Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Feb 22, 2018 15:30:56 GMT -5
Rambling ahead:
I'm firmly on the "LPQ is crap and not effective at all to fight Tankers" train.
Leavers and map skippers... sure. Hell yes they suck... but tankers have evolved from that into the other nefarious behavior that we now see.
Noobs are getting caught in there more than others if the OP and others are to be believed. Sure they could go to other locations like non-Pix-ordained forums like this one (that aren't linked to from within the game at all...) or YouTube...or whatever... IF THEY KNOW TO DO THAT! A lot of folks don't! We here at the Forum are spoiled with having peers that are capable of searching for, finding, and implementing answers to problems. Folks who don't, and who are used to games that DON'T punish for leaving (for example War Wings, it replaces people who leave or get DCed with a capable AI with no ramifications for the player... also another game I play allows leaving with no AI or consequences at all), won't have a clue.
There DOES need to be some sort of in game warning and explanation if they want to keep this deterrent/punishment. I firmly agree with it being used to keep players in the game... but to not let folks know about it in the simplest and most assured way for them to see it (a pop up warning with a link to the details when hitting "leave battle"), well... it's contrary to what they (Pix) say that they want from it.
I mean... Tankers gon' tank.
So, as was said above, incorporate auto gear leveling for specific leagues or just plain don't allow certain level gear into lower leagues and warn the pilot at each level threshold for a weapon/bot what leagues are getting excluded by leveling. IDC if it brings back portions of the min/max issues that were here before... they are far better than the crap ton of tankers that seem to be a lot more numerous than they were. Maybe add in REAL Ag and Au reward differences between the leagues (varying rewards in the supply boxes aren't enough... make the actual rewards scale with the league a la clash of clans. If I know that staying Masters means I get a 50% increase over Expert, that gets a 50% increase over Diamond, etc., I will stay my ?bum-bum? where I get the most silver that I can get regularly with the full hangar I have until I can move up with a decent chance.)
TL;DR - a lot of babble that will be ignored.
IMO, YMMV
I'm firmly on the "LPQ is crap and not effective at all to fight Tankers" train.
Leavers and map skippers... sure. Hell yes they suck... but tankers have evolved from that into the other nefarious behavior that we now see.
Noobs are getting caught in there more than others if the OP and others are to be believed. Sure they could go to other locations like non-Pix-ordained forums like this one (that aren't linked to from within the game at all...) or YouTube...or whatever... IF THEY KNOW TO DO THAT! A lot of folks don't! We here at the Forum are spoiled with having peers that are capable of searching for, finding, and implementing answers to problems. Folks who don't, and who are used to games that DON'T punish for leaving (for example War Wings, it replaces people who leave or get DCed with a capable AI with no ramifications for the player... also another game I play allows leaving with no AI or consequences at all), won't have a clue.
There DOES need to be some sort of in game warning and explanation if they want to keep this deterrent/punishment. I firmly agree with it being used to keep players in the game... but to not let folks know about it in the simplest and most assured way for them to see it (a pop up warning with a link to the details when hitting "leave battle"), well... it's contrary to what they (Pix) say that they want from it.
I mean... Tankers gon' tank.
So, as was said above, incorporate auto gear leveling for specific leagues or just plain don't allow certain level gear into lower leagues and warn the pilot at each level threshold for a weapon/bot what leagues are getting excluded by leveling. IDC if it brings back portions of the min/max issues that were here before... they are far better than the crap ton of tankers that seem to be a lot more numerous than they were. Maybe add in REAL Ag and Au reward differences between the leagues (varying rewards in the supply boxes aren't enough... make the actual rewards scale with the league a la clash of clans. If I know that staying Masters means I get a 50% increase over Expert, that gets a 50% increase over Diamond, etc., I will stay my ?bum-bum? where I get the most silver that I can get regularly with the full hangar I have until I can move up with a decent chance.)
TL;DR - a lot of babble that will be ignored.
IMO, YMMV