Best combat discipline found with Aus

On Feb 3, 3:06 pm, sule....TakeThisOut@aol.com wrote:
> You only had 8 rushes and one copy of a vampire with built in rush -
> it's not much of a rush deck; adding intercept won't make it more so,
> either.

Yeah, that's why I added in a Haven Uncovered and 4 Quicken Sight--to
get in more fights. That being said, I play in a very fighty
environment, so the likelyhood of me sitting next to Enkidu in any
given game is high

> And, the point I was getting at is the combat is too card intensive
> currently.

Not as much as you'd think. I mean, yeah, it is intensive, but not at
all unreasonable for my money--the manuvers are necessary just to make
the lids work (and the guns, for that matter).

I could pare down the combat, but then:

A) It wouldn't be remotely effective in combat. Unless it switches to
all guns (which is many more problems in and of itself) or close range
(different issues all together, and harder to do 3 damage just off of
a Nose and a strike).

B) It would get killed by other combat (which is a local issue more
than a global one, I'm sure).

> BTW, any particular reason not to play Dominique Santo Paulo?

Probably should, really.

-Peter

On Feb 3, 3:06 pm, sule... DeleteThis @aol.com wrote:
> You only had 8 rushes and one copy of a vampire with built in rush -
> it's not much of a rush deck;

As a strategic sidebar, with reliable bounce (i.e. Telepathic
Misdirection) and light reduction (Ancestors Insight), it can be
fighty but casual about it. The traditional (weenie?) rush deck tends
to have, like, 12 rush actions and about 4 Haven Uncovered (rough
average of rush capability for that sort of deck). Of those, if you
end up with an aggressive predator, a handful of them end up going
upstream (I'd say, like, a 3:2 split against a very aggressive
predator). Without needing to go upstream (due to being able to bounce
on a regular basis), you need fewer rush actions--enough to kill your
prey's Famous vampire, enough to slow folks down as needed, but you
can generally slow yourself down. 8x rush might have been a little
lighter than necessary, but I suspect, 8, a Haven/Frontal, and some
Quicken Sight, and I suspect it'll be plenty.

-Peter