40enMon, 12 Nov 2012 15:28:19 GMTMon, 12 Nov 2012 15:28:19 GMTGHEIST activity that Jaxx Ld has spurred up (Stupid Ambre + GHEIST).

Dedicate a portion of your time playing either in the Fight club or DM (as most players undertake missions in the Fight club and DM is a mission prerequisite, you may also come across the occasional DT troll) and I'm pretty sure you will better understand the clan.

Agree with most of the posts here


ps: Gork and Anibal ARE scary]]>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:43:34 GMTGHEIST/Roots does hasn't

These days it's too hard to make a clan specific ability/power/damage base...eg: Piranas moved away from Pill manip as their main force to gain alot of versatility...fang Pi moved away from heavy damage with low power to the opposite really

GHEIST are still the Power manipulators (+/- power) with heavy damage

And Roots are still the attack manipulators with a more life manipulation flavour

Note: GHEIST are much better at bluffing damage..eg: Dolly/XU-52
Roots are better at forcing pillz out...ie: Rico/Gertjan and winning rounds]]>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:35:20 GMTELO banned and does not give drastic penalties during DT.]]>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:57:38 GMT
Roots was the SOA and overpower you clan... 7/8 power was HUGE when there were only a few cards running around with 8 power

GHEIST was the SOA and scare you with big damage... 5 damage from a 3 star (Leviatonn) and 4 damage for a 2 star (z3r0d3ad) was huge.. now, not so much.]]>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:48:39 GMTUlu Watu/Bangers, La Junta/FPC, Piranas/NM, Roots/GHEIST all had this dynamic in the past, though the lines have blurred recently.]]>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:58:39 GMTGork and Anibal aren't scary. The rest are elo banned.]]>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:33:04 GMTRoots can just win rounds easier, and they're more built for defense; outlasting the opponent rather than KO'ing them]]>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:24:25 GMTGHEIST has great abilities along with a very powerful bonus. Saying their bonus is an annoyance is an understatement. Try facing, Kinjo, Ditha, Alec Cr, Crassus, Darril, or Avola. Your bonus cuts thouse cards' effectiveness in two. Now, the Roots do have have greater power, but they also have weaker ablities. You can counter them with Mini Mund. The only clan that regualary beats GHEIST is Skeelz, but even they (occasonally) fall when facing Leviatonn and Platinum. Plus, what cards are you using? If you are using cards with very low power (cough* Morlha*cough), I can see your complaint.
However being a part-time Rescue player (other part is Upper/GHEIST), I could say the same thing about Rescue (only comparing with Montana instead of Roots).]]>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:13:08 GMT
Roots have attack manip which allows them to fight most clans more or less as equals... Enabling them to either hit hard with a big gap card (like Gretchen or even Ojibway) and then wall, or to ride out their damage reducers and hope for a powerful 3rd/4th turn counter.

GHEIST, on the other hand, just focus on hitting you in the face with both of their disfigured, meaty hands. Cards like Dolly, Methane, Wardom and XU52 hit for devastating amounts of damage. They can be a very strong ELO clan, with all of the cards I listed being at a slight advantage against ability-reliant heavy hitters, like Askai. Your opponent will be tempted to pill up to make sure those big threats don't sneak through early. Heaven forbid a GHEIST player catches you bluffing...

Hope that helps.]]>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:37:48 GMTDraheera,Gork, Rolph, and Toro is kinda scary... Anibal too...]]>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:29:45 GMTGHEIST. Clans are full of seven and eight powered cards, but not GHEIST. Clans are full of attack manip.... but not GHEIST. Where is their strength? As it appears now their bonus is more of an annoyance than anything.

Some might say, we'll their low power is to balance their bonus, yet they can't win a round to save their lives. Roots on the other hand, has seven power cards coming out their ears, as well as some natural eights, and a crap load of good attack manips.

What gives?]]>