You have to play 3 cheaper easy to kill figures just to get that 1 prob in 300 vs 2 awesome figures to be able to get 2 prob in that same 300. In 400-600points, you need 6 generic keyworded figures to get 2 vs 4 non generic keywords to get 4 prob.

I think what you get for a theme doesn't make sense.

I really need to make a "My rule changes" list at some point with my ideas of what and how I would change things. I know a lot would razz me for it though.

Also, please do not get rid of generic keywords. I love playing mole man

Just get rid of theme team bonuses
They are imbalanced because
- some named teams have too much members (avengers),
- villains comic-accurate teams that get the theme bonus are too difficult to build compared to heroes,
- generic keywords is a silly and unbalanced concept since the beginning,
- wizkids seems not to be able to properly give keywords to characters anyway (nor maintain the list of keywords up to date for all golden age figures)

So let's get rid of it.

The point was to give some EDGE to casual/thematic/comicbook lovers when they were making comic-accurate teams i guess, but it is now a tool in the hands of the ubercomptitive crowd...

so for me, It has becomes useless

Keywords can still be used in specific traits and special powers from now on, that's enough

I agree with this.

I still think that things like the old MK Adventure Parties would have worked. The cards worked kind of like ATA, giving the figures on the team a benefit, but, it had a higher cost that went down for each memeber of the team you put on.

When they first announced they were doing something for "theme teams" I mocked some up.
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=10646
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=10646

You're absolutely right. Wizkids does do mostly 300 point games in thier events so the point build changes are irrelevant there. Which also further proves my point. They made a change that had no impact on the hypercompetitive meta, BUT it still punished the casual players at the local venues, which makes up the vast majority of the heroclix demographic, unless I'm mistaken.