Remove the ****ing levels already.

(poiuasd) #21

[QUOTE=shibbyuk;541229]
On a related note, when it does work, I keep getting auto-joined onto US servers recently, giving me ping ~150.[/QUOTE]
Would be nice if the quick join would have tick boxes or something that lets you manually choose the regions where you want the quick join to find you games in.

(Mustang) #22

Might have to agree to disagree on this one.

(Glottis-3D) #23

you cannot call 7 military aircrafts in 1 place. they can collide! plus they need re-fuel at base. this take time.
and i disagree on calling teamcooldown a bad design.
this is teamplay game. everyone should keep in mind, that when he takes another Sky - yes, he can though another airstrike, but he sacrifises his future for it.

(Mustang) #24

The problem is players should be able to use their abilities when they want, and be able to manage them without other teammates impacting on it, this is how it works for every other ability in the game, just imagine if you were saving your airstrike for that crucial clutch EV play, when some noob accidentally throws an airstrike when he meant to drop an ammo pack… geegee.

(Glottis-3D) #25

and i think you should always think about your team!!
dance

on a serious note. a team-resourses can be a thing, i will think about it…

like 10 ready to launch bombers (10 easy airstrikes with usual cooldown). after that they refuel bombers with bigger cooldown.

not a team cooldown, but less spam. you get more c/d after team drops 10 airstrikes.

(Szakalot) #26

the way to go about it is to make cooldowns longer for each next same merc. So 2 skyhammers have both a cooldown +10sec penalty, or the like. You’d still have your airstrike,b ut youll have to wait a bit longer for it.

(shibbyuk) #27

It worked ok in ETQW - encouraged players to choose other classes.

(Kendle) #28

ET has the g_heavyWeaponRestriction cvar, commonly used to restrict the number of Airstrikes each team’s F/Ops can drop within a period of time. This would usually be set to a value that limited Airstrikes to around 2 - 3 per minute for a 6-v-6 match with 2 F/Ops per team.

(ZGToRRent) #29

Nice offtopic. From pub levels to ET nostalgia.

(FireWorks) #30

To pick up some older post in here:

If we get skill separation… How do I learn mercs I am not familiar with? Or different weapons on a merc I know.
I for sure suck with some mercs and currently I have low incentive to learn them cause I always get put in teams as a carry and basically get a default loss.

I dont believe 1 parameter is suffiecient for player skill…

(Glottis-3D) #31

story of my life =((

(Runeforce) #32

How about insignias, with an upper cap, like in et/qw…? And I love Diablo 3’s seasons with seasonal unique portrait frames and ‘journey’ system.

(spookify) #33

I think SD can learn a lot from Diablo 3. :smiley:
Season, Market Place, Unique Season Items, Perks/augments and much more.

Edit: It took Diablo 3 and RoS Expansion many years to finally get right.

(Destroy666) #34

Are you really screencapturing each and every random “no-life” insult? How about ignoring them instead?

[QUOTE=Zar.;541059]

  • People rage quitting servers or changing teams based on levels.
  • Servers going completely empty between matches because the high level player got put in the opposing team.[/QUOTE]

That’s mainly a balance issue, not anything that really concerns levels - they only assumably make the skill difference more visible. Often they falsify reality. I played and won many matches in which I played together with lower lvl people, I also experienced awful games where half of my higher lvl teammates left early.

#35

[QUOTE=Destroy666;541270]Are you really screencapturing each and every random “no-life” insult? How about ignoring them instead?
.[/QUOTE]
If I did that, I would need to lend some extra hard drives from NASA.

[QUOTE=Destroy666;541270]
That’s mainly a balance issue, not anything that really concerns levels - they only assumably make the skill difference more visible. Often they falsify reality. I played and won many matches in which I played together with lower lvl people, I also experienced awful games where half of my higher lvl teammates left early.[/QUOTE]
Levels do not show skill so balance is completely irrelevant to the topic at hand. I’m all for having better balanced matches where I don’t get flamed for being a virgin nolife neckbeard who has never seen the sun however this will never happen when levels are shown in game.

(DarkangelUK) #36

Levels show experience (not xp, actual experience), while not an indicator of skill there’s still advantages that are had over users with less experience of the game

(Glottis-3D) #37

not entirey true with pre steam testers

(Matuno) #38

Much as I kinda love the paternal role you get as a high-level player over some of the newer players, I agree that it gives me more grief than it’s worth.
I, too, get insulted a lot just for playing this game a lot. People get frustrated over it, and the cons described are very realistic.

Though I’m usually more of a “let it be” guy, the cons do outweigh the pros.

#39

Let me make this clear for you. This is how it actually works:

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And this is how 99% of playerbase thinks it works:

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(Glottis-3D) #40

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Zar. again.