On Parity Shift

Haze wrote:

if your prey has less pool than you so you can't play Parity Shift, you're probably winning anyway.

Unless your predator plays some combat and doesn't care being at less pool than you. So you'll basically watch your vampires being crushed with useless PS in hand.

Haze wrote:

still cornercase and situational though. you're doing 1 less pool damage to gain 3 more pool (counting the -1 hit that KRC gives you). that's a really good trade, except once in a while that 1 extra pool damage wins/loses the game... but it's far far more likely that having 3 more pool saves you from being ousted.
it's like saying Threats is better than Conditioning because your vampires might be low on blood in the endgame. it's possible, but...

It is certainly situational, you rate the probabiliy low, therefore cornercase, I rate it higher (from my experience). Often I am heads up with massive damage output decks like DOM bleed and the fact to kill them one turn earlier means a lot more than having 2-3 more pool since they are bleeding you for 15 anyway. Or like Vincent argued a rush deck which will kill all your guys next turn.

Haze wrote:

slightly unrelated: even in the 3 player game, KRC is a double-edged sword. 3 to prey, 1 to predator, could mean you get 2 VPs in a row, or it could mean your prey gets a VP faster. and putting it on yourself could mean you get ousted faster if something unexpected happens. Parity Shift avoids this problem entirely by letting you give pool to your predator if you wish. man, it's still so good.

if your prey has less pool than you so you can't play Parity Shift, you're probably winning anyway.

KRC vs Con Ag vs Domain Challenge vs Anarchist Uprising vs Neonate Breach. all of these have different outputs and it's situational which one might be the most useful. they're all well balanced. yet, by the numbers alone, Parity Shift is miles above all of these.

I agree, Parity Shift is the most powerful vote. However it has a certain requirement (Prince, Justicar) which is not easily met (every 1 cap pander can call KRC). I was just arguing that in a 2P situation PS is not strictly better than KRC, in my opinion even worse.