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Goko Dominion Online / Re: getting those 3 stars
« on: October 16, 2012, 05:31:44 pm »I don't see why the star ratings can't just be based on number of turns. In general, the faster you end a game of Dominion on a win, the better you played it.
Because it depends as much on what your opponent does as on what you do. If you he mirrors you, going for the same VP cards, then the game will take roughly half as long as when you go for different VP card piles. Regardless of how well you play.
It'll reward mirroring your opponent's strategy for a faster end EVEN IF that strategy is suboptimal and you have a higher chance of winning by not mirroring it.
Except you are playing bots, so they know roughly in advance what the Bot is going to do and can adjust it accordingly.
Its part of the puzzle. Whats the Bot going for, how can I beat that strat in the fastest number of turns.
If the point of it is to be a puzzle based on Dominion, rather than the game of Dominion, then that's fine... but at that point there is no objective correct answer as to what is the best criteria for 3 stars. If it's a puzzle, it makes just as much sense to say "to get 3 stars on this level, you must win by less than 4 points, while having at least 10 Coppers in your deck." That could make for a perfectly good puzzle. You could also award 3 stars whether you win or not, as long as you end the game with more than 60 cards in your deck. Just look at the solo-challenges forum... any of those could make good 3-star qualifications, if what matters here is what's a good puzzle.
It takes just as much skill to accomplish those things as it does to win a game in less than 16 turns or to win by more than 18 points. Those are just different types of skills. And none of them are the same as the type of skill that it takes to be a good Dominion player.
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