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[FallacyofUrist]

The blue-colored Entity pondered, a thousand threads of thought coalescing into a single conclusion in an instant. They would simply have to teach the red-colored Entity the true meaning of the Arms Race.

They split, personality-fragments teeming around them, whispering to them. What to Shift. What to Design.

They decided that they would be victorious, and the red Entity would see the error of their ways.

They began their creation, metacrystal taking shape and form and gaining purpose. They would have no need to directly strike the other Entity, since they would conquer this battlefield.


Core Thread.

Spoiler: Current Designs (click to show/hide)

A humanoid construct made of fragile metacrystal. Colored according to the color of the faction it belongs to. Moves at a slow walk, but exists in great numbers. Simple intelligence, may follow simple directions and move in simple formations. Wields a metacrystal spear that does minor damage. Full Usage.

A humanoid construct made of fragile metacrystal, plated with plates of thin durable metacrystal. Colored according to the color of the faction it belongs to. Moves at a brisk walk, and may sprint for short durations. Complex intelligence, may follow complex directions, but cannot move in formation due to lack of coordination. Wields a metacrystal sword that does moderate damage and may parry melee attacks. Partial Usage.

A humanoid construct made of durable metacrystal. Colored according to the color of the faction it belongs to. Moves at a brisk walk, and may communicate at short to moderate distances. Complex intelligence, may direct other constructs and share information. Emits short-ranged energy beams that deal severe damage, and may be aimed precisely, but fire slowly. Low Usage.

A tall ring of metacrystal, energy humming within. Colored a deeper version of the color of the faction it belongs to. Immobile, unintelligent, but may be controlled by other constructs. Slowly fabricates other constructs according to the controller. Can only assemble another Gate in segments which have to be painstakingly assembled. Disassembly is impossible without breaking it. Low Usage.

It is the first Shift Phase. What would you like to change about the game? I'll recommend that you use a vote box to keep track of the votes.

[Maximum Spin]

Shift: Every team will have a certain proportion of saboteurs chosen by the mod. Saboteurs get points and prestige when their respective teams perform poorly. The rest of a team gets a bonus if a saboteur is correctly identified, at which point that player becomes a normal player and someone else becomes a saboteur. Of course, if a saboteur admits to being a saboteur, the bonus is forfeit, so players can't just surrender immediately for bonuses.

There, now it's mafia.

[TricMagic]

Blue da be do~ Magic for you blue da be do~ Magic for you~

The Effectiveness of Designs is boosted by how closely they adhere to the Entity's viewpoint. Going against the grain will result in the opposite effect. Exciting Magic for Blue, boring world war Tech for Red.

[Jerick]

Shifts that discriminate between teams, are too complex by the moderator's standards, or are too grand in scale or scope, will be altered beyond what was intended. This will be focused on making them more reasonable.

Sorry Tric but I don't think that shift will fly. It'll need to affect both teams the same.

My proposal for a chaos inducing, salt producing shift;

At the end of the design phase the moderator will roll a d6. On a 6 both teams receive the designs the other team designed instead of their own.

[TricMagic]

Shifts that discriminate between teams, are too complex by the moderator's standards, or are too grand in scale or scope, will be altered beyond what was intended. This will be focused on making them more reasonable.

Sorry Tric but I don't think that shift will fly. It'll need to affect both teams the same.

My proposal for a chaos inducing, salt producing shift;

At the end of the design phase the moderator will roll a d6. On a 6 both teams receive the designs the other team designed instead of their own.

It does though. If we do Tech stuff, it suffers. If we do Magic stuff, it's better.
 If they do Tech stuff, it's better, but if they do Magic stuff, it suffers. Prevents traitorous Magitech.

[Maximum Spin]

I think we should be more ambitious.

Things like...
Shift: There's a third faction controlled by the moderator (go ahead and find some players somewhere else if you want to make it more authentic) which may randomly interact with either main faction in unpredictable ways.

[TricMagic]

Reverse 6: TricMagic

[Thanatos Russ]

We should do something cool.

Named Heroes: these are Unique and powerful units that can be improved by designs added to them. They get stronger as they fight

Named heroes: Thanatos Russ (1)

[Jerick]

Named heroes:(1) Thanatos Russ
Reverse 6:(2) Tric Magic, Jerick

[Failbird105]

Named heroes:(2) Thanatos Russ, Failbird
Reverse 6:(2) Tric Magic, Jerick

Not particularly against the Reverse 6, I think it could honestly lead to more creativity, just like the idea of Named Heroes. If the votes haven't swung one way or the other by Wednesday I'll probably shift(heh) my vote.

[Maximum Spin]

I don't really get the impression that named heroes aren't already something we could Design. Maybe we should ask Fallacy first?

[Thanatos Russ]

Named heroes basically mechanically makes a unique unit that is automatically stronk.
It also does not need more effort or players and I don't like sabotage

[FallacyofUrist]

Hm, think about it this way. Designs exist within the space of the mechanics. That's not to say every design needs a unique mechanical foundation, because designing itself is a mechanic.

So sure, you can design a named hero individual unit without a Named Heroes mechanic. The results might be lacking in comparison to such a design that has a specific special mechanic bolstering it, though.

[Failbird105]

Hey so, since the two teams have no way of knowing what the other team is Shifting, what do you plan on doing if the two teams Shift mechanics that are either
1. Incredibly similar if not the same, or
2. So contradictory as to be practically mutually exclusive?

Like, say, if we were to make a Shift that says there is only one combat theater, but the Red team was to make a Shift that says there are three lanes of three combat theaters? Or if both teams were to Shift in resource mechanics with the same resources?

[FallacyofUrist]

At that point I would jumble the mechanics together and see what comes out on the other end. You'd probably get some kind of 'compromise' mechanic that melds the two.