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• Game 52745: xeno, Cpt Fishmonger in 'New Moonbase'

  I tend to take the attitude - any rule affects all of us, so it's an even playing field. I agree with xeno though, my tactic of using a rocket launcher on the first turn is hit and miss at best, and you can generally defend against it by positioning your units sensibly on deployment. I'm not a massive fan of the reduced hit points, although it was MUCH worse when I didn't realise it was a thing, now I allow for it. I'm happy to go with the majority vote :)
  
  Posted by RABID 1 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52730: RABID, Dijon_p, petermock, xeno in 'Underground Colony'

  Well played Capt, Haven't played for a while and tried something different. Didn't plan it properly. Your rear blob attack was an audacious coup de main.
  
  Posted by xeno 3 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52745: xeno, Cpt Fishmonger in 'New Moonbase'

  No I will. Has the case been proven that in 80 plus missions Rabid wins because of his propensity to pull out his massive weapon and shoot his awesome massive firepower against his opponents. No. Mange tout.
  
  Big boss says suck it up.
  
  Posted by xeno 3 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52745: xeno, Cpt Fishmonger in 'New Moonbase'

  I still think you are using a hammer to fix something a screwdriver would do. But what do I know. Lone voice so I must be wrong. C'est la vie. I won't mention it again.
  
  Posted by xeno 3 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52756: Dijon_p, RABID in 'Prison Riot'

  I got very very lucky at the end. I had no idea where you were.
  
  Posted by Dijon_p 4 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52678: RABID, petermock, Socrates, SteveSmith in 'Underground Colony'

  Ah just seen all these messages, sorry! Could have gone either way at the end, I was unusually patient for a change and played it safe!!
  
  Posted by RABID 8 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52678: RABID, petermock, Socrates, SteveSmith in 'Underground Colony'

  Well played Rabid, I thought I had a chance, but you slowly wore me down.
  
  Posted by SteveSmith 8 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52745: xeno, Cpt Fishmonger in 'New Moonbase'

  I agree that it makes some missions slightly unfair, but Cpt Fishmonger is correct in the amount of work. My solution is to keep the "50% aps for the first player" feature, and if any missions are unbalanced, adjust them accordingly. I usually do this every 6 months or so by looking at the game stats and seeing if one side is winning to often. (The stats are here if anyone is interested: https://www.stellarforces.com/dsr/miscstatspage.cls )
  
  Posted by SteveSmith 8 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52745: xeno, Cpt Fishmonger in 'New Moonbase'

  The amount of work required to implement that would be prohibitive. Far simpler to retain the universal settings and players will vote with their feet (in terms of map preferences).
  
  Posted by Cpt Fishmonger 8 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52678: RABID, petermock, Socrates, SteveSmith in 'Underground Colony'

  Rabid, I'll give you a chance to concede before I unleash my forces if you want? :D
  
  Posted by SteveSmith 8 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52745: xeno, Cpt Fishmonger in 'New Moonbase'

  It's not impossible or at least not what I'm referring to which is the blanket rule not applying to every game. Of course it would take a lot of time to work out which games the first player can kill their opponent before they have a chance and which games they can't do that, there are plenty you can't, where the rule doesn't make a difference but actually alters the dynamic of the specific game now. Even maybe where it actually now allows the second player to deal out game changing damage first turn against the attacker.
  
  But it's not us who will have to spend the time trying to work it out (although we could all help) and certainly not us having to implement the change to individual games, and if I was in the same boat I might do exactly the same and just make all games that way. It all comes down whether you think it makes a significant difference or not doing it in a game specific rather blanket way and weighing that up against the time and effort that would be needed.
  
  There is always the option of making it an option itself whether to apply the rule or not when creating the game, giving the individual the choice of turning it on or off, depending on whether it is default or not. Again, I'm mindful of how difficult and time consuming it might be to implement that. I don't know, just an idea.
  
  Posted by xeno 8 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52745: xeno, Cpt Fishmonger in 'New Moonbase'

  It's impossible for Steve to get right. Some games are naturally stacked in the attacker's favour (I'm looking at you Outhouses and Assassins).
  
  Posted by Cpt Fishmonger 8 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52745: xeno, Cpt Fishmonger in 'New Moonbase'

  Well that can spoil specific games as the attacker needs to move fast before the defenders can get into position, this game is partly that way and Big Push certainly is I would say. And Moonbase Assault the campaign version needs the attackers to move very quick. Some games are weighted evenly by giving the attacker first move, if that is reduced by half it weights the game in favour of the defenders, takes away surprise which has been built into the whole dynamic of the game. There is no way I can kill the second player in this game as the starting points are so far apart, it now gives the defender the advantage. I'll carry on as I think I might offset it by being more experienced in this particular game than my opponent is but there are now certain games I won't play as the attacker anymore.
  
  Posted by xeno 10 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52745: xeno, Cpt Fishmonger in 'New Moonbase'

  No, it applies to all games, since there's always a chance in any type of game that the first player can kill the second player before the second player has had a chance.
  
  Posted by SteveSmith 10 days ago | Go to comment >>



• Game 52745: xeno, Cpt Fishmonger in 'New Moonbase'

  Why is my men only on half APs in this game? I thought this rule only applied to multiplayer games?
  
  Posted by xeno 10 days ago | Go to comment >>