#Existing Gameplay Changes by SnapCat!
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keen marsh
Aha I just posted this in grandmaster channel on Friday 😄
It's not exactly the same issue, but same area.
The +1,+2,+3 troops were based on "probably lost 3-9 territories by their turn, this should account for the drop, roughly"
It was also a community specific request that got that out there 🥳
My personal thoughts on starting troops is that it fails to account for map size (& starting territory counts as a result)
A good example would be:
Airship (among us map), Capital Conquest, Auto Placement, 6 players
As players 5 & 6 are placing last, they will usually have to sacrifice strategically optimal capital positions in favour of "random territories with slightly more troops" - to ensure capital is kept.
However, players 4 & 5 especially, have a pretty good chance of getting a 100% success rate attack on capital turn 1.
So, players 5 & 6 have near zero chance of survival
It's kinda similar for other massive maps (command base c1x comes to mind) - basically just all 1s (and starting earlier = almost guaranteed bonuses)
And the reverse route, tiny maps like simple world, rivertown, - you have 120 troops on the board spread across maybe 20 territories (or less!) - land locking any possibility of expansion
I absolutely agree on there being an issue there, but I think we've got different ideas for how to fix it (upvoting as still better than current version)
-# note: it's worth voting on your own idea too as your vote counts (even for your own ideas) when it's sent to dev team - they also just see vote counts (not who voted what)
atomic glade
Same for 1v1 - player 2 gets a couple of extra troops (and I think zombie 1v1 they get even less), but on larger maps, the first player can start with a lot of territory, therefore deploy a lot of troops, conquer a bunch of territory, making player 2 start with fewer territories/troops