Give perks for changing sides!

[Ghosth]

Logged into Midwar last night, Bish 6, Knights 18, Rooks 8. So eventually rather than fight the ENY most of our squad switched. But it got me thinking.

Why not reward those who switch to help balance sides?

Have the server give them 10 perks an hour if they are actively flying, GV's, attacking, defending.
Let it last for 2 - 3 hours or until sides balance.

Heck make it attractive, give them 50 fighter perks for switching and another 5 perks for every sortie where they kill something. Instead of chess piece loyalty, give them a chance to make a difference, and feel good about it.

Then instead of hordes, poor game play, and whines you'd have more balanced area's, balanced sides, and happy people.

Just a thought.

[MachFly]

Then we are going to have a lot of spy's and people who switch sides every day just for there own fun.

[moot]

The only thing I'd change would be some kind of exception to discourage switching to sink CVs..  

[The Fugitive]

Then we are going to have a lot of spy's and people who switch sides every day just for there own fun.

Isn't that the idea of the game.... to have fun?   

[Anaxogoras]

The game already rewards those who fly for the side with lower numbers with more perks/kill.

[Ghosth]

Excuse me?

Heaven forbid we have people who switch sides just for their own fun.
Heaven forbid we have people who switch sides just so they are not ENY crippled.
Heaven forbid we have people who don't need a horde to have fun.

As to spy's, that in many cases is a direct result of a vastly outnumbered country trying even the playing field.
So if the sides were balanced, you'd see fewer spy's fewer people trying to sink Carriers and other lame tricks.

Then we are going to have a lot of spy's and people who switch sides every day just for there own fun.

[Baumer]

I think this might provide an incentive for "newer" players to switch sides more frequently, which is a good thing in the long run.

[Lye-El]

Why not reward those who switch to help balance sides?

Have the server give them 10 perks an hour if they are actively flying, GV's, attacking, defending.
Let it last for 2 - 3 hours or until sides balance.

Heck make it attractive, give them 50 fighter perks for switching and another 5 perks for every sortie where they kill something. Instead of chess piece loyalty, give them a chance to make a difference, and feel good about it.

This would probably do more to even the sides than ENY ever could. Greed is a great motivator. Excellent idea!

[Ack-Ack]

This would probably do more to even the sides than ENY ever could. Greed is a great motivator. Excellent idea!

As someone pointed out there is already a system in place to reward those on the lower number side with more perks.  That's what the perk modifier number you see in the hanger is for.


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[Banshee7]

As someone pointed out there is already a system in place to reward those on the lower number side with more perks.  That's what the perk modifier number you see in the hanger is for.


ack-ack

LyeEl doesn't get many kills..he wouldn't know 

[morfiend]

Logged into Midwar last night, Bish 6, Knights 18, Rooks 8. So eventually rather than fight the ENY most of our squad switched. But it got me thinking.

Why not reward those who switch to help balance sides?

Have the server give them 10 perks an hour if they are actively flying, GV's, attacking, defending.
Let it last for 2 - 3 hours or until sides balance.

Heck make it attractive, give them 50 fighter perks for switching and another 5 perks for every sortie where they kill something. Instead of chess piece loyalty, give them a chance to make a difference, and feel good about it.

Then instead of hordes, poor game play, and whines you'd have more balanced area's, balanced sides, and happy people.

Just a thought.

agreed,how about making the perk award same as a map win award,25 perks across the board but limit it to once a day per arena
 

[stodd]

Great idea!

[AWwrgwy]

agreed,how about making the perk award same as a map win award,25 perks across the board but limit it to once a day per arena
 

That would never be abused.


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[Ruah]

There is nothing to stop people from switching sides, but I don't think there is a need to make an incentive to switch sides.  The incentive is already stronger for the outnumbered side as it is. . .there is little need to change that imo.  Its a shame there is a general perception that Knights are outnumbering on many TZs, I guess I don't fly in a TZ where it is a little better balanced (genrally speaking the U.S. prime-time Tzs are well balanced for the most part.)

[waystin2]

This is a good idea Ghost.  Believe me there are some people I would give perks for changing sides...