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Risk-Style PvP instead of Merry-Go-Around PvP
arontimes
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One thing that bugs me about PvP is that it feels like a Merry-Go-Around; you can capture points freely instead of taking them one after the other. There's no feeling of taking and defending territory since you get more glory and experience by capping as many points as possible regardless of whether you hold on to them. It's like two warring countries capturing enemy cities and abandoning them to be retaken by the enemy, who then abandons them to be recaptured by the enemy, and so on.
Basically, when I play PvP using the optimal strategy, I feel like I'm in a Benny Hill sketch.
So I was wondering, what if PvP worked like the board game, Risk, where capturing territory lets you capture the neighboring territory, and so on? Here's how it would work in 5v5 Domination.
Team A - Point 1 - Point 2 - Point 3 - Team B
To capture a point, a team has to control an adjacent point. For example, for Team A to capture 2, it has to control 1 first (B has to control 3 first). The two teams' spawns are like points that can't be captured, and they allow access to points 1 and 3 respectively.
The game would start with both teams sending some to their home point and some to the #2, so they can quickly begin capping #2 as soon as their home point is capped. The end result is that action is concentrated onto one point, so there's more fighting and less running around like in Benny Hill.
For Gauntlgrym, each spawn grants access to the two points on either side of it. For example, the Delzoun Explorers always have access to 1 (southwest) and 2 (northwest) while the Luskan Corsair always have access to 3 (southeast) and 4 (northeast). Capturing 1 opens up access to 3 and vice-versa, while capturing 2 or 4 allows access to 5 (north). Capping 5 allows access to 2 for Luskan and 4 for Delzoun respectively. Capturing a point adjacent to the enemy spawn allows your team to back cap, that is they can capture the point on the other side of the enemy spawn.
Basically think of the control points as being part of a circle, or rather, I a pentagon, with the two spawns on either side of it. I'm on my tablet right now, so I can't do any ASCII art to show my idea, so I'll try to post something tomorrow.
What do you think?
Basically, when I play PvP using the optimal strategy, I feel like I'm in a Benny Hill sketch.
So I was wondering, what if PvP worked like the board game, Risk, where capturing territory lets you capture the neighboring territory, and so on? Here's how it would work in 5v5 Domination.
Team A - Point 1 - Point 2 - Point 3 - Team B
To capture a point, a team has to control an adjacent point. For example, for Team A to capture 2, it has to control 1 first (B has to control 3 first). The two teams' spawns are like points that can't be captured, and they allow access to points 1 and 3 respectively.
The game would start with both teams sending some to their home point and some to the #2, so they can quickly begin capping #2 as soon as their home point is capped. The end result is that action is concentrated onto one point, so there's more fighting and less running around like in Benny Hill.
For Gauntlgrym, each spawn grants access to the two points on either side of it. For example, the Delzoun Explorers always have access to 1 (southwest) and 2 (northwest) while the Luskan Corsair always have access to 3 (southeast) and 4 (northeast). Capturing 1 opens up access to 3 and vice-versa, while capturing 2 or 4 allows access to 5 (north). Capping 5 allows access to 2 for Luskan and 4 for Delzoun respectively. Capturing a point adjacent to the enemy spawn allows your team to back cap, that is they can capture the point on the other side of the enemy spawn.
Basically think of the control points as being part of a circle, or rather, I a pentagon, with the two spawns on either side of it. I'm on my tablet right now, so I can't do any ASCII art to show my idea, so I'll try to post something tomorrow.
What do you think?
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I think that this is what makes Domination a bit awkward. If a much better team captures 2 and their close base, then you'll have to go through several waves of wiping... which is why people leave if they are overran.
More nodes, bigger maps, no center points, probably 7 people instead of 5. My 2 cents.
Premade matches (if they are good premade's) generally have players on all points at all times.
We are definitely dominating, and we are always about to win.
no ;p glory and xp is based on time played and the win/lose. nothing else.
there``s a 15 min cap on arena for rewards. all time played after 15 min is useless, unless it`s still not clearly decided who wins.
i always go jump around and do nothing in fast winning matches to make it last longer.
because the time played is the same for both teams, only winners get 100%, loser 50% ;p
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The time is predicated on how many are standing on the node.
One person takes far longer than 10 people standing on the node.
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