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Post subject: multiple synapse in a swarm and spawning  Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:13 pm |
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Is the claim really that 2 Hive Tyrants or a HT/Warrior combo would unduly limit the activation count in a Nid army?
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Post subject: multiple synapse in a swarm and spawning Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:11 pm |
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| Quote (clausewitz @ 07 Feb. 2006 (10:30)) | Chroma,
Fresh perspective often helps 
(like the rerolling rally checks with left over SC reroll!) |
I don't know what you are talking about... 
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Post subject: multiple synapse in a swarm and spawning Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:27 pm |
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Hena: I get that. In my experience, Nids usually start out a bit behind on activations, but they never break. Short of killing Synapse Creatures or completely eliminating a formation, they don't lose them. Given that doubling up on the SC in a swarm effectively makes it twice as likely to be around to activate, I'm puzzled why an activation disadvantage is touted as a serious drawback. I have usually found that by turn 3 the Nids are even or ahead on activation count.
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Post subject: multiple synapse in a swarm and spawning Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:56 am |
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Interesting thread, for now I am not going to support a 'Spawn based on number of Synapse Creatures', but I DO think the discussion should continue as it does have some interesting possibilities.
No Army can have more then one Supreme Commander, period.
O-1 Dominatrix will be put into effect.
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Post subject: multiple synapse in a swarm and spawning Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:05 pm |
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You might consider leaving the option in place for more than one, but note that if you have multiples one must be desginated as the (sole) Supreme Commander.
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Post subject: multiple synapse in a swarm and spawning Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:10 am |
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Wouldn't that be a Hydraphant?
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Post subject: multiple synapse in a swarm and spawning Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:47 am |
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I thought that Hydraphants didn't have the queen symbiote.
What about giving Dominatrixi commander and have a 0-1 optional upgrade for supreme commander. Just like the marine list does.
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Post subject: multiple synapse in a swarm and spawning Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:17 pm |
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| Quote (ragnarok @ 10 Feb. 2006 (08:47)) | | I thought that Hydraphants didn't have the queen symbiote. |
Isn't that what *makes* the unit the Dominatrix?
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Post subject: multiple synapse in a swarm and spawning Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:38 pm |
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| Quote (Jaldon @ 10 Feb. 2006 (06:10)) | Wouldn't that be a Hydraphant?
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Um, I'm not sure if you mean that funny or not, but no. A Dominatrix w/o the SC reroll is significantly different than a Hydraphant.
A non-Supreme Commander Dominatrix would still be a Synapse Creature at the very least and, presumably, a Commader and Leader as well (not that Leader really matters in this case...).
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Post subject: multiple synapse in a swarm and spawning Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:19 pm |
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