Talk:Move Order
Random Move Order vs. Cyclic Move Order
The Random Move Order section is confusing to me.
It first says: "Warzone will randomize the move order on each turn. Each player's first order is executed in this random order, then each player's second order, and each player's third. This means that in 1v1 games you always have a 50% chance that your first order will happen before your opponent's first order."
But then it says: "For the next round of attacks, the order is reversed so the last player in the first round gets the first move in the second round. It then reverses again for the third round, and so on."
This seems contradictory to me...
Also, if the 2nd statement is true, then I don't understand how "Random Move Order" is different from "Cyclic Move Order".
Version for reference: 16:52, 19 July 2023
ZoomBoom (talk) 20:31, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
- I think I understand it now. Maybe we could add a simple example under "Random Move Order", like the following:
- Turn #1:
- Players A, B, and C each submit 5 deploy orders and 5 attack orders. The game randomly chooses the ordering for each player's 1st move (executing their 1st order). It chooses the ordering of B,C,A.
- The deploy moves execute in this order:
- Deploy move #1: B,C,A. Deploy move #2: A,C,B. Deploy move #3: B,C,A. Deploy move #4: A,C,B. Deploy move #5: B,C,A.
- Then the attack moves execute in the same order, as follows:
- Attack move #1: B,C,A. Attack move #2: A,C,B. Attack move #3: B,C,A. Attack move #4: A,C,B. Attack move #5: B,C,A.
- Turn #2:
- This time the players each submit only 2 deploy moves and 2 attack moves. The game randomly chooses the ordering for each player's 1st move. It chooses the ordering of C,A,B.
- The moves execute in this order:
- Deploy move #1: C,A,B. Deploy move #2: B,A,C.
- Attack move #1: C,A,B. Attack move #2: B,A,C.
- Etc. Each turn the ordering of move #1 is randomized. Moves #2, 3, etc. are all predictable from the ordering of move #1.
- If a player submitted less moves than another player, so they don't have a move #N, then they are just skipped in the ordering for move #N.