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[Joe Mallad]

once we get CW, there are obviously going to be worlds or whole borders that touch portions of the map that up to 3 factions may be able to fight over. While im sure any of those 3 factions can fight each other faction vs faction... would you want there to be maybe special events where once a world or border opens up to a 3 way front, to maybe have weekend events where up to 3 factions or Merc units can all at the same time fight for the planet?

I know the cap will be up to 12 vs 12 when its one unit vs another but if we had events where a world is now touching 3 faction's borders... why not let all 3 factions face off at the same time to mix things up a bit. the cap can still be 24 players but instead of 12 vs 12, make it 8 vs 8 vs 8.

what do you guys think?

[buttmonkey]

im liking this idea

[Solis Obscuri]

Might be interesting, but it strikes me as sort of a dogpile on the defenders unless they get some sort of handicap.

[Appogee]

I voted yes, but it's ripe for abuse, with two teams ganging on the third.

Still, anything for some variety.

[Alistair Winter]

Not for me. Too much randomness involved in whether you're the first team to get ganged up on.

There's basically a 33% chance that you'll be outnumbered 2:1.

Or maybe it's not 33%. Someone figure out the actual probability, with science.

EDIT: There's always a chance that all 3 teams engage each other or that the two teams will start to fight each other before they've wiped out their common enemy, and that the "alliance" will switch back and forth as soon as one team is too powerful. But in teams with poor coordination, I imagine it will just lead to one team getting pounded first, and then a normal fight between the remaining two.

Edited by Alistair Winter, 13 April 2013 - 12:44 PM.

[armyof1]

Anyone who makes the first move will make themselves and the team they attack lose. Everyone that want to win camps their base, wait for time to run out, draw. I must say that concept doesn't interest me.

[jeffsw6]

There could be a many-team battle where, whenever you kill an opponent, your mech gets stronger. Clearly the HGN-HM is well-suited to this style of play.

See what I did there?

[Rayah]

I would rather have straight up Free-For-All first.

[Trauglodyte]

Where is the option for: "Only one cup"?

[jeffsw6]

Free-for-All would be immensely fun, but "sync dropping" would be abused so this must first be fixed.

Also the maps that exist now are not designed for anything resembling balance in FFA play with a lot of players. For example, River City could have 4 pretty easily; but I don't see how any larger number could work without re-designing the map.

FFA would probably require additional maps.

[Team Leader]

I mean... I guess it would be.. Ok. But there's a reason why most wars are between 2 sides, not 3: the other two will just wear the other down.

[l4Dl]

3 Way battles, yes, why not!

Will the current Beta testers try the new gamemode? dam right!

Can the dev team be bothered to implement it? Keep wishing.

[Stone Profit]

Yoseful Mallad, on 13 April 2013 - 12:19 PM, said:

once we get CW, there are obviously going to be worlds or whole borders that touch portions of the map that up to 3 factions may be able to fight over. While im sure any of those 3 factions can fight each other faction vs faction... would you want there to be maybe special events where once a world or border opens up to a 3 way front, to maybe have weekend events where up to 3 factions or Merc units can all at the same time fight for the planet?

I know the cap will be up to 12 vs 12 when its one unit vs another but if we had events where a world is now touching 3 faction's borders... why not let all 3 factions face off at the same time to mix things up a bit. the cap can still be 24 players but instead of 12 vs 12, make it 8 vs 8 vs 8.

what do you guys think?

Hell yeah, but probably way to difficult. Thanks for the idea, but unlikely to happen. Although I would LOVE for the Clans (What are clans?) to be introduced this way!

[Loler skates]

Stone Profit, on 13 April 2013 - 01:28 PM, said:

Hell yeah, but probably way to difficult. Thanks for the idea, but unlikely to happen. Although I would LOVE for the Clans (What are clans?) to be introduced this way!

Yes, adding a third spawn point would be soooooooooooooooo hard...

Well you clearly know everything there is to know about programming YEEP

[Stone Profit]

Loler skates, on 13 April 2013 - 01:28 PM, said:

Yes, adding a third spawn point would be soooooooooooooooo hard...

Well you clearly know everything there is to know about programming YEEP

Aww, gotta be insulting cause I laid the smackdown in your other thread...
Never said adding a third spawn would be hard, and if you think thats all it would take you clearly know nothing about programing. fail troll is fail. Please try again

[Zylo]

I really don't want to see anything other than 1 team vs another team. I have no interest in playing matches with more than 2 teams and have even less interest in any sort of FFA battles. FFA battles will just turn into a group of players in TS all dropping solo and working together to farm kills.

[Loler skates]

Stone Profit, on 13 April 2013 - 01:30 PM, said:

Aww, gotta be insulting cause I laid the smackdown in your other thread...
Never said adding a third spawn would be hard, and if you think thats all it would take you clearly know nothing about programing. fail troll is fail. Please try again

If by laid the smack down you mean I schooled you like a red headed step child... sure thing.

but keep sipping the "ITS A BETA WAUUGHHH" sauce..

[Lorcan Lladd]

[OneEyed Jack]

Three-ways never work.





...In games.

[TehSBGX]

Well I might be in favor of it, but it depends how it's implemented. So I'm undecided. :/