(July 23rd, 2020, 18:12)Wyatan Wrote:(July 22nd, 2020, 22:51)Borsche Wrote: It honestly might be better to give some points for survival.
At least for the opening rounds, that's actually the case : wildcard game participation is an extra chance to score points.
I think I'll have to go back and check all five seasons, I'm curious if there's leaders that consistently make the wildcard game. There are certainly more than a few leaders that can't even do that. It might be worth 1 point for survival outright. This would shift winning to 6 points and second place to 3 points - or you could making winning worth 4 points and second place worth 1 (so that the 'survival' bonus boosts both to 5 and 2; the same values that currently exist).
If we're grading leader AI, then the one that consistently survives games, be it in the opening round, wildcard, playoff games or championship is definitely better than the one that consistently gets killed. Tracking deaths along side this would be a good way to contrast the boom or bust leaders, the consistent performers, the ones that only survive but never outright win, and the ones that are fodder for everyone else.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, tracking deaths seems kind of stupid. The only people that aren't going to have 1 death per season are: anyone that doesn't finish top 2 in the wildcard, playoff, or championship games. Points for not dying will already track that.