MP Mists of Time: Early Era Game [full]

GrudgeBringer · #1 May 25th, 2009, 05:16 AM

I thought that was kind of different also Sil...

SOMEONE is going to get the 'Roll' on every nation thats picked on the first go round which leaves you in a whatevers left situation.

He seems to have it thought out pretty good and maybe I'm missing something though.

Apocalypse · #2 May 25th, 2009, 05:39 AM

I am quite new to Dominions 3 so this would be my second or third MP game if I join. My picks would be:

1) C'tis
2) Kailasa
3) Whatever is left

shard · #3 May 25th, 2009, 06:51 AM

Yeah, I think I will have to repick my 2nd and 3rd choices too.

Won't too many players esp with those that are new cause the game to be a bit unwieldy? Especially with stales possibly unbalancing the game.

Might also put ppl off with all the micro u need towards the midgame and beyond.

Your choice of course, just some comments. I'm ok with anything rly

Sil · #4 May 25th, 2009, 07:47 AM

If a nation has been picked first option at least once then it is guaranteed to not be available for the following rounds. If it is picked second option then it might be available for the third round if that person gets his first choice.

Firewalker · #5 May 25th, 2009, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by shard

Yeah, I think I will have to repick my 2nd and 3rd choices too.

Won't too many players esp with those that are new cause the game to be a bit unwieldy? Especially with stales possibly unbalancing the game.

Might also put ppl off with all the micro u need towards the midgame and beyond.

Your choice of course, just some comments. I'm ok with anything rly

Recruiting a couple alternates would be ideal, but we may well have a couple interruptions to try to recruit replacements. That is basically how it is, though, regardless or whether a game has 12 or 24 players.

I think under any victory conditions, we'll always have the option of everyone conceding to the leader and the game being called if it gets to be no fun.

Firewalker · #6 May 25th, 2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by GrudgeBringer

I thought that was kind of different also Sil...

SOMEONE is going to get the 'Roll' on every nation thats picked on the first go round which leaves you in a whatevers left situation.

He seems to have it thought out pretty good and maybe I'm missing something though.

The first round will be the one that selects for most people. There are only a few people who will be rolling against someone else for a nation. So, yeah ... some people may not have their 2nd or 3rd options available and will have to choose from what there is left. I'll be picking up one of the "nobody wants" nations, but I'm sure one or two people will be in the same situation if we have a game that's close to full. It'll be a pain I can tell, but my purpose was to make sure everyone has a chance at a nation they want to play ...

Firewalker · #7 May 25th, 2009, 10:52 AM

Okay, everyone is allowed to change their picks once before we actually do the selection process. It's really just the players in a roll-off for the first round that need to re-assess what they could actually get in round 2. I think next time I try this method it'll be blind bidding

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I just ran a mock selection with the players and picks we have now and one person was forced to choose something else. Everyone else got one of their three picks (one person got a third).