Forcing a non-repeat of round types

[Bombadil]

This has probably been discussed a few times. Not even sure if it is possible.


Pros
No repeat nuke ops 3x in a row
Better amount of roundtype variety

Cons:
Meta well we just had cult so there can't be a cult
Just had nuke ops so I dont need to defend the disc.

[Balut]

Please no.

Also what. Was there ANOTHER Nuke Op round after I left?

[soulgamer]

Nah this would let people meta too easily. Now maybe add some sort of script that causes a round to have a lower chance to be chosen for each time it runs in a row.

X% for the first time, X/2% for the next time, X/4% for the following. This way it would be rare but not unheard of for the rounds to be the same multiple rounds in a row.

[Bombadil]

Nah this would let people meta too easily. Now maybe add some sort of script that causes a round to have a lower chance to be chosen for each time it runs in a row.

X% for the first time, X/2% for the next time, X/4% for the following. This way it would be rare but not unheard of for the rounds to be the same multiple rounds in a row.

That is a better idea

[DemonFiren]

Yeah, do it this way.

[cedarbridge]

"Well, that sure was a great <rountype A here>, sure am glad this round won't be <roundtype A here>!"

No, knowing what the round type is not (outside of obvious low-pop where certain rounds cannot exist, is just as bad as knowing exactly what it is.

[Balut]

Nah this would let people meta too easily. Now maybe add some sort of script that causes a round to have a lower chance to be chosen for each time it runs in a row.

X% for the first time, X/2% for the next time, X/4% for the following. This way it would be rare but not unheard of for the rounds to be the same multiple rounds in a row.

Please no.

[Phalanx300]

Bad idea, then you get meta "Oh it can't be Traitor since it was Traitor last round". Instead maybe increase the % of other roundtypes happening. Make it all more organic.

[cedarbridge]

I don't see the problem with knowing one less roundtype possibility. There are enough other roundtypes that you won't be able to guess what the actual roundtype will be. You can already meta that it can't be multiple different roundtypes during low population rounds.

Providing metaknowledge of this sort to this playerbase is asking for trouble.

This is the same server that killed the antag letter from centcomm because somebody managed to successfully meta a wizard with it before they even landed on the station.

[dezzmont]

You could always go with a sliding probability scale ala Dota 2. The idea is the real probability of a round type would be lower than its actual to start with but each time the round type doesn't happen the probability of it being the next round increases.

This makes triple rounds less likely, makes double rounds still entirely possible (especially for rounds with a high base chance) and ensures that rare round types actually happen at a reasonable rate.

[Balut]

PLEASE NO.

[Lo6a4evskiy]

Why would you want to fuck up round probabilities?