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JBiletsky



Joined: Aug 08, 2022

Post   Posted: Aug 19, 2022 - 19:01 Reply with quote Back to top

Teambuilding or armybuilding is one of my favorite aspects of any tabletop game, and it's very fun to plan out which skills you want on your players and see your team grow in proficiency.

However, it feels like a double edged sword sometimes because your opponents also grow proportionally to yourself, at 20k/40k per primary/secondary skill. Does this not screw over many teams?
For example, by the time you get Block on most/all your Lizardmen Saurus, or Chaos Chosen, or Orc BigUns... a Dwarf team already has just as much Guard as you have Block and is nearly unstoppable in the bash game. Amazons also quickly build to 4x Guard pieces at <1100k. Elves and other agile teams have multiple players with Blodge - which now require you to tech in some Tackle - but when you get a Tackle or two this gives your opponents another few skills to combat you in other ways, and you waste those skill ups entirely vs teams without any dodge.

I feel like it strips the fun out of giving random linemen skills. Perhaps I can give an Orc Lineman Strip Ball and Pro, but unless he actually gets that opportunity to strip a ball and make a big impact on the game, its as if I wasted the TV that could have been better used on others - even if one of those skills are random and only cost 10k.

I feel like this also leads to over-developed ball carriers and under-developed everyone else since your Sure Hands piece is going to be the one scoring in most situations and building that SPP.

I suppose it's only fair to keep game balance, but it feels like a progression system where every time you gain 10% extra damage, the enemies gain 10-15% extra health, making the damage boost negligible.

Do you think I'm overstating how much of a problem this is?
Which teams do you think are the biggest winners/losers of this dynamic?
Which teams benefit most at which TV?
Is there a way to abuse this system, building and keeping a specific team at a specific TV where they are proportionally more powerful than others?
Nelphine



Joined: Apr 01, 2011

Post   Posted: Aug 19, 2022 - 19:29 Reply with quote Back to top

In NBFL, the average team is 2500 tv. The debate over the tv meta is very large, and many teams do better or worse at different tv's.

However, the inherent power of block means that, for me, it is still the best skill by a large margin. This means that <1100 tv is quite a bit more unbalanced overall than say, 1300 where most teams start to come into their own. There are always (in the current game design) teams that are weaker or stronger, no matter what tv you play at, but the system SEEMS to be aimed for the closest thing to balance (meaning, everyone is competitive) in the 1300-1600 range.
C0ddlefish



Joined: Sep 17, 2019

Post   Posted: Aug 19, 2022 - 20:00 Reply with quote Back to top

I think I'm echoing above really. There is old 2016/CRP data that shows how certain races win rates change hugely with TV. In 2020 we may never see that as explicitly as redraft should keep teams closer in value (the big difference now is the ultra low 'Morg' teams like Snotlings and Ogres that we haven't really seen before).
At a very simple level I don't think Blood Bowl was every meant to be balanced entirely. There will always been teams harder to play/win with, and some that are easier. Personally I like that, it adds another level of challenge and self-development as a coach
koadah



Joined: Mar 30, 2005

Post   Posted: Aug 19, 2022 - 21:58 Reply with quote Back to top

Blood bowl was never going to be completely balanced but it seems that under this ruleset, they just quit on higher TV.
Even lower TV seems less balanced that before.

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MerryZ



Joined: Nov 28, 2005

Post   Posted: Aug 19, 2022 - 22:06 Reply with quote Back to top

Bring back TR and LRB4 and all will be happy.

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JackassRampant



Joined: Feb 26, 2011

Post   Posted: Aug 19, 2022 - 22:15 Reply with quote Back to top

If your Orcs have problems with Dwarfs at low TV, it's not the Orcs or the Dwarfs or the meta. It's either the coaching or Nuffle. I'd take two Block Big 'Uns over two Guard Dwarfs in a scuffle, any day, and Orc Blitzers are hands-down superior in number and quality.

Knowing the meta is an important part of team design. If you suspect you'll hit a sour spot at some point, and winning is all for you, maybe you wanna pick harder in those matches and not put the team into the Blackbox mix until you're back on your feet.

