Late War Arena Change - Thankyou HTC

[Wobbly]

As a euro who often doesnt get on until shortly after the cap kicks in (6pm my time) this looks like a good compromise  

http://www.hitechcreations.com/

[jimson]

4pm CST = 10pm London

Good compromise, nice job.

[Wiley]

Cool, it has precisely 0 effect on me, but I hope the Euros are helped by it.

One thing that leapt off the page-  5 minutes warning (now, granted, it's at a scheduled time) but isn't that a bit short notice for the buff flyers?

Wiley.

[Pyro]

One thing that leapt off the page-  5 minutes warning (now, granted, it's at a scheduled time) but isn't that a bit short notice for the buff flyers?

It's a 5 minute warning to the switchover plus 10 more minutes before you're kicked so you get 15 minutes total warning to land.  Plus, since it happens automatically every day on a schedule it's pretty easy to plan for.

[Lusche]

 

For example, what happens on Titanic Tuesday will carry through to the next Titanic Tuesday.

If I'm reading that right, TT maps will come up exclusively on TT? And that means there is a kind of seperate "TT war" - which would probably drag on for months at a time, as it's extremely difficult to win/reset a map on TT's anyway?

[Wraith_TMS]

Pyro, FYI: there are a couple of typos (sorry) in the announcement on the front page.  They should be:

allotted
persistent

I'm not usually a grammar policeman but since these are on the front page you might want to fix them.

FWIW,

[Pyro]

Thanks for the heads up Wraith.

That's correct Lusche but I don't know how long the war arc on TT will take.  It's been almost impossible to reset because you only have 1 day to do it and the next week you have to start from scratch.  With it being its own arena now, we can also tailor the victory conditions to suit it better.

[Lusche]

Thanks for the heads up Wraith.

That's correct Lusche but I don't know how long the war arc on TT will take.  It's been almost impossible to reset because you only have 1 day to do it and the next week you have to start from scratch.  

That's not entirely correct. You had a whole week to win TT map, as it was not being reset when TT ended, it was just renamed LWO and was kept up until next week. Map was only changed at the beginning of each TT.
So we had one week to win the war on this mao, which still did not happen very often.

With the current victory conditions the new TT setup would surely last for many weeks/months at a time, which would probably be perceived as being stale by many players.

[grizz441]

It's a 5 minute warning to the switchover plus 10 more minutes before you're kicked so you get 15 minutes total warning to land.  Plus, since it happens automatically every day on a schedule it's pretty easy to plan for.

Pyro, do you think that 15 minutes total is enough warning time till the shutdown?  Personally, I feel this is a little on the low side.  Most successful sorties will take longer than 15 minutes.  Can a 30 minute warning be added too?

Of course, if the boot is going to happen at the exact same time every day automatically, it should not matter, as players will get a feel for when it will happen. But if it's going to be a manual boot with some disparity, then more warning should be given. 

[hitech]

Pyro, do you think that 15 minutes total is enough warning time till the shutdown?  Personally, I feel this is a little on the low side.  Most successful sorties will take longer than 15 minutes.  Can a 30 minute warning be added too?

Of course, if the boot is going to happen at the exact same time every day automatically, it should not matter, as players will get a feel for when it will happen. But if it's going to be a manual boot with some disparity, then more warning should be given. 

It will be the same time every day.

[Skuzzy]

It will be the same time every day.

YIPPEEE!  WOOHOO!!!

[Lusche]

 

[Vadjan-Sama]

Good one HT, I think this new system will works a lot better   

[Gixer]

Well this is a nice surprise, great update HT something us Aussies and Kiwis have also been looking forward to for a long time. Congrats on a well implemented and welcome change. 


<S>...-Gixer

[Dichotomy]

YIPPEEE!  WOOHOO!!!