This is spawned by, but not really related to, the melee vs joust tournament discussion. I wanted to post a few questions and see what the concensus was. I wish you could do polls in this thing.

1) How long should a melee game last in minutes?

2) How long should a melee game last in rounds/plots?

3) How much power do you expect to average per game when playing melee?

4) Is the current catch up mechanism sufficient (e. g. Summoning Season, Building Season, etc.)?

5) Should there be a better catch up mechanism (e. g. Family, Duty, Honor)?

6)When should a catch up mechanism kick in?

That's all I can think of for now.

My answers:

1) 1 - 1.5 hours

2) 5 - 6 plots

3) 8

4) Not Sure

5) Not Sure

6) When a player becomes a punching bag for power. e. g. When a player has only 1 or 2 characters on the board and is effectively just deciding who he wants to let have power.