Best posts made by Avin

Whoa, this discussion is still going?

I understand your frustration since I’ve agreed with you from the beginning. In fairness to AcesWild, it looks like he has mostly accepted the same understanding of the game’s balance that we’ve been saying all along over the course of these past, what, two years? He’s been willing to change his perspective which is more than many people do. So I commend him for that. And even for his painstaking journey of internalising and understanding the balance for himself rather than just taking our word for it.

But what remains is the fact that he is still opposed to a bid. And I guess that’s just a matter of what you are looking for in a game: I’d rather have a game that is more equitable regardless of historical accuracy, whereas some people might prefer a fixed game that is still as balanced as possible. I prefer the bid because it allows disagreements of balance to automatically be resolved by whoever is willing to bid the least. Whereas I think AcesWild is going to have a tough journey selling his recommended fixes to anything more than a handful of people he knows just because he doesn’t have the reach of people who will pay attention to him, but for those people, maybe it salvages a great game.

Whew, I had considered sending less against Karelia so I could retake Manchuria, but I’m glad I decided to play it safe! Not retaking Karelia would have been devastating there.

Okay, let’s hope for no more extreme swings!

I took your carrier as I was planning on staying anyway. The sub hit following that so it was definitely what you wanted. :)

Yes, I think I’m at the end of my rope here now. I hope you’re paying those Russian AA gunners well - if not I may have a opening or two for them!

@AcesWild5049 Sure no problem. Some people really dislike the idea because they feel like Axis and Allies is made for random lucky swings and it removes part of the game without it. I disagree, particularly because of the interesting effect that when you do use LowLuck, you can engage in what would otherwise be riskier battles, but the potential swings within those are still present and do make more of a difference because of the ability to calculate things more certainly.

I’ve also heard the dismissal “If I wanted to decrease luck I would play chess!” That’s a silly argument because I happen to very much enjoy chess too!

But I’m happy to play either, regardless.

I know that by providing it I may or may not add incentive to either attacking or not attacking, but in the interest of us not necessarily being available at the same time, it just keeps things moving forward. So I tend to try to think in advance of what I might want if it’s reasonably clear and not super important.