Along those lines @Annaerith, here’s 2 ideas we’ve been toying with:
1. Weekly events
We prefer the carrot rather than the stick here… we’ve been trying out a design for weekly events that theme automatically around a kingdom. So, suppose Khetar is the kingdom for the week, we have some combination of:
- Khetar Kingdom bonus gets a buff, or
- Undead bonus gets a buff, or
- Undead units get individual buffs, or
- The Banner unlocked with Khetar gives a buff, or
- The tribute bonus for the week is buffed if Khetar is your home kingdom, or
- Some combination of the above
This should shift the meta for some folks every week. Of course some adventurers just like to watch the world burn, and will leave their defenders untouched, but that’s okay… we’re chasing some variety with this not _total_variety.
2. Troop/Reward Modifiers
The game automatically generates a DEFENSE reward-modifier for each troop, based on their usage… maybe gets updated daily or weekly.
These would be small… +10% to +50% maybe, maybe +100% for a troop that is WAY under-utilized.
By constructing teams of under-used troops for DEFENSE, you then get a neat little multiplier to your rewards… get a clever team together and win a few games and you get great prizes.
Imagine even getting that on a LEADERBOARD somehow…