@satchmo33
From the
original announcement here on tourney changes in Oct 2020:
- Enemy unit types for each Tournament Province are selected at random, with different weighting based on Tournament type. This means that, while it is possible for each enemy unit type to appear during any Tournament, there are higher probabilities for specific units to appear than for others, allowing for some preparations, but still bringing a challenge by including further unit types in the mix.
The following 'weighting' of units is from my personal files, and I'm pretty sure it came from either the beta forum or the beta thread on this forum, though I can't be sure:
Marble: Heavy Melee
Steel: Mage
Planks: Light Range
Crystal: Mage & Heavy Ranged
Scroll: Light Ranged & Heavy Ranged
Silk: Light Melee & Heavy Melee
Elixir: Light Range, Light Melee & Heavy Melee
Magic Dust: Light Melee, Mage & Heavy Ranged
Gems: Light Melee, Heavy Ranged & Heavy Melee
There seems to be a higher probability of the units that were seen in the old tourney format for each tourney type. But, what's obvious is that there is a high probability of only one unit type in the T1 tourneys, 2 unit types in the T2 tourneys, and 3 unit types in the T3 tourneys. I think that's what causes more losses in the T3 tourneys.
As far as for dealing with it now? I've been putting out one each of the 4 boost bldgs (UUU, DA, MMM, ELR) each week and feeding the fire chicken. I've also got a lvl 10 Polar bear and lvl 30 TimeWarp**, so I can conceivably use one set of boost bldgs (placed late Thurs) on 2 Spires and 2 tourneys. I haven't actually done it yet; have one spire/one tourney on the current bldgs; will definitely get the 2nd spire. Maybe the 2nd tourney if I'm able Tuesday, but my schedule looks doubtful this week (again). That helps conserve bldgs and pet food.
**Just wanted to include those things I have that other players may not have. Without those things, I'm sure it would be much harder to sustain. I'm doing top of Spire weekly in both cities; 6700 tourney in one city, 5400 in the other, every week.