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[ShadowDarter]

A few intresting question came to mind recently.

How many players can the servers handle in one match?

How many players would be to many for a reasonable game?

and How many players in a single game would you like to see if possible?

Any thoughts idea folks, please post them.

[Hador]

Once in a while the answer seems not to be 42, wierd.

Matches are 8vs8 and the goal is to have 12vs12.


While I'd personally like to see bigger battles, I ain't sure how much fun it is when having dozens of enemies focussing on your mech...
Might work on really large maps though, but as PGI stated before, 12vs12 is the target count.

[Oddmund]

i heard that it will be a 12 on 12.

[Sunny0]

Yea 12vs12 is what they talked, but i would like to see matchs with 20vs20 or even bigger.

[Duster1789]

I think that 12vs12 is already big enougth, In W.O.T (world of tank) it's 15 vs 15 and that alow team work and individual actions.

[CoolHandLuke106881]

I would like to see smaller matches as an option. Classic 4 ion 4 lance battles.

[Antipode]

From a flavor perspective, much larger than 12x12 would be ridiculous. There would be all sorts of infantry and support vehicles in the fray as well if the area being fought over is big enough. 24 mechs is a LOT of metal, a lot of money, and a lot of highly trained pilots. That being said.... huge battles, even if it was just a once-in-a-while special event, would be sweet.

[Ashnod]

12v12.. But I hope it changes to 15v16 or so if the clans ever become playable

[errmoop0]

12 v 12 is good. Different modes with various match sizes would be good though. Just depends on the decisions the Devs make I guess, may as well wait it out.

[Kumakichi]

CoolHandLuke, on 11 August 2012 - 12:31 AM, said:

I would like to see smaller matches as an option. Classic 4 ion 4 lance battles.

Classic 4v4? If I recall that only ever happened in MPBT 3025 right? 12v12 sounds good.

Edited by Kumakichi, 11 August 2012 - 10:26 AM.

[Exilyth]

Kumakichi, on 11 August 2012 - 10:25 AM, said:

Classic 4v4? If I recall that only ever happened in MPBT 3025 right? 12v12 sounds good.

Most TT battles are lance on lance engagements since battles of that size can be played in a reasonable amount of time (about 2-3h).

[Capt Sternn]

I would like varible battles, 4V4, 8V8, and 12v12.

[CMDprompt]

As everyone has said, it seems pretty much to be 12v12. However, I think it would be awesome if they had larger battles on days that correlate with huge battles in the Battletech universe.

[4braxas]

Since it's going to be the dreaded matchmaker, why not simply put a limit depending on maps.
Small maps 4v4, medium 8v8, large 12v12.
Matchmaker rolls a drum on map, reads info on player count, draws that amount of players from the lobby. DONE!

[gauddlike]

I like the idea of different sized battles.
4v4, 8v8 and 12v12 sound like good numbers as well.

[JFlash49]

12 v 12. i would love to see something bigger though, a full blown war! BUT 12 v 12 is ok for now

[Monkey Bone]

I just want a huge 50v50 with repair bays scattered around the map/bases with no respawn. Maybe one day.

[Cinc]

Jules Gonzales, on 11 August 2012 - 12:28 PM, said:

I just want a huge 50v50 with repair bays scattered around the map/bases with no respawn. Maybe one day.

While i would love to see that as well, i thing modern computers just cant support that..

[Morblore]

I would like to see a match decided by tonnage instead of amount of players.