News: 12hrs side-switch LWA

[Guppy35]

I suck dude lol.  I wanna see him and Kazaa go at it in spits

LOL I think this finally establishes that Todd is officially old now

[Dead Man Flying]

LOL I think this finally establishes that Todd is officially old now

 

[Shane]

Yeah he's incontinent, blind and his reflexes died yesterday.

 

Maybe if HTC added some pretty FPS dolls for him to creep around with?   

[Silat]

Strange , it has been 12 hours for more years then the previous setting.

HiTech

And we didnt like it then:) Strange

[Zoney]

I suck dudes lol.  I wanna see him and Kazaa spit on each other and go at it

fixed


 

[Ardy123]

And we didnt like it then:) Strange

And he never gave a logical rational for the 12 hour decision, other than it was before (the 'why' on it was ever chosen has yet to be answered).. strange(well not really)

[Dead Man Flying]

And he never gave a logical rational for the 12 hour decision, other than it was before (the 'why' on it was ever chosen has yet to be answered).. strange(well not really)

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The logical rationale was that increasing the side switching timer to 12 hours in a single arena helps to reduce side imbalances over the long term.

[Slash27]

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The logical rationale was that increasing the side switching timer to 12 hours in a single arena helps to reduce side imbalances over the long term.

Define "side imbalance".

[grizz441]

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The logical rationale was that increasing the side switching timer to 12 hours in a single arena helps to reduce side imbalances over the long term.

Why 12?  Why not 6?  or 24?

[CAV]

[quoteWhy 12?  Why not 6?  or 24?][/quote]


24 works for me...


Cav

[Dead Man Flying]

Define "side imbalance".

Ideally an arena should feature sides with roughly equal numbers.  If you see one or two sides with significantly larger numbers than the others, that's imbalanced.  If you see wild fluctuations in the number and proportion of players on sides, that's also problematic since it makes it difficult for HTC to implement ways to balance the numbers over the long term.  That is, if you have a long term imbalance where one side always seems to have more players than another, you can remedy that through ENY, by putting new players on the sides with lower numbers, etc.  If those imbalances shift wildly over the course of a night, as I suspect they probably did, such solutions have no real impact on balance.

 

[waystin2]

Define "side imbalance".

I'll take a stab at this one Slash, bearing in mind that I am not HTC.  I think HTC's idea of a side imbalance is a significant difference in the amount of players from one country to another.  I do not believe that they are addressing what your core concern is, and I believe that is that you are looking for a certain type of fight with a specific balance of numbers regardless of country population numbers.  How'd I do?

[Dead Man Flying]

Why 12?  Why not 6?  or 24?

Dunno, you'll have to ask HiTech.  If I had to guess, 12 works better than 24 because it doesn't punish you if you switched sides at the end of the previous evening.  Each night is a blank slate.

[grizz441]

Dunno, you'll have to ask HiTech.  If I had to guess, 12 works better than 24 because it doesn't punish you if you switched sides at the end of the previous evening.  Each night is a blank slate.

12 works better than 6?  Certainly the average flying session is less than six hours...

[SunBat]

Ideally an arena should feature sides with roughly equal numbers.  If you see one or two sides with significantly larger numbers than the others, that's imbalanced.  If you see wild fluctuations in the number and proportion of players on sides, that's also problematic since it makes it difficult for HTC to implement ways to balance the numbers over the long term.  That is, if you have a long term imbalance where one side always seems to have more players than another, you can remedy that through ENY, by putting new players on the sides with lower numbers, etc.  If those imbalances shift wildly over the course of a night, as I suspect they probably did, such solutions have no real impact on balance.

 

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