Slick Saan
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Posted - 2013.12.05 21:36:00 -
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CCP, I think I may have a solution which is fair for everyone.
Currently new player retention is really low because of all the pub-proto-stomping. Tiericide is not the solution, but what about this:
In Pub matches you have filters: Skirmish, Ambush, Domination.
In FW you have filters: Amarr, Min, Gal, Cal
In Pub, you should have an additional filter: Suit levels: Std, Adv, Proto, "I don't care"
Default == "I don't care", QQer (me) selects Adv or less. Anyone who joins a match < Proto cannot select any Proto suit fittings.
It could even allow multiple selections so that if you wanted to play in a strictly Proto vs Proto match you could only select Proto.
Since it only affect pubs, and new players mostly play in pub, they will likely enjoy the game better. What's more, Protos can still play in pubs, adv and std are not forced to go up against proto, it really is win win.
there is only one group of people who will not like this, and if they are a priority, then all your efforts on new player retention have been in vain. The only people who will hate this are the players who play proto with the intention of picking off noobs and having an unfair advantage.
This change should not be applied to FW or PC(obviously) but I think would make public matches more accessible to, say, the public. |
Slick Saan
FotM 514
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Posted - 2013.12.06 15:10:00 -
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fawkuima juggalo wrote:[quote=Slick Saan]hmmm..... kinda like an easy-hard dificulty setting on a normal game....... i like the idea of a handi cap but their would have to be more variations.
While I totally agree, we have to consider the very tiny player base and how long match making would be. I think for starters (till we get our player base up) it needs to be something very simple, and not too many parameters or you may never get in a battle.
That's why while everyone on this thread is saying stomping will still happen by vets with > SP, the difference is maybe less OSK by a charged proto scrambler, which would be harder to fit on a std suit, and instead one charged shot and a few pumped. And not everyone would sacrifice all their slots to carry a proto weapon.
It needs to start somewhere, and there just aren't enough players to implement just one magic fix.
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