Board 8 > Mercenaries Draft, Week 0-2: Pick 'n Choose, Sit 'n Lose, All You Dif'rent Crews

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Alright then. Skyridge, you have six more picks to make (one of which must be a PS). Please select a team name, also. Have fun!
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consider getting Wrex skyridge

he's got a good weekly and he's sexy
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I'm glad someone was man enough to get the Wonderful 100
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Ok, fine, geez. Can I get a comprehensive list of everyone who was taken in Miz's pool?

Are we starting monday
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I think this is right:

Armstrong
Id
Ellie
Grigori
Kefka
Zack
Little Mac
Luca
Neph
Yuri Hyuga
Ryu (SF)
Suika
Kerrigan
Exdeath
Diablo
Psycho Mantis
Wesker
M. Bison
Dr. Wily
Dark Samus
Sigma
Nightmare
Bowser
GLaDOS
Dante
Arthas
Crono
Sora
Juliet
Dracula
Kuja
Geese Howard
Kain
Aigis
Ruby Heart
Alice
Lightning
Archer
Chrom
Yuffie
Terra
Nilin
Lilith
Ryu (BoF3)
Booker
Claire
Cloud
Professor Oak
Bayonetta
Vergil
Dizzy
Flynn
Selvaria
Morrigan Aensland
Haseo
Carmilla
Jaesa
Neptune
Sonic
Agnes
Tidus
Zero
Frog
Link
Seph
Yuna
Mega Man
Fox McCloud
Knuckles
Elma
D Va
Dr. Light
Sorey
The Wonderful 100
Zeratul
Raziel
Shanoa
Earthworm Jim
Rikku
Kirby
Liquid Snake
ALUCARD THE GOD
Tira
KOS-MOS
Doomguy
CATS
Bass.EXE
Samus
Kazuma Kiryu
Yu Narukami
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Can @KanzarisKelshen give me a breakdown of how all the new rules work? I never payed too much attention to them.

Skyridge87 posted...

Can @KanzarisKelshen give me a breakdown of how all the new rules work? I never payed too much attention to them.

-20 EXP on win, 10 on loss. All instances of flat EXP mentions are doubled (ex: Aatrox).
-20 RI/week for bidding on tiers, paydowns, terrains. Stacks across weeks.
-You bid on tiers in results, spending GP on bid regardless of win or loss, as in the M4 playoffs. 'Higher seed' is determined randomly if two teams are tied, else by winrate, and gains +3 GP to the bid and chooses attacker/defender status.
-Seven game season. After facing everyone once, top 6 advance to playoffs, with the bottom 4 of those playing each other, then the winners of those matches facing the top 2.
-You can redraft (trade mercs) after weeks 3 and 6. See rulings page (below) for details.
-Rulings page, worth consulting in case we've already answered a question you might hav: https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/570224-mercs/75290480

I think that's everything?
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The tier bid comes out of your 20gp for the next day, right? Not what you have left over from that day?

Skyridge87 posted...

The tier bid comes out of your 20gp for the next day, right? Not what you have left over from that day?

Both? It's done in Results' first 12 hours, so next week's income is already factored in (added a note on income btw - check above because I edited that in after a brief net disconnection).

I'm on discord if you need to make any questions live, on that note: https://discord.gg/HZQ6VRK

We have a mercs channel too! Come and chat, it's basically a modernized version of the ol' #gamefaqsmercs IRC.
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Thrall
X
Pit
Tails
Kaos
Jeigan

X copies Thrall's Reincarnation
Jeigan on X

I just realized X can't copy reincarnation because it's locked behind a character upgrade, so X will take Tidus' Hastega instead

@Eddv you can pick MM's ability now btw

@Skyridge87 What's your team name, relatedly?
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Maverick Hunters, why not

Mega Man Defeats Dinosaur Hunter Man and steals his ENERGY TOTEM
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@IfGodCouldDie please link GLaDOS to a character of your choice (sry about not saying earlier, forgot about your post and I was tired as fuck).
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ScareChan posted...

