Board Game Arena

Would be much more enjoyable without prelude corps

Well, I am not enjoying at all, this arena season I am playing only tournaments on Tharsis :/

Hellas has been fun! It plays a lot differently than the Tharsis map does, which is the point of mixing up the maps. I'm excited for a random map option potential next season or even just pick a different map for arena and see where the meta takes us!

Hate Hellas, prefer Elysium.
For some reason (unknown to me), I can easily lose to lower rated opponent on Hellas, while on Tharsis I wasnt losing to them at all with some exception (vs -5).
P.S. have no idea about "busted setups"

Kulikk wrote: ↑26 November 2025, 14:55 Would be much more enjoyable without prelude corps

I understand why people want to remove prelude corporations, but why not remove bad corporations instead? As for me, playing on the average corporation against PL or Vitor is more fun than playing on the phobolog against anything

This has been my first experience with Hellas and I haven't been enjoying it as much as Tharsis although I do appreciate the challenge of a new map.

My main experience now (10-20 games in?) is that card draw and placement are so heavily incentivized that cards like earth catapult or AI central feel like near auto-wins when drawn early by an experienced player. On top of being powerful cards in general, they just align with so many of the awards and milestones.

cosmosis wrote: ↑08 December 2025, 21:37 This has been my first experience with Hellas and I haven't been enjoying it as much as Tharsis although I do appreciate the challenge of a new map.

My main experience now (10-20 games in?) is that card draw and placement are so heavily incentivized that cards like earth catapult or AI central feel like near auto-wins when drawn early by an experienced player. On top of being powerful cards in general, they just align with so many of the awards and milestones.

Not saying I disagree - (I'm permanently stuck fluctuating between 475 and 540 Elo at this game, so there are many things I must just not quite be grasping) - but aren't an early EC or AI Central strong for milestones and awards on most maps?

(I don't even have Hellas or Elysium Awards and milestones memorized without looking at the boards. I could probably name all of them, but I forget which ones are on which maps).

cosmosis wrote: ↑08 December 2025, 21:37 This has been my first experience with Hellas and I haven't been enjoying it as much as Tharsis although I do appreciate the challenge of a new map.

My main experience now (10-20 games in?) is that card draw and placement are so heavily incentivized that cards like earth catapult or AI central feel like near auto-wins when drawn early by an experienced player. On top of being powerful cards in general, they just align with so many of the awards and milestones.

Card draw, definitely. It's always powerful, but even more so on Hellas with the awards (Space Baron/Magnate/Contractor, even Eccentric to some degree). EC is obviously amazing, but I feel like hitting EC without card draw is ultimately not as scary - if they keep whiffing on card draw, they can run out of efficient things to play after a few mediocre drafts.

I enjoy Hellas well enough, but I am excited for Random map Arena in some 30ish days. That will be super fun