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Post #12 (isolation #1) » Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:58 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
I have also noticed in the course of running them that people will complain about their factions power level almost no matter what you do. In a 3 faction game I ran awhile back I think it was reasonably balanced with each side having roughly 25% chance of winning. However most people aren't used to having 25% chance of winning. Their faction will feel underpowered to them. They will complain.
I still think this is the right way to do things but in the moment people are going to be annoyed.
In post 12, Thestatusquo wrote:
I have also noticed in the course of running them that people will complain about their factions power level almost no matter what you do. In a 3 faction game I ran awhile back I think it was reasonably balanced with each side having roughly 25% chance of winning. However most people aren't used to having 25% chance of winning. Their faction will feel underpowered to them. They will complain.
I still think this is the right way to do things but in the moment people are going to be annoyed.
A 25% EV for three factions adds up to 75%, which while balanced has a non-negligible chance of a draw or complete loss. The game being multiball does have some expected endgames that are draws (1 mafia and 1 werewolf is a stalemate), but a 25% chance for no winners feels like there is too much of a chance for an unsatisfying endgame.
But yeah equal EVs are balanced, and you won't get 50% EV in a balanced multiball as you have more than two factions that can't win together.
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Post #23 (isolation #7) » Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:42 am
Postby Thestatusquo »
In post 21, Zachrulez wrote:
No matter how balanced something might seem in theory you still need to be ready for something like this to happen in practice.
The thing I don't really like about the idea of 10:3:3 is that the town could theoretically lose even with perfect play. I don't really like to say a setup is balanced if something like that is possible no matter how improbable it seems in theory.