Maybe a tweak on the AI
My experience with this game is excellent except in one respect - the AI opponents get loaded hands very frequently and always seem to get at least one useful card in the Skat.
They seem to get many many hands they can play at Grand.
I battle with very ordinary hands and often find nothing useful in the Skat.
I rarely have Grand level hands to play.
When I do have a hand I’d like to play, the AI as often as not will bid sky-high so I can’t play it.
The only way I’ve found to even out the scores is to play schieber ramsch, where every so often I can catch them with a large negative score to bring them back to my level.
I really don’t think this is a matter of my skill - I play a lot of cards online, inc Skat, and I go ok.
I think this app would be perfect if the ‘luck’ of the AI hands was just pared back to reasonable, realistic levels.
I don’t think I as the ‘live’ player is getting the same spread of decent hands. I don’t think it’s close either.
They seem to get many many hands they can play at Grand.
I battle with very ordinary hands and often find nothing useful in the Skat.
I rarely have Grand level hands to play.
When I do have a hand I’d like to play, the AI as often as not will bid sky-high so I can’t play it.
The only way I’ve found to even out the scores is to play schieber ramsch, where every so often I can catch them with a large negative score to bring them back to my level.
I really don’t think this is a matter of my skill - I play a lot of cards online, inc Skat, and I go ok.
I think this app would be perfect if the ‘luck’ of the AI hands was just pared back to reasonable, realistic levels.
I don’t think I as the ‘live’ player is getting the same spread of decent hands. I don’t think it’s close either.
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Response from developer
The distribution of the cards is purely random for all players. Here: https://www.skat-spiel.de/skat-karten-mischen.html we have compiled information on this (in German). Have fun with Skat and gut Blatt!
Separate versions for iPhone and iPad
This isn’t a criticism of the app per se, but the developer makes separate versions for the iPad and iPhone, and charges full price for each. I think there should be the ability to buy one for full price, but both at some discount (rather than $12 for one version, $24 for both, or whatever it is, perhaps $15 for both — it’s the same engine after all.) For that matter, a quantity discount for purchasing Skat and Doppelkopf, or perhaps all the developer’s games, would be welcomed.
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Learning
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