I deplore someone to please look at the new scoring system.

Initially I loved the idea, seemed like a great way to get going and a more level playing field than the ELO rankings but it is causing a real problem with the spirit of the game.

As I saw it the game was about winning and conquering as many territories as possible. It was great when everyone guns for first place.

I just left a four player game in 3rd with -3 points, at the time it was reduced to 4 players I lead and could have resigned with +5. There were 4 good players there and 2 alliances fighting it out (underdogs won which is great), but it was a really good game. Everyone was having fun and it was good banter. But this tactical flagging to maximise score is just depressing.

I suggest someone looks at how scores are affected later in the game by both dominance and finishing position. No one in my game deserved a negative point.

Perhaps a function of number of turns times your finishing position should be employed, to offset such large negative losses with dominance.

If I am missing anything with how it is working atm, please let me know. I like the new system but would rather it promoted fighting rather than flagging.