kyussinchains wrote:
but the LC and thunderbolt spam list is noticably less effective than the thunderhawk one which should be offputting enough that folks decide not to run it competetively.... yes it's no fun, but it's also not nearly as potent, that combination is the limiting factor here
it's not *just* about the lack of fun facing the
ThunderHawkBoltSpam(TM) list, it's also about competetiveness, and the proposed LC list has 5 fewer 75cm AT4+ shots per turn, has to expose itself much more, and the LC has exactly the same risk of being critted out of the sky as a thunderhawk does (1/24 to be exact)
plus, if the
LandingCraftThunderBoltSwarm(TM) list turns out to be ludicrously powerful, we can actually
change the list again because amazingly enough, that is how an iterative development process actually works
Totally agree Kyuss, the reason to play the thunderhawk list is that it is ultra-competitive. If you were playing in that way (and I like to think of myself as a player who is competitive at the top level) you wouldn’t then take a far less effective variant on that theme. You’d shift to playing Krieg or something else top tier.
Lastly, people spam stuff all the time at tournies and its very rarely the most effective build. I can think of at least 5 spam lists run at tournaments last year and only Dan’s won an event, with Jon’s shadowsword spam finishing 3rd at another (after my biel tann list which plenty of people have told me is pretty sub-optimal gave it a bit of kicking in game 3).
As you say, if someone comes up with a new build and it proves to be crazily powerful it can also be looked at.