Well...talk about an intimidating game!

[MadApple]

Hello all,

Short time lurker here and I figured it was time to start trying to learn something about this fantastic game for real.

For starters I should say 3 friends and I have purchased and we've been mostly playing games vs. the computer. I've about 30 games under my belt and 10,000 questions. However, I’ll limit myself to only 1 for the moment.

When making a pretender I have a high level strategy question. The ones like the Ghost king and Wrym I get, they are going to be on the front lines of battle killing things. The chassis like the Old Crone and the Sage I understand, they're cheap. They won't be on the battlefield if you can help it.

It's ALL the middle ones I don't understand. Take say the Father of the son or mother of serpents. Both cost around 100 and yet I don't see them really as viable SC's..or am I missing something? Seems to me that if you want to SC you really have to have astral (for the alterations) and you can't go much better than the worms regen as well...so why does anyone choose the pretenders of the other Titans.

It's driving me nuts..I’m SURE there is a lot I'm missing but if someone could lay out the logic I’d appreciate it.