FTA and 2(3) actions on first turn

[ArtNJ]

(07-17-2012 08:08 AM)nivra0 Wrote:  

(07-17-2012 06:39 AM)ArtNJ Wrote:  Its clearly an advantage of some magnitude, the real question is whether its too much of one or not. It takes wits to advance into attack position, so it could well be that the defender has pretty close to a fair chance on most maps.

What constitutes too much of one? Why waste your 5 wit advantage by attacking? Why not just bank the 5 wits, and use them at first confrontation or to buy a special, as I said? I think the FTA isn't very pronounced yet, as most are rushing or attacking, thereby wasting their wits. Once more ppl start banking them, it will become more pronounced.

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(07-17-2012 06:39 AM)ArtNJ Wrote:  There is a real question as to whether this is true on Foundry, where there are at least two Rush builds that are very tricky to deal with. It may be there are defenses which provide equality, but this needs more testing.

What are these rush builds?

Until we are certain there is a refutation, they should not necessarily be shared with the general population. Most defenses that prevent outright loss result in loss of 4 base health, which seems too much to incur in the first couple of turns. We have one potential defense that seems to prevent this, but it needs more testing.