I'm just hoping the new PAC won't be as "shove Improved Movement down your throat" as the 2012.

Outwit and Perplex spring to mind. What if they get knocked back to 5-6?

Yes this is what I meant. Thank you for addressing that though Ziran

I say "rock on" all the time. I don't think I'm a tool and I certainly don't think I'm Elvis. Oh well, can't expect sense from everybody.

And you won't make many by making idiotic statements, so there's that...

Hcrealms is all about beating dead horses. Rising above that is refreshing.


Excellent points on all three counts, m0use, but particularly the comparison to movies. I like that approach.

I agree that this would be a pretty big change, and go a long way to put a dent in the ranged game. I don't know that I like that for a change though, being as PW is the "answer" to so many things. Don't know that I dislike it either, but I'd definitely have to think on it for a bit...

As long as he dials are actually compatible like Star Trek. My group is fine with allowing them, and I'd like to play a couple, especially if they have the soldier KW! If they're like Smurfs and/or not truly compatible, then I won't be buying any.

A bit of background on where this post is coming from: I am a judge and have been since 2007.

I understand the desire to make the prize kits something bigger and more special, and I wholly support that with regard to what you want to do with the storyline events. Even so:

Weekly play is what keeps many play groups together.
Irregular play erodes a player's interest in the game. Not every player can play every week, but having an event every week means that most players will be able to play regularly. Having prizes that support weekly play is important as a carrot.
--Please find a way to keep support for 4 events in the prize kits.


Characters are well received, (non-resource) objects are largely ignored.
With the advent of resources my players seldom play relics or special objects independently. There is little incentive to use them in the game unless they attach to a resource, and thus hold little incentive as weekly prize support. Quite honestly, I view this as poor game design with regard to the resources.
--Please balance resources, find a way to make special objects matter again, or look at removing special objects from non-storyline OP kits in favor of more characters.

On a personal note, please move the suggestions for events in the WES.
I'm not sure how many other judges feel this way, but I seldom follow the suggested format for storyline events. I do appreciate knowing the suggestions, but would prefer that they fall beneath the judge-input text on the WES so that there is less confusion among players when I deviate.

Thank you.

How about they simply give Pulse Wave a default range of 3. Or do away with the single target Pulse Wave option? I don't like either option personally and would prefer they keep Pulse Wave as is. But if they had to change Pulse Wave, I would prefer either of these options as opposed to changing it to a Power Action.

I could say almost the same thing as I said to Krusti. I feel a change is easily warranted, but I don't really know what it could be. I feel like either of those changes could work as well, and I think my gut reaction would receive that better than a power action change. But I'd have to process such a major change lol.

I really think Relics come across as a "feat" that isn't assigned or have a pre-req. I think they should just assign an additional cost to begin the game with the Relic already attatched to a character. I think we would see them used a lot more. I think a 10 point additional cost to have a relic already attatched would be a fair trade off. Think of it like the way relics work with resources. They are more expensive when used on their own, why not make them work that way when already attatched.

Speaking of which, the wording has always been weird to me, but maybe its just me. Relics seem more like they should have been called resources and Resources should be relics. But thatsd just me.

That's a good point.

Hey, kid, No one's gonna tell you what to think, but David Essex sang "Rock On."

Rock on!

He's probably read The Rules of Attraction and can't separate anyone else using the phrase from Sean Bateman.

I definitely agree that if Relics didn't need to be rolled for, they would be used more often. Who wants to pay 5-15 points for an object that may never actually come into use.

Keep in mind that they have more uses than as a relic. Often times I would gladly pay a few points to have a guaranteed square of undestroyable hindering terrain on the map.

I think that's why more people use the belt or glove because its a better than put a relic down and your opponent gets it and beats you down with it .