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This was sort of a chain idea from the Armand "Geist" Walker: Tech Lord I also just published.
I like Nasir a lot, and have had some of my most fun games of Netrunner whilst piloting him (first turn Government Takeover steal victory ftw), but he suffers from a number of very obvious flaws.
Chief among these is his ability to be royally hosed by ICE with on encounter abilities, like Data Raven or Tollbooth (particularly Tollbooth). In that respect, I think Data and Destiny has been kindest to Nasir amongst the current crop of runners, with two new cards, Security Nexus and Hunting Grounds.
Security Nexus, with enough link to back it up, is a great prospect in Nas. Remember, on your turn, your triggers all happen first. For example:
You make a run, and the corp rezzes a piece of ICE. A Tollbooth, let's say. As per usual you dump any current credits you have in to a Personal Workshop or Self-modifying Code, or maybe even to pump a Study Guide. Next, you 'lose' all your credits, gain the 8 from the Tollbooth.
But, instead of then losing your 3 credits, you trigger the on encounter effect of the Nexus. Hopefully you already have All The Link installed, and the Corp can't afford to up the trace. Anyway, you'll be getting credits from your Power Taps, and if they still have the muscle to beat you, drop a Disrupter on them.
Next turn, when you won't get the boost from the rez, just walk through a glorified Bastion with Hunting Grounds.
Nasir has always struggled with really big ICE, but now the Wotans and Curtain Walls of the world can be skipped for the price of a caramel Freddo.
I'm going to take this to my local games night tomorrow and test it out. Let the hilarity and looks of bemusement ensue.
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2 Nov 2015
Nil0
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2 Nov 2015
Mechanoise
I think you're on to something with Security Nexus. I'm going to try this myself. Let us know how it gets on. |
2 Nov 2015
Shiiuga
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2 Nov 2015
Bigguyforyou518
Maybe I'm missing something huge, but...how exactly does Nasir get hosed by "on-encounter" ice? Even the two you specifically mentioned seem to work out fantastically for him.
Corp spends 8 to give you 5? The only person getting "hosed" here is the corp.
Again, seems...completely fine. What's the big deal here? Security Nexus is a reasonable way to hop over big ice for anyone, so I'm totally with you there. |
2 Nov 2015
shimya
Order of Sol always seemed kinda slow. Perhaps swap it for Ghosr runner? Also, new Sunny sentry breaker seems more efficient than Ninja. |
2 Nov 2015
psi_lifeup
This deck seems to hunger for Modded. I also am not sure you'll ever have enough money to make Replicator worth the deck space. Also agree with |
2 Nov 2015
Friff14
What could you cut to get down to 45? Having too many cards makes finding Personal Workshop too hard to find. Do the Dyson Mem Chips and Scavenges do enough work to justify 3 of each? I think I'll cut out one of each of those and both of the replicators when I try this out. |
2 Nov 2015
Shiiuga
I did think about Modded, but it's doing the same job as Workshop, so it didn't make the cut. The 49 is just so it can be tested to see what can be cut. |
4 Nov 2015
Shiiuga
Gave NEH a run for its money with this last night. Had a solid R&D lock for 3 turns in midgame where they didn't have enough credits to rez a second piece of ICE, or boost the trace to stop me. Netted me a cool 5 points. Unfortunately a lack of draw to find my breakers to press the advantage led to me fizzling out a bit once the money came through for the second ICE rez. Dropped Hunting Grounds and added two Drug Dealer instead to mitigate that. |
6 Nov 2015
CJFM
"Nasir has always struggled with really big ICE, but now the Wotans and Curtain Walls of the world can be skipped for the price of a caramel Freddo." This has never been true. His worst enemies are Pop-Up Window and Pup. |
I don't see no use in Hunting Grounds since most of the ICE you ever encounter does not have a "when encountered" ability. Even with Nasir.