I was half joking.
Although that artwork on pack 4 sure looks like a fairchild type card to me.
I was half joking.
Although that artwork on pack 4 sure looks like a fairchild type card to me.
Nah, itâll be Fairchild 4.0 next pack, 5.0 the pack after that, and the long-awaited 6.0 in the final one. Itâs Fairchilds all the way down! Fairchildren from here to tomorrow.
Pack 6 should have been called âThe Fairchildren of Tomorrowâ.
You couldnât with 2.0, but at least you did not break the whole ice.
Clicking for Fairchild 2.0 is okay for the corp, clicking for Fairchild 3.0 is okay for the runner.
Strange design.
I like that the Fairchildâs, while having very similar subs, operate very differently. Fairchild 1.0 is like a Pup, some annoyance that you just donât want to deal with, but you will run through it. Fairchild 2.0 fits that midrange slot (assuming no Yog) and is massivly taxing, but it isnât going to actually stop anyone. Fairchild 3.0 as a massive pain, and is pretty much a stopper. Yes, you can get through it with 3 clicks, assuming nothing else going on in the server or in the game state. But Iâm generally happy to have a runner spend 3 clicks on a single piece of ICE.
You can get through for three clicks yes, but how many times when you âclick throughâ Turing is from a facecheck click one and how many times from knowing itâs there already at the start of the turn? If Turing had the option to swap the ETR for a brain damage itâd be pretty horrible. Thatâs without even considering the additional credit tax from the other Fairchild subs.
In fact comparing Turing and Fairchild 3.0, for two extra credits in cost you get:
with the downsides:
Between Fairchild, Aiki and DNA Tracker, facechecking without a decoder early game just got nasty.
Made a deck with ELP BC and Ruhr Valley with Strongbox, so that might not be too bad
Although to be fair, they had to have the thing rezzed before hand to spoon through. Typically for Anarch this means that they either blew a turn on it or had to David through. Both are pretty taxing to have had to do once.
If the runner spent two whole turns going through it? Well, its probably pretty good for me.
Also, ELP is a thing.
3.0 is also better vs E3, which is again rising in popularity. With just 1.0s and 2.0s E3 is a huge problem, IMO. 3.0 should help, ELP will be nice as well, as has been said.
Anyone see Viktoria Jenkins coming to visit HB? Plus ELP and the runner canât click almost anything. Rumour mill is annoying though, countering both of those, but at least it means no points for trashing the execâŚ
The other downside of Fairchild 3 vs. Turing is, if the runnerâs desperate to get in, it only costs 1 click to get past the ETR parts (ie if the winning agenda is inside). Say what you will about Turingâs comparative boringness, but itâs much better at forcing the runner to have a breaker if they want to get in. Donât get me wrong, I think F3 is awesome. But itâs not bulletproof.
How? The runner canât spend fewer than 3 clicks to break the subs, right?
Turing and F3 have the same âclickabilityâ.
Oh, never mind, Iâm dumb. :S
I also had some thoughts about the comparative strength of the two ice.
The cost is probably Turingâs biggest strength right now. Although if AIs become more ubiquitous again it will probably be slightly better. F3 punishes face checks and while it doesnât usually stop the runner, it is extremely taxing.
In my eyes it is more of a more taxing, but less stoppy Tollbooth. Much like DNA is a net damage flavored, less stoppy Tollbooth. I think if glacier had a chance in the meta right these code gates would be pure gold.
Tagstorm decks donât run Watchdog as far as I have seen, but I think thatâs also a valid avenue for big, expensive, harsh face-check ice. Probably wholly unnecessary though.
Problem with Watchdog is that the Runner is less likely to be tagged in the early and mid- game, which is typically where you Rez most of your ICE.
If you can breaking news, then big brother, you got a super temple. Maybe there took for a rushy type build that actually scores with ice and upgrades. Oh thatâs rubbish
Rush decks donât wanna glut their decks with cards like Watchdog.
Did anyone see the best combo with the bird breakers? they cost a bunch but for 2 credits u can derez the ice AND get the bird back to hand.
USE THE BIRD BREAKERS WITH THE LIBRARY!
click, run and derez stuff? sounds really good! click vs paying 5 creds seems awesome!
The problem with Watchdog is my NBN ICE is already cheap to rez, and I wasnât having a big problem winning when the runner was going tag-me.
With BOOM! out now, I suspect runners will only be even less likely to wear tags.