I'm going to tag absolutely everyone that commented on this post so that this post gets everyone's attention. It's going to be a completely alternative option.
@Nikoshka @Jackxist @Luminated Underpants @Fariss @10Joethegamer01 @Scottness @DontFearMe @1arthur10 @HangarGeek @DodelijkeNoob @iCheeetah
I know there's no way I'll convince you but:
@Dotsially
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@Ahs_Master @lars.l @TheBrownster904 @TriangleAttack @_TheBigPunisher_ @NoMercyBroken @Soeshi @Perdei @ItsDavey_ @Jefsweatsgames
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The man
@rubik_cube_man
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@BeastyIsPvp @Siftenly @iTzDavid12
And the two people I need the most:
@KronosReeper @Gainfullterror
Instead of encouraging an extremely broken strategy, how about we reward people that instead of mindlessly camping mid, take risks to try to take control of another island!
Let me explain a game I was in. I explained this in my "Mid Camping" thread as well.
The first game like this was on a game of dwarven, normal and normal as usual. I chose blue team and attacked red with a wood sword and nothing else. I got them by surprise and easily wiped them clean. Seeing that orange was fighting over iron, a grabbed leather and quickly speed bridged over to orange. Another easy team elimination. We were only about 3-4 minutes into the game. Seeing that green was doing a bit better, I decided to use orange's mid bridge to gear up a bit. But I was stopped by pink! Now understand - we had complete control of our own base, red, and orange. But because pink held just one island - middle - they had a complete monopoly over resource control. Green was a fairly good team - they too were trying to attack pink but were not having any success as they didn't rush anyone and had to get out of their own island (they had a bridge to mid). Yellow was proving to be no help as they were just loading up on obsidian.
So, my first plan of action was to try to help green out of bit as they were dead stuck at their home island (it's way worse if you try to mid rush instead of making sure you have an escape by rushing another team). In order to do this, I attempted an attack on yellow. I went to orange, having to avoid lots of power bow shots, and went up the tower to try to get to the "hand" of the dwarven statue. I then went to yellow atop the statue. Now, you're probably asking why I didn't try at pink's egg. First off, someone was at pink's base - the exact setup
@Gainfullterror was describing and they were extremely stacked. I took out yellow easily and got out of there so green could come over. Now I needed a plan of action against pink. I was completely clueless. Despite having control of four bases and completely eliminating three teams, we still had almost nothing compared to pink - just because they took control of ONE island!
We obviously lost that game. We had no chance with how stacked they were - they attacked us a little bit after I took over yellow.
Make sure you completely read that game above before commenting. Here's the suggestion. Instead of encouraging a horribly broken strategy, instead we should find a way to encourage rushing. Here's the suggestion to do this. Have a system which rewards 2 points for an egg break and 1 point for FINAL kills. In the area on the right, it would show something like this:
Leads:
Blue ✓ 4
Green ✓ 4
Pink ✓ 4
Yellow X 3
Now, you're probably wondering "Well, what would these people get?" Well, I'm not sure exactly. I need more feedback on to decide what to give the team leading - just make sure if you give an idea it's better or equal to what you can get by camping mid!
Now you're also probably thinking "This would encourage mindless rushing by the best player on the team!" Not so fast there. If someone dies, their points are instantly given to the player that killed them. This WOULD encourage teamwork as you should divide the kills evenly so that if one person dies, it's no big deal.
Now, ties are broken through a simple system. First, it goes by the total number of kills. If that's tied, it will go by number of resources collected - whoever collected less will have the lead.
Pros:
- Eliminates mid camping - there's something that can put you in a stronger position!
- Encourages people to take risks at the beginning of the game
- Encourages teamwork
- Harms base campers - there's no need to waste time going to mid gearing up!
- Requires people to be careful at all times
- Discourages people that wait until there is one team left to attack
- Offers side objectives
- Need to watch all angles - you'll never know if you're being attacked
Neutral (People won't agree on if it's good or bad):
- Improves the usefulness of rushing
- Speeds games up
- Discourages people from going to mid
Cons:
- Places rushing as the strongest strategy instead of taking your time
- Some others I can't think of
Leave feedback below - by the way this doesn't need to be added to every map.
