2010-10-17, 09:17:05
I think I'll go with the long-format kind of post.
An introduction to the obvious problems that these guys were obviously trying to solve:
1) Length of game
2) Changing the way CPs are taken / defended ?
Well I'll admit I don't know much about the problems we hear over and over but they do exist.
Speeding up the game is a good thing. However the new models of factories should be shrunk to their
original size so that pathing is less constricted.
From what I see, taking CPs is faster, turtling is harder because of the reduced regeneration making seiging easier.
I don't have a problem with the middle CP edit. Considering the regen was nerfed it is only reasonable to allow the
tanks in the mid CPs to be able to retreat somewhere.
BUT I'll say this: Taking CPs is faster and the part of the game everyone waits for is to get the gold advantage.
If you can get the kills, you in turn generally get the CPs as well. So really I think the last inherent problem with
this map is indeed the 5-minute-noob-gold. I think the changes so far are actually fairly decent. Remember every
person here is playing with the skewed-view of what they think really balanced is.
I think the threshold of "skill" lies somewhere in the ability to farm, get a good k/d ratio and to take CPs. These all
seem to be reasonable as they are already implemented. How often this gold is distributed affects the speed of the
game overall. I think that saying instead of 5 minutes you multiply the gold given every 4 minutes by 5/4 to shy
away from the whole "HB" concept and keep changing the game in more indirect ways that actually affect the pace
of the game but not to completely bastardize it into some sort of farm-fest where top-tier weapons are seen in every
single game!
Well players might not like the fact that some top-tier items become invalidated by such a short-term strategy game.
But then again I don't play many high level games so I wouldn't really know much here. Sooo somehow the gold
distribution needs to be affected without completely throwing things out of control.
-scron2
An introduction to the obvious problems that these guys were obviously trying to solve:
1) Length of game
2) Changing the way CPs are taken / defended ?
Well I'll admit I don't know much about the problems we hear over and over but they do exist.
Speeding up the game is a good thing. However the new models of factories should be shrunk to their
original size so that pathing is less constricted.
From what I see, taking CPs is faster, turtling is harder because of the reduced regeneration making seiging easier.
I don't have a problem with the middle CP edit. Considering the regen was nerfed it is only reasonable to allow the
tanks in the mid CPs to be able to retreat somewhere.
BUT I'll say this: Taking CPs is faster and the part of the game everyone waits for is to get the gold advantage.
If you can get the kills, you in turn generally get the CPs as well. So really I think the last inherent problem with
this map is indeed the 5-minute-noob-gold. I think the changes so far are actually fairly decent. Remember every
person here is playing with the skewed-view of what they think really balanced is.
I think the threshold of "skill" lies somewhere in the ability to farm, get a good k/d ratio and to take CPs. These all
seem to be reasonable as they are already implemented. How often this gold is distributed affects the speed of the
game overall. I think that saying instead of 5 minutes you multiply the gold given every 4 minutes by 5/4 to shy
away from the whole "HB" concept and keep changing the game in more indirect ways that actually affect the pace
of the game but not to completely bastardize it into some sort of farm-fest where top-tier weapons are seen in every
single game!
Well players might not like the fact that some top-tier items become invalidated by such a short-term strategy game.
But then again I don't play many high level games so I wouldn't really know much here. Sooo somehow the gold
distribution needs to be affected without completely throwing things out of control.
-scron2