Say, whatnow?!plasmoid wrote:Unlike most other positionals in the game, it just isn't clearly worth having.
Picking one sentence from one post from an Internet full of comment isn’t fair, but I have been pretty surprised by the volume of ‘Human Catchers, they’re currently not worth it’ posts I’ve seen. I’m as surprised by the amount of ‘now I might be saving 10 k, maybe I’ll give one a go’ posts, as if this change makes all of the difference.
I can listen to an argument that at the sort of artificially high TV that online progressive environments produce, Human Catchers might be a bit of a burden and surplus to requirements to some in the current meta. I will nod at an argument that anyone running three or four Catchers at any TV is playing fluffily and not trying to optimise their resources. But Human Catchers aren’t clearly worth having? Eh?
A Human Catcher is currently an important asset to his team below 1600 or so. It’s a mobile assist, it’s your Blodge access, a fast ball carrier against bigger, bashier teams Humans struggle with and he can even be a bit of a pain of defence. No-one likes a well-placed Blodge Sidestepper in an annoying position (and that strategy should come with risk – AV 7 works mechanically here as well as in other areas of discussion). I carry two in a 13 man progression squad, and I’m really happy with that balance; if I’m men down, maybe I want speedy, mobile players on my bench. I’d probably never field two on purpose unless I'm 2+ down, perhaps not even one in some circumstances, but carrying two / 13 is fine by me.
I can’t see how chopping the price tag by 10 k makes any difference at all. I’d still only take one at a 1.1 M tabletop type affair, I’d still have two in a progression environment. I guess I’ll save 20 k and get a Babe slightly more often. Not a change I’ll long be drinking to, by any means.
I think too much of the debate has been focussed upon ‘I would change Humans in this way to suit my idea of what they should be / what I think the fluff says they should be / because a formula says so’; people attached to house rules. I don’t care about any of that. I’m an unashamedly competitive coach who really likes Humans, the roster, where it sits in the meta, how they play. This 10 k Catcher price decrease changes nothing about them, and as such, it gets a thumbs up from me. There are positionals in the game that I wouldn’t touch with a barge pole, and that is no bad thing. That all positionals, races, skills, inducements are not created equal is an important and positive mechanic. Human Catchers? Absolutely worth having. I’m almost slightly disappointed that this change may nudge coaches towards better rosters without them putting the work in themselves!
Gogo unchanged Humanity.