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I laughed reading on BOLS about a wulfen meet DA list combo.
Someone speculated that the game may "spontaneously explode" if it got any more broken.
So true.
But, I think that there is a fix for this sort of thing at a community level, such as with the ITC.
One is to put up a "rarity" coefficient in front of points costs for units that are over-underpowered.
Note that this rarity value can be assigned as part of a running narrative,
or drawn from scenario cards randomly,
so this is easily addable as a second layer of the game once the value system is in place.
Basically, the idea is that the best units get tapped more often,
run through a hot period with a wave of excellent recruits, or better equipment,
and so become more expensive to field both because they are likely taking losses on a number of fronts
and are also under greater demand -
I mean, GW can make infinite wulfen, but that ain't how it is in the game.
So, OP cheez like wraithknights and scatbikes and d-scythes will be weighted heavily, and cost more.
Plus, taking more than one or two of something should end up costing more, depending on scarcity and so on...
On the other hand, less powerful "fluffier" stuff might get a coefficient less than one
so that taking storm guardians might be encouraged
while too many wave serps are also discouraged due to scarcity multipliers.
These values can be voted on, tested regionally and adjusted over a period of time.
Narratives/campaigns can be constructed with these multipliers implicated.
And, this way, tournament organizers can design events with greater control...
we might imagine global narrative driven events in this way really,
all computer tracked with for example
the west fielding on the one hand and then losing on the other hand (2 dimensions)
more of unit type X than Y,
so the scarcity modifier is higher for X than Y.
Scarcity multipliers will be different for different regions as different areas play different styles.
this thing could be super huge.
in fact, i want to run it.
if itc called me i would take the job.
guaranteed epic...
Anyways, am I way off base here?
Couldn't something like this work?
I mean, the ITC already does something like this, as is...
Someone speculated that the game may "spontaneously explode" if it got any more broken.
So true.
But, I think that there is a fix for this sort of thing at a community level, such as with the ITC.
One is to put up a "rarity" coefficient in front of points costs for units that are over-underpowered.
Note that this rarity value can be assigned as part of a running narrative,
or drawn from scenario cards randomly,
so this is easily addable as a second layer of the game once the value system is in place.
Basically, the idea is that the best units get tapped more often,
run through a hot period with a wave of excellent recruits, or better equipment,
and so become more expensive to field both because they are likely taking losses on a number of fronts
and are also under greater demand -
I mean, GW can make infinite wulfen, but that ain't how it is in the game.
So, OP cheez like wraithknights and scatbikes and d-scythes will be weighted heavily, and cost more.
Plus, taking more than one or two of something should end up costing more, depending on scarcity and so on...
On the other hand, less powerful "fluffier" stuff might get a coefficient less than one
so that taking storm guardians might be encouraged
while too many wave serps are also discouraged due to scarcity multipliers.
These values can be voted on, tested regionally and adjusted over a period of time.
Narratives/campaigns can be constructed with these multipliers implicated.
And, this way, tournament organizers can design events with greater control...
we might imagine global narrative driven events in this way really,
all computer tracked with for example
the west fielding on the one hand and then losing on the other hand (2 dimensions)
more of unit type X than Y,
so the scarcity modifier is higher for X than Y.
Scarcity multipliers will be different for different regions as different areas play different styles.
this thing could be super huge.
in fact, i want to run it.
if itc called me i would take the job.
guaranteed epic...
Anyways, am I way off base here?
Couldn't something like this work?
I mean, the ITC already does something like this, as is...