The Poet wrote:YES!!! Put Escalating back the way it was! It's getting to high with the Trench games I'm playing with friends. We lost the real challenge and fun of it. TOO HIGH!!! The people who agreed with that were not enjoying the TRench at all, nor the Escalating even.
The Poet
Strongly agree with The Poet... The new escalating spoils may work fine with your regular sunny escalating games since most don't last much past 100+ spoils anyways. But it's killed all trench escalating games (a setting I loved and played a lot before) by increasing too quickly; Once spoils get crazy, it's virtually impossible to trap or move around the map because the next set played is going to wipe out virtually ANY stack you have. Even with these settings before I never had a stalemate, but now virtually ALL large escalating trench games look like they're going to stalemate. The new spoils have made this setting unplayable.
Less grievous, fog escalating games swing a little too much on cards in my opinion. Yes, games may end sooner, but I think you're rewarding luck in cards over game play.
Lastly, fog trench escalating round limit games are no longer viable. I've played many 5 player / 20 round limit games. It's a standard build up, keep getting cards, hold on for the win. Unfortunately, with the spoils gaining 10% each set, those last few rounds of spoils can vary by more than 100+ troops. You're rewarding turn order (who plays last) instead of who played best throughout the game, more than ever before.
Long story short... One perceived issue was "fixed" with the new escalating spoils and changed the dynamic negatively in many more less played escalating settings. I don't see this as a positive improvement for this site. Consider this a vote for changing things back.
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