2009-06-25, 23:34:17
The biggest problem that high bounty has is that it is near impossible to successfully siege the enemies' base. Destroying their factories only hurts the players on the offensive as it restricts their gold flow. All you need to do is camp in your base and accumulate enough gold and tech to get titans and then you eventually push. This often leads to titan wars, where everyone is incredibly strong and battles are decided by whoever manages to use their ultimate later than the other. As a result, late game has become very boring with the lack of variety and constant stalemates leading to 2+ hour games.
A good solution for this is to combine conquest mode along with high bounty. The enemy will be forced to move out of their base and try to recapture cp's to avoid loss. If the attacking team has a big enough advantage, which in HB usually relies on the skill level of the other team, they can attempt to destroy the opposing base normally.
However,this does bring up the issue of CP camping. All the winning team needs to do is to protect the cp's to win. I think this is less problematic than the current issue of base-camping, where teams who were meant to lose can easily make a comeback and win. If the defending team is really skilled enough, they can go against these disadvantages and break out.
A good solution for this is to combine conquest mode along with high bounty. The enemy will be forced to move out of their base and try to recapture cp's to avoid loss. If the attacking team has a big enough advantage, which in HB usually relies on the skill level of the other team, they can attempt to destroy the opposing base normally.
However,this does bring up the issue of CP camping. All the winning team needs to do is to protect the cp's to win. I think this is less problematic than the current issue of base-camping, where teams who were meant to lose can easily make a comeback and win. If the defending team is really skilled enough, they can go against these disadvantages and break out.
Going long range in mid takes no skill, so stop telling yourselves otherwise.