- Replace the current so-called flat rate with an actual flat rate
Rename the current so-called flat rate something appropriate such as spoils colors rate
- Flat rate is just that; flat. In real risk games, the flat rate is 8 troops for turn in every time no matter what spoils are used.
This will eliminate confusion and anger over selecting a flat rate game only to find it isn't flat:
- This will eliminate having newly joined people going WTF! and leaving when they opt for a flat rate game only to find that it is anything but flat. It will also make gameplay much more interesting for members as many of us very much enjoy a flat rate game and wish that one was available on CC. By renaming the current so-called flat rate something appropriate and instituting an actual flat rate, the shock of finding out that the so-called flat rate isn't flat will no longer be a factor causing people to leave CC and it will enhance play for countless members who miss and want a real flat rate. I constantly played flat rate back before I found CC and did the same when I got here. When I found out that there was no flat rate here, I was sorely disappointed. The dice algorithm in use here is horrible with dice luck that is both worse and better than any game ever conducted with actual dice. And when you add the colors of the spoils to the dice as another computer selected luck factor, then it's not at all uncommon for the unrealistically bad dice to go right in hand with almost entirely red and green spoils and the unrealistically great dice to go with nothing but rainbows. Countless people have left CC due to the horrific dice algorithm and countless more no doubt will before anything is done about it. We just lost a really great player who was appalled at the dice algorithm and promptly found another one that actually worked. But when he tried to help CC by presenting the alternative dice algorithm and other improvements, he was again appalled by having no one get back to him in any timely fashion. And when someone finally did, he seemed more interested in arguing with him rather than investigating what that player was presenting. Well, here's another improvement that will eliminate confusion, cut down on computer selected luck factors and greatly improve play for those of us who continue to line the pockets of the owners despite the unrealistic dice. Please make it happen.