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| Following up on my power analogy, I think the objective that you are trying to maximize in PLS (work/turn) is a lot more vague and open-ended compared with PBP/PQ games (net gain in PP-value). This makes the optimization problem more complex in some ways, but I think that it also means that a wider range of strategies become viable in PLS.
For example, the Crystals in our game focused mainly on weblaying for most of the game, leaving the Rebels to do most of the fighting and the Privateers to do most of the tow capturing. In a PBP/PQ game, a Crystal who is not gaining PP's or capturing ships will not grow its fleet, but this was a viable approach in our game.
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My advice to someone playing a PLS game is to forget what you know about how a race SHOULD be played and open your mind to different possibilities. I never played Rebels before this game, which may have been a big advantage because I had no preconceived idea of how the race should be played! ;) |
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