Tylar, we meet again...

[Genre]

Excellent job designing "Hero's Ascension"; as there will be several entirely new archetypes for this block after it comes out - and a lot of variety too.

However, let me say this again: REINFORCEMENTS/SQUADS put a whole new dimension of playing into this game - so please make more of these! REINFORCEMENTS/SQUADS can make mediocre decks competitive decks (because running cards you normally wouldn't run now become power pieces to victory).

So, what I have an issue with is the lack of REINFORCEMENTS/SQUADS ... it took you until set 26 to make Kurenai/Asuma and Chiyo/Sakura?!? These should've been out several sets earlier!

I'm loving the Kisame Shark Mode reinforcement, and am still hoping to see these REINFORCEMENTS/SQUADS in this set or future sets:

Jiraiya Sage Mode Reinforcement(with an easier way to PiP)
Kushina/Naruto Squad
Kushina/Fourth Squad
Kabuto/Orochimaru Squad
Rock Lee/Might Guy Squad
Itachi/Kisame Squad
Hidan/Kakuzu Squad
Tobi/Deidara Squad
Konan/Pain Squad
Kankuro/Temari Squad
All Six Paths of Pain Squad (with a game-winning effect, as it should be)
Konan/Nagato Squad
Gamabunta/Naruto Squad
Sasuke/Itachi Squad

etcetcetc...

[MJM]

We need Platoons.

[rockleeac]

Originally Posted by Genre

Excellent job designing "Hero's Ascension"; as there will be several entirely new archetypes for this block after it comes out - and a lot of variety too.

However, let me say this again: REINFORCEMENTS/SQUADS put a whole new dimension of playing into this game - so please make more of these! REINFORCEMENTS/SQUADS can make mediocre decks competitive decks (because running cards you normally wouldn't run now become power pieces to victory).

So, what I have an issue with is the lack of REINFORCEMENTS/SQUADS ... it took you until set 26 to make Kurenai/Asuma and Chiyo/Sakura?!? These should've been out several sets earlier!

I'm loving the Kisame Shark Mode reinforcement, and am still hoping to see these REINFORCEMENTS/SQUADS in this set or future sets:

Jiraiya Sage Mode Reinforcement(with an easier way to PiP)
Kushina/Naruto Squad
Kushina/Fourth Squad
Kabuto/Orochimaru Squad
Rock Lee/Might Guy Squad
Itachi/Kisame Squad
Hidan/Kakuzu Squad
Tobi/Deidara Squad
Konan/Pain Squad
Kankuro/Temari Squad
All Six Paths of Pain Squad (with a game-winning effect, as it should be)
Konan/Nagato Squad
Gamabunta/Naruto Squad
Sasuke/Itachi Squad

etcetcetc...

you know what i've been hoping for awhile genre?
Genre: "what rockleeac?"
a brand new Uzumaki Squad with Naruto, 4th and Kushina.
wouldn't that be nuts?! or even Naruto and his mom. I think
that would be amazing, think about the possibilities!

[yagermeister]

Originally Posted by MJM

We need Platoons.

I agree, but Tylar has already mentioned his distaste for having squads and platoons, so I doubt we will be seeing these any time soon. If at all

[Genre]

Platoons definitely needed to fade out. They're bad and confusing to newer players. However, we need more variety for our reinforcement/squad deck -- this increases competitiveness within the game.

[avatar7]

Good point, and I would particularly like to see more single-ninja reinforcements for Lightning, Wind and Earth ninjas, as they always seem to get Squads while Water and Fire get single-ninja Reinforcements, thus instantly powering up a deck that uses them a lot more than Squads tend to do.

[Genre]

Originally Posted by avatar7

Good point, and I would particularly like to see more single-ninja reinforcements for Lightning, Wind and Earth ninjas, as they always seem to get Squads while Water and Fire get single-ninja Reinforcements, thus instantly powering up a deck that uses them a lot more than Squads tend to do.

I'm trying to think of REINFORCEMENTS and SQUADS that haven't been made yet (or bad ones - like Jiraiya Sage Mode - that should be remade).... though Jiraiya SM was only bad due to the difficulty of getting out two toads AND Jiraiya for Sac cost.

I'd love to see Ino/Sakura squad... Sakura/Sasuke squad... Suigetsu/Sasuke, Suigetsu/Kisame, etc.

[MJM]

Though the confusing part may be true, them being bad is not. The problem was most Platoons were bad. There was a design space left unfilled.

[Nice-Guy-Pose]

It would be great if the game would just get all the squads that make sense out of the way so we can stop asking. It's a joke that in Path of Pain, there was a Lee/Guy platoon... I still tried playing with it and it wasn't awful but why couldn't it have been a squad?

Looking over what's in rotation though, we have "makes sense" squads barring Sasuke/Kakashi and Kisame/Zetsu which is one I never understood... Looking forward to these:

Jiraiya Sage Mode
Kushina/Fourth (Low blow if this isn't in set 27)
Rock Lee/Might Guy
Konan/Pain or Yahiko

Eight gates reinforcements would be amazing too. If Inner Sakura who has no physical form can be a reinforcement, so can this. Keeping hopes up for a Hirudora jutsu and something resembling Guy with seven gates.

I also agree that platoons were fine, it's just a huge majority of them were absolutely unplayable or have an unnecessary hand cost. You need to have Jiraiya and Tsunade in play both of which have hand costs but the platoon itself has two hand cost? Disgusting... There were maybe 6-7 platoons worth playing which is pretty terrible considering how many exist. Lee/Tortoise was one of my favorite platoons replacing himself and having amazing effects which made it worth using.

[maseky]

Originally Posted by Genre

I'm trying to think of REINFORCEMENTS and SQUADS that haven't been made yet (or bad ones - like Jiraiya Sage Mode - that should be remade).... though Jiraiya SM was only bad due to the difficulty of getting out two toads AND Jiraiya for Sac cost.

I'd love to see Ino/Sakura squad... Sakura/Sasuke squad... Suigetsu/Sasuke, Suigetsu/Kisame, etc.

its easy for me to get the sage mode mode out, the toads are really easy, the client, enma, etc,. commbos and jiraiya for me is easy really