FFA Returns, And It's Absolutely INSANE 

Yes, just record from someone and sincronize with the cast

I got that reference

Would be cool for king to be a hero like unit. Just like in real life, you get a massive moral boost but if he dies, you lose.

Completely agree, especially as we've seen multiple times someone getting 2 early kills and almost every game 2 players spawn next to each other, so 1 kill is for sure in feudal. Make it 15 pop, it's not insignificant, but you really need like 2 kills for a string advantage. Then there should be no option to locate enemy kings whatsoever. Cocroaching was the most fun part of the last tournament for me really and I'd be particularly interested to see how players can creatively hide their kings. If there is a payment for it, at least make it to discover a specific players king, not all of them, so there's tactics involved.

@@Deathskull0001 Or let all players have a scout from the get-go to limit the likelihood of close spawnings and inevitable feudal elimination for one of the players fighting for the same limited space.

50 pop feels fair to me. You have to consider that in FFA any fight with another player is a lose-lose situation from every aspect. You lose resources not just by fighting but also the potential returns those resources could have given you from investing them into your eco. You open yourself up to getting cleaned up by a third party, who could even sweep both you and your opponent after you've exhausted each other. And then, you also have to consider the aggression you attract from other players for even winning. They know your weakened from the war, that winning could have netted you a bunch of space and resources to gather, and makes it more likely you get teamed up on. Not to mention you'll have gained some precious points, meaning that eliminating you becomes a bigger priority simply so you can't build a bigger lead point-wise. Also, it would only be a huge advantage in a 1v1. In a FFA it means less because any cooperation between two players, even just opportunistic attacks, it going to put you at disadvantage. And you would never get to snowball like that, as the other players would recognize what's going on and invoke one of the teaming rules, meaning even with the pop cap you'll be at disadvantage against the teams of players. That was something I didn't like in the last FFA - that basically any time someone caused enough of a ruckus to anger two players, they lost. They just can't handle that many units from possibly multiple flanks without a ridiculous amount of defensive structures and even then it's a tossup. Just my thoughts.

Also maybe it’s possible to let kings give strong AOE buffs to nearby units when he is not garrisoned? This way players might take that risk and the game is more intense to watch

Agree with this gentleman

I agree with the AOE buffs as well. Similar to how the campaign gives your king buffs. Would be interesting to see him apart of some people's pushes

Agreed

@@leonlee5118 unless im mistaken you cannot edit aura buffs with modding, if someone knows you can and how please let me know lol

Since I'm not playing in the event I wasn't fully aware of all of the rules. This was a for fun game to test the mod, and I've played FFA's with the crew a bunch of times, and didn't realize Outback Octagon 2 has a 'no alliance' rule. I was playing it like a normal FFA. Core and I negotiated in chat in game that I wouldn't attack his trade, but if I had known about the +50 population rule I would've backstabbed his ass 🙂he had no leverage. That being said, the 'no alliance' rule is pretty gray. Not sure how non aggression pacts will be considered. -TheMrMunch

If we had these mods as an ffa queue it could really pull more players into AOE4 imo, as it really is an entirely different game and imo way more forgiving than 1v1

Lenient rather than flexible is probably what is required. Could dock a portion of their $500 based on severity rather than in game penalties?

ohhh yess having to sneak out the king on a transport ship as the island is being raided and risking his life on the water. Whole navies chasing the king in exile...

Water map ffa may not be the most fun to play but goddamn if they ain’t the most entertaining to watch, I mean just look at the views on the two water map in OO season 1

another comment argued that the pop reward should grow proportionally with the max pop of the defeated player, and I think it is a great idea. If he had at most 100 pop, it'd gain between 1/4th and 1/5th so 20 to 25 more population capacity. If he had 300, then the victor gains between 60 and 75. It would be much more balanced

@@DaDa-ui3sw I personally would prefer if we had a first blood pop increase and then all the other kills being. So like FB gives 50 and every other gives 25

Never mind, got to part of the video when you said that it is an ability