Originally posted by Spatula:
Sounds fine Mino <snip>
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What a can of worms
Spatula;
Thanks for your reply. Very true, a can of worms!
OK, let me be more clear. Basically you have what I consider to be "Bent Fixes". This means that an unwanted method of combat enters the game because of the how the game is set up and it had to be fixed.
IE:- B-17's acting as Ack
- Planes landing and vulching at the respawn spot
- Planes on the ground sluicing troopers
- Respawn respawn respawn
This is my opinion only, but consider this. Once you enter into the realm of one fix, you have to enter into the realm of countless reprecussive fixes. In other words every time you fix something you have to fix the problems caused by the fix. Etc etc etc....
As I said before "A gun is a gun and a bullet is a bullet". IMO, the problem of B-17's shooting on the ground is not the problem. The problem is the geometry and layout of bases, respawn and vulching as a result of no ack.
In all fairness to HTC, this is not really a problem, it is intentional game design. Problems are what arise out of players "Eaking Out" and using "Loop Holes" in game design.
Many players conceive respawn respawn respawn to be a problem. Fix that by killing bases and you don't need BUFF guns disabled on the ground. Now what other problems have you created by killing bases?
The arena is small, all the bases could be killed fairly easily by a skilled and co-ordinated attack. Now you have reduced gameplay. IMO you might consider that fix to have broken something else.
If you degrade the performance of BUFF bombsights, you require more bombs to be dropped. This requires more bombers, requiring more players flying bombers. Does having more players in bombers inprove gameplay or have you just broken something else?
Returning to the idea of having all guns disabled on the ground. IMO that would be a pretty good fix. Not that I like the idea of it, but I do believe it would improve game play.
Lastly, I agree with you whole heartedly. I also believe that HTC will generally modify or fix things that detract, in a big way, from gameplay. I am very glad they do.
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Mino
The Wrecking Crew
[This message has been edited by Minotaur (edited 03-14-2000).]