Dominions Nations Evaluations ;)

JimMorrison · #1 July 14th, 2008, 06:42 AM

Indeed. If the lowest score you give for anything is a 3, you may as well score on a 3-7 scale and I'll just manually subtract 2 from all your scores.

Not that it has to average out, that for every 5 there is a 1, that would be silly - but it IS a curve, 1 is the worst, 5 is the best. Everything else, falls in between. I think 5 is a bit restrictive, as there is a lot of grey area between "average" and "WOW" for 4 to cover, but it's all we have for it, so of course some will go in 5 who aren't quiiiite as strong, and some will go in 3 that are just a touch above the average.

Please also remember not to focus TOO much on whether or not they can defend against a rush, or how hard it is to play them to their strengths - MP readiness and SP intuitiveness are taken care of by the other 2 ratings, and people need to keep that in mind.

thejeff · #2 July 14th, 2008, 10:19 AM

Do bear in mind that it may be perfectly reasonable for someone to not give low ratings in a specific area. Most here aren't rating all nations, just those they're most familiar with, so if they prefer to play nations with a strong early game, it's not unlikely all the nations they know well enough to rate will get a high score.

Wrana · #3 July 14th, 2008, 12:17 PM

Well, it's possible, of course, that I rate some nations too high if I get the inpression I know how to play them. But I think that the nations I assessed are a good example of the "area between "average" and "WOW"" that you mentioned.
And I said that Agartha is an example of early game rating of 1-2 with their Pale One troops. Maybe EA Marverni is another such - I didn't play them and when I met them in MP, I advanced against them quite successfully despite being new in it. About EA Arcoscephales I don't know currently (didn't try them in MP - their infantry is worse than hoplites, but they have chariots, so maybe 3 for early game...

And if you want an algorythm to change my assesses, than it would be more like "subtract 2 than multiply by 2, subtract 0-1 randomly" - or you would get Helheim early game at 5, which is definitely NOT what I meant!