Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:32 am
To clarify, I am not talking about it for every single player. Much with guard on a chaos team, it seems more important to have 2-3 SF guys before everyone has block even. Especially with the fouling rules back in, it makes even more sense for av9 players with sf to simply block narrow hallways. its hard to remove them with just one assist, and if they are str4-5 its even more difficult.
Honestly I find myself in many less scrums compared to bbowl on a field. The size of the board makes clumping up much less possible, and if you are slow its death unless ball possession is already yours. Come to think of it, most of the games I lose seem to be when the opponent was allowed to get the ball, then clump up. Maybe a little more guard would help with this condition, and guard is definitely powerful here. Still imagine 3 SF bob or dwarf in a line. Only juggernaut can break through this barrier, or leap can go right over them.
I have played a few thousand bb games under my belt, but had almost no experience with db. I would say I have less than 40 games of db, ever. That's exactly why I'm asking, as I really don't have the experience.
If you have a troll, or ogre, whats his first normal skill? Guard, Stand Firm, maybe Jugg? I have gone with SF every time so far. Its so nice to own those sidelines, till a roller comes along :O.
I agree, bobs need just SF, block, guard. In that case, would you trade a bit of reliability for a piece which is so powerful early in the team development? I have played almost all games from 1k to 1300, with a few up higher. In this range the SF really shines, esp as usually only the roller has jugg at this point.
I think I'll keep taking equal parts guard, and SF for the first skill of players like this, but with SF first and see how it goes.