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Sep 28, 2009, 03:34 PM
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I agree with grytolle, one carrot works well as long as it's a 2vs2 level, since it creates interesting tactical situations. 1 carrot in a duel is a bit dull though.

For duels, you want to have more carrots, even though there are fewer players. In CTF, 2 (of any combination) is a good number. 3 can work as well but it's harder to balance: 3 full nrg is usually too much for a 2vs2, 2 full nrgs and a +1 is also usually too much, and 1 full nrg and 2 +1's is the best 3-carrot setup, but if done wrong it lead to the same problems as having just 1 carrot in the level. More than 3 carrots and you are veering into crazy giant level territory (good for 8vs8, but way less tactical).

In battle mode, I'd say 3 carrots minimum, and never use full nrgs unless it's a coin warp. 1 carrot isn't enough, due to having 5 hearts. 2 carrots can be annoying in duels (takes forever to play, too much emphasis on hit-and-run tactics, basically all the problems of having 1 carrot in a CTF duel) and makes the level's routes way too "back and forth". 3 lets the level be a bit more dynamic. Keeping the respawn times shorter than CTF is a good idea too.