It's just for if you get into the deckbuilding aspect of the game (i.e., if you choose to customize it gives you more cards to choose from). For any LCG I would recommend playing the base game first and seeing how you like that. Within the core set you can do some customization (at least in Netrunner you can) and you can see if that floats your boat. If it does...then go for the expansions.
). If it's Shapers, Kate is slow as hell. Attack her early, especially when she's low on credits from putting out all her expensive bloatware. Anarchs really shouldn't be getting rich, that's not really their bag.
We are playing with the recommended starter decks (Jinteki & Shapers). I mostly pull agendas and ICE from R&D. Out of the two games I pulled only one upgrade. I was never really able to pull anything that enhanced anything. A few assets here in there, of course (The one that allows you to get 1 credit on your turn). I pulled Melange Mining once and was able to use it. I loved it, but it never felt like it was enough or that it mattered that I had money. He had a stockpile of credits and it felt like his runs were no burden on his money. I'm about to play another game and I'm going to use the things ya'll suggested.It depends on soooo much. Most notably what factions you are playing and whether you can deckbuild. Though the stats (thousands of games on OCTGN) show that the core factions are all extremely evenly balanced (almost absurdly so). As a general matter, Criminals get rich if you leave HQ exposed (and Archives if/when they get Sneakdoor). I leave R&D unprotected if needed early to avoid Crim getting easy money. (This is also why I run Maker's Eye in my crim deck but that's metagame stuff
Get protected first, but then try to score a quick and cheap agenda (doing this with Accelerated Beta Test or Priority Req can give you a huge edge). I've actually been thinking a lot about this and yeah, stuff like Magnum Opus can be a giant pain if you just let it sit there. But if your opponent is trying to build an indestructible rig, that's really your time to sneak an agenda past him (hopefully your second one at this point). Finally once you are getting into the dregs, this is where traps can come in really handy. Again if you are running against a monster rig, stuff like Aggressive Secretary with two tokens on it can pretty much spell the end for the runner, no matter how rich. You can also go for a Scorched Earth deck, which can be unstoppable if you get the right cards.
Also again if the runner is just piling up money he's missing out somewhere else, probably in setting up his icebreakers. It's your job as the corp to spot that immediately and exploit it. Whenever I see people piling up money in a way I can't immediately stop, it really gives me a sense of urgency. Yesterday I was able to pop a guy's Magnum Opus and Gordian Blade with Aggressive Secretary because he was rich and reckless, for example.
He uses Armitage Codebusting most of the time. He takes 4-6 credits from this every turn. Magnum Opus is also another card he uses frequently to gain credits. He'll get 6-8 credits from that every turn if he doesn't have Armitage Codebusting. He usually ends up with 1 click left which he uses to make a run on a server and it's a cakewalk because he has enough money to meet my strength and bypass all subroutines.
I know it's not a race to see who can get the most credits, but everything revolves around credits. I get the "Ice the hell out of it" strategy, but that does me no good if I don't have the credits to rez the ICE when I need it. I rarely pull any cards that help with gaining credits or put me on the offense. He's defintely not too gunshy because he usually uses his last click to make a run. Maybe someone can play a game with me over OCTGN to help me out. Did I build the deck right? I took all the Haas-Bioroid cards and all 22 neutral cards and shuffled them together. I just feel like I'm doing something seriously wrong.
Me and one of my groups love the game. It's like a fantasy themed Dominion, if it's any help. I'd get it if you're into that sort of game. Although you should try to find new strategies to play it if you're used to certain ways in Dominion.
Figured I can't really lose, if I don't like, I can always resell.