Top three crews?

[EdgeDs]

Ok here is a question for you out of all the crews you have played and played against which three would you say are have given you the most Fun? These crews dont actually have to be the most powerful or anything like that but in terms of fun factor alone which three have stood out the most in your mind.

[deadboy]

I have the most fun playing Lilith or/and Zoraida. Their mechanics/fluff/models are all great fun. Dreamer comes in a close third.

Fun to play AGAINST? Hmmm, that's tough. Have to ponder that one...

[micahwc]

I've had a couple that were even more fun than usual.

Lilith versus the Vics is always fun, but the other day we did Lilith and McMourning versus the Vics and Von Schill.

Lilith and the Vics have a rivalry going since the first two times we played the Vics killed Lilith in two turns or less. Last time Lilith killed both Vics, one on one. Sweet vengeance.


Zoraida versus the shooty gremlins was a lot of fun as well.

[deadboy]

How does Lilith team with McMourning?

[micahwc]

It was one of the factions present, and the person playing had only played one game previously, which had been with McMourning. Since it was his second game ever, the first of which had just finished, we let him use the crew he had experience with it.

It wasn't really a brawl, but a 2 versus 2 team game. One of the other players just explained it as like "starcraft where a terran and a zerg player team up against two protoss".


It was for fun.

[Ratty]

How does Lilith team with McMourning?

I think multiplayer bashes quite often have wierd pairings as it's friends having a game for a laugh. Lilith and McMourning is not as wierd as the Necron & Tyranid vs the Imperium game, with 3 Monoliths and a Bio Titan.

[micahwc]

I think Necrons and Tyranids would pair just fine, as fluffwise they are the two armies who will ultimately win over everyone else.

[Ratty]

I think Necrons and Tyranids would pair just fine, as fluffwise they are the two armies who will ultimately win over everyone else.

Not really Necrons and Tyranids are almost diametrically opposite background wise. Tyranids are a psychic race which is anathema to the Necrons and it has been noted that the Tyranid fleets make big detours to avoid Necron worlds. In some ways they are the least likely match up in the 40k universe, most other races will make compromises towards a common enemy.

[The Green Git]

Most fun?

Pandora. Completely screws with everyone. Nothing more fun than watching Killjoy hack himself to death with his own cleaver.

Leveticus is a close second. A decrepit old lech that does his best to kill himself and returns to life though a tawdry wench. Get close and I'll poke you with my finger (and do 12 wnd in the process).

Lady Justice is fun. Sure, maybe not the most competitive but the look on your opponents face when you do the Reposte maneuver is priceless. "You did what? For how much damage?!?" <removes attacking model>

[Buck Dog]

Pandora is an interesting one, while she is probably great fun to play, she is absolutly horrible to play against. A lot of people on here would argue that she is the most un-fun master out there.

[Ratty]

I quite enjoy playing Pandora. If I didn't I would cry. Everyone seems to have her.

BTW fancy a game in the new year. I need to christen my new board.

[Buck Dog]

I quite enjoy playing Pandora. If I didn't I would cry. Everyone seems to have her.

BTW fancy a game in the new year. I need to christen my new board.

Yes, absolutely ! I have been checking out the new board, and I would be honoured to play on it :)

[ItchyDani3l]

Funnest Crew?

Well out of the 3 crews I've played so far (Rasputina, Marcus, and Kirai), I would have to say that all 3 are fun.

On the fun scale from 1 to 10, Marcus comes in at about 8.9, while Kirai sits at a steady 9.1. Rasputina is around a 8.7.

With Marcus, it's always priceless the kind of looks you'll get when you charge your opponent from up to 32" away.

With Kirai, you get to summon something almost every turn, but it's really easy to have a bad time if you don't get the suits you need. Needless to say, it's always fun to be able to walk through walls.

With Rasputina, it's fun to spring forth giant pillars of ice from beneath the ground, usually in a place that your opponents won't like. Also, it's fun for your opponents to ask how many times you're going to cast December's Curse.

