orc thrower's first skill - rolled double 6's

[Da Crusha]

hey guys I have only played 3 games so far and was wondering what skill should I put on my orc thrower who recently got an improvement roll, I rolled double 6's. the thrower is the first one to get an improvement roll. I would like to keep the +1 strength but I thought I would get some advice from you guys first. Here is my team roster:

2 Throwers
4 Black orcs
3 blitzers
2 lineorcs

3 rerolls, 4 fanfactor

I also have 150,000 gp, I was thinking about buying a 4th blitzer since another one got a niggling injury and has to miss the next game.

[Greyhound]

any ST3 or ST4 player should take +ST above all skill.
Can we get that sticky somewhere? There is debate for ST1/ST2/ST5/ST6 players although most will agree they should take +ST as well.

Now about your blitzer. Yes by all mean fire the niggle and get a new one now.

[Olaf the Stout]

+ST

No contest there.

As for the Blitzers, yes get to 4 Blitzers ASAP. They are the best players on the Orc team.

Olaf the Stout

[Da Crusha]

ok +1 strength it is.

Now about your blitzer. Yes by all mean fire the niggle and get a new one now.

really, I should fire the niggling? why?

[mattgslater]

You have 150k gold, that's why.

If he has any skills, that's a different matter.

[Da Crusha]

but fire him, what if he has a family? j/k. is he just too much liability to keep around? sorry if I have dumb questions I'm a total newb at BB.

[nazgob]

If he has no skills, and you have the spare cash, you lose nothing, but gain from the lack of the niggle. I find that a niggle sin't the end of the world, but if you have a choice, you should ditch it.

[Da Crusha]

Oh I see. its probably good to fire him to keep the Team value low also, eh? otherwise I might be giving my opponents some inducements.

[Carnis]

No its good to fire him for the future, when you face a Claw/MB player who wants to kill your team, he will start with the niggles etc. So having stat-minuses that increase your chance of death on rookie players is a firing offence for sure.

[nazgob]

The other thing is that you dont want injured players accruing SPP, and the longer he hangs around the more likely he is to take the MVP.

[mattgslater]

A niggling injury isn't a big deal. If it had happened to a Blitzer with some good skills, it would be a different matter. But you have 150k in the bank and he has no SPP, so take it's best to care of it while it's painless.

[Smeborg]

Da Crusha - +1ST is really nice on a Thrower. It means he can hold the ball very well. You do not need Guard on the cage corners, since any ST3 player dodging or leaping into the cage will only get an uphill block. If he gets a doubles skill later you can give him Dodge - ST4/Block/Dodge/S-Hands is a near-perfect combo.

All the best.

[Duke Jan]

http://talkfantasyfootball.org/viewtopi ... 25&t=16691

[Greyhound]

I would also fire him because he can't play the next game.
if he has no SPP it's just a 0 loss for you (but cash and cash is not often an issue for the orc team)

I recently fired my krox who has MNG because he had 0SPP, and re-hired a brand new one. In essence it's like paying 140k to cancel the MNG and there was no inducement worth a Krox (I was playing against dwarfs) at 140k.

BAck to your Blitzer, it's an 80k fee to wipe the MNG AND the niggle.
You have to consider the SPP issue of course but I assumed he was unskilled so less than 6 anyway.

[Da Crusha]

well, actually the blitzer with the niggling injury was the MVP during the same game. still worth firing?