Players tend to fit within certain play styles. The most famous is the Bartle study which has four categories: Killer, Achiever, Explorer, Socializer. Your styl

Players tend to fit within certain play styles. The most famous is the Bartle study which has four categories: Killer, Achiever, Explorer, Socializer. Your style of play falls into the Explorer category, which favours strategy. The people who are really fast at killing are Killers, obviously. If you want your target market to include all four types you must provide something for all four types. The problem is that the Killer group is easiest to provide for so it's very easy for it to dominate. http://flatfingers-theory.blogspot.com/2005/01/styles-of-play-full-chart.html http://flatfingers-theory.blogspot.com/2005/01/styles-of-pla... I've submitted the link to HN so it has its own thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1111406 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1111406