Alexem
Yeah, I'm town
Morning, all. No question that Ty's got some explaining to do after that sharing comment. With no explicit statement about it in the rules, that's a strange thing to come out with unprompted without a doubt. I think there's some sense to Neon's suggestion that pooling could be a thing for scum or for grouped players (lovers/neighbours/cultits etc.), although I'm not sure that the latter theory meshes with the game mechanics - when abilities need to be earned with XP, would that allow for passive abilities as well? I suppose somebody could get a passive in place of a tier one move, forcing them to wait to unlock their active roles, but I'd expect grouping to be more related to an unlocked ability. (For example, an neighbour or mason could unlock the ability to pick a partner before they get added to a chat.)
To go back to the earlier point about experience for votes, I agree that we need to be careful not to rush into voting someone out just to be on the leading train for the sake of getting XP. That line of thinking can easily lead to mis-hits. Given the additional XP for discovering areas on even days, you can accrue XP at a reasonable rate over time, so it might be better to treat voting XP as a bonus. I can see that there might be an incentive to go for the voting points if your tier three unlock is greatly more useful than the tier one and two unlocks, but I think it would be a big risk to hold out for the big unlock and possibly miss out on two actions in the process.
To go back to the earlier point about experience for votes, I agree that we need to be careful not to rush into voting someone out just to be on the leading train for the sake of getting XP. That line of thinking can easily lead to mis-hits. Given the additional XP for discovering areas on even days, you can accrue XP at a reasonable rate over time, so it might be better to treat voting XP as a bonus. I can see that there might be an incentive to go for the voting points if your tier three unlock is greatly more useful than the tier one and two unlocks, but I think it would be a big risk to hold out for the big unlock and possibly miss out on two actions in the process.