There's something wrong this time around. For the past while I usually just run into the same type of decks all trying to run vehicles. But now I'm running into more "whatever" decks with no vehicles.
I think it's time to pull the plug on this event.
Not only does FiRF force you to use vehicles, it forces you to use the worst vehicles. No HoK or Boomship... no, we are stuck with the tinykitty Ardara express and a sky skiff.... And not just on 1 node but on all 4!¿!?!¿!?!
hawkyh1 said: on the very few occasions that I tried the eventmy strategy was as follows. I don't use weakling2/2 vehicles. if you don't have access to the likesof aethersphere harvester then use bomat bazaarbarge and other more accessible 4/4 vehicles.your oppnent is not going to go easy on you justbecause you want to cast 5 vehicles. you still needto win the battle to get any ribbons. use card drawto help get vehicles out quickly via the crewmechanics (every node can be made into a bluenode by using an appropriate planeswalker). I tryto win first and then if I managed to get theobjectives, that's great.I've never found the event exciting.HH
The issue is that you either win too quickly or you lose due to stalling. In addition, unless you're getting lucky cascades, you spend the entire match trying to play 5 vehicles whereas you would normally do some balancing between control and aggression.
I think the biggest blow was the complete nerf to the Bomat Barge. It used to draw a card, and if that card was a vehicle it would trigger the crew mechanic. Now it draws a card and triggers the crew on everything else except that card. I don't like that sequencing, because the crew mechanic clearly activates after the card is drawn. It's not consistent.
Steeme said: hawkyh1 said: on the very few occasions that I tried the eventmy strategy was as follows. I don't use weakling2/2 vehicles. if you don't have access to the likesof aethersphere harvester then use bomat bazaarbarge and other more accessible 4/4 vehicles.your oppnent is not going to go easy on you justbecause you want to cast 5 vehicles. you still needto win the battle to get any ribbons. use card drawto help get vehicles out quickly via the crewmechanics (every node can be made into a bluenode by using an appropriate planeswalker). I tryto win first and then if I managed to get theobjectives, that's great.I've never found the event exciting.HH The issue is that you either win too quickly or you lose due to stalling. In addition, unless you're getting lucky cascades, you spend the entire match trying to play 5 vehicles whereas you would normally do some balancing between control and aggression.I think the biggest blow was the complete nerf to the Bomat Barge. It used to draw a card, and if that card was a vehicle it would trigger the crew mechanic. Now it draws a card and triggers the crew on everything else except that card. I don't like that sequencing, because the crew mechanic clearly activates after the card is drawn. It's not consistent.
Laeuftbeidir said: On the plus side - you don't have to put much effort in for the rare. This event wouldn't be as bad if it wasn't three days long (would still be annoying)