DUST Search - It's time to add a reinforcement timer to Faction Warfare

Cymek Omnius wrote:

Aero Yassavi wrote:

Cymek Omnius wrote:

Aero Yassavi wrote:

Shijima Kuraimaru wrote:

Just remember that right now, Dust provides a small contribution to faction warfare. Having one hundred times the mercs we currently have wouldn't change that right now.

The majority of the impact in faction warfare is still made by the capsuleers so even if every Dust match was won for one faction, the opposition could still win on Eve side.

That's no excuse for the current state of FW. They need to make the Dust side results matter to the Dust players, and adding reinforcement timers will be a big part of that. Let the EVE guys worry about how things are going EVE side. And we can help each other out, but we are still only worried mainly in what is happening on our side of the war.

I do not agree. Wait for PC 2.0 or some other patch. Last thing I want is alarm clock OPs to take a system like 0.0 in Eve.

What are you talking about? All I'm saying is once a battle for a district is completed, allow no more battles on that district for say an hour and instead fight on the over a thousand of other districts that you could in no way run out of unless the Dust player base increases by some multiple of 10 overnight.

Any talk of a reinforce timer is no different than 0.0 mechanics in Eve trying to capture Sovereignty. I do not see CCP changing FW or low sec to be more like 0.0 in that aspect. FW and low sec are supposed to be stepping stones to your alarm clock matches you crave. I am sure you will have reinforce timers in 0.0 PC matches when they come out.


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Ryder Azorria Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 721	Posted - 2013.12.13 00:19:00 - [1] - Quote Cymek Omnius wrote: Aero Yassavi wrote: Cymek Omnius wrote: Aero Yassavi wrote: Shijima Kuraimaru wrote: Just remember that right now, Dust provides a small contribution to faction warfare. Having one hundred times the mercs we currently have wouldn't change that right now. The majority of the impact in faction warfare is still made by the capsuleers so even if every Dust match was won for one faction, the opposition could still win on Eve side. That's no excuse for the current state of FW. They need to make the Dust side results matter to the Dust players, and adding reinforcement timers will be a big part of that. Let the EVE guys worry about how things are going EVE side. And we can help each other out, but we are still only worried mainly in what is happening on our side of the war. I do not agree. Wait for PC 2.0 or some other patch. Last thing I want is alarm clock OPs to take a system like 0.0 in Eve. What are you talking about? All I'm saying is once a battle for a district is completed, allow no more battles on that district for say an hour and instead fight on the over a thousand of other districts that you could in no way run out of unless the Dust player base increases by some multiple of 10 overnight. Any talk of a reinforce timer is no different than 0.0 mechanics in Eve trying to capture Sovereignty. I do not see CCP changing FW or low sec to be more like 0.0 in that aspect. FW and low sec are supposed to be stepping stones to your alarm clock matches you crave. I am sure you will have reinforce timers in 0.0 PC matches when they come out. What Aero is suggesting is nothing even close to alarm clock matches, in FW there is always a match available (theoretically at least, currently not so much thanks to the total curbstomping Amarr and Caldari are getting). What he is suggesting is that once a district has been fought over, it can't be fought over for another hour or so - instead the fight moves to the next district on the planet, or the next planet in the system, etc. No alarm clocks, just a moving frontline. EDIT: Incidentally I happen to think it's a pretty good idea, hopefully something SoxFour and Co. can implement without to much trouble.