Great initiative, and I wish I still found the game interesting enough to jump off my chair and eagerly sign up. Innogames seems to continuously change the game to make it less and less attractive, and it seems like the GM-team is the one that are working really hard to make it worth our while to still play this game. Respect and Cred to you all! Really, really good job!!! Kudos!
When I read the point rules something seemed to be off and after going through the different scenarios a ff can end, the fog cleared and I think I saw light...
Anyway, a ff can end in these ways:
Attack defeat all
Defense defeat all
Attackers capture flag
Neither of the above happens and the fight ends due to time; all rounds played. I.e. successful defense
Currently the rules are set as follows:
Every match played in the group stages will earn points for teams as follows:
Match won by attacking team due to flag being captured: +1
Match won by attacking team due to all players being defeated: +2
Match won by defending team due to all rounds being played: +2
Match lost by defending team due to flag being captured: 0
Match lost by attacking team due to all rounds being played: -1
What happens if the defense kills all before the last round?
Currently no points are awarded or subtracted.
If I was leading the defense team and could kill all, I would do my best to avoid that. If I were the attacker and I was due to lose I would order and all out attack with the goal of everyone dying, to avoid giving the defense two points, and on top of that have my team lose 1 point. The difference between the defense winning by killing all before the final round, and holding the fort to the final round is 3 points. I.e either both teams get 0 points, or the defense gets 2 points while the attackers lose 1 point. That is a huge gap imho between the two ways the defense can win the match.
I would suggest the following simplification of the awarding of points:
Every match played in the group stages will earn points for teams as follows:
Match won by attacking team due to all players being defeated: +3 for attackers
Match won by attacking team due to flag being captured: +1 for attackers
Match won by defending team due to all players being defeated: +3 for defense
Match won by defending team due to all rounds being played: +2 for defense
And again, great initiative GM-team! Good job