It could be done as a proof of concept with a private arena, but people don't want to hear it, instead demanding the MA change.
Wiley.
I'm not making a demand. It's called a suggestion.
Opening up a private arena does nothing if the Melee arena is also open at the same time.
It's about numbers. People gravitate to where the numbers are, especially when there are so few of them.
Just like Titanic Tuesday, there was only one LW arena to choose from. This can't work without giving it a fair trial, which means no competing MA at the same time.
Also it would be for one day of the week, not a regular thing. If it sucks, HTC could pull the plug after the first night. If it doesn't, it could be good for the game.
In all the years of this mental exercise to try and convince Hitech to change his business model. Very few offer mechanisms other than the implied "Force of Hitech" to deal with squads, unhappy customers, and side balancing that does not return to "Force of Hitech" to accomplish. The ideas have never touched on how Hitech manages the subscription paying customer base so he does not loose subscriptions and today, not have an empty test arena or, two even more sparsely populated main arenas. Mostly the presentation hopes Hitech will see the wisdom and unique perspective of the poster and wave his magic wand as the result. Almost 20 years and fat chance on his waving that wand.
It took me three MA terrains back to back over two years to bring our low numbers during prime time together as the largest groups possible. The best for this is riftval which has intense combat during prime time on at a minimum one of each country's boarder. And at no time did I resort to "Force of Hitech" as the magic wand to fill in the "blanks" most never bother to attempt when they start this topic up each time.
The "try it and see" is something you don't do to the MA if Hitech wants to keep his doors open even if you don't agree with his current business model. It's easy to flip him off with a cut your own business throat drive by comment, since you don't have skin in his game at his level. So far he has chosen to keep his doors open. The AvA can recreate the MA with two sides and advertise, for a few Monday nights when they did, side imbalances and chronic MA lame play would always screw the pooch each time. It eventually reminded me of the BS at Furball lake in the old DA. It devolved from a limited ride themed Monday night event, into a two sided lame twitch and jerk version of the MA as more and more rides were added in until it was the MA with two sides. At that point people went back to the real MA to be professionally HO'd and ganged.
None of you are willing to do more than hit keys on your keyboard. A few years ago Hitech refused to create something I thought was a good idea. When I created it myself, he helped me distribute it once it worked and passed the HOST error test. Not many used it, though they all loved the idea of it. Since then I've simplified and refined it but, that was after two years of none stop MA terrains to solve the problem of low numbers, three countries, and how to bring the most players together during prime time.
Wanting a two sided MA will first require you to convince Hitech to reduce his customer's freedom of choice. And that forcing them to side balance and adjust their in game relationships of who they associate with each evening will be in his bottom line best interests. Even Fortnite has two types of game play, team work capture the flag and self serving king of the hill. Over the last nearly 20 years, those wanting Hitech to change the MA to two sides have not been very interested in the team work capture the flag side of the game.
HTC has "tried it and see" with a number of changes lately (including AH3 itself) and this would be no different. Nobody had the option to play in the regular Melee arena while radar testing was ongoing.
Despite you constantly reminding everyone of your map making accomplishments, your opinion of game play issues holds no more weight than mine.
And don't tell me I have no skin in the game. I've paid HTC $2,197.65 to play his game, not to mention three systems and bunches of joysticks. That is sunk cost.
I care about this game and want to keep playing but to completely dismiss my idea because I don't spend my free time making maps for a game I pay for, well bollocks.
I've never met a soul that doesn't make mistakes, yet you defend HTC's every decision as if they are somehow all-knowing and infallible. The state of the game proves they are not.
