Victory Points?

DimmurWyrd · #1 January 15th, 2004, 04:43 PM

hmmm, while we are on the subject... what is a "standard victory" ?

JayThomas · #2 January 15th, 2004, 04:50 PM

I believe the standard victory is eliminating all other pretenders, or Last God standing

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DimmurWyrd · #3 January 15th, 2004, 07:12 PM

YAY! My kinda victory condition

Coffeedragon · #4 January 15th, 2004, 11:32 PM

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Originally posted by johan osterman:
You are allowed to specify the number of victory points on the map and the number of victory points required to win, and wether or not home provinces counts towards victory points.

Does the AI try to acquire/defend VPs?

I ask because if yes, this would be a great way to avoid having to eliminate remnant opposition when you are winning. If no, VP victory conditions should probably be avoided in SP.

johan osterman · #5 January 15th, 2004, 11:41 PM

AI doesn't grasp the importance of victory points. You can set victory to a fraction of the total number of provinces, which is probably a better idea to limit the length of SP games.

Coffeedragon · #6 January 16th, 2004, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by johan osterman:
You can set victory to a fraction of the total number of provinces, which is probably a better idea to limit the length of SP games.

Excellent. I guess if I set it to something like 75%, there is no real risk of the game ending prematurely, and I still avoid having to mop up.

All just theory so far, since I won�t get the game before Saturday. All I can do right now is pre-plan my first game.

Question to Veterans: Does 3 opponents on a 30 province map sound like a reasonable proposition? What maps come with the game, btw?

#7 January 16th, 2004, 03:43 AM

It really depends.

Maps that come with the game:

Aran 107 Provinces, 11 Under water
The Power of the Eye ** Special Victory Map
Time of Blood, Urgaia episode 1 ** Special Victory Map
Brittan 68 Provinces
The Desert Eye 125 Provinces, 17 under water
Flames in the East, Episode 3 ** Special Victory Map
Inland 154 Provinces, 5 Under water
Invaders, Urgaia episode 2 ** Special Victory Map
Oriana 279 Provinces, 20 Under Water
Wars of Orania ** Special Victory Map
The Sundering 61 Provinces, 10 Under water
Reemergence of Urgaia 59 Provinces

Special Victory maps are maps with victory conditions that are only playable with a certain number of people/AI with special sites and victory conditions for a varitety of ways to win.

A good download is the Seven Nation Rumble, World War, and World Map, availiable at IW's site I believe.