THE PHOENIX FORCE

We guess WizKids decided to make this resource more expensive than the last few cheap ones, which were only 8 or 9 or 12 points at their cheapest. The Phoenix Force has a minimum price of 18.

Still underpriced.

WHY IT IS NOT F.U.N.:  Where the Gauntlet merely took time to build up and the Belt was random (after the Watch List fix, anyhow) and the Book needed hits and KOs to grow in power, the PF needs hits with doubles and KOs and PF members to be KO’d to get to more powerful clicks. While that sounds better on paper, in practice it makes fighting the P-Force troublesome; the more you’re winning, the harder it gets to win against it.

Moreover, the Fragments give so many key powers to characters who otherwise wouldn’t have them.

TK.

Invulnerability.

Ranged Combat Expert.

And don’t forget the Flight and Poison all the frags grant. Oh, and guess what else? These powers are immune to Outwit and even KOing the offending character doesn’t remove the power from the equation as it just goes back to the resource to be available to the REST of the P-Force assignees.

Tired of taking Mystics from the Magik fragment from range? Fine, base the character…get Poisoned. KO the character. OK, now ALL the rest of the team is Mystics. With OTHER powers from the resource dial.

Damned no matter what you do. Tell me, how is that ever F.U.N. to play against?

One last bit of horror tomorrow.