MP Noobs vs. Vets, Game Over, Noobs are Victorious! Hail Noobs!

rdonj · #1 January 22nd, 2009, 04:00 AM

If there is a water nation it should definitely be 8 on 4, since water nations could be very annoying to try and stop from raiding in that situation.

Evilhomer · #2 January 22nd, 2009, 07:50 AM

Put me in as a standby for the veteran team, not decided yet if I like the game idea.

The problem in balancing this I belive is the early and late game. Early on it does not take much skill for the noob team to just read a few guides and bust out with some bless strategy and ganging upon the few vets playing (and 8 vs 4 this will be painfull to stop for sure).

In the late game I do believe the vets will have an advantage since they know how to build sc/thugs, what spells to get and how to use them to maximum effect.

Amonchakad · #3 January 22nd, 2009, 01:05 PM

Hi guys, I'm new to Dominions 3(i have yet to play a single MP game) but i already got some experience agains the AI,and i'd like to join as a noob

Regarding the game,i think the "vet+noob" team would be better (or also vet+2 noobs if there aren't the numbers); we'd be able to learn a lot more.I'm in for any game mode anyway.

rdonj · #4 January 22nd, 2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Evilhomer

Put me in as a standby for the veteran team, not decided yet if I like the game idea.

The problem in balancing this I belive is the early and late game. Early on it does not take much skill for the noob team to just read a few guides and bust out with some bless strategy and ganging upon the few vets playing (and 8 vs 4 this will be painfull to stop for sure).

In the late game I do believe the vets will have an advantage since they know how to build sc/thugs, what spells to get and how to use them to maximum effect.

Part of this will be negated a bit by the map. If we're going with cradle of dominion, it's a very good map defensively that would make it very hard for the noob team to swarm over the vet team, as the terrain is very restrictive. On Orania that would be a bit easier, but orania has about 21 land provinces per player, and I can guarantee you the noob team will expand slower on a per person basis. Basically with an 8:4 ratio I would expect the noobs to hopefully hold their own in the early game, and then get slaughtered in the late game. At 9:3 I would expect the noob team to press the vet team more in the beginning and possibly be able to challenge them throughout the game. No guarantee there, though.