System: Country is not accepting new pilots

[Zazen13]

Originally posted by Xargos
Or simply have it were you have to pay perks to move at all.  The price depends on the numbers.

That's a good idea. It would allow unlimited movement, but would also act as a perk point sinkhole for those fair weather flyers who jump around to the advantaged side perpetually. If someone wanted to move to the lowest numbered side it would be free.

Zazen

[Xargos]

Never said it was a good idea Jackal, just an idea.  My favorite so far is having to pay perk points to move.  I have many more useless ideas if you want to hear them...lol.

[Murdr]

Perk incentives/penalties route isnt a bad idea either.

[Xargos]

Maybe even get perk points for going to the side with the lowest numbers.

[Zazen13]

Originally posted by Xargos
Maybe even get perk points for going to the side with the lowest numbers.

The amount you got would have to be similiar to the amount you would receive upon a successfull reset, or no one will move from the biggest country to the smallest. The only ones that would move would be from the middle country, which really wouldn't help the situation. There would also have to be a disparity threshhold that would have to be met before the perks would kick in and a limit on the number of times per camp anyone could do this.

ZAzen

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by Murdr
Perk incentives/penalties route isnt a bad idea either.

It's not really a penalty unless the perk price is high enough that it really is a penalty.  Those with tens of thousands of perks will hardly be effected and to make it a penalty for them the perk cost of moving would have to be in the thousands.  

Your original idea of a 'zone system' kind of like the one we had in AW is a good idea and probably the most feasible.  Once a country reaches a certain % above the rest of the player base, players will no longer be able to switch to that country until the numbers drop below the cap.


ack-ack

[beet1e]

Some good ideas being discussed here. I hate the "switch to the side with the best advantage" movement. I don't like side switching in general because I feel that most people switch for a reason, and that reason is normally to gain an unfair advantage. No need for it! I've switched only twice in 33 months. Rook now, but have nothing to do with that RJO crap.

As well as some sort of side balancing/side switching regulation, I'd like to see plane allocation/balance. The number of wonderplanes would have to be in proportion to the arena attendance, instead of 50% of the planes being from a shortlist of about four. The perk system goes part way to address this, but doesn't go far enough.

Originally posted by Jackal1
When  it gets to the point to where you log on to find that dar is porked, numbers are ridiculously against your country and there is not  even a slim chance of enjoying some time in the game, then IMHO it`s time for some changes.  I just hope the purist "furball only" crowd is satisfied.  This is what your whines has done to the game.

Amen, Jackal - and that's sig material. It has to be said that the hording is far worse on the small maps, which have now become a permanent fixture.

[Xargos]

How about this idea.  If the Bish, Knights and Rooks each have 100 players no one will get perk points for their time in the air.  But say if the Bish have only 50 players, the Knights 75 and the Rooks 100.  The Bish will get perk points, the Knights a little less and the Rooks none.  This would be updated every minute always changing for the amount of players on.  You don't have to do anything for these perks, just fight.  You would not get perk points for hanging out in tower.

[Meatwad]

Its fine the way it is.

[Max]

Originally posted by Meatwad
Its fine the way it is.

No it's not; at least not on Sunday night given the small maps. I agree with the idea of limiting side switchers, or imposing a heavy perk cost to switch.

DmdMax

[Mugzeee]

Originally posted by Murdr
I would like to see a message like this when you try to switch to the country that already has X number more pilots online than another country.  What should X be?  30 pilots?  15% more pilots?  I dont know.

Nice ideas. Most have been mentioned in part on several threads.
I think HT is looking into it by his response to this comment on another thread.

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One thing that I think HTC should do is only allow players to change sides if their country has more players at the time than either of the other two sides. If you want to have a rule to switch sides I think that should be it.
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 Hitech "I sorta like this idea."

 30 players is too many. If its going to be even then it should be closer.

[Adogg]

some kind of perk payment sounds really good as an idea - but can you do it on a squad-scale?

Anyway I never understood this side-switching business its perfectly possible to get your prettythang handed to you no matter what side your on.  

I've been a Bish since I started. I will remain a Bish until the game finally departs the ether.  I like the hats.

[DipStick]

Originally posted by Jackal1
I just hope the purist "furball only" crowd is satisfied.  This is what your whines has done to the game.

Explain this please.

[Overlag]

Originally posted by Xargos
Here's a radical idea.  Every week HT chooses what country a squad flies for.  These would be random.  One week your fighting a squad, the next week your working with them.  Every week the squad flies for a different country and you can't change it.  I know it will never happen it's just an idea.

horrible, just horrible

Originally posted by Karnak
How would you addess squads wanting to stay together?


Another thing to think about would be one side logging off.

E.g., it was 200, 175, 150 but now it is 175, 150, 75.

err we arnt talking about STOPPING people loging on to the biggest size, we are talking about stopping people changing to the biggest size.




Im not sure if it can be blocked just for that night though...because that would mean the players could change to that side the night before they know its going to have numbers.......

[Ohio330]

I agree with the lock idea, except for one thing.  There are
people out there devoted to their countries, like me.  I am
a Rook, and if I end up logging on to play as a rook and get
a message it's locked, I'm not going to be happy.