BTS Elite pitboss III: Idea thread.
- Thread starter bbfrancis
- Start date
Indiansmoke
Deity
I don't think epic or marathon speed are a good idea for a pitboss game.
Assuming we do 10 turns a week, it will take 2-3 weeks to build the first worker!
Also these speeds favor early warfare, so in a map with close starts (7 or more opponents on normal size), people would be forced to build at least 2-3 warriors and then archers before worker as otherwise they would risk elimination.
So we are talking very slow growth rate but possible early eliminations.
And if random events are again on... then extra eliminations from the barb archers event are again possible (like mine in FCCP).
Assuming we do 10 turns a week, it will take 2-3 weeks to build the first worker!
Also these speeds favor early warfare, so in a map with close starts (7 or more opponents on normal size), people would be forced to build at least 2-3 warriors and then archers before worker as otherwise they would risk elimination.
So we are talking very slow growth rate but possible early eliminations.
And if random events are again on... then extra eliminations from the barb archers event are again possible (like mine in FCCP).
I'm interested in joining this kind of game. Might give a new kind of experience.
What about the map? Would anyone be interested in trying a Fantasy map? I was once in a pitboss game that used Fantacy map and it turned out quite fascinating and challeging. In that map resources are located in strange spots and many strategic resources are really scarce. Far from balanced, but interesting.
What about the map? Would anyone be interested in trying a Fantasy map? I was once in a pitboss game that used Fantacy map and it turned out quite fascinating and challeging. In that map resources are located in strange spots and many strategic resources are really scarce. Far from balanced, but interesting.
bbfrancis
Prince
Good points. I will keep game speed at normal.
Hoplosternum
Warlord
I hope an attempt would be made to get an initial online session. Some of us are comfortable at the slower speeds and like it
Once you have a few cities and units the pace is OK. I think close starts in general are bad. They boost up the luck a lot, in lots of ways. And far more than the bad early events although that barbarian uprising is especially nasty.
Oyzar - on the Highlands map there is no tech trading. Which was bad news for me as I did not realise until alphabet was almost researched
Tech trading shapes the game ALOT.. Knowing if it is available at game start is kinda crucial... In bts you can always use it for espionage anyways though... Close start just focus on a different set of skills and luck isn't actually a bad thing as if there wasn't for luck the same people would win every time....
Indiansmoke
Deity
I am not against luck....The only thing which I am against is barbarian uprising events and these can be excluded by turning barbs off.
At the FCCP game I went warrior, worker, warrior, warrior... 1 turn before the 3rd warrior was finished I get 4 barb archers show up at my border it took them 3 turns to reach the capital and I had no time to build a 4th warrior. Capital dead!!!!
The only way I could have saved this is if I had gone archery first but even then I am not sure I would be able to get an archer out in time.
At the FCCP game I went warrior, worker, warrior, warrior... 1 turn before the 3rd warrior was finished I get 4 barb archers show up at my border it took them 3 turns to reach the capital and I had no time to build a 4th warrior. Capital dead!!!!
The only way I could have saved this is if I had gone archery first but even then I am not sure I would be able to get an archer out in time.
Hoplosternum
Warlord
Yeah. There really should be some way to just turn that event off. It can be completely unbalancing. Even in SP it can be a killer or knock you back so far it completely changes the game.
In FCCCP I also got it, but after you. At first I tried to stop the Axemen but they killed the Chariots I sent against them. Then they marched through my territory without even looting a single square and went off to attack one of my neighbours
In FCCCP I also got it, but after you. At first I tried to stop the Axemen but they killed the Chariots I sent against them. Then they marched through my territory without even looting a single square and went off to attack one of my neighbours
Indiansmoke
Deity
The axes event comes later and is somewhat easier to handle. it is the archers event that is a killer.
In the new 3.13 HOF mod they have excluded the archers event but left the axes one I believe.
They also exluded some civilization specific events, like the bad one for Montezuma and the good one for the French.
But I don't think the HOF mod can be used for multiplayer....
In the new 3.13 HOF mod they have excluded the archers event but left the axes one I believe.
They also exluded some civilization specific events, like the bad one for Montezuma and the good one for the French.
But I don't think the HOF mod can be used for multiplayer....
Indiansmoke
Deity
When I load the HOF mod the multiplayer button is grey and cannot be pressed so I am not sure about this one
Similar threads
- Locked