2013 - AAG 40 League

[gamerman01]

While we’re talking about this, I highly recommend that every league player familiarizes themselves with the Word document list I attached to the previous post.

There are several game play issues identified, and familiarizing yourself with the list could prevent unnecessary conflict with another league player, or even improve your game play/chances of winning.

There are multiple issues with tech and how Triple A (incorrectly) applies the rules.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me

[seth4god]

To add to this Gamer, I did find some instances where it would roll to see which tech you get and it’d roll a tech that you didn’t have . . . but it went ahead and gave you another one anyway. Sometimes it actually gives you the tech you don’t have yet and sometimes it doesn’t. It looks like it’s an issue with the formula to check to see if you have a tech or not.

From my testing, which was by no means exhaustive but worth maybe an hour or so of playing around with it, I found some basic rules that seem to hold true. If power gets tech, roll for tech, check to see if country already has it. Good so far, but it’ll check each tech down the list one at a time. As soon as it runs into any tech that you already have before getting to the number you rolled then it thinks that you have the tech that you rolled for.

For example, you roll a 4 for radar in chart 2 and you already have improved shipyards. As soon as triplea sees that you have improved shipyards or number 3 on the list, it thinks you already have radar and goes ahead and gives you the next one in the list. But say you have improved shipyards (still 3rd on the list) but you instead roll a 2. It will reach that number without seeing that you have any tech, it’ll stop checking right then and give you the correct tech.

So you can see it really messes with the odds and chances of getting certain tech in certain circumstances.

[gamerman01]

So “manually” rolling for tech when you already have one is the solution?  (Or, of course, just getting in the habit of rolling all tech rolls on the forum with the aaa command)

[Jennifer]

For now the solution is as follows:

All technology rolls are to be done using the house dice server.

this applies to rolls for your first to your eleventh technology break through.  (twelfth technology being the last one available.)

[seth4god]

Which rolls do you want us to roll manually? So far I haven’t seen an issue with rolling for tech. It’s rolling to see WHICH tech you get is where the problem crops up. I could understand saying to roll everything manually if there’s a question about it. I just want to make sure what we’re actually rolling for is well understood by everyone in the community.

Also, the two breakthrough charts are treated separately. So the last tech in each would be the one that doesn’t get rolled for, not just the 12th one.

[gamerman01]

Seth, it does make sense to roll ALL tech dice manually.  It’s the most simple and elegant solution.
The issue is that Triple A automatically rolls the selection die roll immediately and awards you a tech.
I’d rather not have to explain to someone who’s unaware, that we need to re-roll the tech dice that gave me crappy improved mech and my re-roll gives me paratroopers.  Much cleaner to roll ALL tech dice on the forum so I never get awarded the wrong tech in the first place.
Like I said, you only NEED to roll it manually after you’ve already got a tech, but it is simpler to roll ALL tech dice on the server (even for the 6th or 12th breakthroughs) to keep it consistent and simplest.

[seth4god]

Yeah, I have no issue really either way. I could see a huge benefit in rolling everything manually to avoid confusion like you stated. I just wanted to make sure we were all on the same page.  :-D

[gamerman01]

Jenn, and everyone,

Apparently the Triple A tech problem was a false alarm.
Veqryn says the engine is rolling a 5 sided die when you have 1 tech already, a 4 sided die when you have 2, etc. so each remaining tech has equal likelihood.

If this is the case (I will test it myself now), then there is no need to roll tech manually.

[gamerman01]

Seems good.

I gave Germany the first 4 chart 2 techs.  When I got a breakthrough, Triple A rolled a “2” and awarded heavy bombers.  A “1” would have been LRA.

This time Triple A didn’t deserve your derision, Jenn.  False alarm.

[gamerman01]

In lieu of the rule to roll tech dice on the forum, I suggest a rule that all ROCKET attacks are rolled on the forum.  See my list, attached (I updated it and edited it tonight), to see why.  There are 3 very significant procedural errors with rockets in Triple A.  You should skip them in Triple A and roll them manually during the SBR phase of the conduct combat phase, and edit for the results.

Triple A problems.doc

[Amon-Sul]

Guys,

When the Axis take the 6th or 8th VC (let`s say on Italy 7)

Do they have to have them the ENTIRE round until Italy 8 or it is enough they have it in Italy 7 and Italy 8.

In other words Italy takes 8th VC on rd7. USA retakes the 8th VC on rd 8. Italy takes it again on rd 8.

Have the axis won?

And does triple a abides the rule here?

Thank U :)

[gamerman01]

Amon,

I don’t know about Triple A on this

You have to maintain the 8 cities for an entire round, until I8, without EVER dipping below 8 for a moment.  You can lose a city and still win only if you got up to 9+ cities at the time you lost one.  Once you dip below 8, you have to start all over.
Any combination of cities works.  The key is that you must maintain 8 (or 6 on Pacific) or more at all times for a complete round of play once you get the 8th (6th)

[Jennifer]

I am still going to go with all technology rolls to be done using the inhouse dicey where you can link ME with the results if an issue arises.  (You know, so I can go to your game thread and see the actual dice results.)

By all, I mean even the first roll of the game for technology until the last roll of the game for technology.  This gives me the ability to see the thread and know what the actual roll was and how many sides the die had when it was rolled.

If you two players want to use TripleA for your technology rolls, go for it.  Just don’t come crying to me about your opponent “automatically” getting long range aircraft on his success.  I have a hard enough time sorting out the marti rolls in my own inbox. lol.  :evil:

[gamerman01]

Um, I don’t think tech rolls are going to be an issue with anybody
There won’t be anything to investigate or settle

If you’re going to decree something, it should be that rocket attacks are done manually.  That’s where your likely to get disagreements and problems if it’s done in Triple A.

[Jennifer]

Yea, see, I’ve typed like like 7 8 times now.

My opinion of the matter is that it is easier to rule on well documented issues.  If the dice server installed here rolls a 6 for technology, the player posts he is rolling on chart 2 and rolls a 4, I know exactly what technology he got.  I dont have to deal with 5.75 sided dice that you can only roll on a tuesday if there is no cloud cover and your sister isn’t kissing you at the time the die was rolled.  :P

However, if you want to use the tripleA dice server, go for it.  Just keep in mind, if you end up kissing your sister when you roll a 5.75 sided die and you get a 3 for the 7th time in a row resulting in your opponent complaining that you should have a 3 because the universe so decreed then you are going to have to explain to me why you were kissing your sister!

There, see, I did it without ranting!  i knew I could do it!

[gamerman01]

And still not a mention of my suggestion for manual rocket rolls…

[Jennifer]

@Gamerman01:

And still not a mention of my suggestion for manual rocket rolls…

I prefer all rolls to be done through the house server. :P

If you roll rockets incorrectly through TripleA then it sucks to be you, your opponent gets the best deal possible.  Dice mistakes always hurt the aggressor more than the defender.

[gamerman01]

That works - thanks

[gamerman01]

Triple A issues document prettied up, organized, and updated

Triple A problems.doc

[Jennifer]

@Gamerman01:

That works - thanks

Null perspiration.