Mechanically the focus shifts towards wide, asset-heavy decks (for the Corp) and disposable or replacable programs (for the Runner). With two and a half cycles released already, there are a number of great packs that can quickly boost the overall power level of your cardpool. Again control of information is key, but here the focus is on maintaining consistent messaging or derailing your opponent's message with one of your own. LotR LCG New Player Buying Guide by TalesFromTheCards. Please be careful about posting many of your own videos at once. Overall, this is a decent pack -- Anarch and HB get relatively little, and some Jinteki players may not be thrilled, but there's something for almost everyone else. Despite the wealth of new options the pack hints at, Opening Moves is talked about for one card above all others: Jackson Howard. Get this box early if you're a big NBN fan, but otherwise, this will likely be the last deluxe box you purchase. The Runners gain some intriguing toys, notably NetChip for sprawling rigs, Corporate Scandal for decks which benefit from having bad publicity, and Tech Trader and CBI Raid, the latter of which is our second Champion-created card and strengthens the control side of Criminal. Identities: Haarpsichord Studios: Entertainment Unleashed, Deck Support: Criminal, Jinteki Trap, NBN of all stripes. Jinteki.net is a browser based Android: Netrunner platform. One of the most common questions from people who are just starting the game is, "What do I buy next?" Look through the page for a recent "Find players" thread. Throughout the first cycle of the game's life, most win/loss statistics (and gut feelings) showed the Corp fighting an uphill battle against Runners that seemed to have all the tricks they needed. Little Engine and Quicksand see scattered play, but overall this pack is an easy one to pass up on, particularly if you're not interested in Weyland. This is a marked contrast to Criminal strengths prior to the big box, which were in floating tags and relying on Events for economy. Advanceable Ice also got perhaps their best identity yet in Titan Transnational which, when combined with the new Firmware Upgrades, offers the easiest method of advancing ice in the game. Cost will be $10, and prizes will include the following: Top 32: Alternate art Fisk Investment Seminar. If this card becomes popular, it has the possibility of revolutionizing the Runner meta; if it doesn't catch on, it might be relegated to Foxfire status as a counter that isn't worth playing. For the Corp, there's a new suite of cheap, dangerous, and efficient positional ice: Crick and Turing seem to be the highlights, but all four of them are excellent. The general idea is that the cardpool for competitive tournaments will be limited to a maximum of seven cycles: as soon as the first pack for cycle #8 is released, the first two cycles of the game will be dropped from the rotation, and unusable for competitive tournament play. Purchase Tier: With a decent mix of powerful cards and weaker options, this pack is a strong Tier 2 pack, though one could potentially argue for a low Tier-1 rating instead. Logos is an intriguing new console which has seen play outside the faction: at only 2 influence and 4 credits, it is a cheap and powerful way to search for cards to ensure that the Corp doesn't get too far ahead. Purchase Tier: In many ways, this pack feels like a mirror image of Humanity's Shadow: Strong cards, but heavily skewed towards the Corp instead of the Runner. Purchase Tier: This is our first Tier 1 pack for the cycle, though it's very biased towards the Corps. This was projected as occurring sometime in Spring 2017, but a more realistic estimate puts it late in 2017. Because they were designed to work best with the Core Set, and because they help establish a foundation upon which the game could be built, these packs are excellent early buys for new players. Overall Thoughts: Business First is a diverse pack, introducing a number of new ideas into the meta. Duggar's and Eliza's Toybox both eat up an entire conventional turn to grant very powerful effects, both NBN cards help cement them as a leader in current events, both Jinteki cards slot into ambush-heavy decks, and both neutral Runner resources offer large benefits at huge costs. Overall Thoughts: The long-awaited second big box did not hit the meta the same way the first box did. Runners also get two answers to an increasingly asset-heavy meta in Political Operative and Councilman. Ich hatte bisher noch keine einzige langweilige Partie. Identities: Laramy Fisk: Savvy Investor (Criminal), Chronos Protocol: Selective Mind-mapping (Jinteki), Deck Support: Aggressive Anarchs, DLR decks, Fast-advance decks for all Corp factions, Horizontal asset-heavy decks for all factions (Particularly Weyland). Overall Thoughts: It's hard to rate a new pack at the best of times, but First Contact is even more inscrutable than most. With the exception of hardcore Jinteki fans, this is definitely a pack to finish up a collection rather than being one to start with. All posts must relate closely to netrunner. Next to these massive cards, Box-E and IQ and The Order of Sol feel positively banal, yet they may turn out to be the most powerful in the pack. Start Zeit: 10:00 Uhr Schluss: ca. For that reason, I'm labeling this pack Tier 2 for now, since it needs so much other support. Ive been listening to the San San South podcast, and they discussed the idea of different formats of game-play and deck-building for Netrunner. Should you get the big boxes first, or buy all the data packs in a particular cycle? Street Peddler (the other Anarch card in this pack) is no slouch either, offering Anarch-style instant-speed installation to fuel surprise Parasites (Core) or other nasty surprises mid-run. The Spin Cycle highlights the themes of information and secrecy and the consequences for everyone involved when those secrets are revealed. Neuste Kundenmeinungen zu Android Netrunner LCG. Even the three neutral cards are potentially powerful: Galahad is the first of many Grail ice to be released, Bad Times can hit the Runner right where it hurts, and Mother Goddess adds the second Mythic piece of ice to the game. Overall Thoughts: If you enjoy playing Jinteki, this is your first pack.