[Odin1981]

I don't mind playing against pandora at all but then again I suit up sonya creed or perdita so I could see that she doesn't really affect me as much as other crews.

One crew that I haven't had the chance to play yet but would love too is an ophelia crew led by somner just so they would be able to use the pigapolt to see if perdta still holds the best ranged moniker still (I have a feeling goblin crews are probably the best ranged crews now but I think I could givve a goblin crew a run for their money).

Also from a stand point I would like to play against a seamus crew with perdita just because they I see it is that matchup would be pretty fair to both just judging by stats/abilities.

[Xango]

One word... Z O R A I D A!

[Justin]

Most fun mechanically?

Seamus, Victoria, Sommer

Most fun thematically?

Sommer, Seamus, Victoria

[Bigmike]

hmm top three for me

3. Victorias
2. Colette
1. Number One can be summed up with "UNDEAD HOOKERS"

[Ace of Apes]

Som'er: I love Gremlins, both thematically and playstyle-wise. And now that you can actually reliably do something about above average Defense they're a lot less frustrating, too.

Colette: Just favors my kind of game and has a lot of models in her crew that are really cool to begin with.

Nicodem: Don't play him myself, but he always made me think about what to do next without ever seeming unfair.
Both of the Nicodem players I face off against regularly are really nice guys, too, so he gets bonus points for apparently attracting a classy playerbase - probably because of his top hat.


Honorable mention goes out to Zoraida for allowing a lot of experimentation.

[edboogie]

I have been having a ball and a half with Colette. Rasputina is powerful and I love playing with her, but getting Colette popping up everywhere and using free soulstones can just get nutty. I have Levi, and killing him every turn was fun, but everybody has figured out just to kill Waifs... so I am not having as much fun with him as I was at first... but those are my favorite three.

[Sezar]

I only own 3 Crews, but this is my ranking on them:

1.- Friekorps. I'm falling in love with them; they're not the most stronger for sure, but I feel they are pretty balanced and flexible enough to face most oppponents.

2.- Seamus and his RedChappel Gang. Who can't love playing with undead hookers and a crazy pimp? They're pretty competitive too.

3.- The Viktorias. Those glass hammers got a few tricks and the wide number of mercs at their service give them plenty of tactical choices. One thing's for sure: they hit hard.


From the crews I've faced and had the most fun playing I'm sure Kirai is the nº1, so much that I'm considering buying it!!

[shekbo]

Pandora is the trollmaster, in my opinion. I love playing her, hate playing against her, which is how she's supposed to be. With all her perceived overpowerness, she isn't great at actually achieving most objectives due to the small number of significant models she usually brings along, and her reliance on herself as the killing machine and lynchpin of her army.

I always love playing Nicodem and Kirai, not neccessarily together, because of the variety of them. The choices you get to make mid game make you more versatile than any other army out there.

My least favorite by far to play against is Rasputina. She is the most straightforward, plain old boring master to play against, and it seems like half the time I play malifaux, I wind up against her. Unfortunately, the killer snowmen (I was secretly hoping the silent one was going to be a snowman when I first heard about it) just make her range more ludicrous, and give crews more incentive to sit in the back and try to pick you off.

[EdgeDs]

Its intresting too see that a range of the crews are hitting the most fun list obviously a few a getting repeat mentions though.
I wonder if their is any truth in Ace Of Apes coments about certain crews attracting certain types of players with the most curtious playing Nicodem...

[quotemyname]

My top three pics of crews that I like playing:


The Dreamer (Good mix of power, mobility, and fluff)
Nicodem (The slow and steady Wall O' Undead tactic appeals to me)
Collette (Amazing Mobility, Amazing fluff, and a fun challenge to actually run properly)


My favorite crews to play against:


Seamus (Because he always produces a fun, unpredictable match)
Perdita (Being able to survive that hail of gunfire is always epic)


My least favorite crews to play against:

Pandora (Win or lose, playing against her always feels like being trapped under a burning couch)
Sonia Criid (One lucky damage flip, and half you're crew is roasted. Not fun)
Viktorias (They've never posed enough of a challenge to be much fun)

[Bigmike]

My top three pics of crews that I like playing:



Pandora (Win or lose, playing against her always feels like being trapped under a burning couch)


Wow.... i have never seen a more accurate description of playing against her.....

