Looking at this weeks match and the sheer amount of cards that are going to be purchased/played I think the server is going to blow up Log in to see images!

So the question is how many cards is enough? I think if a limit is set then it might add another level of strategy to card selection/playing in a domination round. The idea is you can only hold x number of cards in your hand per week and if you want to have more you need to play more. What does everybody think?

If the card limit is 10 and you have 10 cards then before buying another card you would need to use one. Make sense?

Well, until they come up with a card stealing mechanism then I don’t see how it hurts the non-rush player. If I don’t have any scoops to destroy then using a card against me is useless. Quick example:

player 1 – 25 scoops 5 cards

player 2 – 5 scoops 10 cards

player 3 – 8 scoops 10 cards

player 4 – 0 scoops 5 cards

player 5 – 0 scoops 10 cards

So player 4 and 5 can bumhole player 1 but player 2 and 3 cannot. Players 1,2,3,4,5 can steal each others scoops or play shotgun cards but still can do nothing to the player with no scoops. Let’s say everybody is reduced to zero scoops and the new board looks like this:

player 1 – 0 scoops 3 cards

player 2 – 0 scoops 5 cards

player 3 – 0 scoops 6 cards

player 4 – 0 scoops 2 cards

player 5 – 0 scoops 8 cards

So clearly now player 5 is in the best position to win since they have the most cards but since everybody is at zero scoops card timing becomes a factor because the next player to use a modest improvement has four other players that can attack them.

It’s about stealing the scoops before the non-Rush players can buy cards. Let’s use the recent SotQR Vanilla Rush as an example (remember, this is before any Vanilla rebalancing).

Look at the sequence below. I’m taking a Rush player starting at 0 scoops against a selection of non-Rush players with various scoop and card levels.

    Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  4 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  8 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 2 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  8 Scoops	 1 Cards

    Rush Player:	300 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  4 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  8 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 2 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  8 Scoops	 1 Cards

At this point, the Rush player realizes that he is the primary target for bumhole cards, and starts to dump scoops into cards.

    Rush Player:	260 Scoops	10 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  4 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  8 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 2 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  8 Scoops	 1 Cards

    Rush Player:	260 Scoops	10 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  4 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  4 Scoops	 1 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 2 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  8 Scoops	 1 Cards

He hits the 10 card limit. Looking at worse case scenario, one of the non-Rush players notices the sudden jump and purchases another card.

    Rush Player:	260 Scoops	 2 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 1 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 2 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 1 Cards

The Rush player realizes he has to play his cards in order to dump more scoops into cards. To keep things simple, we’re going to bumume that he pulled 10 Shotgun cards. Using those shotgun cards, he manages to reduce all other players to 0 scoops while still retaining cards (yes, in reality the bracket has more players, but that simply means he has to rinse-and-repeat over and over until either all players are 0 or he runs out of scoops).

    Rush Player:	260 Scoops	 2 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 0 Cards
Non-Rush Player:	  0 Scoops	 0 Cards

Again, sticking to worse case scenario, we will bumume that all of the non-Rush players are holding bumhole cards. Using all of the bumhole cards, they do damage against the Rush player. However, he still leads with cards and scoops. If someone manages to pull 4 scoops with all 4 visits tomorrow, then they either have to immediately dump all scoops into a card (which negates any possibilty of a medal), or run the risk of the Rush player carding those 4 scoops away again.

This is the backfire that I’m afraid will happen with a limit on cards, unless controls are put into place such as my suggestion that people reduced below a certain number of scoops earning automatic bumhole cards.

I can’t get the spacing in that one block of text to go away. It doesn’t look that way in edit or preview mode, only once I re-post it.

jp, add this suggestion to the sticky vanilla thread. If implemented after vanilla re-balancing, this would add a really cool and fun aspect to Dom card strategy! Log in to see images!