the objective works it has been already tested. but you have to hold the castles for 1 turn. that's how lack coded it.
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2007-11-25 03:54:56 - benjikat held the Unite the realms objective
2007-11-25 03:54:56 - benjikat won the game
2007-11-25 03:54:56 - DiM loses 18 points
2007-11-25 03:54:56 - benjikat gains 18 points
back on the gameplay issue.
should it be tweaked or not?
i keep getting pms like:
Hey I just wanted to say the map you made is THE BEST (look at how many people are just playing it now).
This style of play is totaly awesome.
Can't wait for the part II
but at the same time i'm not completely satisfied with it myself.
on the other hand i do think that strategy is very important at the moment.
after playing even more 1v1 games (that's where the problem lies) i have come to see that even if you start second and the first guy takes 1 of your castles in round 1 you can still win if it is fog of war.
i have done it a few times. it's hard but not impossible.
so what is the main problem right now?
the xi and fygie castles are easy to get from 1 to another in 2p and 3p games because there are few neutrals. - this will be solved when lack updates the xml i sent him yesterday and such runs will no longer be possible.
when lack puts the update there will be no more suicide runs between those castles.
in 4,5 and 6p games it's already impossible to do it cause you have just 1 castle.
i want you guys to state your opinions (pro and against) making the castles autodeployable and/or reducing the castle bonus to 3. for the moment i will leave it as it is and i'll try to gather more thoughts before i make a decision.
as i said i need to think very well about this because at the moment a 4,5 or 6 player game plays very well. and people are playing it as the map was intended (especially when lack put the xml i sent him).
in 2p games the action is fast and furious. people go for the other guy in all out attacks. which is exactly the opposite of what i had in mind.
to be honest i'm a bit upset by this because i didn't want it to happen but at the same time it is not such a bad thing. the map has exactly the 2 things people want most. a quick paced action 1v1 game. and a very strategical 6p game that can take many many rounds to finish.
so i'm happy with the 4,5,6p gameplay but i'm not about the 2p one. and yet people love 1v1. if i do the xml changes suggested above. the 4,5 and 6p gameplay will roughly remain the same but the 2p gameplay will be spoiled.
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