Bad pigs are actually good. Sounds a little counterintuitive? Well, let me explain.
A little while ago, we mentioned in our Dev Update, that you can now strategically bring pigs to battle. What we mean by this is - while you may not be able to win every single game - you can definitely cut your losses when those Pig Outs just keep coming.
You always need to select at least two pigs to start a new game but you can actually bring up to five. If you want to max your gain/lost value, you should always:
- Select two good pigs
- Select two bad pigs
- Add a bonus pig, if you haven’t already (so it doesn’t expire)
We already talked about what makes for a good pig in a previous post, so let’s skip that part go directly to the reason, why this makes sense.
When you start playing, you should toss your good pigs. I mean, you wanna win, right?
However, as soon as you realize, you’re on the losing side, for example if your opponent was lucky to get an amazing throw right from the start, you should deselect your good pigs and toss your bad ones instead.
While calculating rewards (and losses), Piggericks takes into account how often you actually tossed a pig. If you haven’t played a certain pig during a match at all, and it was simply watching at the sidelines of the battlefield, you can’t lose it, even if you lose the game. That piggy will never defect to your enemy or suffer from a dreadful heart attack.
More importantly, if you only toss your good pigs once or so and then switch to the bad pigs, there is only a very slim chance to lose that favorite piggy of yours. If you are going to lose any pig in that match, it’s most likely the ugly pig you didn’t really want in the first place.
But back to our example: Once you switched to the bad pigs, you should go for a more aggressive approach in order to catch up to your opponent. If you lose, you’ve already minimized your potential losses. But if you manage to catch up (e.g. if your opponent gets a bunch of pig outs) and you have a fair chance of winning the game, you should go back to tossing your good pigs to secure that sweet victory.
Still a bit confused on how to put this to practice? Watch our latest video - game play starts at 2:00.
How many pigs do you typically bring to battle? And will you start arming a few of those ugly piggies your never really appreciated until now?
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P.S.: The best time to play is usually US daytime or European evening hours, but if you ever find yourself in want of an opponent, the #ready-for-play channel on our Discord is usually the place to be.