Anyone else have this urge? With the new set looming, I'm itching to build Death.

I SO dislike Death. It is almost my least favorite symbol. Now I see myself wanting to build a Death Aggro Ragnar or Death Control Rashotep (ooh Rashy...).

Anyone else going through this awkward feeling?

Yesssss.

The fire, she whispers in my ear.

nope.

Seeing as how I'm not much of an Order/Air symbol player, this set is like a breath of fresh air for me. Finally some of my favorite characters and playstyles are getting the cards to be playable. I just can't wait

I was gonna say HEY HORVATH I'M GONNA BUILD YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER'S MOMMA. But then I remembered Daiyu isn't Yi-Shan's mother, so yeah my post fell kinda flat.

Probably Death/Evil hybrid due to the Daiyu/Asty-poo's action combo.

Im just glad I can play the symbolsand playstyles I want again. ive never been a fan of order and its lockout or the sheer agro of air. I usually prefer an agro-control(hybrid) playstyle. Its down to figuring out what char I want to play then going from there at this point.

Gotta hand it to FFG, as of right now, this set truly is revolutionary, at least, its directions are very clear as to where they want this game to go (as he had said). The Combo keyword is easily one of the best things to happen to this game, as it gives attacks either an awesome vanilla, or a great combo attack.

I'm still undecided until I see everything, because as I had mentioned, characters like Zi Mei and Cervantes look HORRIBLE. However, I also thought Hilde looked garbage, until I saw her support, and pretty much made babies in my pants.

All in all, good set, and I'm sure I'll be buying more than just a box. For once, I get the feeling there aren't any "chase" rares since everything looks pretty good, is character-specific, or is just easier to obtain thanks to the new ratio.

My only request is, during the non-starter sets, they make characters ultra rare because, generally, you're only going to need 1 copy of the char, whereas with these new foundations, you're prone to needing multiple copies, and with a lot of these foundations being ULTRA rares? =/

P.S. Padma is STUPID

You might be underestimating Cervantes and Zi Mei just a little bit there; For Zi Mei, 2 3-damage multiple copies at the end of an attack string basically every turn once she gets started (thanks to the momentum recovery ability) could be pretty potent. For Cervantes, theoretically anyway, you could build a deck with 16 3cc attacks and 44 5+cc other cards, and basically play under the assumption of checking 4s all the time because the odds of ending up with a 3 check would be about the same as the odds of getting a 2 when you run 4 copies of a 2cc. They're each certainly tougher to make work than say, Siegfried, (just smash face!) but not necessarily hopeless.

On UR characters: nah, even in small sets with the new ratio it'll still be 2 boxes to get one of each UR. Imagine the people starting because of Tekken, hoping to get their favorite charcter relatively quick.

I agree that Zi Mei is useful, especially with her asset taking away the pain of committing 2 foundations to make multiples. I think her R is a tad situational, but then again, I haven't seen the rest of her support (also, as far as I'm aware, her R doesn't work with her E because she isn't discarding momentum, she's just...moving it?). Her shiny attack definitely makes her look hawt, and with Bitter Rivals, I'm sure she'll be teh yummiez.

But Cervantes? Eh...I guess I'm just really pissed that his starter exclusives are every bit as crappy as the last ones (although honestly, his starter attack last time was sexy). His CCBonuses are...cute at best, and his CCHax basically require you to run Visions of Destiny and some 1 checks to help screw them over. His vitality should've been a minimum of 33 seeing as how he...just doesn't do all that much. Like I've been saying, I need to see more support. If Cervantes has some OMGWTFBROKEN cards that only he can utilize to their fullest potential, then yeah, 'grats to him. But right now, giving +1 to your stuff for basically free? Eh...pass.

About Siegfried...

...

...lawl...

Cervy's starter attack is BOSS. Tough to pull off all the time, but Good Lord...P:X...

Zi Mei, right? Dio-Cega gets M:3, E with Personal Style, proceed to win game kthnx.

MegaGeese said:

listen to this guy

how can you not trust this face?

...I hate you

I trusted him and look at what happened to me?? No top 8. End up with alcohol posioning naked in a bathtub.
But if I could do it again. I would trust him.

DAT GOOSE STOLE MY CREDIT!! HE'S NOT BRIAN FELLOWS!!! I'M BRIAN FELLOWS!

THAT BIRD BETTER NOT MESS UP MY CREDIT! xD

But yeah...it seems a little situational, but 4 committed foundations + 3 momentum in that scenario = more damage than Spike.

GOD, she's going to be stupid.

Kind bummed that Order got the mad shaft this set. Hilde and Astrid are pretty good/solid (I <3 Hilde's +2/+4 action!), but there's a lot of stuff that wrecks lockdown stuff (Siegfried has betrayed me!).

So it looks like I'll stick to Air and Earth this time around, I think. Good stuff just got better. O BABY

Nightmare is really good outside of sealed, though...Knight Breaker is 'tarded.

The lock down strat of order needed more counters. Playing against stasis lock is never a fun thing. Playing a card game I never want to feel completly bored or helpless.

And yes i'm happy to see earth getting boosted. I played earth gen to 9th place in Ontario, was "this" close to top 8ing with it. I would expect alot of earth as well as other resources at the top tables.

yeah man gen with all this rashotep support is going to be amazing. i got some rashotep stuff and it's like amazing. blank this blank that. so fn'g sexy.

death is going to be hot too i cant' wait. death has damage pumps now too!! so sexy.

Only thing the tourny I was really wishing for the entire time was anti-commital, bam I got it now.

Blanking stuff is just gonna help get my giant earth moves through stupid crap like gorgeous team loops.

I was only using earth because evil had no attacks and I refused to use order, but I might be stuck with the earth symbol now lol.

"More counters" = / = counter the theme to nigh-unplayability.

Soul Calbur* being but one example.

Order is still my favorite symbol...it's just not quite as playable anymore. On the other hand, it lets me make moves with Earth and Air, two of my other favorites.

The pendulum has indeed swung back.

Order is still gonna be hella good its just that earth, good and life will have just gonna have some ways to fight back.

Off-topic...can we get torn hero as a foil lol?

As of right now, I suffer this quandry:

A-I go with the Death/Evil split my brain demands.

B-I go with the Fire Aggro smash your face and burn myself to death while doing it that my heart wants to go with.

It's so hard to decide. When I look back, Fire IS the symbol I had my most success with.

On a side note. Anyone here that plays D&D notice how alike the Fire Aggro stuff is to the new Barbarian class? Ridiculous damage at the cost of cutting yourself. Lovely.

HolyDragonCloud said:

The Barbarian, much like Fire aggro, is emo.

Which does not explain why Remy does not have Fire.

Homme Chapeau said:

Oh gawd... now I have to build:

Emo the Barbarian

MarcoPulleaux said:

To play a multiple you discard up to X momentum (where X is the multiple rating), and then you add the cards you discarded to the card pool as copies of the attack. So her R does work with her E.

Antigoth said:

Death Suicide Aggro Remy.

Which, coincidently, is sitting at home proxied up and ready to be filled with new cards.

Scott Gaines said:

And it has a high Criminal Uppercut, oh god it's a nerdgasm.