Haha no, you're right, they did change him - he used to be able to throw people into pits with it, but no longer.

Just a quick thought on Premonition - Meditation abilities don't have to have line of sight, neither do Anticipation, Sense the Future, etc. Seems perfectly reasonable to throw it in with those, since with all of them you could have the person locked in a dark closet somewhere and they'd still be able to use it.

But the precedent isn't those abilities. Those abilities don't cancel a used Force Power. The only comparison is Force Defense, and Force Absorb... The first is with 6 squares, the second is adjacent. I guess in my eyes the next step is "LoS". But we have skipped it, and went straight to "Boardwide".

And yes, ABM is non line of site and all those other things we don't like. So why create an alternate version that has a very specific purpose?


And VoL was one of the best Anti shooter pieces in the game.... Now if you counter him, were just right back to shooters overwhelming everything.


Again, I don't think right this second this piece will change anything. But if anyones intentions are to make Covenant pieces playable, this piece will become a problem.

I think that change is quite significant it completely changes what you have to worry about when you play against caedus.

awesome, what year was that, been out of the loop a little bit.

2016

Okay, I totally see where you're coming from - Aing-Tii couldn't be "canceled" just by knowing about it ahead of time. I would argue that (A) Anticipation and Sense the Future could be overruled, simply because all three of them are the same principle applied different ways, and (B) Surprise Move and Surprise Attack are out because... you knew it was going to happen... so it is no longer a surprise...

But from the aspect of super-long-range Force power cancellation, I totally understand your point, even if I disagree with it.

Regarding VoL, I agree - he's great shooter deterrent, and we shouldn't reign him in too much. But, there are two things to note: VoL is anti-ranged. Yeah, he's good against melee, but his focus is anti-ranged. It's kinda like saying an ability is bad because it makes Dash Rendar bad at fighting adjacent enemies. Also, if he's facing Premonition, he's facing a melee squad - he doesn't need to rush across the map anyways. He'll usually be in gambit already anyways, so he just needs to wait for them to try and come to him.

Lastly, I'd say that Q'Anila is not Doombot, Mas, or Dodonna. She's not a 10-point piece that every shooter squad will include to protect against Vader. She's a piece very specifically designed to help the Covenant, and requires you to skip the cornerstone OR piece. Giving a weak subfaction a counter to ONE counter piece is not going to break the game. For Q to overturn the balance would require that the Covenant become massively powerful - maybe creating a situation where you have to play Covenant, or counter, or counter-counter. But, the Covenant also has some of the most fantastic ranged defense in the game in the Covenant Defender - so even if the Covenant drives VoL out of the meta, they themselves will fill his shoes as anti-ranged pieces. And all of what I just said is ignoring the fact that there are a bunch of other pieces (Obi-Kin, Plagueis the Wise) also keeping shooters honest.

TL;DR - It's a game mechanic, giving a unique toy to one subfaction. I understand where you're coming from, I just disagree.

Cheers to everyone for keeping it classy so far

You gonna be there tomorrow?

too bad.

I don't think the piece is broken by any means. I don't put him on par with Dodonna, Doombot or Mas. My sole complaint is he is focused on certain pieces in the Force Using community. And I feel like all it does is take options away from a play style thats hurting more than any other play style. And IF the sub faction gets better pieces, and becomes T 1.5, then those Force Using options are no longer an option. But I feel like people keep forgetting about her being able to get a Battery herself, and yes, those pieces have MOTF2, I get that... But that doesn't change my point that they are hurting really bad by it.

Again.... Not saying this piece will be used right off the bat. I'm talking of the future.

I don't see their stats