Author Topic: Way ENY should work imho... (Read 1720 times)

FALCONWING · « **on:** October 07, 2006, 03:22:09 PM »

I know there has been a lot of arena imbalance in numbers...wide swings and uneven numbers...

I hear a lot of folks asking people to move to other countries to distribute fairly...but honestly this doesnt work well for a few reasons:

1) human nature
a: People generally like having an advantage
b: People like flying with specific others who dont want to switch

2) There are THREE countries...so evening out numbers doesnt mean that they will then fight each other equally...instead one country may now get ganged by 2x its numbers so why give up an advantage for what may result in disadvantage.

3) Numbers swing widely and chasing them is like herding cats

Honestly i see that happening now...Bish have more numbers..Knits/Rooks have a larger number of their folks fighting the bish...this works for me...in fact it makes more sense then jumping to to other countries and constantly having to adjust your game to be fair to others.

But it is still a bad solution soooo.....

Could ENY (or similar system) be programmed to work like this...

1) Number of occupied enemy airfields affects eny (i.e. country with base advantage is proportionally penalized) (may keep base taking to a minimum) So if country A has 40% of available fields..its ENY will be higher then country that only has 20% even if it has less numbers of players

2) ENY varies with number of enemy in flight against each specific country. so if country A + B are ganging country C...then they BOTH suffer the same ENY that is not solely based on their individual number in flight but is based on their COMBINED numbers in flight against a specific country. AND country C (even though it may have more numbers then either country A or B) has an ENY that reflects numbers of enemy actually in flight against it.

3) ENY varies depending where on the map you are fighting! (YES there would be zones)

How will this help??? Well this will encourage more even distribution around the whole arena. If i can get better planes flying against Country A vs Country C...then my human nature will opt for that area of the map. If ganging country B is my goal...then the ENY will limit me accordingly...and probably dissuade some from wanting to be there with me.

(This is not supposed to be a grief thread or flame opportunity...just an idea to try and make gameplay better)

john9001 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 07, 2006, 03:34:28 PM »

war is not supposed to be fair.

Stang · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2006, 03:37:26 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
war is not supposed to be fair.

To quote HiTech roughly, he said once that while war is neither meant to be fun or fair, a war GAME is supposed to be fun, AND fair.

This isn't a war, noob.

john9001 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:08:42 PM »

you calling me a "noob"? that is a personal attack.

i guess you are one of the "elite"

wipass · « **Reply #4 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:27:18 PM »

Great suggestion,

wipass

Stang · « **Reply #5 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:34:03 PM »

Not even. If you truly believe that this is a war, then you are a complete noob.

WMLute · « **Reply #6 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:37:59 PM »

I wrote a huuuuge post just now. Heck, re-wrote it twice.

Decided not to post it. I was afraid of feelings being hurt, or gosh forbid horizions expanded.

Let's all just assume it was well thought out, and made many valid points with some humor sprinkled in here and there.

Basically I disagreed with most of what FALCONWING posted. The # of fields thing is interesting, but moot.

So let's all agree how wonderful I am, and how insightful my (almost) post was and how horribly wrong FALCONWING is.

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #7 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:42:56 PM »

john9001
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Registered: Nov 2000
Posts: 4777

Stang
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Posts: 3159

stang is the least dweeby by almost 2 years, i'll agree with whatever stang said.

PS: Lute for president.

Stang · « **Reply #8 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:44:11 PM »

But this is a war then, right Bat?

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #9 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:45:39 PM »

im agreeing with you dummy.

the longer yuo play and post on these forums the more of a dweeb you are, hence, between you and john90210 you are the lest dweeby, therefore agree with what ever youre saying.

PS: Lute for president.

Stang · « **Reply #10 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:47:27 PM »

MOSQ · « **Reply #11 on:** October 07, 2006, 05:22:08 PM »

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Originally posted by B@tfinkV
john9001
Senior Member

Registered: Nov 2000
Posts: 4777

Stang
Senior Member

Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 3159

stang is the least dweeby by almost 2 years, i'll agree with whatever stang said.

PS: Lute for president.

B@tfinkV
Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: England
Posts: 2046

Hmm, 2000+ posts in 10 months, where does that put you on the Dweebness scale?

Grits · « **Reply #12 on:** October 07, 2006, 05:37:27 PM »

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Originally posted by MOSQ
B@tfinkV
Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: England
Posts: 2046

Hmm, 2000+ posts in 10 months, where does that put you on the Dweebness scale?

Bat is the "Neo" of dweebyness. He can manipulate the dweebyness at will and turn it upon itself!

EDIT: for horrible spellin

john9001 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 07, 2006, 06:02:01 PM »

i think all you "noobs" are off topic.

FALCONWING · « **Reply #14 on:** October 07, 2006, 06:06:22 PM »

i respect Lute not getting personal and respect that he does not care for my idea:aok

but do others see merit in this concept?

it would dissuade "hordes" and encourage even gameplay spread across a single map. it would work with human nature instead of against it.