Yeah i already had read that thread, but it doesn't make much sense to me. A player can just as easily be ripped on turn three or turn four. So why not protect them till then?trewqh wrote:You're welcome to read through the agruments already mentioned and comment on them in this thread:
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This is being over protective. One turn of no headhunting is plenty. If a player will normally get ripped on that second turn than an extra turn will most likely not help him either.
My main problem with this rule change is not that it would take a turn longer to rip a player, but more that you create an unnecessary 'block' by not making an home province accessible.
Protecting a home province on the first turn has a powerful reason as otherwise players would not be 'free' to go after neutrals but would have to fear their home province being taken on the first turn. So allowing headhunting on the first turn would have a detrimental effect on the first round as it would get a lot more defensive.
But there's no reason to ban attacking a home province on the second turn. On the second turn there's no need for it as a home province might just as easily be just another province as players will have had the and opportunity to move their resources around.
Plus seeing as most players will have their armies and such in other border provinces ready to attack more neutrals or another player defeating those armies makes an extra turn of protection for the home province pretty useless, because without the armies to defend it, it will be taken the turn after. Actually the only thing this rules does is give defensive players that put all their armies and wok on their home province to level up another free round...hmm...maybe i shouldn't be complaining here...it actually seems to be advantaging me.
So i would like to ask if the 'standard' setting for the headhunting rules can either set to 1 or better yet an empty field so the gm actually has to make a conscious decision about it.
What do you think Korexus?
/moved that discussion to prevent anyone from thinking it concerned Center Island - trewqh/