Are we starting monday

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Yes, Results 0 will go up tomorrow at 9 PM EST so you can place your bids.

Tirofog, Ryu3 gets Pac-Man and Metal Man as his first two genes. Lucky you!
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Thank you Eddv, and many thanks to everyone who posted their teams in a tidy fashion. You're the best guys, thanks for simplifying the admins' workload <3

Standings for Group 1. If I missed anything let me know. No terrains today because I was utterly exhausted, but promise them tomorrow before 'Results 0'.

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Mewtwo - Ms. Ellie and the Boys (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Ryu (SF), Eleonora Yumizuru, Little Mac
Mid: Kefka, Zack Fair, Armstrong, Luca Blight
High: The Nephalem, Id, Grigori, Yuri Hyuga
Supports: Suika Ibuki (Link: Ellie)
Recharges:
Notes: Nephalem is a man

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God - Fuck With Us! (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Bowser,
Mid: Albert Wesker, Psycho Mantis, M. Bison, Dr. Wily, Sigma, Nightmare
High: Sarah Kerrigan, Exdeath, Diablo, Dark Samus
Supports: GLaDOS (Link: ????)
Recharges:
Notes:

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DeathChicken - General Bub's Spiritual Hit Squad (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Crono, Juliet Starling, Geese Howard
Mid: Alice Liddell, Sora, Dracula, Aigis
High: Dante, Arthas, Kuja, Kain
Supports: Ruby Heart (Link: Dante)
Recharges:
Notes:

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Tirofog - Ride The Lightning (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Claire Redfield, Booker DeWitt, Chrom, Yuffie Kisaragi, Ryu3, Nilin
Mid: Cloud Strife, Terra Branford,
High: Archer, Lightning, Lilith
Supports: Professor Oak (Link: Nilin)
Recharges:
Notes: Cloud is Archer's master, Lilith is a Controller, Ryu3 has Pac-Man and Metal Man genes

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Luis - Hallelujah Essaim (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Sonic, Agnès Oblige
Mid: Haseo, Jaesa Willsaam, Neptune, Flynn, Selvaria Bles
High: Bayonetta, Vergil, Dizzy
Supports: Carmilla (Link: Haseo), Morrigan (Link: Selvaria)
Recharges:
Notes: Vergil is Selvaria's liege

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Skyridge - Maverick Hunters (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Tidus, Frog, Link, Tails, Kaos
Mid: Yuna, Thrall, Pit
High: Mega Man X, Zero, Sephiroth
Supports: Jeigan (Link: X)
Recharges:
Notes: X has copied Tidus' Hastega

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Eddv - Mobile Suit Knuckles (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Knuckles, Earthworm Jim
Mid: D.Va, Shanoa, Mega Man, Sorey, Zeratul
High: Raziel, Elma, Fox, The Wonderful 100
Supports: Dr. Light (Link: Jim)
Recharges:
Notes: Mega Man has Turok's Energy Totem ability, Sorey has his Four Seraphim

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Lopen - Machina Maw (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Rikku, Kirby, Kazuma Kiryu, Tira
Mid: Alucard, Yu Narukami, Doomguy, Liquid Snake, Bass.EXE
High: KOS-MOS, Samus Aran
Supports: CATS (Link: Rikku)
Recharges:
Notes:

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As usual, check for errors! I think all I'm missing is God's link choice, but it's 4 AM so I fully expect embarrassing fuckups.
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And the Group 2 version.

