Triple Triad tournaments right now are a joke. 1 of the rule sets is an annoying mess that's too swingy and uncompetitive. Swap needs to go. It has no place in a tournament setting as a rule as it is barely tolerable against npcs.
But more importantly force players to play against each other for the actually good rewards. Right now if you want to play a game as intended against other players you're waiting as everyone just waltzes past the tournament queue and does their 20 matches against npcs. Npcs games should not count towards tournament rankings or rewards unless players have done a set number of player matches. No amount of point redistributing will change that underlying issue. (Though buffing player losses to 60 points so they're the same as npc draws might help alleviate that issue.)
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But more importantly force players to play against each other for the actually good rewards. Right now if you want to play a game as intended against other players you're waiting as everyone just waltzes past the tournament queue and does their 20 matches against npcs. Npcs games should not count towards tournament rankings or rewards unless players have done a set number of player matches. No amount of point redistributing will change that underlying issue. (Though buffing player losses to 60 points so they're the same as npc draws might help alleviate that issue.)
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