Very good point. making minor adjustments until balance is restored seems to be the best way to go. My only thought would be, rather than simply weakening dragon encounters, why not strengthen the free nations which consistantly come out last, and which are hardest to fill. I.E. When the DS win 66% of the games, start giving bonuses to the WOODMEN. Extra start gold, slightly improved character ranks, that sort of thing. For that matter, I think some adjustments would even be beneficial between nations on the same side. Who contributes more to free, Noldo or Woodmen? Which Neutral is better, Corsairs or Rhudaur? Whenever Noldo is first and Woodmen are last, drop some elf a few points in stealth and give them to their inferior teammate. I think the only other really fair solution would be to change price structure so that the powerhouses might cost a pound a turn more and the loser nations cost less.
Winn
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I think this has a lot to do with experienced players recognizing which side
has the most versatility and options. We can make hypotheses all day about
why the DS win 2 out of 3, but it doesn't change the fact that they're
winning 2 out of 3. I would begin with minor changes over time until the end
statistics begin coming out more even. I'd personally like to see the dragon
encounters randomized to add an element of risk in recruiting them, however
it doesn't really matter what you change as long as it works toward a more
evenly matched game.
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Yes, it really doesn’t matter how the game is adjusted toward more balanced
games, the reason dragon encounters are usually big favors in the 'things to
change’ box is because its something that nearly everyone agrees is cheap
and universally accepted as something foreign to the game designers intentions.
I think limiting agent power would meet much more resistance than modifying
dragon encounters, however I doubt anyone would object to improving the FP
characters, especially those nations who have the poorest starting setup. I don’t
think weakening a position to give another position on the same team is really a
good idea though until the FP are on par with the DS.
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From:
Winn Keathley
To: mepbmlist@egroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] DGE meets Harlequin
` Very good point. making minor adjustments until balance is restored seems to
be the best way to go. My only thought would be, rather than simply
weakening dragon encounters, why not strengthen the free nations which
consistantly come out last, and which are hardest to fill. I.E. When the DS
win 66% of the games, start giving bonuses to the WOODMEN. Extra start gold,
slightly improved character ranks, that sort of thing. For that matter, I
think some adjustments would even be beneficial between nations on the same
side. Who contributes more to free, Noldo or Woodmen? Which Neutral is
better, Corsairs or Rhudaur? Whenever Noldo is first and Woodmen are last,
drop some elf a few points in stealth and give them to their inferior
teammate. I think the only other really fair solution would be to change
price structure so that the powerhouses might cost a pound a turn more and
the loser nations cost less.
Winn
I think this has a lot to do with experienced players recognizing which
side
has the most versatility and options. We can make hypotheses all day about
why the DS win 2 out of 3, but it doesn’t change the fact that they’re
winning 2 out of 3. I would begin with minor changes over time until the
end
statistics begin coming out more even. I’d personally like to see the
dragon
encounters randomized to add an element of risk in recruiting them, however
it doesn’t really matter what you change as long as it works toward a more
evenly matched game.
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