percentages for cyber battles

[Adam]

yeah ive noticed that and as far as i can tell the hand layouts are on a random number generator, therefore yes it would be possible to have all 6 people get the same action....

also i dont really agree with it taking 3 *hidden* points to change the alignment once.. makes it a little hard to change the alignment and most of the time it stays neutral(almost all the time in 1 on 1 games or 3 player games)

[BladeSabre]

If the points weren't hidden, then it would be possible to tell by looking at it whether someone had put down a holo.

[Adam]

yeah im not saying they shouldnt be hidden im saying 3 is too much... maybe 2 which would, yes, make it easier to count but a lot better for alignment to make a difference in 2 and 3 and sometimes 4 player games... the alignment stays neutral far too often when youre playing in low player games... it makes it a lot harder to have an actual strategy when you cant base it on the alignment, which is, or should be, a fairly big part of the game for strategists...

[BladeSabre]

It's always been enough for me, and it's been ages since I've been in a game with more than 3 players.

[anima]

Being a game a game based on chance, the alignment feature should be expected. I think the games charm comes from the fact that sometimes (most times) you feel  helpless and the game controls you.

But when you do get things in your favour (tech 5 when you have a mech warrior), then it gives you the sense that a superior force (in this case not matlu) is looking after you

[matlu]

then it gives you the sense that a superior force (in this case not matlu) is looking after you

There is no other supreme force but Matlu. Praise Matlu, and you will be rewarded   

[Adam]

hey anima you got a little brown something on your nose there

yeah praise matlu

and yes it helps when it goes to tech 5 and you have a mech warrior but it never gets to tech 5 or alien 5 unless you have 5 or 6 players... ive noticed that strong monsters(spider, mech warrior, alien queen and pred) are only useful in big games where you have a chance of beaming them down real later in the game, or in small games getting close and making them holos and only having use for 1 turn... it doesnt seem like they get their full use due to the alignment rarely moving in small games

[BladeSabre]

but it never gets to tech 5 or alien 5 unless you have 5 or 6 players

Yes it does.

[The_Gu3st]

It certainly does. I just played a 6 player and the highest we got was life 2.

[Adam]

wow... all this talk about sarcasm and now it took me a while to catch on that that was actually sarcasm... 

yeah... ive never been in a game with less than 4 players where the alignment went past 2 for either alien or technology... not in this version at least... and ive also been in a game with 5 or 6 players where the alignment was neutral the entire time... so its kinda odd that you say the alignment changes all the time...

[BladeSabre]

If you have 6 players, and between them they do roughly equal numbers of Tech and Life actions, then the alignment will stay near to Neutral. If you have 2 players and they both do mostly Tech actions, it can reach Tech 5 easily. Your strategy must just be different from mine.

[Bakster]

I've played lots of 3-4 player games where the alignment has reached extremes of Life/Tech 9! Pred was 100%.

[Adam]

the problem is whenever i have mech warrior and spideroid all my other stuff is mixed low strength tech and mostly life which makes strategy=bad if possible... and then everyone wants to do life monsters so my mech and spider are only good for holos... generally in 2 or 3 player games people have different views of alignment so they try different alignments and it ends up staying neutral...

[The_Gu3st]

Thats simply the luck of the hand you get. It has nothing to do with odd percentages and alignment changes, but theres always ways around it.

[Adam]

im not talking about the odd percentages anymore... i already realized thats because of the random number generator