Why Does Diffusion of Power have such a low town win rate?

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Why Does Diffusion of Power have such a low town win rate?

Post Post #0 (ISO) » Sun Dec 26, 2021 4:46 am

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It strikes me as a town-sided setup with a straightforward breaking strategy.

1) massclaim on d1 (conftowns the majority of the players immediately)
2) eliminate based on conflicting claims
3) x-night doctor knows exactly who to protect within starting on d1
4) force scum to thin out confirmed town, which they literally can't keep up with.
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Sun Dec 26, 2021 4:55 am

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This strategy could be defeated by the mod simply giving "Vanilla Town/Mafia Goon" role PM's, and assigning each night's power roles via pm at the start of day, but even in so doing, scum would still be hard pressed to keep up with town if that night's cop & doctor immediately claim.

Forcing scum's hand on the night kill removes a lot of options.
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Sun Dec 26, 2021 5:02 am

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I think assigning 1 cop and 1 doctor, with the rest of town being a "random night universal backup" would be a more balanced approach.

More wriggle room for scum in mass claim (removes the benefit of mass claim entirely, in fact).
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Sun Dec 26, 2021 5:10 am

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Scratch all this, I missed:
It's possible for there to be multiple players with the same power and night.
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