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Boko - Boko Reunited (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Nilin, Tira, Morrigan, Kyo Kusanagi
Mid: Alucard, Ansem, Luca Blight
High: Lightning, Dark Samus, Grigori
Supports: Monokuma (Link: Lightning)
Recharges:
Notes: Lightning has saved Serra's soul

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Gravy - Bossman Coolguy's Kingpins (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Eleonora Yumizuru, Agnès Oblige, Y'shtola
Mid: Sorey, Terra Branford, Kefka, Flynn, Mewtwo
High: Shulk, Yuri Hyuga, Dante
Supports: Dr. Light (Link: Mewtwo)
Recharges:
Notes: Four Seraphim

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Johnbobb - Pink Floyd's "The Kirb" (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Kirby, Booker, Ganondorf, Sonic
Mid: Akuma, Sora, The Prince, Potemkin
High: Vergil, Kratos, Arthas
Supports: CATS (Link: Akuma)
Recharges:
Notes:

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Scare - Team America (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Chrom, Vivi, Vanille, Big the Cat
Mid: Senator Steven Armstrong, Dr. Wily, Ryu H, Bass.EXE, Raiden
High: Diablo, Raziel
Supports: Deathwing (Link: Armstrong)
Recharges:
Notes:

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Redrocket - Might Controls Everything (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Claire Redfield
Mid: Selvaria Bles, Dragonslayer Smough & Executioner Ornstein, Lu Bu, The Boss, Zeratul
High: Archer, The Nephalem, The Agents, Wrex, Ridley
Supports: Taiga & Ilya (Link: Claire)
Recharges:
Notes: O&S guard The Boss, Lu Bu is Selvaria's liege, Wrex is Archer's master, Neph is a girl

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Eaed - Suplex Through Time, Bitch (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Crono, Sabin, Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar, Leon Kennedy
Mid: Cloud Strife, Big Boss, Aigis
High: KOS-MOS, Samus, Final Fantasy 4 Complete Collection, Master Chief
Supports: Rosalina (Link: Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar)
Recharges:
Notes:

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Corrik - Corrik's Sardaukar (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Scorpion
Mid: Zack Fair, Lady, Albert Wesker, Yuna, Nova
High: Bayonetta, Id, Revan, Sephiroth, Kuja
Supports: Abathur (Link: Kuja)
Recharges:
Notes: Nova has Snipe, Revan is a Villainous Scoundrel/Sentinel

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Tom Bombadil - Get N or Get Out (0-0, 20GP)
Low: Tails, Celes Chere, Little Mac, Geese Howard
Mid: Mega Man, Neptune, Death, Pit
High: Fox McCloud, Zero, X-Death
Supports: Old Man (Link: Geese)
Recharges:
Notes: MM Has Sacrificial Pact

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If anything looks off, lemme know.
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Lastly, though nobody's asked yet, I can see the issue incoming of 'where do we put customs that aren't baked into the merc, hoss'. To that end, I will make a Google Doc tomorrow that everyone can edit where you can fill in your team's details that don't fit in the notes (or if people want protected 'team pages', we can make one per leader and grant only them access). This way, everyone will be able to consult what other team's have clearly and in detail.
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Can you post the order of matchups again please?
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redrocket_pub posted...

Can you post the order of matchups again please?

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/75312658/878547676

All yours. Group 1 can replace any instances of 'Miz' with Skyridge, but everything else still applies.
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Oh, minor note: Luis and Gravy have to pick Agnès' primary job either before or during peacetime. This is not really a pressing issue because it can be done once the game has started properly, but I'm mentioning this so nobody forgets about it. It'd be embarrassing to have a randomed out Agnès IMO.
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Thanks
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And before I crash, small list of things for tomorrow...

-Finish terrains for everybody. Shouldn't be that hard now that I have compiled standings.
-WHERE ARE RESULTS at 9PM EST sharp, with the RNG results for who's the higher seed in each matchup. If you don't see a topic then, RIOT
-State of the League discussion topic (basically power rankings, except a bit more in-depth, and hopefully a continuous series discussing matchups to come and that have gone by - we're close to implementing permanent archival tech, so refreshing on what happened in each match will be easier than ever once that's up and runninng!).

