RBP2 (Realms Beyond Pitboss) Planning Thread

[Broker33]

I wouldnt mind having a partner with me to help out with some decisions and as a backup if I am away. I am out of a job soon and may be relocating so could use the assistance.

[Mortius]

any chance we'll allow some people to play by themselves and those who want a partnership can have them? same as the first game?

Agree. I want to play by myself

[Kodii]

I wouldn't mind playing by myself, but considering this game appears to be less like the relaxed atmosphere I was maybe hoping for, I would be completely happy to be in a pair. If anything, it would help me get turns finished on time.

[sunrise089]

So far we have at least three people who want to only play alone and at least two who only want to play in pairs+. Does anyone in the solo camp object to others being in teams, and anyone in the team camp object to solo players?

[Jowy]

Yea I'm fine with either, solo or with a team. Just clarifying

[regoarrarr]

I don't mind if there are solo teams, but I should probably mention that I won't play if it's no tech brokering on (i.e. similar to the existing game I'm already on). I would strongly prefer no tech trading at all.

Just want to state it now so that I'm not viewed as "taking my ball and going home" if I leave if it's not "no tech trading" - that's just more the kind of game I'm interested in. It seemed that there were several other people who had that as their first option from the other thread so hopefully it will work out.

[DMOC]

I'd be interested in playing in a team of 2.

I'm DMOC over at Civilization Fanatics.

For settings, I'm open to virtually everything except No espionage, Marathon Speed and Raging Barbarians.

[sunrise089]

I'd be interested in playing in a team of 2.

I'm DMOC over at Civilization Fanatics.

For settings, I'm open to virtually everything except No espionage, Marathon Speed and Raging Barbarians.

Thanks for signing up. I know you just may have meant with the above examples to state that you didn't want to play anything too crazy (marathon tiny islands deity), but I did want to stick up for No Espionage and Raging Barbs as options. No Espionage isn't the deal-breaker it used to be pre-patch, since everyone now has access to the charts with the setting enabled, instead of them being permanently hidden. Considering how unbalancing spies can be, and considering the rather tedious nature of the EP system, I don't think No Espionage is a bad idea. Likewise Raging Barbs is ridiculous on Immortal difficulty, but if people wanted to play on Warlord difficulty to keep tech costs low in a No Tech Trading game, Raging Barbs might be necessary to keep people honest. After all, are Warlord/Noble raging barbs worse than normal barbs on Emperor/Immortal?

[Iamjohn]

I'd prefer working with someone else to run a civ (that's what we're talking about when we're saying teams, correct?), but I don't mind it if people in general want something else, that's fine with me.

[sunrise089]

I'd prefer working with someone else to run a civ (that's what we're talking about when we're saying teams, correct?), but I don't mind it if people in general want something else, that's fine with me.

Yes, in general we mean 2 players logging into and controlling the same civ. Teams of two civilizations are much more trouble than they're worth IMHO.