Dueling server

(Apoc) #1

I think a dueling server would be a perfect addition to the dirty bomb alpha. One for UK, one for US. The map could just be a smallish cube for 4 people max, with a couple of symetrical obsticles and a fence down the middle incase 4 people are on and each pair want to dual separately, insta respawn…no need to texture them or anything.

It would mean the US could test out the weapons and shooting mechanics without having many people on, EU would just benefit from being able to test and practice easily without 6 + people being on, and SD could recieve more precise and accurate feedback on weapons and shooting mechanics/movement as it would be from a focused and controlled enviroment.

Ill put a poll on this just to see the general concensus, but i cant see it being a bad thing, a 2v2max dueling server isnt going to disrupt anything and will just mean people can play and test when its not busy.

Thoughts?

(jopjop) #2

[QUOTE=Apoc;440368]I think a dueling server would be a perfect addition to the dirty bomb alpha. One for UK, one for US. The map could just be a smallish cube for 4 people max, with a couple of symetrical obsticles and a fence down the middle incase 4 people are on and each pair want to dual separately, insta respawn…no need to texture them or anything.

It would mean the US could test out the weapons and shooting mechanics without having many people on, EU would just benefit from being able to test and practice easily without 6 + people being on, and SD could recieve more precise and accurate feedback on weapons and shooting mechanics/movement as it would be from a focused and controlled enviroment.

Ill put a poll on this just to see the general concensus, but i cant see it being a bad thing, a 2v2max dueling server isnt going to disrupt anything and will just mean people can play and test when its not busy.

Thoughts?[/QUOTE]

True story… I specially like the idea I don’t always have to wait for so many others to join that I can practice aiming. Back in etqw we did a lot of snipe dueling, pistol dueling, normal dueling and sometimes we took turns playing against the winner and sometimes we just hung out, warmed up for a match, jumped around the map (the ground is lava type of thing)… I mean I have spent so many hours on dueling maps in etqw that if I hadn’t I probably would have graduated already.

(tokamak) #3

This was actually one of the first ideas in this forum section.

Having a really simple map, instant spawn or really short waves for TDM would net quite a lot of echo results methinks.

(Nail) #4

Lets see, you want Q3 Arena ?

(Volcano) #5

or jump on a random server with a mate and duel in the middle of the street

(Nail) #6

can do that now

(Samurai.) #7

Definitely +1 from me - an excellent idea!

The game can be pretty quiet in the day time and so a small server with basic dueling map would be awesome. I mean most of us here have friends around to get a duel going but not enough to start up a server by ourselves.

I actually had quite a few thoughts about this recently for part of the “Training” tab in the game launcher… instead of just the usual introductory videos… make game modes like dueling or aim intensive training maps that don’t contribute towards any XP/Ranking/Leveling up system but are purely there to train your aim or get used to a mechanic whatever that may be. That way the training tab doesn’t just get used for newbies, but also by experienced players wanting to say ‘warm their aim up’ giving it a use no matter the skill level of the player over the lifespan of the game. Also i guess you learn fast or train better by “doing” than just “watching” video’s telling you what to do. But i’ll probably go into this later on or when i have more ideas to throw out.

(Anti) #8

Think he’s talking more like an aim map. Used them in CoD1 quite a lot when I played it, we might be able to make a block out map for testing that is like that, will see.

(Dormamu) #9

+1, trainning ground for za noob’s :D. +1 to make it as a mod in the final game.
As soon as we reach open beta we need a ladder to make some videos.
Ifurita had some Dueling map goodies :smiley:
http://forums.warchest.com/showthread.php?p=96830#post96830

(Rex) #10

Yeah, why not. Could also help testing more.

(Valdez) #11

yeah I like this idea. speedball was popular CS map used for this kinda stuff.

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(iwound) #12

i think AIM rather than DUEL.

with varying targets. flat texture targets and dynamics (u know what). plus moving blocks, to emulate moving players.
a shooting range.
very long and keep teams separate. 16 slots.

if its duel, your not going to get much testing done. me thinks.

(Nail) #13

A shooting gallery I can see being cool, but I’d still like a way to try maps out without having other people on, I just want to see the objectives without being headshot every 2 seconds

(BMXer) #14

Yea, totally, I mean the servers are ALWAYS full! I can hardly find an empty spot much less an empty server to run around on!

LNA1v1 was super fun in ETQW. There were a handful of 1v1 tourneys on that map.

(Verticae) #15

Misclicked on the poll, I’d definitely support this. Being able to work on my aim in a non->200 ping environment would be quite welcome.

(Protekt1) #16

I voted no but IDC one way or the other.

(Apoc) #17

You seem to have a habbit of making wild random assumptions with no backing for them. Im sure you already know thats not the case…Also seems to be some confusion with what im asking for, just because a previous game used the word dual for a gamemode does not mean i want a carbon copy of that game-mode. Dueling just means a fight between a couple of people. Im just asking for a non serious server, with very little time spent on it where people can do some 1v1’s and some testing. Much like the LNA 1v1 server in etqw. No game changes at all, just a small map with instant respawn that makes it more accessible to “duel” (i refuse to stop using the word duel since it is the correct word).

(Violator) #18

Always hated duelling but a lot of people love it and I used to enjoy watching classic Q2/3 duels so voted yes :slight_smile: Would be good for practise at any rate.

(Bangtastic) #19

only for testing purposes +1

(Violator) #20

As a side note, for those wanting to test the map for bugs etc. rather than getting shot at (everyone should at some point) how about setting your clantag to TEST as a convention? I’ve been doing this.

setClanTag TEST
removeClanTag