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Post by Vyngynce on Dec 18, 2017 14:55:57 GMT
Hello! I'm continuing the analysis of the cost of playing this game, this time focusing on the warcasters and warlocks. I feel better about this article, and I was able to focus in more. If you want to know more about who has the most expensive models, the most expensive battlegroups, or hear me bash on Old Witch in all her forms, take a read! You are always welcome to ask me about a particular model, as I cannot call all 213 of our casters out in one article. midwestwargaming.com/economic-guide-warcasters-warlocks/Anyways, have fun reading! And let's keep those dice rolling! ~Vyngynce
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Post by HubertJFarnsworth on Dec 18, 2017 15:41:05 GMT
That's what Ret gets for having almost exclusively small-based warcasters with no built-in attachments or units.
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Post by Vyngynce on Dec 18, 2017 16:12:54 GMT
Yeah, it's weird when one of the "main" factions has a cheaper roster that both of the "limited" factions. The CoC roster costs $153 for half the models, for reference. I guess it's good to be an elf.
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wishing
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Post by wishing on Dec 19, 2017 12:59:22 GMT
Something I don't entirely understand: "I was expecting Grymkin to get a little bit more of a break in this department, but if you want to play Grymkin on the cheap, skip Old Witch 3. Old Witch 1 is not much better, since she has the lowest number of battlegroup points in the game."
That suggests that having a low number of battlegroup points makes a caster more expensive in money terms, since you seem to say that since she has low BG points, she is not cheap.
But it seems to me that it is the other way round.
In points terms, a caster is like a module. For a net 0 points, you get a caster and X amounts of jacks/beasts. That module will then cost X amount of dollars. Since all caster modules are 0 points, the only cost variable is how much it costs to buy the module. And it will be cheaper to buy the module for a caster with a low amount of BG points.
The reason Old Witch 1 has low BG points is presumably that she comes with a built-in light warjack. If she didn't, and had higher BG points instead, you would have to spend the dollars on that amount of warjacks separately.
My point is just that OW1 doesn't seem like bad CPP to me, but I feel like the article suggests she is...
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Post by Vyngynce on Dec 19, 2017 17:03:54 GMT
Yeah, your understanding of how CPP works is correct. OW1 isn't expensive to put on the table. I was mostly commenting on outliers. What tied these two things together for me was how one character was throwing a wrench in the math.
I get your read on this. I'm still knocking the dust off the old writing boots, so I'll pay more attention to transitions in the future. I certainly could have written it better. Thank you for your feedback.
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Post by wishing on Dec 20, 2017 10:12:29 GMT
No problem, thanks for your work, it is really interesting.
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Post by Vyngynce on Dec 20, 2017 19:40:25 GMT
Very kind of you to say that, thank you. I've got more on the way.
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