Player vs Player Tournaments and Consumables
Tournament Battle Inventory and Budget: Explained
As previously announced, all tournaments will currently be utilizing a Battle Inventory of 60 Stone and Battle Budget of 11 Stone. But what does this mean? Let’s dive in:
First, it’s important to know that each Consumable (Potions and Smoke Bombs, currently) is assigned a weight in units of Stone, which is based primarily on the impact the Consumable has. For example, the Health Vial has a weight of 3 Stone. Alternatively, the much more powerful Swiftness Potion has a weight of 9 Stone.
Now, let’s look at Battle Inventory and Battle Budget. These are the metrics that control how many Consumables can be brought into a battle (or series of battles) and how many Consumables can be used in a battle. The Battle Inventory can be thought of as a supply cart. Load it down and be prepared with options. The Battle Budget is how many times that supply cart can be utilized. For example, if a match has a Battle Inventory of 20 Stone and Battle Budget of 11 Stone, Consumables in any combination up to a total of 20 Stone can be brought in. However, only 11 Stone worth of those Consumables can be used in that battle. The rest are returned to the player at the end of the battle. This system focuses on providing flexibility to players, allowing a variety of options to feed real time decision making.
(For an even deeper dive into the Battle Inventory and Battle Budget system, check out this blog from 0xWorkhorse)
Finally, what does this mean for tournaments? When players register for a tournament, they will not only designate their team, but they will also provide their Battle Inventory at that time. While this can vary by tournament, for now, 60 Stone will be the default, therefore, the player will designate up to 60 Stone worth of Consumables to bring with them into that tournament. As the player progresses through the rounds of the tournament, each individual match will have a Battle Budget, which, for now, will be 11 Stone as the default. As such, in each individual match, a player can use up to 11 Stone worth of Consumables, pulling from their Battle Inventory. This means that if a player puts 3 Health Vials, weighing 3 Stone each, in their Battle Inventory and then uses all 3 in their first match of the tournament, they will have no more Health Vials for the rest of the tournament. The remainder of the Battle Inventory will carry over to future matches.
For some quick math, this means that a 16-player tournament would have a Battle Inventory of 60 Stone, with a maximum of 4 matches, each with a Battle Budget of 11 Stone, meaning that a player could use a maximum of 44 Stone out of their 60 Stone Inventory. In the case of a 32-player tournament, it would be a maximum of 55. Again, providing flexibility and options while also emphasizing real-time decision making and resource management.
*The Battle Budget and Battle Inventory are flexible and set by tournament. While default values are being used for now, this may change in the future. Check the specific tournament settings for final values.
