I think Seps have the best chance at competitive reserves, simply because you can't simply block them with an MTB.

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I understand that the Lightning used to fall off a lot?

Click here: Stay. (I miss you Rolling mini of the day)

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I never really said goodbye to this, but I just lost the joy out of it and didn't really feel like continuing - part of the reason is that I also started putting more effort into play-testing.

One reason I originally did this was to quantify that v-set pieces aren't stronger than the strongest WOTC pieces. My theory has always been that a lot of them align with the upper tier of WOTC pieces, but don't surpass them - we've seen very few v-set pieces on the power level of General Dodonna, the IG-Lancer, and R2 Astromech. It might sound petty, but the fact that v-set detractors continued to complain about v-set power levels in the face of quantitative data frustrated me. IMO the v-sets have created extreme builds that are problematic - like Charging Fire Imperial Troopers with Prideful - and can be more complex, but the power creep of individual pieces hasn't been very pronounced, especially compared to what WOTC did over their 6 years.

If anyone wants to carry it on or do something similar, feel free - I have a spreadsheet of all my ratings that I can pass onto someone.

I've also been putting my writing/creative energy into another area; years ago I used to run an album review site, and I decided to bring it back rather than carry on with Rolling Mini of the Day, partly because I like something that I have full control over. If anyone's interested, there's some coverage of KezzamachineII's music here: https://albumreviews.blog/reviews/2000s-reviews/the-wolf-the-warrior-the-boy-kerry-logan/, or you can view the homepage here: https://albumreviews.blog/. Of course popular music is a much larger and more subjective field than Star Wars Miniatures, and everyone has their own preferences; it's very possible that your music preferences doesn't align with mine at all.

I understand that this thread is essentially dead, with the last post being 5 years ago, but I just wanted to say that I appreciate the detailed character reviews and ratings, and would love to see something comparable return someday.

However, I have to say, I think that this thread essentially proved the opposite of what the original argument was. It provides an extremely strong case that the V-sets have sharply power-creeped the game. This is demonstrated, not only by the graphs detailing the rating breakdowns of WOTC pieces vs V-set pieces, but also by so many of the reviews on here. There are so many where we have pieces that are noted would be reasonable or worth experimenting with...except they're outclassed or made irrelevant by X, Y, and/or Z V-set pieces. It's rather frustrating that Hutts makes so many of these observations, but still insists that there was no meaningful power creep from the V-sets.

You've also got to account for the time frame. When theHutts was really in the swing of this most of the V-Set pieces that were super powerful were just coming out. V-Set 5-8 might be the greatest run of powerful pieces (and the golden age of V-Sets imo). Caedus Sithlord and Daala came back to back. So it looks worse than it was/is. V-Set 9 is mostly garbage and a significant power drop from 8. Then power levels increased again in V-set 10, just not as bad as the 5-8 spike.