Battle Zone is almost officially dead and I just can't see it anymore. So I started thinking. How can we make this game playable again?
The problem:
People are tired of waiting. I mostly start conversations with them so that they stay a little longer, but that doesn't really help. Players join the lobby, they look if there are players in the lobby, and if it takes more than 1-2 minutes for the game to fill, they simply just leave. I have thought about possible solutions, so here they are!
My possible solutions:
If you have other ideas, don't hesitate to post them!
Add guns to the waiting lobby! This makes the waiting lobby more active, and it's just fun to fight against other players without losing hitpoints! This is a list of things we can do, or can't do:
Why?
As I said, many players just join the lobby, they look if there are players around, they wait 1-2 minutes and then they become tired of waiting so then they leave. By adding easter eggs and guns, players can increase their shooting- and building skills, they can seek easter eggs and secrets in the lobby, they discover more things, and most important: We elongate the time they are in the waiting lobby. If more players are having fun in the waiting lobby, it's just a matter of time until more and more players join, and that makes games start!
Do you agree with me? Thanks for reading and have a great day,
~RemiTheSheep
Before I created this thread I spent 2 hours waiting until one single game started. This is ridiculous :c
The problem:
People are tired of waiting. I mostly start conversations with them so that they stay a little longer, but that doesn't really help. Players join the lobby, they look if there are players in the lobby, and if it takes more than 1-2 minutes for the game to fill, they simply just leave. I have thought about possible solutions, so here they are!
My possible solutions:
- Add easter eggs: I think it would be great if there were some easter eggs in the waiting lobbies. I have also thought of places where the easter eggs could possibly be made.
When you finish the parkour that starts at the red barn, you get here. Here could be a hint to find the next easter egg and here could be a sign which says "Good job, you've found easter egg #1!". (Coordinates: -1973, 48, 38)
If you complete the second parkour, you end here: (Coordinates: -1980, 77, 160)
Here could be a hint that leads to the next easter egg and a sign that says "Good job, you've found easter egg #2!".
Look at that, a great tower you can't climb...? On top of it, there could be an easter egg! The builders should place ladders so that we can climb it. Wouldn't it be nice to have an easter egg over there? (Coordinates: Unknown)
Here we have some fields with wheat and carrots. Maybe the builders could create a secret underground base with hidden signs, like in the SkyWars lobby! (Coordinates: -1960, 39, 111)
Here is a huge tree. I think it's a nice idea to place some ladders so that you can get up, and perhaps there could be a treehouse with signs and furniture up there? (Coordinates: -1919, 39, 25)
Here could be a hint that leads to the next easter egg and a sign that says "Good job, you've found easter egg #2!".
Look at that, a great tower you can't climb...? On top of it, there could be an easter egg! The builders should place ladders so that we can climb it. Wouldn't it be nice to have an easter egg over there? (Coordinates: Unknown)
Here we have some fields with wheat and carrots. Maybe the builders could create a secret underground base with hidden signs, like in the SkyWars lobby! (Coordinates: -1960, 39, 111)
Here is a huge tree. I think it's a nice idea to place some ladders so that you can get up, and perhaps there could be a treehouse with signs and furniture up there? (Coordinates: -1919, 39, 25)
Add guns to the waiting lobby! This makes the waiting lobby more active, and it's just fun to fight against other players without losing hitpoints! This is a list of things we can do, or can't do:
We can:
-Chop trees. (Trees won't be destroyed: That means that you can get unlimited wood of it!)
-Fight against other players.
-Pick up guns.
-Pick up ammo.
-Place buildings. (So we can place ramps, walls, etc.)
-Use any weapon you'd like to fight with.
-Ride animals while shooting :D
-Chop trees. (Trees won't be destroyed: That means that you can get unlimited wood of it!)
-Fight against other players.
-Pick up guns.
-Pick up ammo.
-Place buildings. (So we can place ramps, walls, etc.)
-Use any weapon you'd like to fight with.
-Ride animals while shooting :D
We can't:
-Hurt other players.
-Destroy any buildings (For example the barns, the parkour, etc), trees any other sources that provide us of building materials.
-Use traps and throwable grenades, because they simply don't deal damage so they become useless in the waiting lobby.
-Harm the animals in the waiting lobby.
-Use potions that provide us of hp, because you can't deal any damage in the waiting lobbies.
-Hurt other players.
-Destroy any buildings (For example the barns, the parkour, etc), trees any other sources that provide us of building materials.
-Use traps and throwable grenades, because they simply don't deal damage so they become useless in the waiting lobby.
-Harm the animals in the waiting lobby.
-Use potions that provide us of hp, because you can't deal any damage in the waiting lobbies.
Why?
As I said, many players just join the lobby, they look if there are players around, they wait 1-2 minutes and then they become tired of waiting so then they leave. By adding easter eggs and guns, players can increase their shooting- and building skills, they can seek easter eggs and secrets in the lobby, they discover more things, and most important: We elongate the time they are in the waiting lobby. If more players are having fun in the waiting lobby, it's just a matter of time until more and more players join, and that makes games start!
Do you agree with me? Thanks for reading and have a great day,
~RemiTheSheep
Before I created this thread I spent 2 hours waiting until one single game started. This is ridiculous :c
