So this may come across as just bragging, but I noticed a fun coincidence and wanted to point it out. My "world rank" in the arena for two different games is currently exactly the same - 73rd place in both Catan and Ticket To Ride. As I said, that may seem like bragging since there are over 6000 players in the arena for both games, so I'm obviously a pretty good player for both, but i just thought it was a cool coincidence that it happened to line up this way right now.
I've actually been higher than that in TTR when I used to play regularly a couple of seasons ago - I think I hit a best around 30th mid-season when I used to play regularly early this year. I just returned to playing on BGA after about 6+ months away, and decided to see if I could get back into the top 100. But I feel like 2 player in TTR is just sort of a grind to get arena points once you get really good at the specific 2 player strategies. Playing with more people outside arena is more fun, and more random/difficult. Or else I just haven't figured out best strategies yet, the way I have with 2 player, which seems likely.
I've played Catan a lot elsewhere, which is why I'm already a pretty good player for that, but just started playing here on BGA in the last few weeks. Again, I decided to jump into the arena to see how high I could get with it. As with TTR, I find the player count for arena to be weird. Catan is usually played with 4 players competitively elsewhere, so 3 player arena here seems odd to me. But I also think that's part of why I'm doing so well. I think it makes it easier, since less players increases the odds that I'll be the best at the table.
And obviously, it changes the strategies involved, too. I'm still having fun with that one, so I'll keep going to see how much higher I can get in the arena, though I'm likely to switch to non-arena for 4 players eventually.
I've actually been higher than that in TTR when I used to play regularly a couple of seasons ago - I think I hit a best around 30th mid-season when I used to play regularly early this year. I just returned to playing on BGA after about 6+ months away, and decided to see if I could get back into the top 100. But I feel like 2 player in TTR is just sort of a grind to get arena points once you get really good at the specific 2 player strategies. Playing with more people outside arena is more fun, and more random/difficult. Or else I just haven't figured out best strategies yet, the way I have with 2 player, which seems likely.
I've played Catan a lot elsewhere, which is why I'm already a pretty good player for that, but just started playing here on BGA in the last few weeks. Again, I decided to jump into the arena to see how high I could get with it. As with TTR, I find the player count for arena to be weird. Catan is usually played with 4 players competitively elsewhere, so 3 player arena here seems odd to me. But I also think that's part of why I'm doing so well. I think it makes it easier, since less players increases the odds that I'll be the best at the table.
And obviously, it changes the strategies involved, too. I'm still having fun with that one, so I'll keep going to see how much higher I can get in the arena, though I'm likely to switch to non-arena for 4 players eventually.
