Deadbeat in assassin

[firthy19]

what happens if there is a deadbeat in assassin?
does their assassinator win

[alex_white101]

no he gets reassigned to a new target

[Luke035]

no he gets reassigned to a new target

Which ultimately unfairly benefits the players whose targets do not deadbeat. I've actually won two assassin games primarily because the player targeting me deadbeated (and some playing skill on my part, of course). So I went after my target right away from round one and went virtually unattacked myself for at least 3-4 rounds. Meanwhile, another player uses his resources against the ultimate deadbeater and then has to start from scratch when he is assigned a new target.

There really is no other way to handle assassin deadbeats that I can think of, but it really does screw up the balance of power.

[yorkiepeter]

no he gets reassigned to a new target

Which ultimately unfairly benefits the players whose targets do not deadbeat. I've actually won two assassin games primarily because the player targeting me deadbeated (and some playing skill on my part, of course). So I went after my target right away from round one and went virtually unattacked myself for at least 3-4 rounds. Meanwhile, another player uses his resources against the ultimate deadbeater and then has to start from scratch when he is assigned a new target.

There really is no other way to handle assassin deadbeats that I can think of, but it really does screw up the balance of power.

yeah this just happened to me - so for 4 rounds i was attacking a deadbeat - now guess what? having nearly killed him i find myself reassigned to the strongest player - strongest because his assassin deadbeated and give him a free run.

There is an alternative - on deadbeating the player is eliminated but his armies retain the same colour and his assassin still wins by eliminating that colour.

I think unless this happens i won't be playing any more assassin games.

[RobinJ]

I think they are becoming like team games because in both formats everybody tries to avoid newbies when joining

[Zaphod]

no he gets reassigned to a new target

Which ultimately unfairly benefits the players whose targets do not deadbeat. I've actually won two assassin games primarily because the player targeting me deadbeated (and some playing skill on my part, of course). So I went after my target right away from round one and went virtually unattacked myself for at least 3-4 rounds. Meanwhile, another player uses his resources against the ultimate deadbeater and then has to start from scratch when he is assigned a new target.

There really is no other way to handle assassin deadbeats that I can think of, but it really does screw up the balance of power.

yeah this just happened to me - so for 4 rounds i was attacking a deadbeat - now guess what? having nearly killed him i find myself reassigned to the strongest player - strongest because his assassin deadbeated and give him a free run.

There is an alternative - on deadbeating the player is eliminated but his armies retain the same colour and his assassin still wins by eliminating that colour.

I think unless this happens i won't be playing any more assassin games.

Unfair advantage to you then. If the DB hasn't reinforced at all - then you have an easier target with fewer armies to defeat. Which I think is a bigger advantage than the DB's assassin's target not getting attacked.

[everywhere116]

Unfair advantage, maybe. Is there anything we can do about it, no. Not until lack comes out with that update that prevents deadbeats.