tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065491601593693979.post968839176260960956..comments2024-03-20T02:13:39.387-04:00Comments on Bringer of Victory: 40k: Adepticon Metagame Analysis BreakdownNikephoroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14484058926496438148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065491601593693979.post-8647243265000352242011-08-08T00:05:46.549-04:002011-08-08T00:05:46.549-04:00But then when you look at who played the best over...But then when you look at who played the best overall for ALL of Adeptacon, the orks came out on top.40K + T&Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058918571922538449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065491601593693979.post-51728614453873754182011-04-29T14:02:43.138-04:002011-04-29T14:02:43.138-04:00The strangest thing that I find about the Black Te...The strangest thing that I find about the Black Templars' placing is that, while they did quite well on Battle Points, they weren't measured in the second day.<br /><br />But as to them doing so well it could be that few players brought Black Templars but the ones who did are quite good generals.Devjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126096792379344134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065491601593693979.post-86410426802286175142011-04-29T11:57:00.827-04:002011-04-29T11:57:00.827-04:00Very interesting analysis!
With regard to your po...Very interesting analysis!<br /><br />With regard to your point 5, I think it may also be true that a lot of Dark Eldar players have not really settled their playstyle and lists with the new codex yet. At least, that is my impression from looking at YTTH and talking with folks on 3++.wisdom like silencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285703926321028278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065491601593693979.post-84601976613069591382011-04-29T09:24:27.956-04:002011-04-29T09:24:27.956-04:00So my thoughts.
1. The 5th Edition codices score...So my thoughts.<br /><br />1. The 5th Edition codices score all about equally. I'm sure some were stronger at objectives while others better at kill points, but overall they were balanced with each other rather well.<br /><br />2. The outliers, on either side of the spectrum, were older books. This means that these books are either terribly flawed at a particular aspect of the Adepticon mission scenarios, objective grabbing/holding being the likely culprit. Tau obviously suck at objective grabbing, Eldar are very good at it those are pretty obvious.<br /><br />3. Not so obvious is the success of Black Templars. I would love to see the lists that did well. Whether they were assaulty, shooty, or some kind of Hybrid. If they look anything like my recent 2k list, they will be exceptionally good at holding table quarters and at least their home objectives. If they were assaulty dual Raider lists, I expect them to be exceptional at kill point missions (from having a lot of points tied up in low kill point death stars) and in seizing objectives (nothing clears an objective like TH/SS termies assaulting out of a Crusader.) Without seeing the lists it's only speculation, but the BT results do raise an eye brow with no easy explanation.<br /><br />4. People might be puzzled by Guard's lack of success, on average. It's not really puzzling. The scenarios were so strongly biased to being able to take and hold objectives that the more static armies you typically see from Guard players would struggle. Even with one of the stronger 5th edition codex, I suspect most Guard generals faced an uphill battle when it came to table quarters and objectives. But there were enough Guard armies present to ensure that due to law of averages (and good generalship) they were well represented in top 16 in terms of absolute numbers.<br /><br />5. The biggest surprise for me was the lack of Dark Eldar in Day 2. The missions seem tailor made for an army that can both do late objective grabs and kill people quite good. Though they had good generals piloting them, my guess is that they had bad luck, and possibly some suboptimal lists.Nikephoroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484058926496438148noreply@blogger.com