04-11-2011, 10:04 PM
I had a ball. There's quite a difference, hey. The big freq swarms and turrets were pretty awesome.
Samgunn suggested earlier that we have settings like this, but have the green rate increase proportional to the player numbers dropping. I think that would be worth looking at. I found that during quiet hours it was quietER, during busy hours it was busiER.
Bigger freqs must be better for new players who peek in too. When you're on your own and totally new it must be pretty disconcerting. But there was a healthy level of protecting other yellow ships and unspoken swarm congregation.
Then there's the turrets. They were a beauty to behold. I saw a 2-person Gad turret float by and, as is my wont, felt the need to chase it, then a 6-person turret rocketed between us and I had a moral dilemma on my hands ... or is it immoral!?
Copping downgrade greens was duel-changing but it felt a lot as though people accepted them as part of the game, growled, then laughed, then got on with it. Yesterday I spawned with red bombs and my first green took them away!
The old settings aren't for everyone, and they aren't perfect. But they feel more true-to-the-game, and I just played a few minutes ago back on 2011 settings feeling that I had learnt more in one weekend than I'd learnt over years preceeding. My record was no better, it was actually about the same w/l, but it just felt more like the real deal.
I like them. With some tweaking, I think original settings are more fun than current.
[quote name='Gadianton' timestamp='1302558821' post='274610']
2. People have played so many years with the current settings i would love to see some good documentation explaining all of the differences between the 2011 and SVS 98 settings. I know the "pro" players know it all, however there is a ton that i don't know. For example playing Saturday i noticed that the reps were stronger. It would be nice to see the 2011 settings the reps were 950, and the svs98 settings the reps are 1200 and then explaining that the svs reps are 22% stronger.
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I noticed rockets were faster. That's one thing I can tell you.
Samgunn suggested earlier that we have settings like this, but have the green rate increase proportional to the player numbers dropping. I think that would be worth looking at. I found that during quiet hours it was quietER, during busy hours it was busiER.
Bigger freqs must be better for new players who peek in too. When you're on your own and totally new it must be pretty disconcerting. But there was a healthy level of protecting other yellow ships and unspoken swarm congregation.
Then there's the turrets. They were a beauty to behold. I saw a 2-person Gad turret float by and, as is my wont, felt the need to chase it, then a 6-person turret rocketed between us and I had a moral dilemma on my hands ... or is it immoral!?
Copping downgrade greens was duel-changing but it felt a lot as though people accepted them as part of the game, growled, then laughed, then got on with it. Yesterday I spawned with red bombs and my first green took them away!
The old settings aren't for everyone, and they aren't perfect. But they feel more true-to-the-game, and I just played a few minutes ago back on 2011 settings feeling that I had learnt more in one weekend than I'd learnt over years preceeding. My record was no better, it was actually about the same w/l, but it just felt more like the real deal.
I like them. With some tweaking, I think original settings are more fun than current.
[quote name='Gadianton' timestamp='1302558821' post='274610']
2. People have played so many years with the current settings i would love to see some good documentation explaining all of the differences between the 2011 and SVS 98 settings. I know the "pro" players know it all, however there is a ton that i don't know. For example playing Saturday i noticed that the reps were stronger. It would be nice to see the 2011 settings the reps were 950, and the svs98 settings the reps are 1200 and then explaining that the svs reps are 22% stronger.
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I noticed rockets were faster. That's one thing I can tell you.
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