they already are

Arktor Posted:

And then klan gangbangs will be virtually unstoppable!

either i misread the post i was replying to or the edit it changed it from “virtually” to “literally”

anyway they are already virtually unstoppable, depending on the clan.

i’ve managed to out-shield those folks for 3 weeks strait, so far. which is sort of what I am talking about.

unless you mean its possible to overcome a clan cluster**** of griefers, which is true

i am arguing about gangbangs FOR medals, not against them. the later clearly don’t work.

or rather the cluster **** doesn’t work unless you have a winning horse to help past the finish line, and not just a bunch of bumhole cards.

Add a card that deletes the attacked player’s account, IP bans them, hacks their credit card, destroys their computer, kills their family and eventually divides everything by 0.

200KillerWasps Posted:

If the bumhole card is over-gunned, then maybe ET could increase the drop rate for Shield cards?

Having said that, I just played two AH’s because someone nuked me :/

More shields? That’s crazy. That would increase the effectiveness of the last minute Modest Improvement spree (which has NOTHING to do with skill) even more. Someone suggested to get rid of both Shields and bumholes and the idea is growing on me.

But maybe we just need to dilute the card pool a bit. Just put a couple of cards in (there’s a crapload of suggestions out there to work with) that are not bumholes, Shields or MIs and we may see some tactics other than diving down in scoops the moment you get them, get MIs and shields and start using MIs as fast as possible in the last minutesLog in to see images!

Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, this week has played out far more aggressively across the board. People don’t normally have to put up with this level of **** unless they are in a top bracket or have ****ed someone off. I would love to know how many total scoops have been destroyed per bracket this round, it is a seriously epic number.

The whole thing is in large part due to the TSB hit list. While TSB pretty much fizzled due to a canceled raid, every other regular Domination player went into the week expecting pure griefing. (See, don’t be sad – we griefed each other for you! Log in to see images!) The only real counter to the threat of serious griefing in this game is preemptive strikes. Keeping the board as free of scoops as possible eliminates the possibility of those scoops being turned in for destructive power. I’ve destroyed an insane amount of scoops this week and it felt less griefy than anything I’ve played in a long time. It wasn’t a matter of “Hmmmm, who should I hit? Ah, I have picked on that one yet!” it was “Who is a known Dom player or TSB member. Who has cards with exposed scoops. Plink to see if they have an active Shield. Destroy all their scoops. Now destroy the scoops of anyone who has a bunch of scoops, so they can’t convert to cards when they realize they have already lost this week.”

The point, and I know several players have actually already mentioned it to BINGEBOT 2015, something should be done about The bumhole. A few aggressive players should not be able to decimate a bracket of any size, let alone one as large as these have been. There is a big problem though, if there aren’t a very decent number of threatening cards there is no point in playing out the scene. There is no “protective” card that is worth turning scoops in for if there isn’t the danger of an attack being launched. He who manages the best raid/visits/Forumbuildr combo would be unstoppable. My personal opinion, The Shield is far more powerful than The bumhole. The introduction of The Shield shifted the game from speed/luck/aggression/maybe-we-can-tie to speed/luck/what-is-the-minimum-going-to-be. A nerf or added cost to The bumhole would help. An added cost to The Shield would help. More Dom cards diluting the pool and making it harder to focus on a single minded strategy would be the best solution.

EDIT: Ninja’d by snarky to-the-point posters. You bastards.

male reproductive organ Liquor Posted:

More shields? That’s crazy. That would increase the effectiveness of the last minute Modest Improvement spree (which has NOTHING to do with skill) even more. Someone suggested to get rid of both Shields and bumholes and the idea is growing on me.

But maybe we just need to dilute the card pool a bit. Just put a couple of cards in (there’s a crapload of suggestions out there to work with) that are not bumholes, Shields or MIs and we may see some tactics other than diving down in scoops the moment you get them, get MIs and shields and start using MIs as fast as possible in the last minutesLog in to see images!

Last-minute Modest Improvement sprees are just a way of countering early-game nuking. Otherwise, no one in their right mind would spend 4 scoops just to get 2. But since there’s so much crossfire, the MI strategy is becoming a lot more popular.

Even if you double the card pool, or the cost of cards, people will still use the MI strategy rather than lose their scoops. They’ll just use half as many MIs.

Arktor edited this message on 06/04/2008 3:26PM

Playing cards are fifty percent efficient as it is. The bumhole card is the only card that produces profits. If the bumhole card is removed, Top players can leave all their scoops on the board because it will take more than double the scoops to remove on of theirs. The bumhole card actually helps the less experience players. Domination is not a last minute game, but in reality the winning player planned and put in efforts throughout the week.

emojah Posted:

Playing cards are fifty percent efficient as it is. The bumhole card is the only card that produces profits. If the bumhole card is removed, Top players can leave all their scoops on the board because it will take more than double the scoops to remove on of theirs. The bumhole card actually helps the less experience players. Domination is not a last minute game, but in reality the winning player planned and put in efforts throughout the week.

you’re wrong, and here’s why: