Hello!
I have a few suggestions for the next go around of All Countries: All in. I noticed a few problems with it. I'll list the problem, then the suggestion.
Problem 1: Too many inactives
How many people are going to pick yemen then dominate the world? Lets be real. I know some people will want to do it because they're yemeni or they like a challenge, but not many will.
Solution: Allow games to start after 85% of people have joined
Games have to wait an extra hour to start for someone to pick all those stupid little countries like Danzig, but why? Most of the people who play just go inactive, and if you want to join you could still join until day two. I"M NOT DISSING SMALL COUNTRIES. Some of their resources are amazing, and some start with crazy armies for their size.
Problem 2: Abuse of Coalitions
It makes sense that the coalitions are larger to allow in the almost doubled amount of players, but this is just relentlessly abused. What do people do in a game supposed to allow small countries to shine? They just put all the major powers together. It just annoys me so much that people would just unite Germany, UK, US and Japan or something similar, and force France, Russia and Italy to beat them back through all the small countries. The only way to counter this is if the lazy big coalition is dumb, the other players are smart, or the other players just gold it all to hell.
Solution: Limit number of superpowers in a coalition
I'm not sure how to do this, but a coalition shouldn't have more than two superpowers. What you consider superopowers is subjective, but it would certainly force people to give Egypt and Communist China a chance.
Problem 3: Small European Colonizers given short end of the stick
I went into a game thinking Denmark would be great - it has a big navy and decent positioning if you ally with Germany. However, countries like Denmark, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands have decent colonies, but because of all the non core problems and morale troubles, they don't have the influence they should.
Solution: I don't really know any basic solution to this, as all the troubles come from the current overall game mechanics, like morale and non-core production. Possibly the diplomatic features to integrate colonies in Age of Exploration or whatever that other Bytro game is?
Hey you made it to the end! What do you think? Sorry if I came off badly, I was a bit annoyed in parts.
I have a few suggestions for the next go around of All Countries: All in. I noticed a few problems with it. I'll list the problem, then the suggestion.
Problem 1: Too many inactives
How many people are going to pick yemen then dominate the world? Lets be real. I know some people will want to do it because they're yemeni or they like a challenge, but not many will.
Solution: Allow games to start after 85% of people have joined
Games have to wait an extra hour to start for someone to pick all those stupid little countries like Danzig, but why? Most of the people who play just go inactive, and if you want to join you could still join until day two. I"M NOT DISSING SMALL COUNTRIES. Some of their resources are amazing, and some start with crazy armies for their size.
Problem 2: Abuse of Coalitions
It makes sense that the coalitions are larger to allow in the almost doubled amount of players, but this is just relentlessly abused. What do people do in a game supposed to allow small countries to shine? They just put all the major powers together. It just annoys me so much that people would just unite Germany, UK, US and Japan or something similar, and force France, Russia and Italy to beat them back through all the small countries. The only way to counter this is if the lazy big coalition is dumb, the other players are smart, or the other players just gold it all to hell.
Solution: Limit number of superpowers in a coalition
I'm not sure how to do this, but a coalition shouldn't have more than two superpowers. What you consider superopowers is subjective, but it would certainly force people to give Egypt and Communist China a chance.
Problem 3: Small European Colonizers given short end of the stick
I went into a game thinking Denmark would be great - it has a big navy and decent positioning if you ally with Germany. However, countries like Denmark, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands have decent colonies, but because of all the non core problems and morale troubles, they don't have the influence they should.
Solution: I don't really know any basic solution to this, as all the troubles come from the current overall game mechanics, like morale and non-core production. Possibly the diplomatic features to integrate colonies in Age of Exploration or whatever that other Bytro game is?
Hey you made it to the end! What do you think? Sorry if I came off badly, I was a bit annoyed in parts.