Why do natural expansions exist? - Page 6

On March 12 2016 00:14 Hider wrote:


Optimal design/balance makes sure that there are multiple viable choices each with their own disadvantages and advantages. If there is only one viable choice, why even have the players make the choice in the first place? Just let the AI handle stuff where there is no decisionmaking or interesting mechanics involved.

On March 12 2016 01:32 etofok wrote:
figuring out what's the standard play (most optimal) takes a lot of time and even then you can abuse this by cutting corners around that build - it's basically an arms race. The real problem is where you at the final metagame stage where no one can advance their strategy anymore. This is basically the patch time (see dota)

There is also this thing called "donkey space" where you'll better off playing sub-optimally as a response to a sub-optimal play, because in that particular case it will yield better results that a standard play would (see poker, rock-paper-scissors, any %choice based game)

On March 12 2016 02:12 Elentos wrote:

Use the same one every time.

how does one play optimally/sub-optimally in rock-paper-scissors?