New Minion Solo in CID - Eilish Garrity

Also Mercs and us are the only two not getting a theme force buff. Yaaaaay.

PP has hated us for 7 years, to be expected. And don't dwell too hard on the non-character Farrow solos benefit....now that any theme can get a Rorsh....
:-D :-D :-D

He's too good against Cygnar to come out like that. Every change they make has to benefit Cygnar somehow
Seriously though, if you're on the CiD forums I suggest voicing your take on stuff to hopefully counter the vocal idiots.

The change to theme forces would be the worst rules change they've ever made from a balance perspective. The big 4 factions get everything, Hordes get very little and Mercs/Minions get screwed.
This solo does seem too good, and completely goes back on the idea that they didn't want upkeep removal to be trivial, which is why purification and Eiryss2 were changed.
The troll stuff is mostly good though some of it might be slightly too far above the curve. The ambush bears are hopefully a red herring as they are blatantly overpowered and should be nearly twice the cost.

How are they not OP? You may want to look at their rules again...

Long riders and bears are about the same points per model- the bears would be slightly cheaper as their handler would be worth a bit over 1 point. Their stats are very similar.
Long riders have reposition, cavalry charge, +1 MAT, bull rush, follow up and brutal charge.
Bears have gang, unyielding, AD, prowl, pathfinder, more attacks, higher pow, ambush and the Northkin tagline (relevant to a few abilities).

The bears having AD lets them get to defensible positions very easily. They have pathfinder so can go into a forest or behind a wall and threaten a charge. They also have stealth in forests. They benefit from stumbling drunk with the hooch hauler if you take it and get stealth with Bearka. They have unyielding. Random cold immunity, if that comes up. No contest whatsoever, they are far, far more survivable.

Charging high def targets, the long riders do better due to cavalry charge. They also can sometimes kill things on the way due to impact attacks. The bears have higher MAT with gang and more attacks, but the long riders probably just edge them out against infantry.

The long riders get a boosted and an unboosted pow14 against big stuff. Bears get a boosted 16 and 2 unboosted 15s. Against an arm 19 target a long rider does 7.5 damage, the bear does 13.5 damage. The two bears would almost kill a crusader without any buffs. Two long riders would be hoping to knock out a system. Simply applying the str buff from the stone and nothing else has them dealing 33 damage vs arm 19, 27 vs arm 20. The long riders would be looking at 17 and 15 damage respectively.
A long rider can choose to reduce its damage and do a bull rush if they want and have the angle for it. This gives them an interesting bit of tech against extremely high armour where even the bears would barely scratch it- a devastator or something.

Note how I didn't include ambush? Bears have ambush.

Oh hey is Una2 being released again? That was exactly the mantra when her stats were released toward people who cried OP. She was ultimately nerfed.

Anyone who has played the game for some time should have a reasonable feel for what might be too good or too weak based on experience with similar models / points. Sure, there are many models that don't get enough love from the forums that should, but this model is MK2 Gorman pre-nerf.