while you can attempt to plan for it, it can still come to a single random die roll that puts a player at an advantage or disadvantage for an entire game.
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Also random question: Buhallin, are you the same Buhallin from the Old World Football League (Bloodbowl) who played a dwarf team?
Actually, you can completely plan for it. Different lists are going to be sensitive to initiative to different degrees. Just like calculating amount of available dice, or crunchiness of ships, or anything else, initiative issues are something you have to factor into the things you consider when building a squad.
Initiative really isn't just about initiative - it's about moving first or last. Initiative only matters when the PS comes into play. When squad building you can influence the move order. You move first reliably by having higher PS pilots - winning the PS bid. You most last reliably by taking low PS pilots and shorting your squad points. Yes, the roll can have a big impact to the game - but it's far from completely random. Or, more precisely, if it can affect you that badly and it IS completely random, it's because of choices you made during squad building, and you didn't commit enough to setting the order the way you wanted.
And yes, same Buhallin. <shudder> Crunchiest dwarfs ever...
Ahh, funny running into you here! I was Isryion on those forums and played orcs era 1 and pro elves era 2.