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burning_phoneix



Joined: Jun 03, 2018

Post   Posted: Sep 12, 2022 - 21:24 Reply with quote Back to top

ST4 coaches complaining about Dwarf Guard and Elf Dodge again. What else is new.
Alien_the_Alien



Joined: Apr 22, 2020

Post   Posted: Sep 12, 2022 - 21:43 Reply with quote Back to top

I think that a thing to keep in mind is that one tackle is enough to counter a bunch of dodgers.
In other words, we shouldn't just look at "wide" progression, that is the amount of skills. There's also player specialization. Some teams are going at wide progression (like dwarfs or Khemri), but others excel at player specilization (most elves), and some teams can do both (humans).

With that taken into account: yes, amazons can get 4 guards fast and easily. But in the meantime, most teams can just get one tackle (or even a mighty blow/tackle) and they have a counter.

Of course it doesn't make all teams equal, but it's not as simple as "some teams start ahead of the others". Some teams lose the advantage they had early on, other gain new assets. Back when BB2016 was the main edition I made some graphs showing how different teams have different progression curves depending on TV (it shows WR at different TV).

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I started doing it for BB2020 but sadly the website where I gathered the data has been down for some time, but even if it's different, the general idea is the same. Not all teams benefit in the same way from higher TV - or even benefit at all from it. And of course it depends on the environment, quality of coaches etc. Vampire stend to have a very high WR at high TV not just because they become better, but also because only dedicated vampire coaches keep playing them for that long. Similarly, stunties were probably much worse at higher tv, but because they are played by absolute madmen, they still get stable winrates.
konoi011



Joined: May 16, 2023

Post   Posted: May 16, 2023 - 10:50 Reply with quote Back to top

Vampire is my favourite team. They are so wonderful.
koadah



Joined: Mar 30, 2005

Post   Posted: May 16, 2023 - 12:36 Reply with quote Back to top

konoi011 wrote:
Vampire is my favourite team. They are so wonderful.


I don't get. What are you selling?

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RDaneel



Joined: Feb 24, 2023

Post   Posted: May 16, 2023 - 13:21 Reply with quote Back to top

JBiletsky wrote:
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Do you think I'm overstating how much of a problem this is?
Which teams do you think are the biggest winners/losers of this dynamic?
Which teams benefit most at which TV?
Is there a way to abuse this system, building and keeping a specific team at a specific TV where they are proportionally more powerful than others?



No indeed you are not overestimating it is one of the most critical aspects of trying to optimize TV. It is most important to keep the TV as low as possible while still maintaining decent team development. Techniques such as taking "leader" on the thrower and discard a reroll, deciding to use only random skills on linos (with the risk to waste money if they are horrible and throw them ) and instead chosen skills for positional... and so on are a key aspect to increase the win rate

abuse yes of course... is possible
You then have to consider that the lack of a redraft favors extreme minmax which is a key point to win.
It is absolutely peaceful that if two orcs teams play at TV 1400 but one with 100 games played and with three full minmax players with one monster +MA+MA+BLODGE+SH+DT, he is definitely more likely to win (or not to lose) than you who have same CTV with maybe 15 games only and 1-2 skills (even if good) scattered on more players of the team...

there are UW teams with low average TV but three monsters (typically the pitcher, the gutter and the blitzer) that even if you stay in six at the end you find a way to score.

TV and TV gap management is one of the most complicated aspects of this game (if you play in permanent league like in Box or participate in tournaments and don't just cherry-pick) and it is what differentiates a good player from a top one
RDaneel



Joined: Feb 24, 2023

Post   Posted: May 16, 2023 - 13:30 Reply with quote Back to top

Alien_the_Alien wrote:

Of course it doesn't make all teams equal, but it's not as simple as "some teams start ahead of the others".


Honestly I think some teams start ahead of the others (Amazon, Chaos Dwarfs, Dwarves, Orcs not right away but after a couple of games and anyway they lose very hardly the first ones)
If you play Tiers3 teams (Goblins, Khorne, Vampires) you definitely have a handicap compared to the others (for Goblins for example if you take an APO you are inflating the TV too much then you choose 3 RR without apo, you randomize skills but after 5-6 games when you are maybe developing little bit the team you suffer fatalities with end up with a decimated team - because the more your team progress the same for others and likely you face killer tackler...)
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