L.C. Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 the more ppl there are in the zone, afk or not, the better it is to get a stable popThe only part of that I kind of disagree with is the AFKing part. A player sees a zone with a decent amount of players (from 10 to 20). They expect to get some gameplay out of it. So they join the zone, and as they do, they realize that the entire zone of 15 or so players is a bunch of AFKers in spec. They just got "tricked" and "ripped off" from the population impression. I was never recommended to encourage AFKing in the zone or in spectator mode. Infact, I was recommended directly against using that (was not encouraged to encourage AFKing). But hey, you think it through. You're the head of the zone.
sil Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 That reminds me, a zone I used to play in, the sysop would actually be afk a lot of the time, but not in spec. So we'd just go kill him alot. lay mines around him so when he'd get back he'd explode. Was quite fun sometimes =)
CreatiX Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Posted January 23, 2007 i really thought about what you said lc, and i made up my mind that your definately right. I think its better if they dont check the zone out at all , than dissapointing them because tehy feel trapped. The thing we have to focus on now is improving the gameplay with few people. Were collecting ideas on complex forums at the moment, but I guess the very only chance to get a good pop is to make it fun for few players aswell. And as Complex is now, Skirmish gets boring after 20 mins or less. If you people have any ideas or suggestion,id be happy to read them. Best regards-CreatiX
NBVegita Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 I've always been against pop fluffing. Back in the 17th we had that problem. Half our pop was always afk, and the other half was bots. So you'd see 25 peeps in the zone, come in, and not a single person playing, and you're overrun with bots in half a dozen arenas. It just makes people mad.
CreatiX Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Posted January 24, 2007 We are badly searching for a c++ coder (mervbot plugin) that is willing to support us!If your a bot coder, please have a look at the zone, you already might like the current bots. PLease contact me !Thanks!-CreatiX
Incomplete Posted January 25, 2007 Report Posted January 25, 2007 I don't like it. It didn't work in 17th and I highly doubt it will work in your own zone. For the gameplay to be sort of fun you need a decent amount of population to play, you aren't going to get that population by getting people to go idle in your zone. You need to have something that no other zone has, something that people want, KOTH skirmish mode isnt it. Balling sucks! The only chance it had was when it was in 17th because there was already a decent amount of population there but even then it rarely had enough people to play KOTH mode. The map seems ok, can't see much wrong with it.The sets do suck but i wont go into that because you must know that already.
»doc flabby Posted January 25, 2007 Report Posted January 25, 2007 I've always been against pop fluffing. Back in the 17th we had that problem. Half our pop was always afk, and the other half was bots. So you'd see 25 peeps in the zone, come in, and not a single person playing, and you're overrun with bots in half a dozen arenas. It just makes people mad.Ya it just annoyed me. I went to the zone to try it out thinking there was people playing get to the zone and the only people playing were two bots and myself Looks a fun zone to play tho just needs a few more people i love the gun turrets.
NBVegita Posted January 25, 2007 Report Posted January 25, 2007 Yeah I was in a constant battle. Every time I came in I would turn off all inactive bots lol
CreatiX Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Posted January 25, 2007 i agree with you inc thats why im badly searhing for some bot coder. we have some ideas how to amke it funnier for few people, and i dont want any 17th relation so i hope we get a new shipset soon. we will succeed with this, we jmust might need a bit until we have required players. but itll own once there are. i already got a good staff which is willing to help and i know we can make it If youre good at shipsetts, feel free to contact me, maybe there could be a workgroup for this, of course you would get credit on it.
Manus Celer Dei Posted January 26, 2007 Report Posted January 26, 2007 Creatix, Snoo, et al. If you would like the reef ship settings, just pm me or contact me ingame. Seeing as my idea for using them was in the complex style, with some modifications to the map they could fit in well.
Telson Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 I highly recommend that you use Manus's sets if you havent already!. What can i say, the guy is talented If not, go with an infantry style approach.
CreatiX Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Posted January 30, 2007 Manus contact me please, iv e been treying it in SS but i never seen you on yet.Oh and were still searching for 1. Bot Coder2. Ideas How to improve game with few people Thanks alot!-CreatiX
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