More pin counters

[balmy swallow]

Pin as a mechanic just isn't interactive at all currently: only two cards in the game actively remove pin, Rally and Desert Push. Most cards countering pin are passive, i.e. units which cannot be pinned. Aside from being very niche, these units are also very static and uninteresting.

This results in a game where the person whose units are pinned just has to wait, whereas the opponent has many flexible and cheap pin synergies. no other unit-based mechanic is this uncountered.

Back when pin was a less common mechanic I can understand not having many counters, but now that pin and cards conditional upon pin (especially cheap hard removal through sonia and surprise attack) are much more common, i think it is time for other nations to get pin counters as well.

I'm not saying pin counters should be generally useful in all situations; its just pin is incredibly frustrating to fight against right now. If i face a game mechanic and decide i want to change my deck to be more resilient against it, i should be able to do that. Adding orders or units that remove pin or give benefits if pinned can help do that.

Alternatively, just reduce the amount of pin cards, or spread them out between multiple nations!

[balmy swallow]

potential examples of pin counter mechanics:

1. Orders to remove pin if a condition is met – e.g. remove pin on units in the frontline/support line; remove pin on all units with 0 operation cost; destroy a friendly unit, remove pin on all units (can be thematically matched with the nation)
2. Triggers based on pin – e.g. if a unit is pinned, give it smokescreen/+1 +1/ambush/fully repair etc.
3. Countermeasures – e.g. if a friendly unit was pinned, reduce cost of hand by 1/draw cards etc.

These dont need to be meta at all, but it at least makes the mechanic more dynamic

[near tiger]

I like these ideas

[fickle finch]

also the unit with the "cannot be pinned" text line like the special tiger and the kv-2 are pretty weak, buffing them would be great