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What tactic does your hood use for starting your derby.
Do you practice a delayed start, do you try to get the first task underway as soon as derby starts, do you wait for a number of 320 point tasks or 300 and over or have you tried any other tricks to help you get to a good position at derby end?
I have been in a variety of hoods, practising a variety of delayed start tactics.
it is really much needed in the smallest of derbies, since all they can do is maximize their point totals, and since many of their counterparts are doing the same and it is first to max is winner, more often than not. There, the board is loaded with max point tasks, some start when it is full of max tasks, some wait until they can finish derbies in the shortest amount of time.
my main hood is large with anywhere from 5 to 12 often in. It seems to be a sweet spot, and while delayed start is not feasible, we usually place (300 points plus, lower numbers opted in, we try to do 320 only).
other hoods I have been in delay a little, a lot or not... all with varying results.
it is all a matter of finding what is right for your circumstances and trying different tactics.
Hi Wussy thanks for your reply :)
I was talking to a friend who has recently joined me, I was solo until then. We played in a hood together over a year ago and then a couple of weeks ago another ex hood member joined us as well, so we are now a hood of 3 farmers but two of us have more than one farm in the hood. This friend mentioned to me a theory that if you start your derby with a lower than 320 point task say between 300 and 318 that the competition will be easier. I was wanting to keep practising the delayed start but I am willing to try other things.
Having spent a long time playing solo, I now have to change what I used to do and want to remain open about new ways to play derby so wondered if this would be one of the changes to make in playing style.
I would be interested in your thoughts ;)
Rivertown, derby opponents are determined by the number of participants, and the time your nh takes its initial derby task. The amount of the first task is irrelevant, and will therefore not affect the competitiveness of your competition. But I don't think it will hurt anything if you try it.
Indeed, I don’t think the matchmaking is very sophisticated, so I don’t think taking lower point tasks will work.
the system does not factor in 1 person opted in for a hood of 30 vs 1 person opted in for a hood of 1, just as it does not factor in farm levels.
it is mostly doing the best you can with what you have and finding what works most of the time.
Hi Rebecca that was my belief too but she says that it was only after another hood member had been observing what was happening that they decided to give it a go. I did ask my friend if they took a low point immediately derby started or whether they may have been starting a while later as I was wondering if a delayed start was the reason they were doing better.
Yes agree Wussy, as we will be 3 opted in this week (last two weeks we were 4 opted in as one player played two farms) I said I wouldn’t try the theory this week but it is a curious thing and might be interesting to give it a go and see, some time.
The fear I had with dropping our total points down due to taking a low point instead of sticking to 320 was not being able to place which is our aim ;)
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Originally Posted by Rivertown
Maybe if if you can get 5 opted in one of these regular derbies you can play around a little. Any less than that you are pretty much having to max out points.
but then with 5 in, you would be wanting all horseshoe rewards as well :smirk:
So much to consider :p
Yes, so much to consider :smirk:Quote:
Originally Posted by WussyPuss
My NH isn't very competitive, so we get going as soon as someone finds a task they like.
Same here. Most of our members aren‘t awake when derby starts, so I try to keep a good mix of every task type on the board until they wake up :)Quote:
Originally Posted by EllunaHellen
Our NH has 3 players, and 4 occasionally. We always do a delayed start, but only about 12-18 hours. We do all 320’s, and like to take an early lead. So we try to get as many tasks on the board that can be finished quickly. As the tasks come up that we would like to do, we use the NH messaging to let each other know who is working on what. We try to wait until we have 2-3 tasks per person. When 3 of us are playing, we usually finish within 1 full day. Then we get back to farming and RL as usual. That also allows us to help friends with boat orders or just passing them product for truck and town orders.
Since 3 players we cannot reach all the thresholds we want to place top 3, not so much for the trophy but for the extra prizes. With 4 opted in you can get all the thresholds with a point average of 300, if you are taking the diamond task.
I rarely check out the competition because, for me, it really does not matter. We play our plan, successfully.
Is it worth doing just 320s if just one player will never do the extra task?
Why is the player not taking the extra task? Is it a NH ‘rule’ that players will take the extra task? And what benefit does the player bring to the NH, that the leader is OK with this, provided they know of the expectation?Quote:
Originally Posted by PedrosPlotThickens
It is worth to remember that the difference in tactic between a Big team and a littele team is ENORMOUS ,
We for example get the same number of tasks , 12 every half hour ! In a small team you can choose to do only easy and fast tasks that have 320 points ,
But in a Big team you often have to be happy if you get a decent task at all ,
In my team is normally 15-20 players opt-in and we do tasks from 312 points and higher ,
Normaly We beat the 'we only do 320 points " teams because most of them say that but cant do it ,
Lyngby farmers now have 125 Derby CUPs 75 of them GOLD and OBS we only use diamond to get the 10task ,
We dont buy or CUPs ,