Not a whole lot of new stuff, mostly just getting stuff in print that we already knew about.
Biggest change of note may be that player side is now determined randomly in championship play (double-elimination) when two players have the same differential. Prior to this update, the decision was left up to a player and the player who got to choose was determined randomly.
Bad change IMO. Previously to land in the worse matchup I needed to both lose the coin toss and then have my opponent choose wisely. Now losing the coin toss is enough. Of course the possibility that I win the coin toss and then screw up my choice is removed as well so Iâm still equally likely to end up in the worse matchup, but importance of the coin toss increased and player skill of choosing the side is completetly eliminated. I donât like this.
Yeah, that seems rough. If it were me, Iâd say match loss, and if youâre not at the tournament by the end of the round, youâre out. But ultimately, just show up on time.
Or preferably, show up early. Honestly, whenever I try to show up âon timeââŚI actually show up on time because I know what Iâm doing. But most people show up about 5-10 minutes late, so aim to be there early, and all your problems go away.
They changed the infinite loop rulesâŚthere is now a difference between mandatory and optional loops. And I believe that under the new rules the corp can swap Toshiyuki Sakais indefinitely and force the runner to jack out, which seemsâŚinteresting? Which brings up the new question of what card remains installed in the server after the runner jacks outâŚa Sakai, or a potentially different card.
I like the section on Non-Resolvable Abilities. Now I can just point to it instead of having to walk people through how Femme + Nasir is analogous to Femme + Tollbooth. Also gives Film Critic firm ground to stand on instead of âit skips on-access triggers because we said soâ.
I wonder whether the change to destruction of ice affects the answer to the question @Xenasis asked here
Itâs good they added that âApproaching Iceâ clarification. The exceptions to the previous explanation kept getting larger and larger (Cell Portal, Minelayer, Architect, CrickâŚ). Though it is baffling to me that they do not have an entry regarding midrun ice installs that trash ice in the server (if thatâs not a âfrequently asked questionâ then I donât know what is).
Yeah, I just saw some of the more recent discussion and that seems to be the consensus on those two, but it does change IG and maybe a few others until clarified. The change itself is good, but it seems poorly thought out.
âIf a server ceases
to exist during a run, then the run ends after any currently open paid ability windows close.â
(Newly added bit in italics)
This seems to change the previous ruling on Self-Destruct (which was that the run was already over when the trace happened since everything had been trashed, so for instance the RSVP effect would have expired).
Does this turn on more Marcus Batty kills? On approach to a damaging ICE, rez MB and use him to fire RSVP, Runner spending no credits takes the damage from the encountered ICE, then for the coup de grace you blow up the server to kill them with a trace that they canât pay into!
[quote=âpopeye09, post:14, topic:4474, full:trueâ]Does this turn on more Marcus Batty kills? On approach to a damaging ICE, rez MB and use him to fire RSVP, Runner spending no credits takes the damage from the encountered ICE, then for the coup de grace you blow up the server to kill them with a trace that they canât pay into!
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I think the runner gets an opportunity to to jack out between resolving subroutines and the next paid ability window?
No, it means theyâve finally nerfed Account Siphon!
The effect is instead of accessing cards, which, as itâs non-specific now means only installed cards. So you need to be able to forgo accessing an installed card to trigger Account Siphonâs replacement effect. Which means that you can only siphon someone if they have an HQ upgrade.
People of the world: put away your Crisium Grids, and rejoice!
2.3: Rez and use Marcus Batty, naming RSVP. Rez Self-Destruct.
3.1: Runner canât pay so fails to break e.g. Neural Katana
3.2: Runner gets damaged by ICE
2.1(or 4.1 if last ICE): Use Self-Destruct. Runner canât spend. Kill Runner.
All of those examples specifically target types of cards. This instance is only for cards where the type of cardâs arenât specified. Am I missing the drama?
âeach cardâ for eg on Genomics. âa card you access at no cost (even if it cannot normally be trashed)â for Imp. Seems legit to me.