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(09-24-2012 08:02 AM)stevewastaken Wrote:  

Quote:I got one that is slightly better than letting P1 start with 3 wits (because that would induce clear STA!)

Was the second turn advantage shown with evidence, or just believed in theory? Because many people speculated that FTA with 3 AP(wits) in Hero Academy would create STA, but months of testing afterward showed that they were wrong and that First Turn still held a small advantage, but drastically smaller advantage than with 5 AP.

Just imagine you're playing on a big map. You'll be using 2 wits to step on your respective bonus spaces. You got 1 wit left. You can either move a predeployed unit or deploy a Runner that does... nothing.

Both options induce the situation that Player 2 can do "the original P1 opening" without fear.
Granted, the STA wouldn't be *as* big as the original FTA was. P1 will have 7 wits and a Runner to respond to P2's opening which is actually quite a good deal. However, limiting P1's actions on the first turn feels wrong and usually makes openings too predictable.

The 'better' solution (not my idea), as presented in another thread, is simply giving P2 8 (or maybe 7) starting wits. Because that's more or less the same situation as theorycrafted above. Except that P1 and P2 are reversed; that P1 has a LOT more options than only to spawn a Runner; and that we save ourselves one "standard turn 1" (step on two bonus spaces, build Runner).

Either has to be tested for sure. But I'm clearly against limiting P1's options so harshly.