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Re: Imbalanced
Posted: 05 January 2024, 21:39
by znajder
killjoyprose wrote: ↑01 January 2024, 07:38
The most popular games are restricted to premium play where people deliberately start 1v1 tables to bully other players much below their skill level. I have the choice to either wait hours to play a board game in my free time against people in my skill level or play someone now when I have the time that is going to absolutely demolish me. Their are no tables I can match with where people don't abuse gaming mechanics I can't even begin to understand that have literal thousands of games put under their belts for something that only released a few months ago. This doesn't feel fun to me and I don't feel like I l learn anything as these same people often ignore questions or give basic advice. That anyone who is already playing understands. "You should try to get a higher score." I've had multiple people say those exact words to me. I try to have fun despite it but often I'm so willfully matched against my opponents that it just feels like I was put their to get beat up
There's an easy solution. Get Premium, set up your own table where you restrict the table to players with low ELO/experience.
Re: Imbalanced
Posted: 06 January 2024, 02:59
by ufm
znajder wrote: ↑05 January 2024, 21:39
There's an easy solution. Get Premium, set up your own table where you restrict the table to players with low ELO/experience.
It doesn't even need a premium subscription...
Re: Imbalanced
Posted: 06 January 2024, 13:11
by Amau_Catepetl
honestly, the subscription to BGA is really cheap and you can play the games that you want with it
Re: Imbalanced
Posted: 06 January 2024, 20:38
by ChiefPointThief
ufm wrote: ↑05 January 2024, 07:06
Stroom wrote: ↑05 January 2024, 07:01
Correct.
Azul RT-TB in Dec. 2023: 481667 - 34661 (93.3% - 6.7%)
Ark Nova RT-TB in Dec. 2023: 201996 - 62160 (76.5% - 23.5%)
There are even more extreme examples:
Bang! RT-TB in Dec. 2023: 43754 - 466 (98.946% - 1.054%)
French Tarot RT-TB in Dec. 2023: 23703 - 48 (99.8% - 0.2%)
The number of ongoing games cannot represent the number of all tables.
This is rather interesting. After doing the #s for azul that is almost 11 games per min. I had to check this out for myself because I didn't recall that many games being played of azul whenever I looked in lobby. Just simply waiting in lobby you won't see all this activity (you will if you click tables I cant join) but in the few mins I looked it was on par w/ the averages. About 95% of the games never appeared in lobby so they were either auto joins and table filled immediately or invites. I'm jealous of azul players
A lot of the games I play don't get a fraction of this traffic.
Re: Imbalanced
Posted: 07 January 2024, 13:34
by ufm
ChiefPointThief wrote: ↑06 January 2024, 20:38
I'm jealous of azul players
A lot of the games I play don't get a fraction of this traffic.
Azul's time spent rank is #4 of BGA (Ark Nova - Catan - Wingspan, then Azul), and the number of games is #1.
Re: Imbalanced
Posted: 09 January 2024, 23:06
by Meeplelowda
ufm wrote: ↑07 January 2024, 13:34
ChiefPointThief wrote: ↑06 January 2024, 20:38
I'm jealous of azul players
A lot of the games I play don't get a fraction of this traffic.
Azul's time spent rank is #4 of BGA (Ark Nova - Catan - Wingspan, then Azul), and the number of games is #1.
Are these stats only visible to devs?
Re: Imbalanced
Posted: 10 January 2024, 03:53
by Kayvon
Yes. I mentioned it earlier in the thread.
Kayvon wrote: ↑05 January 2024, 03:33developers can see stats of games they have implemented
Re: Imbalanced
Posted: 10 January 2024, 06:51
by Meeplelowda
Kayvon wrote: ↑10 January 2024, 03:53
Yes. I mentioned it earlier in the thread.
Kayvon wrote: ↑05 January 2024, 03:33developers can see stats of games they have implemented
ufm, who I quoted, cited relative stats about Ark Nova, Catan, Wingspan, and Azul, but I don't see ufm listed as a dev on any of those. So to clarify, are the types of stats
cited in the ufm post I quoted visible to all devs, but not users in general?