Malifaux Masters: A Tier List

[CunningStunt]

If the dreamer player wins activation 1st turn he doesn't even need to worry about the grave spirit.

Fly in, kill Nico. Bish bash bosh.

Either way, I eagerly await Malifaux v.2. I love the current game, but I think it's time to stop the flood of new models, that make it very difficult to properly balance the game, and rebalance all the existing faction. I don't think the game needs huge adjustment, but it does need some effort to make the rules more streamlined, easier to play and easier to balance in the future.

This, very much this.

[Spiku]

Yeah book 3 was a bit of a sub struggle with the way the models came in with discrepencies between what was being granted across the board.

It would be nice to relaunch on Malifaux

[Fetid Strumpet]

Either way, I eagerly await Malifaux v.2. I love the current game, but I think it's time to stop the flood of new models, that make it very difficult to properly balance the game, and rebalance all the existing faction. I don't think the game needs huge adjustment, but it does need some effort to make the rules more streamlined, easier to play and easier to balance in the future.

+2

[Spiku]

What did book 3 do, by the by?

[Hatchethead]

Either way, I eagerly await Malifaux v.2. I love the current game, but I think it's time to stop the flood of new models, that make it very difficult to properly balance the game, and rebalance all the existing factions. I don't think the game needs any huge adjustments, but it does need some effort to make the rules more streamlined, easier to play and easier to balance in the future.

100x this.

[Fetid Strumpet]

If Wyrd ever decides to do this I would recommend bringing in some of the competitive players in both the US and UK who have shown great skill in discovering some of the possibly unintentional combinations that have arisen.

[nilus]

If Wyrd ever decides to do this I would recommend bringing in some of the competitive players in both the US and UK who have shown great skill in discovering some of the possibly unintentional combinations that have arisen.

I'm sure if and when a new book or new edition is in the works Wyrd will put out the word if they are looking for more testers. Unfortunately some of the more outspoken of the competitive gamers from both sides of the pond don't tend to have the best forum etiquette, which will probably get them put on the "Do not want" list.

[Q'iq'el]

The most controversial combos we've seen since the days of Book 2 were all defended as intended at the release and then fixed at some later point. I don't think any synergy of the masters or minions deemed "broken" by the community was truly unintended or new.

The problem is that a situation one can deal with in the tests may still produce a very serious problem in the field... and small problems with balance show up only in a long run.

I suppose more testing is always welcome, but rather than seeing more testing, I'd like to see more uniform set of abilities which is easier to balance and manage.

[nilus]

I suppose more testing is always welcome, but rather than seeing more testing, I'd like to see more uniform set of abilities which is easier to balance and manage.

I agree some streamlining is good but you have to be careful. To much of it and models start to lose there uniqueness. Malifaux thrives because every model tells its own unique story.

[Omenbringer]

If Wyrd ever decides to do this I would recommend bringing in some of the competitive players in both the US and UK who have shown great skill in discovering some of the possibly unintentional combinations that have arisen.

Who is to say this wasn't done in the previous playtest cycles or that the "unintentional combinations" weren't discovered there?

The problem is that a situation one can deal with in the tests may still produce a very serious problem in the field... and small problems with balance show up only in a long run.

Very true statement, how many of the mega online video games that have open long beta tests with literally thousands of playtesters are released with major bugs and in need of rebalancing. Playtesting is more difficult than it appears (especially against a timeline).