1st of all, since leagues are slated for tourn/spire/events , no reason
not to also add them to FAs... if there is a FS bank option, then exactly
what has been said will happen.... with only 1-2 ppl need'n to be on
in that last hour, it will be too easy to "tactically" try and win a FA (league).
Therefore it will become the "norm" for all top FSs in FAs......
Ive done @least 10 FAs, and after the 2nd one... I hated them with a passion.
Way toooo much effort/planning/cooordination for almost nothing.....
Nothing bugs me more than collecting 3 cats and getting credit for 1...
or the accidental click and you lose a 48 hr collection cause there's no
wraparound for collection.....
Next off "The Pit" & "Unused badges" ... 1 simple fix, fix's both @ once......
No more cue in the pit :
You need 3 things, and make them weighted...
Everytime 1 is finished, a new set of 3 is offered, but using dropdowns ...
That means all 3 are selectable.... once a badge is placed, in a selected good,
then that is fix'd untill those 3 are finished.
What this means is there is an exact value of each badge, then weighted for
selection, so All choices are more/less, just as "hard" as any other. This also
allows for those top FSs, to better "fight it out" for top spot, in the last 3 hrs.
Taking a page from the post office system , where you have GrandPrizes
(usually artifacts but can be bldgs), DailyPrizes ( std event bldgs ) and
the mini xtra prizes each day ( all those 1x1, 2x1, 1x2, & 2x2s).... Lets use
that logic for FAs....
Adding to the Stage/Level prizes should be a 2x2, FA specific, level specific,
and Path specific bldg. Each
major waypoint have a prize, and still FA specific....
How does that look :
That 2x2 will be "skinn'd" depending on if your FS completed 1/2/3 paths,
before pulling that level's flag, and can have slightly better stats. Each FS
would be looking to get all 3 bldgs, and the best they can get... You could
even use this, along with the mini prizes for major waypoints, as a way to
offer a "Bldg set" creatively, yet staying FA specific. The Major Waypoint
mini prizes would also be skinn'd, depending on the difficulty of the path.
Last but not least......
Never .... yes Never , offer a Top 20 FS prize bldg,
thats given in FAs only .... in a subsequent event , like recently was done
with "Black Lotus".... Those bldgs are a "badge of honor" and coveted
because they are only for top FA FSs, I guess not anymore ...
Lets use a simple "stage" theme .... Lets also say a player's FS
completes all 3 paths, on all 3 levels.... In addition to current prizes,
each player would have (1) 2x2 S-3, (3) 1x1s S-1/2/3, (3) 1x2s S-1/2/3,
(3) 2x1s S-1/2/3 for each level ...
Whereas a FS that only does 1 path per level, a player would only
get (1) 2x2 S-1, (1) 1x1, (1) 2x1, & (1) 1x2, per level ... and the minis would
be stage dependant on which one of the 3 paths the FS completed.....
This opens endless possibilities for sets, but makes all of these a way
for players to show thier dominance in FAs, by placing @least the best
ones in thier cities ( and you just might sell more premium expansions
in the process just to place all these )....
IF every FA is a duplicate of the last FA, and so few benifits for such a
tremendous outlay of time/effort, your playerbase will just stop playing them !!!!