Thanks for the insight guys.
I understand the draw to have extremely efficient cards like BLC, there is no arguing that as far as for that one card slot, it does itās job much better than GLC. Master Air, you are comparing the 3 clicks of activity to the BLC 5 clicks of activity, but if you choose to click for a credit or a card your only 1 click short on activity on the GLC. Sometimes you might not even want that extra card/credit, and can use the hedge fund you just drew or whatever as well as installing a upgrade/etc. . However, having your influence tied to BLC and Shinobi makes the overall power level/distribution of your influence weaker throughout the deck. I personally have tried BLC, and found that the difference was not as profound as you guys are making it out to be(I havenāt tried the Shinobi at all, and probably wonāt).
I think again if you look at deckbuilding, spreading the power level/influence of cards will make your deck more efficient. I want my cards to be all be great usually. Drawing 1 eli compared to drawing 1 wall of static is actually a fairly big difference in my book, for the cost of that 1 influence.
As far as E3 feedbacks etc, I havenāt ran into any one that installed it(iām only playing eli, no other bioroids) at either of the pacific northwest regionals, so I guess the meta hasnāt shifted the same way here. E3 isnāt much of a concern, if someone wants to take the time to install that against me I think Iād probably be ok with it.
We have lots of Andy players and then mixtures of everything else. I will probably be going to Californiaās regionals so Iām curious to see what the meta will be like since there will be very few from the pacific northwest going down, it will be my first tournament out of āOurā meta, I am interested in how I will fare outside of my 'comfort" zone. I think only me and JohnnyCreations also posting in this thread is going, I donāt know about any of the Washington players.
Still disagree completely on Shinobi, as far as Iām concerned itās still a win more. Again, this is probably all just deck building differences. The way I look at it, (Iām probably just echoing myself here) If your in a position to rez shinobi and win, you were likely going to win that game anyways(except for a few fringe cases where, you are estatic to be using your deck slot for Shinobi cause it just gave you a free win). Either your miles ahead, or you have a skill advantage. I donāt think Shinobi is as consistent at what it does as any of the cards mentioned. Desperado and R&D and Astro all give your deck extremely valuable reach and longevity(regardless of matchup), and I would never not want to see a single one of those cards. Desperado is so good that having the other 2 be dead draws is just not a problem . Face down, unknown ice do have some influence on the flow of the game as far as runner fearing it, but otherwise itās not doing much. A Guard can serve a similar purpose if your just never going to rez it.
I wouldnāt be shocked if a single scorch in NBN would grant comparable scenarios against tag floaters etc. I think they are fairly comparable. You have a surprise factor, free wins, single deck slot for a lot of influence that is not part of your āmainā strategy. The card does have merit, but when Iām playing against really good players over a LOT of games of netrunner(I played 18 games of Netrunner at regionals on Saturday). Every card needs to be live imo, and I just wouldnāt be including Shinobi. Itās almost always been a liability when Iāve seen it be rezzed :(.
