Hi,
I haven't played for a while and I'm trying to find my way back in to the new meta.
This deck has been tested and won 3 out of 5 games on Jinteki.net, so it's not complete garbage, but it still doesn't feel very strong.
Any comments welcome.
In some of the games each turn was a stuggle to survive until the next, so I'd really like to improve my economy and overall consistency. Adonis and Melange are great if the work, but if they let me down, I'm really broke.
How do I fix this? Cheaper ICE? Oaktown for moneyz? More Operation economy?
Also, the ICE... I know, Searchlight and Swarm aren't played forr a reason, but I was trying to see if I could dust them off. So far, I'm unsure. They do have their uses in this deck. Shadow on the other hand really manages to shine in a new light with this ID.
The morph ICE are great early game, but without Firmware Updates to change their type midrun, they kinda lack the surprise factor I'm expecting from them. (Long time ago, I had a Titan deck which really abused the morph ability. It was aweseome. But it is too slow for the current meta.)
The DRTs kinda feel like dead weight in games I can't get HHN off. They do work with Prisec, but only if they stay on the table long enough and I can't really defend them. So far, in 5 test games, none of them fired even once. Much to my own surprise, Crisis Management was the real killer.
Honestly, your biggest problem is not enough money cards and too expensive ICE. Not every ICE you chuck into this ID needs to be advanceable, since only the first advanced ICE the runner hits a turn fires the ID ability. I'd take out some of the trashier ICE like Hadrian's, Fire Wall, Lycan, and Swarm and just add in some reasonably costed ICE like Enigma and Quandry. Space Camp is probably more cute than good, and if DRTs aren't working, drop them as well. Now ditch the Global Foods, and add in 3x Oaktown Renovation and 3x Beanstalk Royalties.
You now have money, ICE that you can rez without breaking the bank, and 2 free influence to mess with. There's probably other things that could be done to make things better, but this is a good starting point.