EPTOn June 14 2010 14:53 YellowInk wrote:
I know this thread is a couple months old, but I don't see a better place to put this. If I was wrong to bump this, just let me know. Also, I'm a new player to these forums, so I don't expect my opinion to hold too much weight, but here goes.
I think it should be considered a town power to be able to send a message. Allowing all players to PM all players is a townie advantaged state of game. While this can be balanced into the calculations, I think that allowing all players to PM takes a lot away from the game as well. There will be less activity in thread because of how much conversation happens behind closed doors. In the end this stifles interaction and discussion between the players - the very essence, to me, of the game of mafia.
In short, I believe it is better for the health of the game to make no-PM the norm and assign PM powers in roles.
I know this thread is a couple months old, but I don't see a better place to put this. If I was wrong to bump this, just let me know. Also, I'm a new player to these forums, so I don't expect my opinion to hold too much weight, but here goes.
I think it should be considered a town power to be able to send a message. Allowing all players to PM all players is a townie advantaged state of game. While this can be balanced into the calculations, I think that allowing all players to PM takes a lot away from the game as well. There will be less activity in thread because of how much conversation happens behind closed doors. In the end this stifles interaction and discussion between the players - the very essence, to me, of the game of mafia.
In short, I believe it is better for the health of the game to make no-PM the norm and assign PM powers in roles.
This is the reason I don't play PM games. PMs are a HUGE bonus for the town and just screw Mafia over, not to mention ruining the game. Players also tend to do terrible when PMs are involved because when trying to read the thread multiple chains of information and logic are missing. When playing standard games Masons are usually killed off asap because of their ability to PM.
