Should I retire my Mummy?

JarkkoH · Post by **JarkkoH** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:05 am

Bad luck continues, after won match vs. Skaven (2-0 with 2-0 CAS) I roll 1 for FF, 1 for money. And then, at last, my Mummy gets his second skill and his aging roll is 1+2. Argh!

So now my roster looks like this:
Mummy: 4 SPP
Mummy: Niggling Injury, Block, Piling On, 17 SPP
Wight: 4 SPP
Wight: Tackle, 10 SPP
Wight: Guard, 9 SPP
Wight: 4 SPP
Ghoul: +MA, 7 SPP
Ghoul: + AG, Block, 16 SPP
Ghoul: Block, 8 SPP
Zombie: 0 SPP
Zombie: Kick, 7 SPP
Zombie: 5 SPP
Zombie: 2 SPP

Skeleton: Block, 14 SPP
Skeleton: 0 SPP
3 RR, 8 FF, 110k in Treasury

I was saving for fourth RR, but now my Mummy got Niggling... Should I retire him and buy another one? With Block and Piling On he could get lots of casualties and SPP's, but on the other hand he could be missing lots of games with my bad luck. And hoarding SPP's for player with niggling isn't very wise IMO.

Can Undead manage with only one Mummy? Almost every team in our league has a Big Guy, and we have lots of hard hitting teams.

Next game will be finals vs. Lizard team with Kroxigor (Block and Leader), 6 Saurus (two with Guard, and one with +ST and Block) and 6 Skinks (one with Diving Catch, one with HMP, one with Sure Feet and Side Step, and one with +MA).

I'll keep him at least for the finals and hope to have him on the field, but after that... I don't know.

Thanks for your help!

Nagash · Post by **Nagash** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:23 am

...thats a tough one... he is a killer at the moment, so I would probably keep him... think about it... he´ll miss 1/6 matches on average... thats not too bad... when he is out... take the opportunity to develop your other players... Develop different styles of play... Flank Flood, Cage, Throw, Fake´s, etc...

Undead doesn´t have to bash to win... Its a very versatile team...

GL!

bio · Post by **bio** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:24 am

keep him for the final and don't roll a 1 on the niggling roll... then fire him and buy a new one for the new league

Circular_Logic · Post by **Circular_Logic** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:27 am

Well.. usually I would say: Drop the git and buy a new one.
But considering the next game to be the finals, I would keep the mummy for the game and then drop it, especially as Piling On will be changed.

Cooper · Post by **Cooper** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 12:53 pm

I would keep him until we are certain that the new pilingon sucks, then fire him.
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mazzic · Post by **mazzic** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 9:21 pm

Keeping him is a good idea. At least till the finals.

On the other hand, it would really be sad to see him miss because of that niggler. But i would go for it anyway, since he could be the difference between winning and loosing if he shows up.

ScottyBoneman · Post by **ScottyBoneman** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 9:32 pm

mazzic wrote:Keeping him is a good idea. At least till the finals.

On the other hand, it would really be sad to see him miss because of that niggler. But i would go for it anyway, since he could be the difference between winning and loosing if he shows up.

But not having a 2nd Mummy with Block and one less reroll just doesn't seem worth the 1in6 chance

sean newboy · Post by **sean newboy** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:09 pm

i wpuld keep him until the other one has a skill.

bluetooth · Post by **bluetooth** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 1:00 pm

Keep him till finals. Then kick him off.

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 1:10 pm

Drop him after the finals - you are getting a nice wad of cash then, aren't you?

JarkkoH · Post by **JarkkoH** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:06 am

Yep, I kept him for the finals and it seemed to pay off. He managed to KO, Kroxigor with Leader and one Saurus with +ST and Stand Firm. Both stayed in the KO-box for three drives. Sadly my Mummy then suffered the same fate when he was fouled. He missed most of the second half and over time.

Oh yeah, I won 2-1. Killed two Skinks, another one was his star player. My opponent didn't appreciate that ;)

Probably will drop him now, even though I'm still tempted to keep the Mummy until the other one gets a skill, as Sean suggested.

grotemuis · Post by **grotemuis** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 8:32 am

he has only one niggling?
Keep him.

What's your team rating?
If you can't replace him in time, dump him.

JarkkoH · Post by **JarkkoH** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:12 am

Team rating is now 169. I didn't get any new skills. FF is 9 again and I have 180k in treasury, so I have plenty of money to replace him.

And yes, only one niggling. I want to be sure that I can field two Mummies so thats why I'm planning to dump him. But the other Mummy is stuck with 4 SPP's so no block skill. Maybe I wait for another game and try to get one block for the other Mummy...

grotemuis · Post by **grotemuis** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:26 am

players are going to pick up niggling eventually if you fire players after just one. than there's no end to the times you are going to have to change your players (especially with ageing).

The only thing not to overlook is the fact that after certain team ratings your cashflow is going to cease and your left with sub optimal players which you can't replace.

So this being said you're teamrating is not that high yet. Just keep him and if he ages badly, drop him.

bluetooth · Post by **bluetooth** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:32 am

With that TR I'd keep the mummy until the other mummy gets block.