The_Celestial_Warrior wrote:
urbanjedi wrote:
Dennis, I know that one of the DD events last year had only 3 players in it. I am not sure how many the other had. That does not seem like enough interest to keep it on the schedule when Epic Duos generated so much more interest (more players between the two events than played in the Champs).
Fine, then I'll make regular DD part of the Sith Trials
. I don't want to see it go either, and I agree with his assessment of Mass battles, plus I just want to emphatically agree with Dennis for a Change.
Sith Trial 1 "Rule of Two"
Dynamic Duo
Sith Trial 2 "Through passion, I gain strength"
150 point Faction pure
Sith Trial 3 "Thru strength, I gain power"
500 point Epic
I would love TILE WARS to stay a part of the Sith Trials. I would suggest subbing TILE WARS back in instead of faction pure 150.
That way we have 3 very distinct events, nothing like normal skirmishes. 150 pt faction pure is mildly interesting - but it is basically a normal skirmish with a minor twist.
I'm not saying not to have it, but just have it as a stand alone event.
I like having DD as part of the Sith trials. I think having it part of the sith trials will get it more attendance, while Epic Duos can stand on it's own. I think the numbers for Epic Duos were inflated last year because it was the exciting new thing, and it was part of the sith trials. It probably did take some from regular DD last year.
The other issue comes from Epic 500. I really like having the format, but finishing in an hour is just unrealistic. Is it going to be less than 4 rounds, or more than 4 hours, or unsatisfyingly un-finishable? Don't know if you can have all 3. Even giving 3 pt wins for 350 or more scored (or whatever point level you choose) is not ideal. Maybe making override illegal will help, and 50 pts for gambit. (You score the cost of your figure(s) you put in gambit, minimum 5 max 50 - reinforcements don't count) That would really reward aggression. Perhaps even a point bonus for first kill? Just brainstorming here.
The other good thing about TILE WARS and DD in the Sith Trials, is that they are inherently shorter formats. So that way if Epic 500 is longer - it's still less of a commitment for the whole day.
While we're at it, maybe we should make DD have a shorter time limit. Does it already? I wasn't sure it that was official. But something like TILE WARS has I think would be good for DD. 30 min or less = 3 pt win, 45 min or less = 2 pt win, over 45 min = double loss. No reason DD should take an hour.
Then it would be 3 hrs for DD, 3 hours for Tile Wars, and you could make 1.5 hr rounds for Epic (6 hrs total) to make it the same 12 hr commitment