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New Game inquiry for advanced level experience players Wed, 04 July 2012 00:42 Go to next message
neilhoward

 
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Think you are hot stuff? Then try the 2012 challenge.

Med, Dense, Distant, Acc BBs, minimum 5 players. Host not playing.
Leave at least 2012 race wizard points set to defences.

Have you got what it takes? Put your your chaff where your mouth is!

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Re: New Game inquiry for advanced level experience players Wed, 04 July 2012 05:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Coyote is currently offline Coyote

 
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With that many points left over, a 4(8)% HE would be the only thing playable. Growth rate is the ony way there is to get 2000 extra points. If you ban HE, it's a different story, but the game would be horrifyingly slow-paced.

[Updated on: Wed, 04 July 2012 05:56]

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Re: New Game inquiry for advanced level experience players Wed, 04 July 2012 10:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
iztok is currently offline iztok

 
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Hi!
I agree. The 4% 3-immune HE would be IMO pefectly playable, a monster even.

The main problem with other races is the ~1400 RW costs of going from 4% PGR to 5%. Nowhere to mine them from, without crippling race severely.

BR, Iztok

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Re: New Game inquiry for advanced level experience players Tue, 10 July 2012 01:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The other problem would be the painfully slow pace of the game if we're stuck at around a 5% PGR in a medium. I may be a metaphorical graybeard here, but I'd rather win or lose before I'm a literal one.

[Updated on: Tue, 10 July 2012 01:57]

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Re: New Game inquiry for advanced level experience players Tue, 10 July 2012 05:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
neilhoward

 
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I guess my last reply was lost. Embarassed When I thought this up I was specifically thinking of HE, and didn't give the other PRTs much thought. For the concept to work for other PRTs, the rwp penalty shouldn't be more than 1000 (probably closer to 800). In that case the HE might need additional nerfing. How would AR fare?

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Re: New Game inquiry for advanced level experience players Tue, 10 July 2012 12:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Altruist is currently offline Altruist

 
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neilhoward wrote on Tue, 10 July 2012 11:26
How would AR fare?


Badly, I'd think.

Initially I thought perhaps a CA could compete with an HE but... not really: with 2012 leftover pts my bets would be on the HE.

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Re: New Game inquiry for advanced level experience players Wed, 11 July 2012 02:33 Go to previous message
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Can we think of ways besides point restrictions to shake things up?

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