FindingHeart8 said: I dunno, Ob Nix Greg always seems to go for his ultimate and use his spells as if I was actually fighting a fairly skilled player. I'd be interested in facing this easy Greg you all speak of.
FindingHeart8 said: I am noticing the AI making matches that continuously disable my creatures via the special RtO node. It is more inconvenient than I originally had originally anticipated.
Lars said: Making Greg smart for just some events and not others seemed like a weird way of implementing different level, why not just make him smart for higher ranked players?
Mburn7 said: Lars said: Making Greg smart for just some events and not others seemed like a weird way of implementing different level, why not just make him smart for higher ranked players? I don't think its such a trivial matter. Coding different AI for different opponents, whether based on tier or ranking or whatever seems to me like its pretty difficult. I mean, we can't even agree on how difficult the AI is when its the same for everyone (except for general terms like "better than before but not as good as it was before that").
Lars said: Mburn7 said: Lars said: Making Greg smart for just some events and not others seemed like a weird way of implementing different level, why not just make him smart for higher ranked players? I don't think its such a trivial matter. Coding different AI for different opponents, whether based on tier or ranking or whatever seems to me like its pretty difficult. I mean, we can't even agree on how difficult the AI is when its the same for everyone (except for general terms like "better than before but not as good as it was before that"). Well, it's trivial to code; I mean, they've got the old Greg and the new Greg code already; possibly even more varied levels of difficulty, from the way I read the last announcement. They just have to decide who gets to face which level, which is a non trivial decision which depends on feedback from many different users as well as what kind of experience the programmers objectively want to create.
wereotter said: The point is, if you're on these forums, chances are, your voice is an outlier. The typical player likely isn't on here, and likely isn't as hardcore into the game as you are, and probably will be turned away if the game is too challenging, and fewer players getting into the game, or sticking with it, is bad for the health of the game overall.
Mainloop25 said: Completely agree I don't know what they did to Lili3, but she didn't use ANY of her abilities last time I played her. And there were zombies in her deck too.
Lars said: wereotter said: The point is, if you're on these forums, chances are, your voice is an outlier. The typical player likely isn't on here, and likely isn't as hardcore into the game as you are, and probably will be turned away if the game is too challenging, and fewer players getting into the game, or sticking with it, is bad for the health of the game overall. I'm not sure that's true. Casual players are _more_ likely to be represented on forums, as they are more interested in the social side of the game, which is what forums represent. A forum poster might be better at articulating _why_ they think some aspect of game should be changed than an 'average' player, or simply have more time to engage in the forums to do that, but there's no particular reason why posting on forums automatically makes you less representative of the game's players as a group.
wereotter said: Lars said: wereotter said: The point is, if you're on these forums, chances are, your voice is an outlier. The typical player likely isn't on here, and likely isn't as hardcore into the game as you are, and probably will be turned away if the game is too challenging, and fewer players getting into the game, or sticking with it, is bad for the health of the game overall. I'm not sure that's true. Casual players are _more_ likely to be represented on forums, as they are more interested in the social side of the game, which is what forums represent. A forum poster might be better at articulating _why_ they think some aspect of game should be changed than an 'average' player, or simply have more time to engage in the forums to do that, but there's no particular reason why posting on forums automatically makes you less representative of the game's players as a group. I’m referring to the casual player as the one who just downloaded the app and plays it. They may not even know a forum exists for the game, let alone chat on it if they do. This is who I had in mind when I mention that kind of player.I mean consider how many players exist in this game, then think about how many names you see here and with what frequency. The majority of players don’t give feedback on here.