To me, D4V1D is the missing piece of the puzzle that is the Knight/Darwin/Parasite rig. He both covers some of its biggest weak points, and benefits greatly from the same influence splash, namely e3. If you manage to also pack some Scavenges, it becomes really really good.
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As much as itâd help there, I do like my 11-card rig, unwieldy as it is. Darwin/Knight/D4V1D is just too expensive if E3 doesnât come up. That said, it could be really neat, and Iâm glad for the option diversification. Besides which, E3 is always fun.
But even in the regular rig decks, I think D4V1Dâs good enough to merit at least a 2-of. It deals with traditionally tricky-to-datasucker-repeatedly cards like Tollbooth and Grim very well (Archer being the big card it has the most trouble with that there arenât other methods of bypassing). In a Noise deck that already wants to run Clone Chips, it works even better, I think.
Regarding currents, I expect Enhanced Login Protocol and Targeted Marketing to see a lot of play. The only reliable way for a runner to deal with these is to play a current themselves (or just not play the card named by TM, which should be pretty crippling if the corp knows what theyâre doing).
Unfortunately, runner currents are worse than corp currents by design, because corps have much more control over when to score agendas than runners do over when to steal one. In addition, the effects of runner currents are less powerful than those of (some) corp currents. This all means that corps will want to play strong currents, while runners will mainly want to play currents to disable corp currents, rather than for their own effect. So⌠yet another boost to corps and another âgee, I need this in my deck too nowâ hassle for runners.
Unscheduled Maintenance is pretty terrible, so thatâs yet another reason to stop playing criminal.
Scrubbed seems decent in the right deck and will probably see play in Anarch.
The real star of the runner currents is Net Celebrity. Itâs excellent by itself if it sticks around, but if you kill an ELP or TM with it, thatâs amazing. I imagine this will be a 2-of in most Shaper decks, and depending on how prevalent corp currents are, crims might want to splash for it.
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add overmind and the rest of the cassia rig
Overmind doesnât work for me in Anarch, because itâs about as expensive to install and operate as Crypsis is, with less (potential/theoretical) longevity. Also, it would very rarely get more than two tokens with my particular style of play, which makes it not worth it.
About the only thing going for it would be the synergy with e3, but sans Test Run, Scavenge or Aesopâs, Iâm not a fan.
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If you get tagged by Information Overload does it add a subroutine during that same run?
And Data Raven tokens, as well (when and when wonât they add subroutines?)
Good question. Itâs worded differently than Komainu, which would seem to indicate that the number of routines is at all times equal to the number of tags, and so if you add tags (via Data Raven tokens, for instance), the number of subs changes. Definitely warrants waiting for the full reveal, though.
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Seems like the FAQ - Timing Structure of a Run could use the addition of a phase 3.x âThe encountered ice gains (any) conditional subroutines.â
The reason I prefer Scrubbed is that it can be a powerful effect (used right) even as a one off. Whereas Net Celebrity and Unscheduled Maintenance have to hang around for a couple of turns to have value.
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This is, in fact, one of the things I like about it. Since it always has those subroutines, trying to Femme past it isnât cheap. (Cheaper, sure, but not cheap.)
This is how Iâd interpret it, because thereâs precedent (antecedent, I guess, since itâs not out yet either?) for an ice whose subroutines are consistently changing at all times, rather than just during the encounter step:
Itâd be nice if theyâd gone with âhasâ instead of âgainsâ just to make things absolutely clear. Itâs the obvious read (since itâs not written like Komainu is), but that doesnât mean itâd be obvious to everyone (as weâve seen).
Iâm so happy to see information overloadâŚIâve always thought one of the problems with a deck that had multiple consistent ways to tag was that outside of psycho, whether the runner has 1 tag or 100, it doesnât really matter.
Strong corp cards and weak runner ones.
We knew the currents were little one-sided, but even the new cards are very good Corp-side.
Runners got Leprechaun. Thatâs about it. I am very intrigued about more and more Criminal cards trying to support Doppleganger, though.
I think you mightâve gotten your threads confused. TSB has a few nice cards for the runner â D4V1D and Cache especially.
Which cards do you think support doppelganger other than 3 steps? Iâve been experimenting with it.
Not much new for criminals though - outside niche builds.
Doppelganger is not supported by Three Steps at all. Desperado is just as effective with Three Steps.
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Doppelganger is not supported by Three Steps at all
[/quote] Well what if you make two runs in a turn. Desperado nets you 2 + 4(from 3 steps) = 6 for 2 clicks- 3 per click.
Doppleganger = 4 credits for one click.