 05/25/2022, 20:24 #1 | |
Roderic_Cliche Member   Offline Online Status: Jul 2006Join Date: 10,269Posts: 0 (0%)iTrader: | "Normal" Shield vs. "Striped" Shield 2022 Regarding the few game effects that, in the past, were considered to reference the "normal" shield or the "striped" shield individually (examples: Shellhead vs. Newer Fantastic Four ATA), given the retirement of Indomitable as a thing and the application of the "striped" shield as the standard combat symbol, are the original "normal" shields considered to have been replaced, or are they still there and there is no functional difference between the two icons (apart from things like Shellhead or Newer Fantastic Four that look for a specific icon on their respective cards)? Thanks for thinking this one through. I had a player bring this up yesterday or so. |
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| 05/25/2022, 21:35 #2 | |
Gensan Member  Offline Online Status: May 2021Join Date: 198Posts: 0 (0%)iTrader: | | Quote : Originally Posted by 1.3a Standard Combat Symbols | Older figures may use  instead of  but they both count as Standard Combat Symbols and have no game play difference. | So there is no game play difference between and , and they are both still there. has not been bulk changed to be replaced with on all figures. They are both standard, and the only issues would be with things that look for specific symbols, as you brought up. |
| Retired from Heroclix |
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| 05/25/2022, 22:33 #3 | |
JoeGualtieri Member  Offline Online Status: Nov 2007Join Date: 6,830Posts: 16 (100%)iTrader: | To further clarify what Gensan wrote, "Batman Ally team ability" is printed on the actual card, and it was specifically ruled that the Batman Ally team symbol found on the bases of figures from The Dark Knight Rises set would not work for "Familiar Controls" despite the team ability being functionally the same. So Shellhead isn't going to work on any new figures. |
| Waller KOs: AA Robin, Kid Devil, Joker, Question; AW E Cap; FCBD Iron Man; Miracle/Oberon; John Stewart x2, Iron Patriot; Shatterstar; IH Herc; CW Photon & Nitro; FF Nite Owl; 10An R Thor, E Iron Man, Weapon X; FF Kilowog; Hugo Strange; Calender Man; Legion Cosmic Boy & Lightning Lad, LE Pete Wisdom |
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| 05/26/2022, 07:11 #4 | |
| Roderic_Cliche Member Offline Online Status: Jul 2006Join Date: 10,269Posts: 0 (0%)iTrader: | Thank you, folks! |
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| 05/26/2022, 16:55 #5 | |
superbill7 Unique Member   Offline Online Status: Feb 2013Join Date: 1,449Posts: 36 (100%)iTrader: | So this ATA (in golden age games) is now seriously undercosted IMHO.... unless there has been an errata? Or am I just not getting the explanation....it's been a LONG week!! Last edited by superbill7; 05/26/2022 at 16:58.. Reason: additional info |
| Timey Wimey Wibbley Wobbly.... just not in that order.... |
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"Normal" Shield vs. "Striped" Shield 2022 
