PoV: Heads Will Roll Tournament

By Aflima
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Some time back, the inaugural Faction Wars tournament took place and for those who were around at that time, they'd have noticed similarities with the Heads Will Roll. Expanded rosters primarily filled with superleagues, going at it. Like the Faction Wars, this tournament got mixed reviews but more importantly good feedback. Here's my observations:

Having two divisions was absolutely the correct call, despite fears from players at the lower rung being concerned about their ability to amass wins individually. Could the division mark off point be varied in a future iteration? Probably, but when you consider there are powerhouse players at the L100 range for example who can destroy those at say L400, maybe the option should be there for players between L100 and L400 to choose which division to register under.

On the recruit then draft setup, we observed scenarios where some squads didn't need to draft as they recruited a full roster beforehand. I think in the interest of variances of roster building as well as introducing more strategy, something similar to how the Indian Premier League in cricket operates should be considered... leaders can select (retain) a maximum of X number of squad mates per level tier, then unselected players go to the standard draft. You could possibly expand on this where leaders could TRADE(!) out of their draft pick slot if they desperately want an extra squad mate in that same tier. The mechanics and mathematics of such would need to be trialled, but there's a lot of potential to be explored.

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PoV: League War

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At the time this article goes live, we will know for certain if the WMD franchise has succeeded in their gambit to land separate powerhouse sides in each of the top 4 divisions of the next League War tournament.



For some time now, most of the tournament’s upper division title races have been a formality, and even with the introduction of NPC leagues for variety, there havent been any surprise moves or change of positioning strategy among the leagues.

After the August tournament, some may have seen opportunity to maneuver into the D3 group where Poison claimed a title. Instead, the top tier league pounced, not content to sit on their laurels. They could have been clear favourites to coast to D1, 2 and 4.

For rest of the leagues, any plan to get in a position to win rare silverware was scuppered by the All-powerful.

All is not yet lost at this stage, of course. There’s a slim chance that some NPC leagues could help the beleagued others; however based on the current rules at play with regard to average levels, the only place for them, will be in D1, where even a “diminished“ senior unit is still by far superior. They may very well be a bit more vulnerable to Longwang and crew than their other units vs the likes of Colony, but one imagines it’s well worth the risk. After all, Longwang doesn’t use Triumph tokens.



The lesson for all would-be challenger leagues? Never get complacent, and always be willing to try something bold.

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