by Hannibal Rex
Dulkal wrote:
It can definitely be used to 'game' your design in order to use their targeting priorities against them. It is not as prevalent as you might think, though, mainly because by the time you have a 5-hull dreadnought, you usually won't need to.
True for basic Ancients, but not necessarily so against the cruisers, dreadnought and hives.
That is an often proposed change. It is not viable in practice though, for a number of reasons. Most significantly, the authority to assign ancient hits may come to rest on a player who actually wants you to win the battle.
It could work in a two-player game, though.
It could work in a two-player game, though.
Well, it's basic common sense that the human assigning the damage would be the one who is currently most adversarial towards you. I don't think that's a problem. If there is a disagreement amongst your opponents, you can still default to the basic targeting rules.