Do you prefer playing with cards or not

by **Fruitcake** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:42 pm

This is a purely a question for research purposes, it is not going to affect whether we play with cards or not.

Please vote to which you prefer.

Thank you for your time.

by **Genghis Khan CA** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:48 pm

Fruitcake wrote:This is a purely a question for research purposes, it is not going to affect whether we play with cards or not.

Please vote to which you prefer.

Thank you for your time.

Sorry I just found that bit funny...

In answer to your question, it's a hard question to answer. In singles games I will only play with cards (of the escalating variety). In team games I prefer no cards although I also enjoy escalating.

So if you divide the two I'd say - singles cards and team games no cards.

But if I have to give a single answer I suppose it'd be cards

(but not flat rate)

by **KoE_Sirius** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:50 pm

Third Answer...I'm happy with both settings.

by **Audax** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:52 pm

Thanks for the input Ghengis.

This is the first of a series of research questions. At the moment we are just trying to get a broad outline picture. Once we have a reasonable sample, further questions with greater depth will follow.

by **gimil** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:56 pm

Depends on my mood

In a freestyle speed esc cards are what make hte game exciting and fun. In a no card game thou, I personally fell that there is less of a luck influence. BUt hey, thats just me

by **Sven Hassel** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:57 pm

no cards, because i play mostly 1 vs 1

by **Timminz** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:58 pm

For 2 player and team games, I prefer No Cards. In multi-player singles games, Escalating. Flat Rate is just dumb, in my opinion.

by **Splash_x** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:08 pm

I dun rly care...

It depends if i feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelz like it

or when i got SKEEEELZ

(nd if i don't got skeelz, i got steal ur skeelz)

by **Dancing Mustard** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:23 pm

I think you forgot to add the 'myself' option... that seems like a fairly essential one in this poll.

by **Ham** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:51 pm

Iv been eliminated too many times by a "lucky set"

I prefer no cards

by **Risktaker17** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:54 pm

no cards are too boring, but they are good for 1v1 or teams, but not multi team

by **Dr_Demento** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:24 pm

I play mostly the 2.1 map, no cards takes to long

by **ParadiceCity9** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:27 pm

It depends on the rest of the characteristics of that game.

by **owenshooter** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:12 pm

no cards, period...-0

by **Gold Knight** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:18 pm

Anything but flat rate really, not too even when a player gets a rainbow set with first 3 cards and other player gets a 4 set after 5 cards, especially in 1v1 games.

by **BadMoonRising** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:22 pm

I prefer no cards. It takes more patience and calculation. and makes the game more fluid for me.

esc is about running the board and chaining cards. The first game I won was on the North American board with 8 folks. I won the game on turn 8.
red had some bad dice and I noticed he had 4 cards. I took him and three others out. The next turn I received 25 armies for all my territories..took out the next weakest and won that turn.

It was LUCK. I knew what to do but I was at the mercy of the dice and cards.

by **owenshooter** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:42 pm

BadMoonRising wrote:It was LUCK. I knew what to do but I was at the mercy of the dice and cards.

says the guy with 3 completed games under his belt...-0

by **autoload** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:37 am

I like cards. Escalating preferably.

by **alex_white101** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:24 am

Gold Knight wrote:Anything but flat rate really, not too even when a player gets a rainbow set with first 3 cards and other player gets a 4 set after 5 cards, especially in 1v1 games.

exactly right, escalating and no cards remove a significant amount (but not all) of the luck element.

by **Knight2254** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:54 am

alex_white101 wrote:
Gold Knight wrote:Anything but flat rate really, not too even when a player gets a rainbow set with first 3 cards and other player gets a 4 set after 5 cards, especially in 1v1 games.

exactly right, escalating and no cards remove a significant amount (but not all) of the luck element.

I think quite the opposite. Have you ever played dubs when the the other team started out with a continent that could be easily fortified? Thats pretty much GG in no cards.

by **jennifermarie** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:56 am

I like escalating cards, it feels so great to be able to steamroll everybody in one turn with multiple card sets.

by **AAFitz** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:59 am

I need many types of games to enjoy myself here...

by **jimboston** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:04 am

Dancing Mustard wrote:I think you forgot to add the 'myself' option... that seems like a fairly essential one in this poll.

LOL

Yes... but only if you have Wicked's avatar up on your screen.

I voted cards... though I like playing all different ways. It's more challenging... as you have to go from one game to another and adjust your stratgey based on the various options. I play a lot of World 2.1 games... but the strategy is so different based on card type, FOW, number of players, fortification etc.

by **comic boy** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:11 am

Genghis Khan CA wrote:
Fruitcake wrote:This is a purely a question for research purposes, it is not going to affect whether we play with cards or not.

Please vote to which you prefer.

Thank you for your time.

Sorry I just found that bit funny...

In answer to your question, it's a hard question to answer. In singles games I will only play with cards (of the escalating variety). In team games I prefer no cards although I also enjoy escalating.

So if you divide the two I'd say - singles cards and team games no cards.

But if I have to give a single answer I suppose it'd be cards (but not flat rate)

Comic agrees with Genghis

by **sparkyball** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:19 am

BadMoonRising wrote:I prefer no cards. It takes more patience and calculation. and makes the game more fluid for me.

esc is about running the board and chaining cards. The first game I won was on the North American board with 8 folks. I won the game on turn 8.
red had some bad dice and I noticed he had 4 cards. I took him and three others out. The next turn I received 25 armies for all my territories..took out the next weakest and won that turn.

It was LUCK. I knew what to do but I was at the mercy of the dice and cards.

when did you win this game.. according to profile you have no wins