[EdgeDs]

Pandora really that bad to play against? Shame I was thinking of getting her box set but as my main group of people I will be playing with numbers only three people having something thats just not fun all around is really a no no. Still love the models in the Pandora set

[Ratty]

Pandora really that bad to play against? Shame I was thinking of getting her box set but as my main group of people I will be playing with numbers only three people having something thats just not fun all around is really a no no. Still love the models in the Pandora set

If it's Kade and Candy you like they both work with Zoraida.

[oozeboss]

If I know my antipodean peers to any degree, all this vitriol directed at Pandora on this particular thread is almost certainly ensuring that a few of the more 'ambitious' ones will be running her at Cancon later this month.

It's got to the point of Neverborn overkill where - if I do go - it will almost inevitably be with another faction.

:irked:
:no:
:goodnight

[EdgeDs]

If it's Kade and Candy you like they both work with Zoraida.
Yes it is Candy it was that Mini that I spotted somewhere on the internet that actually first got me intrested in Malifaux.

[quotemyname]

Wow.... i have never seen a more accurate description of playing against her.....

You have my express permission to use that simile whenever possible :)

It comes from an inside joke with my friends. Whenever someone is late to a party or hangout session the conversation usually proceeds thus:

"Where's Joe?"
"I have no clue. I hope he's not trapped under something heavy."
"Like a burning couch?"
"Yea, that would really suck."

The idea is that you're trapped under something too heavy to crawl out from under. Thus you are helpless. Also, that couch is on fire. So, goodie gumdrops. You get to watch yourself slowly burn to death while not being able to do anything about it!

And yea, that's Pandora.

It's gotten to the point that I almost refuse to play her in friendly games. Though her learning curve is high, once you get her down, there is little an opponent can do to beat her, besides maybe avoiding direct engagement as much as possible.

I wouldn't subject my friends to that as I know how much I hate it. Tournament play, however, is a different story :P

[Sholto]

Anything with a strong theme is fun, because then I tend to start role-playing just a teensy-tiny bit ;) By that, I mean that I find myself thinking what the model wants to do instead of what I want the model to do. I might not always go with it, but letting background and character into the game really fuels the narrative aspects for me.

That said, my most fun crews (that I play) are:-

1. Collette
2. Ophelia
3. Perdita

I also play Sonnia, but I don't feel the same sense of 'fun' with her.

Of the crews I don't play, I would rank them:-

1. Seamus
2. Pandora
3. Hoffmann

[dgraz]

My favorite to play with is biased on my love of Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. I chose the Ortegas before I had even seen the rule book so it's just a bonus that she kicks butt. I've played 7 or 8 crews and she's still my favorite.
Similar to Lady J, Quick Draw and Faster'n You are just fun. I'll never forget the Convict Gunslinger that Rapid Fired at her, did no damage, but got killed with a combo of Quick and Faster.....good times, good times.
Crazy old guy with dynamite....yes, please.

Also have had great fun blowing people up with Rasputina and Sonnia Criid.

Favorite to play against:
Som'er / Ophelia - Som'er alone not much of a challenge for my main crews but with Ophelia that changes quite a bit. Gremlin shenanigans are just fun to watch sometimes.
Viktorias - for the challenge, they're so fast they negate a lot of my preferred ranged stuff.
Can't really pick a third - after the last two, they're all pretty much the same in fun level for me.

[Serigala]

My least favorite crews to play against:

Pandora (Win or lose, playing against her always feels like being trapped under a burning couch)

Love this line...

[Bioshock13]

McMourning's crew rule the day.:dead1: