How Stuff Works: Droids
Great job looking at some of the nuances of Separatist play. Thumbs up!
Thanks for the explanation. I've whipped up a quick flowchart for struts based on your explanation:
52 minutes ago, gadwag said:Thanks for the explanation. I've whipped up a quick flowchart for struts based on your explanation:
Wow that's pretty cool, nicely done! Certainly isn't a simple card
Thx. for the article. It was a steep learning curve for me to get close to playing the swarm almost correctly ... I think I had to play 4 - 5 times before I got it almost right but as you said I've seen other playing the rules in a more relaxed way which led to some moments where this article can really help.
On the 'moving through' part I think you can move through an obstacle without any consequence as long as you end up overlapping the obstacle after you finish your maneuver. For me its not fully clear in the way you worded it but I can see some people nit picking about it tbh.
On 12/1/2019 at 7:39 AM, unfassbarnathan said:How Stuff Works
Clicked expecting a smoothly narrated video showing automated droid production lines. Didn't get it. The article was fine, tho. Missing plumbuses, overall.
@unfassbarnathan Nice breakdown of some of the key abilities.
On 12/1/2019 at 11:55 PM, gadwag said:Thanks for the explanation. I've whipped up a quick flowchart for struts based on your explanation:
Bookmarked.
10 hours ago, Slade said:
On the 'moving through' part I think you can move through an obstacle without any consequence as long as you end up overlapping the obstacle after you finish your maneuver. For me its not fully clear in the way you worded it but I can see some people nit picking about it tbh.
You're correct, sorry if that wasn't clear in the article. You have to finish the maneuver overlapping to 'activate' struts, which then let's you ignore the obstacle that you moved through. If you don't land on it, you can't flip struts to ignore it