Duels?

[Bones]

I dont understand how duels work, i had a level 4 preator vs a level 1 preator, i did a skull card with 4 damage, the opponent a lvl 1 did and orb card with less. he won. i am sorry but i ragequitted the game because of this. is this a bug? first of all skull should negate the orb, second i had more points. i dont understand. i also found a really annoying bug in multiplayer. when choosing belial in multiplayer in combination with the ring that lets you hold an extra event card, will result in getting no cards again, when selecting a new card they wont be added. instead of having more cards you be stuck with the same cards the entire match :(.

[Strill]

If you scroll down the results notification for the duel, and press "go to grand arena", it will break down what happened.

I'm willing to bet it went like this:

You dealt 4+4= 8 damage
Your opponent dealt 1 damage.
Your opponent was andromalius for +2 damage, and/or had the Goblet of the Traitor for +3 damage.
Your opponent bribed the judge more than you, and had 6 charisma. +6 damage.

1 (level) + 2 (Andromalius) + 6 (Charisma) = 9 damage.

9 damage beats 8, so andromalius wins.

[Anapoda]

I like the game fine but duel is just a BS mechanic.

[chaosguy]

Originally posted by Anapoda:

I like the game fine but duel is just a BS mechanic.

Its straight forward math. If math isn't your fun place you're not going to have fun in a number of board games. Some don't rely on it as much, but this one does, at least when it comes to duels.

The tension in this game's case often comes down to 'how much should I bribe the ref in order to guarantee my charisma bonus'. It's a bit of a poker thing if you've ever watched that online- and you can get thrown off from learning the game against bots, as I'm pretty sure they never bribe, so its easy to miss there's another level to it.

[Anapoda]

Originally posted by chaosguy:

Originally posted by Anapoda:

I like the game fine but duel is just a BS mechanic.

Its straight forward math. If math isn't your fun place you're not going to have fun in a number of board games.

You're very cute.

It's a BS mechanic not cause of the way it's calculated, but cause of the way it can be used and, most importantly, abused

[Slashing Death]

Originally posted by Anapoda:

Originally posted by chaosguy:

Its straight forward math. If math isn't your fun place you're not going to have fun in a number of board games.

You're very cute.

It's a BS mechanic not cause of the way it's calculated, but cause of the way it can be used and, most importantly, abused

Genuinely curious about what you mean by abused; the game seems to have a ton of things that are bit dickish/abuse worthy, like declaring on people with no way to respond, or spamming down a legion with rituals, or masking a ritual into pandora.

What do you mean by abuse? Like, a bug, or just general ♥♥♥♥-ishness?

[Starwild]

Originally posted by Anapoda:

It's a BS mechanic not cause of the way it's calculated, but cause of the way it can be used and, most importantly, abused

The game is incomplete, and there are many mechanics that could've really used a lot more TLC, but if you're singling out Duels I want to ask you why that is.

Personally, I experience (and dish out) relatively little hardship from them. I'd sooner say that with Rituals as a fundamental mechanic it sucks that immense resistance against them can be set up fairly easily.
Why do you feel Duels matter that much?

Originally posted by SanchoPanza:

[...] or hopefully an update adds [...]

One can dream, eh?

Also, the most brutal actual exploitable bug I'm currently aware of is that Events can be activated twice. I reported this recently through multiple channels.

I haven't tested to see if it's always possible, or when or how it's additive or not, but I did it with Sinful Windfall and received its benefits twice, and saw I could set it up with Capricious Wrath but didn't want its benefits in a multiplayer match again.

[Bones]

it has been a while since i've been here, or played the game. strill was on point with regards to the duel.