Is there first turn advantage?

[garcia1000]

Hey guys,

The update has been out for a while. What do you think? Does the first player have an advantage? Is it even? Does the second player have an advantage?

[GoHeat 3]

I definitely think P1 still has the slight advantage, that is if you use it correctly! What do you think garcia?

[garcia1000]

I will answer a bit later, I don't want to bias the results!!

[Ser Purple Wolf]

I think it's even, although I'd prefer to go second, even before the update. Idk why, maybe beacause I'm weird.

[poweewee]

Recent results suggest that P1 still has an advantage, given he has the first chance to spawn units. The initiative is always for P1

[joelduque]

P1 has positional advantage and ability to dictate how the game will start and also possibly how it will proceed, as poweewee appropriately called it above, initiative.

[awpertunity]

I'm reluctant to vote on the given options. For sure the gap has become much smaller, but I think the map you are on plays an even bigger part now in who is advantageous, especially with the +1 wit for kill mechanic. I think P1 advantage on Thorn Gully is huge. On the other hand, I think I might prefer 2P on Sweetie Plains. Haven't played enough yet to say for sure on all map so I guess we'll see..

[aaronINdayton]

I think P1 advantage is still pretty big on Foundry, but that's only from some early testing. In any case, it's much better than before for all maps.

[Eijolend]

I honestly don't know. Maybe. I think P1 has still the initiative, but I feel the +wits compensate that reasonably well.

But I think we can all agree that the advantage (if there is one) is much much smaller than before the patch and therefore probably harder to quantify.

[Necrocat219]

I don't think there is a visible first turn advantage so I voted no. When I get matched up I don't think 'I wish I was player #' anymore. Mathematically I could see player one having a very slight advantage but really I've noticed no impacts on my games.