I've recently realised how dumb of a card Katyusha is. I know there are luck based cards in the game, like that random 0 cost Italian card. But Katyusha is both annoying to play with and against, because you'll expect it to beat something and it won't, or it will when you didn't expect it to. 1 extra damage can make a big difference in some situations. Why don't we make the 1 damage based on the situation of the game board, like if you control a certain amount of units, or if you control an infantry or something?
#What's up with Katyusha?
junior otter
cosmic haven
gambling is the point of it
also you're supposed to play as if it doesn't even have that extra damage
that extra damage is just a gambling on top if you do get it
smoky anvil
Hehe funny blitz arty
neon dagger
hazy venture
It's a gamble, just like Katyusha was IRL
Also, interestingly, this extra damage ignores Heavy armor, so that sometimes can be used as a last resort option
I lost games because of Katyusha not doing that extra damage, but i've won more due to it
whole bough
Katyusha is a fine card, you aren’t supposed to rely on the extra damage
pliant dagger
it's simple, when I play it and attack it doesn't deal the extra damage, when enemy plays it and attacks they always get the extra damage
whole bough
it's simple, when I play it and attack it doesn't deal the extra damage, when en...
Now that’s just a skill issue
onyx shoal
it's simple, when I play it and attack it doesn't deal the extra damage, when en...
quantic katyusha
toxic rune
It's a gamble, just like Katyusha was IRL
Also, interestingly, this extra dama...
Wut? How tf was Katyusha a gamble irl?
hazy venture
Wut? How tf was Katyusha a gamble irl?
The spread was enormous
Sometimes a pure devastation, sometimes more of a psychological effect
I think Military History Visualized has done a good video about it, and vets giving their opinion on it
toxic rune
Maybe it's just me, but I don't equate gambling with a weapon with large dispersion
hazy venture
Well, resultats couldn't be guaranteed 100% of the time, more with Katyusha than other pieces of artillery
That's what i underline in "gambling"
It was counterattacked by saturation of fire on the fied
However, in game, they gave it a little quirk that both underline its mobility (blitz) and dispersion (0-1 damage possible)
cosmic haven
Maybe it's just me, but I don't equate gambling with a weapon with large dispers...
you either decimate their civillians (the katy hits) or hit a rock (the katy misses)
that's gambling
toxic rune
This is all nonsense, the big difference between rocket artillery and tube artillery is both dispersion and volume of fire.
Yes, the accuracy of the katyusha was not good. It is not a precise munition, even less precise than tube artillery. However, rocket artillery batteries were designed around a large volume of explosives being sent down range in a short time. The accuracy was not as important when the goal was shock and suppression over a large area. It is only gambling if the intent was the absolute destruction of a target, which was rarely the case in artillery doctrine of any nation in the war
onyx shoal
Maybe it's just me, but I don't equate gambling with a weapon with large dispers...
yeah and is it really gambling if you have thousand of it lol
you don't need to know what you hit if you are grinding the whole sector to dust
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pliant dagger
Maybe it's just me, but I don't equate gambling with a weapon with large dispers...
How else would you
Especially in base set where things are fairly simplified
Nah that's prolly how you'd do it I mean it's just a card game
Of course in real life you solve the problem with just more saturation to ensure you hit it but again, card game
it's not really that deep
onyx shoal
make a mobile offense card fr fr
spawn two katyusha
destroy them at the end of your next turn
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pliant dagger
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onyx shoal
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soft locust
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Sven-type post
whole bough
Sven-type post
Yeah I was about to say 
sand lodge
Sven-type post
dont forget to give katyusha guard :>
onyx shoal
blitz fury guard
junior otter
Ok, I know it's not that big of an issue, but really, it's a little annoying
Luck based cards in general are annoying
whole bough
It’s totally fine, the rng isn’t that bad. It’s just a 50/50 chance that it deals 1 extra damage
final knot
This is all nonsense, the big difference between rocket artillery and tube artil...
So doesnt that mean rather than extra damage it should do Pin?
As a form of suppression
pliant dagger
it's a card game, it's all RNG, I think a small amount like this is fine in a card
As long as we don't get stuff that's like
'50/50 kill any card attacked'
toxic rune
So doesnt that mean rather than extra damage it should do Pin?
If you wanted to make the card more accurate to it's historical use, that is one way you could do that
But, I don't think that is necessary. I don't think Katy needs to be changed at all actually
The flavor fits well enough, I was just trying to argue that the it was silly to think the rng was for historical reasons, at least anymore than any other arty represented
pliant dagger
nah that's p historical, you could really do either and make a case for any cannon/explosive to have pin, tho