Blood Angels Unit of the Week series Next Time of BA UotW

[Jolemai]

A draw this week and no requests, so we'll do "Unit" this week and "Character" next.

 

 

Poll to be reopened later this week.

[Jolemai]

Random Character choice now up:

 

Meanwhile, the poll is now open for next week's choice and yes, if you have already voted, you can vote again (and again, and again, and...)

 

[Jolemai]

Last few days to stop me having dibs on the next topic...

[Jolemai]

50:50 split this time and with no requests, so we'll do Unit this week and Vehicle next week.

 

 

[Jolemai]

 

Also, the poll has been re-opened. What do you want next week?

[Jolemai]

Thread bumped with a new poll. Once Codex Supplement: Blood Angels is on general sale, should we:

• Bump and re-discuss the current Index:BA threads
• Start new threads for the Datasheets in the Supplement

Over to you.

 

[Blindhamster]

where applicable, id bump the old ones - its the same edition and part of the useful conversation will be how has the unit changed and what does that mean for us in practice.

[Jolemai]

That is what I did previous edition, however, I thought I'd pose the question this time around 

[Jolemai]

Will leave the poll open for another week and a half. If there's a technical reason behind not being able to vote, please say so on this thread.

[DemonGSides]

I could've swore I did; but I'm voting for new threads, but be open to comparison discussion if that makes sense, because it's inevitably going to happen especially probably around mephiston (In the positive direction) and Death Company (most likely in a negative direction, but maybe they'll surprise with the new points once they drop).

[Jolemai]

Comparison threads are everywhere, so if someone wants to compare unit choices they can do it there or create a new thread.

 

What there isn't (and what this series tried to address,) is how to use the unit in question. When someone goes to the effort of buying, building, and painting a unit, I want there to be a guide on that Datasheet alone should they need it. The B&C's BA community is filled with people from all aspects and play styles of the game, so we should be able to put our head's together and come up with a way of maximising the Datasheets at our disposal - so when someone wants to use said Datasheet, they can and perform admirably with it.

 

Whether a different choice is more efficient, it is irrelevant in this series. 

[DemonGSides]

22 minutes ago, Jolemai said:

Comparison threads are everywhere, so if someone wants to compare unit choices they can do it there or create a new thread.

 

What there isn't (and what this series tried to address,) is how to use the unit in question. When someone goes to the effort of buying, building, and painting a unit, I want there to be a guide on that Datasheet alone should they need it. The B&C's BA community is filled with people from all aspects and play styles of the game, so we should be able to put our head's together and come up with a way of maximising the Datasheets at our disposal - so when someone wants to use said Datasheet, they can and perform admirably with it.

 

Whether a different choice is more efficient, it is irrelevant in this series. 

I agree, I just have noticed a penchant to shut down discussion when it doesn't fall perfectly in line with what might consider the purview of the thread, and I think that's a disservice to both the members and the longevity of the discussions.  It's a discussion, it's gonna go in multiple directions.

 

Additionally, you misunderstood what I wrote; if we are discussing Codex Mephiston and want to compare him to Index Mephiston, that is the comparison I meant. Not Mephiston compared to Death Company.

 

Regarding Efficiency; Efficiency is hugely important in a game with limited resources, and if a unit doesn't exemplify the best usage of those resources, that's a legitimate conversation on their efficacy.  Being able to say 'This unit doesn't feel as efficient as this other unit' can be given alongside information on how to use the less efficient unit, as well as help point people towards a unit that they might not have known worked that way or even existed.  But by your current expectations, that post gets moderated and that's silly. 

 

I think being heavy handed with discussion threads is just unnecessary. More often then not, the threads that are heavily moderated die out as people feel less welcome posting slight deviations on the conversation at hand.  One need simply look at how often every thread other than the Unit of the Week threads get bumped and utilized around here to see that the current paradigm isn't really working.

Edited October 16 by DemonGSides