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#1 Thejuggla

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Posted 20 September 2013 - 05:49 PM

I think it would be a lot more interestin if maps had atleast 4 spawn points for attack/defend mode, bases would be at any random point to make games more random/interesting. Thoughts?

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Posted 20 September 2013 - 07:16 PM

Random is bad.

In theory, this seems great and lots of fun. But what you'd end up with is matches that are lost from the moment the match starts. That's just not very much fun in the long run. A better approach is asymmetric battles (ie, there's an attacker and defender) with non "mirrored" maps, of course. This is planned for CW, but who knows when it'll happen.

At first, losing some matches simply to poorly placed bases would be fine, but after a while? You're trying to grind c-bills for your new shiny Assault mech, and over and over again you get matches where the bases seem carefully placed to ensure you lose.

Now, add to that: All the players who disconnect on seeing the random placement is disadvantageous; then the players who disconnect because it's faster to just DC and try again in another match until you get bases that ensure victory.





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