| Quote (Jaldon @ 31 Jan. 2006 (01:09)) | | In the end the Nids end up getting 'rewarded' for failing an activation. That itself somehow feels wrong even if we ignore its effects on the Tie Breaker rule now being used. |
Well, I'd hardly consider it a reward for failing a roll! *laugh*
You're still forced to make a choice.
All other armies can make one of the three choices when they fail an Action test, and one of them is to remove blast markers. Is removing 2d6, take the highest, BMs a reward for failing the roll? No, it's a function of the Hold order, which is what you take instead of whatever other action you wanted; you're already being punished by not being able to accomplish what you wanted.
Gaining 1d6 Brood Creatures instead of engaging an enemy or firing indirect isn't much a reward, I'd much prefer the successful action! A lone Tyrant or recently arrived Lesser Node is still going to be fairly vulnerable even with a couple of new friends and a larger swarm will probably still choose to move or shoot. Spawning is, essentially, the Tyranid answer to removing blast markers, is it not? And even if the formation does roll a "6", it's doing nothing else that whole turn.
I definitely can see how is can be abusive if you allow all the other spawn-enhancers into play, I think that would be foolish. I still can't see how 1d6 can be abused.
That it interacts "oddly" with the Tie Breaker rules is more of a function of spawning in general than this small instance. Isn't it more "abusive" that, in the event of a tie-breaker, the Tyranid player could just do as much spawning as possible with remaining units to empty the spawning pool? To me that's a telling example of why Brood units shouldn't count for tie-breaker.
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