DeletedUser12512
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Good thoughts P, I agree with the majority if what you say and feel that it would be at minimum worthy of a variant of my variant.
However, there are a few things that I am not a fan of, so I will respomnd to each of your points
I don't mind at all cutting down on the size of the server, the original goal was to have it divisible by 6, so any number works that is, however, my goal also was to not have it be too 'fast' relying more on player online time, rather it was to allow for skilled players to vet themselves against a smaller server with an end-game, so I would still keep a speed 2. When I think about it, the server should last 3-6 months imo. So finetuning to accomplish that is one objective of this variant.
Also a good idea, if the starting location is totally random, as I can see it being a hinderance to the success of the server if you can choose starting direction and players that don;t use premium affect the likelyhood of players that do joining the seerver. (My friend can;t join becuase he doesn;t use premium, so I won;t join either' - A work around this would be to allow players to 'invite' other players by paying thier 'fee' for them.
This was one of the things that was up for debate in my original post, if you only had 600 pop server, this makes sense, if the server is larger, then the 'color = team, not alliance' mentality is more fitting.
A waiting list is a good idea, having the mods control it is not, power corrupts, and mods are certainly not immune to this. An auto generator or random selector for players that have 'put in their name' should be considered, or, in your case of the samll 100 player server, perhaps we don't allow any player replacements, and it's also a battle of attrition, gifted accounts are allowed though?
I like this.
I like this.
There would be only 15 starting islands per color I think? The end game here you have changed from control the core to control your neighbors starting points. I am not a fan of this part, although it could be a variant. I still like the idea that all colors are trying to converge in the middle to battle it out, it puts all of the action in closer proximity and avoids abuse or placement to the weakest color being as much of an advantage as it would be if you could just sail next door and conquer your closest colored enemy and the other player colors might not even notice it or be able to get there in time to do anything about it. So other than this last one, I love the thoughts, hopefully the devs really look into this.
It sounds fun and profitable to me.
However, there are a few things that I am not a fan of, so I will respomnd to each of your points
I don't mind at all cutting down on the size of the server, the original goal was to have it divisible by 6, so any number works that is, however, my goal also was to not have it be too 'fast' relying more on player online time, rather it was to allow for skilled players to vet themselves against a smaller server with an end-game, so I would still keep a speed 2. When I think about it, the server should last 3-6 months imo. So finetuning to accomplish that is one objective of this variant.
Also a good idea, if the starting location is totally random, as I can see it being a hinderance to the success of the server if you can choose starting direction and players that don;t use premium affect the likelyhood of players that do joining the seerver. (My friend can;t join becuase he doesn;t use premium, so I won;t join either' - A work around this would be to allow players to 'invite' other players by paying thier 'fee' for them.
This was one of the things that was up for debate in my original post, if you only had 600 pop server, this makes sense, if the server is larger, then the 'color = team, not alliance' mentality is more fitting.
A waiting list is a good idea, having the mods control it is not, power corrupts, and mods are certainly not immune to this. An auto generator or random selector for players that have 'put in their name' should be considered, or, in your case of the samll 100 player server, perhaps we don't allow any player replacements, and it's also a battle of attrition, gifted accounts are allowed though?
I like this.
I like this.
There would be only 15 starting islands per color I think? The end game here you have changed from control the core to control your neighbors starting points. I am not a fan of this part, although it could be a variant. I still like the idea that all colors are trying to converge in the middle to battle it out, it puts all of the action in closer proximity and avoids abuse or placement to the weakest color being as much of an advantage as it would be if you could just sail next door and conquer your closest colored enemy and the other player colors might not even notice it or be able to get there in time to do anything about it. So other than this last one, I love the thoughts, hopefully the devs really look into this.
It sounds fun and profitable to me.