I think that's it. Good night, everyone! We finish our preparations for war tomorrow.
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KanzarisKelshen posted...

@IfGodCouldDie please link GLaDOS to a character of your choice (sry about not saying earlier, forgot about your post and I was tired as fuck).

What does the linking do?
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Pure Support (PS) - A merc that cannot be rostered for battle. Must be attached to a mercenary on purchase (with identical rules to an On Purchase ability when doing so), and can only use its start of battles if the attached mercenary is rostered, but can be reattached every 5 weeks during Peacetime provided no abilities are on cooldown. If a PS uses an ability, for purposes of ability interactions it is considered to be used by the attached merc, but otherwise the PS is considered independent from the attached merc, and is not an eligible target unless an ability specifically notes so. A PS cannot declare abilities if its linked merc is not rosterable.

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So uh when does peacetime come lol
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So basically I can't use her abilities unless she is linked, and it is actually whoever she is linked to is actually the one using the abilities?
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agnes is a black mage
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IfGodCouldDie posted...

So basically I can't use her abilities unless she is linked, and it is actually whoever she is linked to is actually the one using the abilities?

Yup
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ok
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With GLaDOS specifically, some of her abilities directly affect her linked character ("Goodbye, Caroline"). So your choice for linked characters does matter.
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Any suggestions? I have no idea how its going to work or who would be best.
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trdl23 posted...

With GLaDOS specifically, some of her abilities directly affect her linked character ("Goodbye, Caroline"). So your choice for linked characters does matter.

Goodbye, Caroline is targetted is it not? It says pre-selected merc, not the linked merc.
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https://pastebin.com/U6y9zrq2

Terrains for Group 1 are up. As usual, if you see any mistakes let me know.
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Bit of a concern having people start in Wily's holo room. Namely that's a massive vertical chasm in order to get to that, which is no guarantee that the enemy team could survive that. While I do believe in having significant terrain advantages, that seems a BIT large of one.
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trdl23 posted...

With GLaDOS specifically, some of her abilities directly affect her linked character ("Goodbye, Caroline"). So your choice for linked characters does matter.

I believe that does not affect her linked character, and in fact can target any preselected merc including an opponent. Unless the ability was changed for this draft game.
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GANON1025 posted...

trdl23 posted...

With GLaDOS specifically, some of her abilities directly affect her linked character ("Goodbye, Caroline"). So your choice for linked characters does matter.

I believe that does not affect her linked character, and in fact can target any preselected merc including an opponent. Unless the ability was changed for this draft game.

You are correct. (This is what I get for trying to do this from memory)

However, the linked Merc DOES matter for resolving her "thinking with portals" ability since it won't work unless you roster her linked merc.
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That's true, so I'd wager it is best to put on maybe a really good mid-tier merc for best coverage of tiers.
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IfGodCouldDie posted...

Any suggestions? I have no idea how its going to work or who would be best.

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If I had to suggest someone I'd say Sigma, since he is a really strong 5 that I could see being brought into other tier fights.
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Kamekguy posted...

Bit of a concern having people start in Wily's holo room. Namely that's a massive vertical chasm in order to get to that, which is no guarantee that the enemy team could survive that. While I do believe in having significant terrain advantages, that seems a BIT large of one.

Fair. I'll start them at stage 6's boss arena. Still good, but not broken good by default unless you have fliers to take your team down in turn.

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https://pastebin.com/PDpUbVic

Group 2 terrains. You know the drill.

https://pastebin.com/K80V677G

And group 1 with the Wily Castle corrections. Might have to tweak a few more things, but otherwise, I'M DONE. FINALLY
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(before anybody asks, group 2 terrains are the non-repeating ones. I'll fill in the ones repeating from Group 1 later, way too exhausted by this menial busywork to spend any more time on it now.)
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WHERE ARE RESULTS

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/75322431

HERE ARE RESULTS
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Bumping so I can get valuable info out of this
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