2014-01-29, 21:19:56
(This post was last modified: 2014-01-29, 21:22:20 by griffin1987.)
What game time are we aiming for by the way? Because most people seem to only join games to see the victory screen, and nothing else. For these people a command would probably be good, something like -showMeVictoryScreen. For everyone else, most of the time I think it's more along the line of what Exodus said: 2h+ is too long for most people (even I very seldom enjoy games which go beyond the 2h mark) - but I wouldn't like game duration targeted at 20-40 minutes, because that's what most games are already right now due to too many leavers, people flaming, standing in the corner of the base, being afk etc. So, unless it's possible to better the situation wrt that first, I don't think it makes sense to further shorten games.
In contrary - I think making a comeback easier again would reduce the people who giveup after 5 minutes because they died once, or leave after 2 minutes because they think it's over already. Currently most people seem to be "OMG the enemy has one creep more NO CHANCE TO WIN ANYMORE!!! I must leave right this second! And dont forget to afk before that, after insulting everyone and trying to blow up my own base and teammates! I know this is the right thing to do as the kick system protects me and it's so much for fun to destroy the game for other people than just play for fun!".
I hope you get this is all a bit exaggerated and with some sarcasm, but it's more or less how I perceive current games, and I've been playing a couple of games every few days in ranked as well as qualify over the past year (besides the years before that, but we're talking about the recent developements ...), so it's not a one time thing either.
Anyway: My vote goes to making comeback possible again and dealing with overlength games in their own way if it really becomes a problem again ( sudden death mode anyone? )
In contrary - I think making a comeback easier again would reduce the people who giveup after 5 minutes because they died once, or leave after 2 minutes because they think it's over already. Currently most people seem to be "OMG the enemy has one creep more NO CHANCE TO WIN ANYMORE!!! I must leave right this second! And dont forget to afk before that, after insulting everyone and trying to blow up my own base and teammates! I know this is the right thing to do as the kick system protects me and it's so much for fun to destroy the game for other people than just play for fun!".
I hope you get this is all a bit exaggerated and with some sarcasm, but it's more or less how I perceive current games, and I've been playing a couple of games every few days in ranked as well as qualify over the past year (besides the years before that, but we're talking about the recent developements ...), so it's not a one time thing either.
Anyway: My vote goes to making comeback possible again and dealing with overlength games in their own way if it really becomes a problem again ( sudden death mode anyone? )
Getting used to the Sand everywhere. At least it brings us map updates.