Please add snake draft to AOI

[DavenciWudong]

Agree!

[Yahyra]

+1, also someone (1,2,3 not it!) should file a suggestion ( I think it's in the same page where you file bugs) to the developers and let us know so we can upvote it.

[zero0831]

Agree+1

[Neviron]

+1
Especially the third and fourth player has a huge disadvantage, as they will only get second pick on one of faction and stronghold, and don't get anything to compensate for it. Without snake draft I will only play aoi every now and then, but with it aoi could replace terra mystica for me.

[Rayreddington]

+1

[sacha1977x]

I agree that after playing a lot of AOI with the current 1234 draft format that it is unbalanced. First pick Inventors is often GG. I think the snake draft which includes drafting pass tiles would be a big improvement. But actually I think a better solution would be reverse snake draft including pass tiles. So that would be 4321 1234 4321 1234. I'd really love this option to be added in particular by the time Arena starts for AOI. Unlike TM, I think AOI can be just fine without an auction if this change is made.

Thanks,
sacha1977x

[greaseDonkey]

+1 for snake draft including passing tiles

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[BaseSig]

I agree that after playing a lot of AOI with the current 1234 draft format that it is unbalanced. First pick Inventors is often GG. I think the snake draft which includes drafting pass tiles would be a big improvement. But actually I think a better solution would be reverse snake draft including pass tiles. So that would be 4321 1234 4321 1234. I'd really love this option to be added in particular by the time Arena starts for AOI. Unlike TM, I think AOI can be just fine without an auction if this change is made.

Thanks,
sacha1977x

Snake in standard order with pass tiles proved to be more balanced in playtesting.

[nghillaz]

Options are fine, but I personally think Snake is a bad idea. In a 4p game, It would give 1st and 4th pick a large advantage due to being able to "combo" their picks - e.g. taking a Faction and then immediately taking a well-pairing Palace, disadvantaging 2nd and 3th players. Yes, standard draft gives 1st pick an advantage, but I think it's counteracted by being "forced" to take terrain before knowing if there will be neighbor competition. 4th player can delay choosing a terrain to pick one without neighbors, the advantage depending on player count and terrain distribution.