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Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: Citabria on April 14, 2003, 12:03:16 PM: it would be helpful if htc could code a way to switch to the side with lowest numbers without a time limit while keeping the same side change delay for switching to countries without the lowest numbers.

this would be most helpful since arena balance changes rapidly.
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: Citabria on April 15, 2003, 03:35:02 PM: good idea? bad idea?
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: Furious on April 15, 2003, 03:45:48 PM: good
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: BigWorm on April 15, 2003, 03:48:19 PM: good
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: BGBMAW on April 15, 2003, 04:22:33 PM: dont you think this...could lead to peopl swicthing just to find out where the last CV is..or give pos reps...then be able to swicth baCK??

HOW LONG OF A DELAY WOULD YOU THINK RRIGHT??

stupid caps lok
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: AKcurly on April 15, 2003, 04:28:50 PM: bad, for the reason bgb just gave. And, this is a very strange request from Citibria -- I've never (and I've been here a long time) seen Cit switch to the sides with the fewest numbers.

curly
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: BGBMAW on April 15, 2003, 04:39:58 PM: i waas just thinking that..fester is getting a soft heart,,,its cute;)

makes me want to shed a tear
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: Furious on April 15, 2003, 04:44:58 PM: Quote
Originally posted by BGBMAW
dont you think this...could lead to peopl swicthing just to find out where the last CV is..or give pos reps...then be able to swicth baCK??...

Nothing stops folks from doing this now.
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: BGBMAW on April 15, 2003, 05:06:37 PM: yes and no..if you want back into your counryt u wait 12 hours....

the way festy is thinking you would beable to get back sooner then 12 hours...i believe
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: AKcurly on April 15, 2003, 05:06:42 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Furious
Nothing stops folks from doing this now.

Yeah Furious, but Cit's idea would let them switch back quickly if not immediately.

curly
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: Citabria on April 15, 2003, 08:19:24 PM: it would let anyone who wants to switch to the country with lowest numbers

sure make it a time limit like an hour or somthing should be plenty

and seriously who really cares about the stinking carriers?
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: tatertot on April 15, 2003, 09:50:20 PM: personaly i think you shouldnt be able to switch sides until the end of the tour.(once at the begiining off the month ). not that anyone listens to me anyway :)
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: Sixpence on April 15, 2003, 11:26:22 PM: I like it the way it is. You can make one switch, which should be enough. I used to fly Fighter Ace, and one of the main problems was side switching. If we(Japan) had an attack of tanks heading to germany and we had them on the run or capped, they would switch to Britain and sneak in and destroy the tanks or trigger an attack on our flank. And there were 5 teams, so they could switch around all they wanted. I understand what he is talking about, but I think this is the lesser evil(the way it is)
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: bigsky on April 16, 2003, 12:53:18 AM: both good and bad fester. good for your idea but bad because it would be abused by spying and that sort of cheap behavior.
bigsky
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: BGBMAW on April 16, 2003, 02:25:27 AM: there would be much spying...and not just for CV's..but goons..etc....misiions under radar...misssions...any sort of planned attak..
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: Booky on April 17, 2003, 05:32:22 AM: I can see it already. They low on numbers and are getting spanked as it is. You switch side because you can't find the CV. Now you go back to your team and take great pleasure in Kicking them while they are already down. Its the AH way of life.

BTW this has absolutly nothing to do with my love for a good vulch.
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: BigWorm on April 17, 2003, 08:43:52 AM: I think a 30 min to 60 min delay in switching back would resolve any "spying" issues. Honestly, I don't find "spying" to be an issue currently in the MA. It may happen frequently for all I know, I just don't find it very effective. I feel the increased numbers this proposal would generate on the side of the smallest team would more then counteract any advantage in "spying" a larger team would have.

BigWorm
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: BGBMAW on April 17, 2003, 12:34:06 PM: well...We in the Marine Air Wing..have alot of "fans" sometimes...Poelpl love to find us and try to stop us from crushing and taking..Spying can be a problem and has been...

When a Lone LA7 zeros directly in on your under cover mission and goes straight to the goon..ya,.,,spy..
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: snafu on April 17, 2003, 12:52:29 PM: Based on what Cit said I would not have thought you would be able to "Switch back & Forth". Sure you could jump to the team with lowest numbers but you could not switch back as the team you were returning to would not have the "Lowest Numbers". (Unless it was done by a lot of people at the same time even then you could only get the side with the lowest numbers up to the level of the next lowest then the focus would change).

The only downside I can see would be players useing it to stop a side getting a reset.

Or have I missed something?

I think it would be a good idea.

TTFn
snafu
Title: Side changing request for HTC
Post by: ccvi on April 18, 2003, 04:32:20 AM: No matter how balanced the numbers are in a three sided war there will always be gang bang - otherwise there would never be an reset.

Not saying that balancing isn't important, just saying that it doesn't fully solve the prroblem.