<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "40k Tournaments: Why Change the Missions Each Round?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net 40k Tournaments: Why Change the Missions Each Round? 40k is the only game in which the scenario is different every round? I get that it's to sort of keep players from tailoring their lists for the mission, but isn't the point of a tournament is to test your ability at adapting against other players? So if you want a true test of list vs list, wouldn't it be more consistent to hand a list of POSSIBLE scenarios, but choose only one on the game day? Switching scenarios make sense if you play the same guy in a best of X series, but if you're fighting different people each round, why not just stick to one mission? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960711.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960711.page GMT 40k Tournaments: Why Change the Missions Each Round?
Some of it is about allowing different armies to use different strengths, some of it is purely for its own sake, and some of it is because people dont want to play literally the exact same thing all day.

Edit: Tournaments also arent purely tests of skill, theyre events to highlight and drive the game and show off how cool everything is, and using multiple missions helps that.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960726.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960726.page GMT 40k Tournaments: Why Change the Missions Each Round? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960732.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960732.page GMT 40k Tournaments: Why Change the Missions Each Round? LoL doesn't change things around. Like I said, I think it works better for if you're doing a best of series against the same player like in Starcraft or Counter Strike. It might make more sense for 40k if you allowed players a sideboard to switch out units to fit the scenario better. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960769.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960769.page GMT 40k Tournaments: Why Change the Missions Each Round?
 NInjatactiks wrote:
Wow, salty much? Yeah it's not the most interesting, but that's not perfectly reflective of who's the best player is it? You don't see sports switching it up between rugby, soccer, and american football for the same athletes, but against different teams each time? Even LoL doesn't change things around. Like I said, I think it works better for if you're doing a best of series against the same player like in Starcraft or Counter Strike. It might make more sense for 40k if you allowed players a sideboard to switch out units to fit the scenario better.


So salty.

Sports don't have the same randomness 40k does, same with LoL. Everything's pretty laid out, same with Starcraft and Counter Strike. Besides, imagine doing a best of 3 for each round of 40k, it'd take a week to finish.

So yeah, switching missions is more fun, and adds another layer of randomness to 40k. It also encourages people to bring a "Take all comers" list, as who knows what the mission parameters will be. It's also more reflective of a real war, as each battle would have different objectives, rather than completely the same.

Go play Warmachine if you want constant missions, Warmachine matches are usually pretty static (i.e. 6 or so missions with little variety between them).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960805.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960805.page GMT Re:40k Tournaments: Why Change the Missions Each Round? 40k, like many games, has units/lists that are better at some things than at others. For example, a MSU list will be really good at objective missions because it has so many scoring units, but will struggle with kill point missions because it has tons of easy to kill units. Playing different missions requires you to make an army that is capable of handling a wide range of possible situations instead of optimizing for one specific mission at the expense of all else. This is also one of the reasons why a sideboard is a bad idea, it takes away the challenge of making a good TAC list when you can swap in mission-specific units each game.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960806.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/705335/8960806.page GMT