Passive vs Active Defence

[TheGrayMouser]

For the “stats of draws” in some tournaments , I’ll opine this. What isn’t known or quantifiable is when player x basically tells player y unless “z happens, it’s a draw”. Player y “complies” if only to get an actual game in, usually at some tactical disadvantage. A win or loss here obviously is not a draw, but when these things occur it not pleasant and some of the fun is lost.

Anyhow there’s no confrontation from me here, just my thoughts. Clearly many people enjoy Systems that allow for points in draws, “magnitude of victory” meta gaming etc etc,some tolerate it, and some just don’t want to game that way. Cheers!

Yes I agree it is unpleasant but it is what it is. No matter what system you put in place it will occur at times and any system that penalises a player for taking a defensive stance will be very unfair. Like in real life situations will occur when troop capability and terrain make it suicidal for one side to not take a defensive stance. Luckily this happens rarely in the digital league which I think shows that many players play aggressively even if it is to their detriment. To state that defensive play is undesirable is very unfair on players who choose to do so. It is in fact no different to the behaviour of generals that were faced with similar predicaments. I think it would be more beneficial to manage the potential of army mismatches and ensure that the ability of players in each section are similar which Pete already has covered.

Not really what I was getting at.

In my experience it is the exact opposite, the player whom perceives he might have the slightest disadvantage is the one that gets to “control” whether there is a battle or not...this more often manifests in that player sitting in terrain defensively, willing to accept a non game. I have no problem if a player uses a defensive posture, ( with the exception of cornering, hiding an entire army in a tree, racing for the map edge etc). I also have no problem knowing attacking an army defending on a hill can be Hazardous What sucks is when the player that hill camps and literally tells you if you don’t attack it’s s draw( because the rules encourage it). And since you want to actually play the GAME, you do, but that same player wont extend a similar courtesy when one meets again and now you might have some terrain advantage (perceived or real) and they just wants to call a draw. Some would say that just good “strategy”, I suppose it is within the rules but certainly doesn’t seem like good sportsmanship.