DUST Search - Skirmish is to sluggish for FW.

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Going forward I'd like to see faction warfare become an entirely 'unique' style of match for those really invested in it, allowing much like eve to fight over and potentially control the warzone. This idea is based off of a few parallels within eve.

1) Create 'priority' hubs (accessible on the star map) that allow players to pay LP into them to build up a target priority rating which once over a certain value causes matches generated to gravitate towards said system or region until the 'rating' is depleted (via successful defenses).
2) Allow players to access a priority queue, either by evaluating their investments into priority hubs or by allowing them to spend LP to get into a priority queue. A 'priority' squad leader drags their whole squad into the priority queue. Anyone not in a 'priority queue' gets the current 'anyone goes anywhere' type deployments. the main intent of points one and two is to allow players more agency over where they fight, should they actually want to exercise said agency

3) Cause successful attacks / defenses of districts to 'lock' the district for a short amount of time, eg. 30-45minutes.
4) If all districts on a planet are captured cause the planet to 'lock' for a moderate amount of time eg.8-24h (if a planet 'unlocks' a certain minimum threshold of districts must be re-secured in order to re-lock the planet). At this point anyone who paid into a priority hub and participated in a certain value of 'active' priority matches would get some form of (small) payout
5) If all planets in a system are 'locked' the whole system locks for a moderate amount of time eg. 3days. (a single relocked planet wouldn't relock the system). At this point a payout is awarded to those who paid into a priority hub and participated in a certain number of 'active' priority matches.

Overall I feel like this would serve to make FW a more 'engaging' game mode and make players really excited to fight for their respective faction. I understand that this is highly unlikely to ever be possible with dusts current design or team, but I feel like sharing the idea anyway.


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MINA Longstrike Kirjuun Heiian 1694	Posted - 2014.11.28 11:51:00 - [1] - Quote Skirmish isn't the problem. It's the fact that queue-syncing is disproportionately rewarding and is in itself tantamount to being an exploit. If there was matchmaking people would play simply because it would feel like they might have a chance at winning. If you leave a game mode in a state where 1) It's expensive to play 2) It isn't particularly rewarding and 3) it's easy to 'cheat' and stack teams so that you can just completely steamroll the other side for months on end of course no one will want to play it. Especially because the people that facwar is most beneficial to are new players. Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu. Kirjuun Heiian. I have a few alts.
MINA Longstrike Kirjuun Heiian 1694	Posted - 2014.11.28 13:43:00 - [2] - Quote I know this has been chatted about with pie people before but I'll repost it here. This would be on top of basic matchmaking for the 'low' queue, and incredibly high preferences for tossing 'patrols' up against each other (if they can be found). Quote: Going forward I'd like to see faction warfare become an entirely 'unique' style of match for those really invested in it, allowing much like eve to fight over and potentially control the warzone. This idea is based off of a few parallels within eve. 1) Create 'priority' hubs (accessible on the star map) that allow players to pay LP into them to build up a target priority rating which once over a certain value causes matches generated to gravitate towards said system or region until the 'rating' is depleted (via successful defenses). 2) Allow players to access a priority queue, either by evaluating their investments into priority hubs or by allowing them to spend LP to get into a priority queue. A 'priority' squad leader drags their whole squad into the priority queue. Anyone not in a 'priority queue' gets the current 'anyone goes anywhere' type deployments. the main intent of points one and two is to allow players more agency over where they fight, should they actually want to exercise said agency 3) Cause successful attacks / defenses of districts to 'lock' the district for a short amount of time, eg. 30-45minutes. 4) If all districts on a planet are captured cause the planet to 'lock' for a moderate amount of time eg.8-24h (if a planet 'unlocks' a certain minimum threshold of districts must be re-secured in order to re-lock the planet). At this point anyone who paid into a priority hub and participated in a certain value of 'active' priority matches would get some form of (small) payout 5) If all planets in a system are 'locked' the whole system locks for a moderate amount of time eg. 3days. (a single relocked planet wouldn't relock the system). At this point a payout is awarded to those who paid into a priority hub and participated in a certain number of 'active' priority matches. Overall I feel like this would serve to make FW a more 'engaging' game mode and make players really excited to fight for their respective faction. I understand that this is highly unlikely to ever be possible with dusts current design or team, but I feel like sharing the idea anyway. Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu. Kirjuun Heiian. I have a few alts.
MINA Longstrike Kirjuun Heiian 1700	Posted - 2014.11.29 08:23:00 - [3] - Quote ^domination is only a popular game mode because it allows for those twitchy everyone kills everyone else call of duty type moments and gameplay. It's is essentially glorified ambush. Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu. Kirjuun Heiian. I have a few alts.
MINA Longstrike Kirjuun Heiian 1701	Posted - 2014.11.29 19:23:00 - [4] - Quote Sgt Kirk wrote: This thread is mostly cancer. No point in putting any input here besides telling MINA to stop bitching and get organized. Staying in a Caldari FW squad is like listening to a bunch of crying , whining 17 year olds. I just can't stand it. I guess people are soon going to start bitching about me providing constant Orbital Support for Lucent Echelon. All that being said I completely agree with True Adamance. Kirk, I don't usually say this to people, but you're a **ing sh!thead. Like literally a despicable worthless person. There are some serious things wrong with faction warfare and that happens to be the opinion of more than just me. You don't get to brush that under the table by simply flinging ing insults my way. I'm getting really tired of the smear campaign you've been running against the caldari or anyone who identifies as them, I mean really personal attacks over a *ing videogame? Grow up. I'm also getting really tired of the personal attacks you make against anyone who is willing to speak out about the problems in facwar and how due to efforts of people like you, it has become a game mode where the minimum requirement for entry with any reasonable hope of success is a 16 person queue sync. I know you'd love* to keep things the way they are, because you're one of the people who benefit the most from being able to rig the system. Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu. Kirjuun Heiian. I have a few alts.