Whiz Kid
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Post by Whiz Kid on Sept 12, 2007 21:43:19 GMT -5
Strange question that may or may not have some strategic advantage: When a figure has the "Transform" ability, you can replace it with ANY figure that has that exact name, correct?
In other words, can S1 Megatron vehicle mode summon the G1 version from the S2 starter? Can the vehicles of Megs/Optimus summon the gold based robots from the AT-RT/Omega Sentinel set?
I ask this because with the standard vehicle and robot modes having Transform, it seems a bit useless. Megajet gets knocked out while white, he transforms, the robot gets knocked out while white... and the power is utterly wasted unless you have another Megajet in the Backups. Megajet turning into a robot who has Sacrifice or Recover, on the other hand... that's a whole new ballgame.
Probably old hat to most of you, but I thought it was worth asking, especially since the G1 Megatron is a completely different version, but has the same name...
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Post by malform on Sept 13, 2007 6:57:22 GMT -5
Strange question that may or may not have some strategic advantage: When a figure has the "Transform" ability, you can replace it with ANY figure that has that exact name, correct? In other words, can S1 Megatron vehicle mode summon the G1 version from the S2 starter? Can the vehicles of Megs/Optimus summon the gold based robots from the AT-RT/Omega Sentinel set? I ask this because with the standard vehicle and robot modes having Transform, it seems a bit useless. Megajet gets knocked out while white, he transforms, the robot gets knocked out while white... and the power is utterly wasted unless you have another Megajet in the Backups. Megajet turning into a robot who has Sacrifice or Recover, on the other hand... that's a whole new ballgame. Probably old hat to most of you, but I thought it was worth asking, especially since the G1 Megatron is a completely different version, but has the same name... You are correct in your assumptions. Megatron vehicle can bring in either the gold or black base megatron, or even the G1 TF2 starter megatron. However, just to be clear... The TF1-16 black base megatron cannot bring in a TF2 G1 megatron because his transform special specifically calls for "megatron vehicle". |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 7:50:12 GMT -5
Yes, as Malform said. It is permitted, technically... Though, to allow myself to sleep better at night, I avoid doing this with my Megatron(s). Messing with continuity within my squads tends to.... drive me nuts. ;D
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Post by grievous on Sept 13, 2007 8:01:28 GMT -5
Yes, as Malform said. It is permitted, technically... Though, to allow myself to sleep better at night, I avoid doing this with my Megatron(s). Messing with continuity within my squads tends to.... drive me nuts. ;D Consider all the gains that come with breaking continuity. The unlimited power, the extra units, the combos, all of it could be yours. Give in to the Dark Side, Defender! Continuity is nothing compared to the power of The Non-Canon. ;D Personally, I love using Vehicle Meg with G1 Meg. Frees up an extra 10-points. Sadly, my Vehicle has had its power activate ONCE in SIX games. That's something like 17% activation rate when it should be 77%! That, and my G1's Recover has gone off once out of three hits but I never get to play with the guy considering he can never get out of the flinging-flanging back-ups! Sorry 'bout the rant. Needed to get that off my chest. I really dislike the royalty at the moment... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 8:11:09 GMT -5
Personally, I love using Vehicle Meg with G1 Meg. Frees up an extra 10-points. Sadly, my Vehicle has had its power activate ONCE in SIX games. That's something like 17% activation rate when it should be 77%! That, and my G1's Recover has gone off once out of three hits but I never get to play with the guy considering he can never get out of the flinging-flanging back-ups! Sorry 'bout the rant. Needed to get that off my chest. I really dislike the royalty at the moment... Maybe it isn't working because of Megatron's disapproval of your tactics.  The Queen doesn't like that much! ;D |
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Post by grievous on Sept 13, 2007 9:26:38 GMT -5
Maybe it isn't working because of Megatron's disapproval of your tactics. The Queen doesn't like that much! ;D Oh, but I do believe The Royalty would quite agree with such tactics. I do not know of the glorious original Megatron's personality but did not Beast Wars Megatron once attempt to ruin the continuity by destroying Optimus Prime for the good of The Colony? As such, I believe that The Queen would quite agree with this lowly Drone's universe-warping tactics but whether the Original Queen would agree, I don't know. ;D |
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Post by InvaderJes on Sept 14, 2007 22:48:33 GMT -5
Messing with continuity within my squads tends to.... drive me nuts. ;D Just pretend you're playing a TF: Universe game! Unicron can bash through parallel dimensions like it ain't no thang. |
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