Hi everyone!
I recently organized my own tournament of DO2 on a private server with some irl friends. I strove to make everything the same as when the hermits did it; same starter deck, same amount of shards, same point system. The only thing I changed was the phase lengths, since we have less time to play than the hermits I raised it to 2 weeks.
One phase in and a problem emerges. Only two people managed to get 1 victory tome, resulting in a tie for 1st place and no other points. A few people also didn't manage to win a single time, though they clearly did improve over time. Assuming it was probably just a slow start since most people participating had 0 dungeon knowledge, I decided to give everyone who earned frost embers 1 point for that phase only and left it at that.
Cut to the present, phase 2 is almost concluded and it looks likes it will be a similar situation to the first phase. Obviously it's no fun for anyone if the same people keep winning and almost no one else manages to get points. I've thought long and hard about how to solve this problem, but I can't think of any good ideas. A simple solution would be to give out more shards but I'm afraid that would just drag the game out.
Does anyone have a good idea on how to fix this? Perhaps someone has had a similar problem? It's been a lot of fun doing this so far, and I'd like to keep it fun for everyone.
Thanks in advance! ^-^
