War - Questions and Answers

[GG]

um...

Shouldn't we be notified of who the  general and Lt. are???

I mean, it's not that much of an issue for my team since we're not facing any members, but for others... it could be an issue.

[willng3]

um...

Shouldn't we be notified of who the  general and Lt. are???

I mean, it's not that much of an issue for my team since we're not facing any members, but for others... it could be an issue.

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,13178.0/topicseen.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,13178.0/topicseen.html)

[GG]

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*takes her eyes out for failing to see that

It would be useful to mention it in the underworld forum too.

[Memorystick]

*motions to have general replaced for making so many mistakes*

Kidding, of course.
But seriously, lurk moar

[kobisjeruk]

there are talks about increasing the conversion count from 12 to 24 (this was at the same time as talks about putting up suicide deck, intentional forfeit)
is it already in effect or is that for future round or future war?

[Dragoon1140]

there are talks about increasing the conversion count from 12 to 24 (this was at the same time as talks about putting up suicide deck, intentional forfeit)
is it already in effect or is that for future round or future war?

It is still a twelve card conversion, at least for this round.  I doubt it will change until the next War, but I obviously don't know for sure. 

[Xinef]

I think the point where 24 card conversions would be needed will soon be behind us anyway, since with every deck 30 cards are being discarded, which means one less player playing for the team*. 12 card conversion will suffice to deal with the 'you salvage mostly off-element cards' problem.

*Unless your team has >299 cards, in which case you are doomed.

[Gyrodiot]

I didn't find my answer in the Rules thread, so I post here 

What happens if a Team has to field more than half of the players remaining ? How to make the matchups ?

Simple example, with two remaining teams :
Team A has 100 cards left -> 3 players
Team B has 65 cards left -> 2 players

Will 1 player of team A get a bye or something ? I suppose this situation already showed up in War #1...

[Scaredgirl]

there are talks about increasing the conversion count from 12 to 24 (this was at the same time as talks about putting up suicide deck, intentional forfeit)
is it already in effect or is that for future round or future war?

There was talk about that yes, but after looking into it, it seems like the main issues it not having enough non-Pillar cards of your element. Having tons of Pillars is useless if you don't have anything to spend that quanta on, so in that sense, extra converting is not that useful really.

If we really want to get rid of suicide decks, we either need to:

A) Get teams to stop doing dumb things like discarding all their non-Pillar cards (of their element) during early rounds
B) A converting system where you can get more non-Pillar cards of your element

Latter is not a "perfect" solution either, because the ability to kind of rebuild your Vault during the event is not cool. Teams should have to play with the Vault they originally designed. So if there was something like this, it needs some serious limitations.

I didn't find my answer in the Rules thread, so I post here 

What happens if a Team has to field more than half of the players remaining ? How to make the matchups ?

Simple example, with two remaining teams :
Team A has 100 cards left -> 3 players
Team B has 65 cards left -> 2 players

Will 1 player of team A get a bye or something ? I suppose this situation already showed up in War #1...

In that particular case, one player from team A would get a bye.

[Kael Hate]

If we really want to get rid of suicide decks, we either need to:

A) Get teams to stop doing dumb things like discarding all their non-Pillar cards (of their element) during early rounds

We didn't discard in element cards voluntarily at all. but having a round where you lose half your vault and yor decks have more than 50% in element cards puts a dampener on things.

From 300 cards you have 200 in element and 100 out element, and these cards deployed at a higher in element rate ie 5:1, when you lose 150 cards from the vault you lose 125:25 leaving you with 75 in elements and 75 out element and a requirement to make all decks 50:50, and anytime you build a deck with a ratio higher than that of the vault, the critical loss is more detrimental.

The only options here are, to win everygame, play a mono vault, or always deploy a ratio less than that of the vault.  All a bit unrealistic.

I don't care if you say its bad luck, but to say its deliberate dumb action by the team is a bit harsh.

[Scaredgirl]

We didn't discard in element cards voluntarily at all.

I don't want to discuss about Vaults and discarding in public to avoid saying something that the other teams might use, but I will say that we should revisit this comment of yours once the event is over or team is eliminated, whichever comes first.

[kobisjeruk]

what is the ruling on banning/replacing Voodoo Dolls in vault?

i see you have taken the measure to ban it in event
i would've hope to see the same made here and probably for weekend tournaments
(at least until its fixed)