Hydra Discussion Thread

DeathNote · Post Post #66 (isolation #0) » Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:28 pm

Mostly EGO posting here and having read anything else yet really but...

I don't like the idea of Hydra's in a Survivor game.

The situations were I would be ok with it need multiple of the following:
* Advertised in advance
* Used to teach a newer player
* In a bastard game where I already know the rules don't count for much
* An all hydra game

Hydra's feel like a massive advantage to me and I get that it's cool to help people with messed up timezones and relieve a bit of the pressure of the game but there is incremental advantages that will further divide people's odds of doing well. This game is brutal and stressful and consuming.... having a hydra just relieves a burden everyone else can't get rid of.

But yeah... just my quick two cents. I'm also the guy who would rather only have 1 idol max in games.

DeathNote · Post Post #67 (isolation #1) » Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:35 pm

^Sorry it's late and I'm tired. This should should say that "I haven't read anything else yet."

DeathNote · Post Post #77 (isolation #2) » Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:18 am

In post 72, Skelda wrote:I'll tell you one thing, this thread is really making me never want to play as a hydra because I feel like even if you win as a hydra, people are gonna be like "oh no, you were a hydra, such a huuuuuuge advantage" and it's almost like your win doesn't fully count. That sounds pretty depressing to me.

Sounds like redemption. Never understood why that mechanic is used when half the players have no interest in it.