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Re: What do players think?

Fri, 04 February 2005 08:50

Downsider

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mlaub wrote on Wed, 02 February 2005 22:39

A "Last Man Standing" game implies just that. No one, other than the winner, is left standing. All other races have either stopped submitting, or have conceded through loss of planets and fleets. Having a game long ally concede victory doesn't sound right for that situation, nor do gaining advantages inherent of such a relationship.

This is true. However, in most Last Man Standing games I've been in, alliances have formed that follow the "I'll kill you last" scenario, where two or more races band together to wipe out all opposition before they battle it out between themselves.
Quite often though and especially in larger games, by the time that comes to pass the races are intersettled over the whole of the universe and it would require a mammoth task with tons of MM to completely kill your former ally. The game would become tedious and would remove all fun from it.
The easiest, quickest and (IMO) most enjoyable way to find a winner in these situations is the "battle royale" concept. Gather the fleets, have one massive battle and to the victor go the spoils. The race in 1st will most likely beat 2nd, but it's not impossible for #2 to win, given the right battle orders and/or race advantages (and some luck Smile

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If you want a true Last Man Standing game, then you need to set the rules up to disadvantage alliances. Either that or only accept bloodthirsty, paranoid players Razz

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