My Ultimate "Arena Cap / Split Arena" Mega Wishlist

[hitech]

Baumer:

I see no problem with the basic concept, I need to think about the details of each case and at no time would some one be put into a full arena no mater what they selected.

And glad to see some out of box thinking on the issue.

HiTech

[Soulyss]

What if you got a perk "reward" for switching from the high side to the low side if ENY restrictions were in place?

Be it a perk point multiplier for kills, or whatever.
Anything to encourage people to set aside their chess piece loyalty and fly for the underdog.

I had a similar idea in one of the other split arena threads.  What it basically was a check box in the preferences screen that would notify you when the caps went into place and the current arena you were in was "over" say 250/200 or whatnot.  There would be a pop up screen or System notification in the text buffer and a carrot of Perk Points or something else to help migrate players over to the other arena and help build up the base population. 

[Baumer]

Thanks Hitech, I didn't mean to imply that anyone would get into an arena that's full.  I think notifying the squad members (who are currently Bishops) in Arena "A" (which is full) that they have additional squad members in Arena "B" (as Knights) and give them the option to click a button on a pop-up box to change arenas and sides. Basically I think us players are lazy, and a one button change would make it easier to balance the arenas. 

And as you said there are several "rules" that would have to be thought out for each option / use case. I was just trying to think of some ways that we the players, could help the over all situation, without forcing anyone to "play my way".

[Masherbrum]

Damn good thinking there Baum.   

[pervert]

Damn good thinking there Baum.   

+1 visual aids FTW! 

[AirFlyer]

+1

Would love an option to move me to lowest side, there are times that I forget to do it myself.

[ACE]

+1

[Avanti]

I was thinking that the wood panel pop-up box would say something like "The following squad-mates are on the XXXX side; Tom, Dick, Harry, ect. are you ready to switch sides?" with  Yes / No buttons at the bottom.

 

[321BAR]

OK, now that I've got your attention (hopefully) with the silly title, let me get one thing perfectly clear from the start.

I completely understand and agree with everything that Hitech or anyone from HTC has stated as a need for the arena caps and split arena.

However, I think there are some area's that could be improved to help the players "help themselves" so to speak. Currently when I enter an arena, the game just puts me on the side I was last on, with no regard for where my squad-mates currently are, or what the current ENY situation is (either good or bad). What I am wishing for is the ability to set some preferences for each arena that I enter.

So I did a mock-up of what I think the "arena preference" page might look like. I included a primary and secondary choice to give more flexibility to handle all the different permutations for how someone might want to play. I think with the stated limit for 32 players per squadron this would only work for squads of 32 or less, the multi-wing squads would have to go about it the current way if they want to stay together (unless HTC changes their minds).

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I am sure there are other options as well that I didn't think of, but I wanted to post the idea and maybe we can have a civil discussion about the best options to give everyone the best opportunity to play the way they like.

<S> Baumer

well thought out <S> but id take out the move me to another arena if my squad is there or the move entire squad selections. these should be left up to inividual COs only. Let them deal with it (maybe allow these selections for the COs only?)

[morfiend]

Baum,I think this is a great idea although I'd like to see it arena specific,so you can configure your setting for each individual arena.

 The other thing that came to mind is "always place me to lower side" maybe reword it to "arena Balancing" this is basically the same thing but without the con-antion of being put at a disadvantage.


   

[kvuo75]

I may be drunk, and not thinking through it, but how bout just not showing the #'s in each arena?

[grizz441]

I may be drunk, and not thinking through it, but how bout just not showing the #'s in each arena?

I've heard people support that before, in a sense, it's kind of a slap in the face to the player base.  If I am a new player and I log in at 12:30 in the day and orange is closed and blue is open and I go to blue and say 14 players on, I'm going to think this 'MMO' game sucks.  People like to see how many players are online, gives it that community feel.

I like this wish though and it would give the community a way to balance the arenas themselves.  Of course, the ultimate issue with the game is that most of the time, there aren't enough players on to fill up two arenas at once to the point of minimum gameplay sustainability.  I think the real trick to dealing with the cap problems is getting about 2000 more europeans to sign up for this game, which would keep both arenas populated 24/7.  Then, putting it into the communities hands to help balance the two arenas would become VERY feasible.  How to do that?  I'm not sure about HiTech's advertisement efforts in Europe but if it was somehow possible to attract more from across the ocean, HiTech Creations would be on top of the world.

[fbWldcat]

+1 The Freebird$ do a lot of moving around in the arenas, it would be nice to have a few of the options listed above.
 Good idea(s) 

[phatzo]

People like to see how many players are online, gives it that community feel.

this is what made me start playing AH instead of WB

[kvuo75]

I've heard people support that before, in a sense, it's kind of a slap in the face to the player base.  If I am a new player and I log in at 12:30 in the day and orange is closed and blue is open and I go to blue and say 14 players on, I'm going to think this 'MMO' game sucks.  

ahh yep there's the problem, see I told ya I had'nt thought it thru