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That might be true, but side changes where never intended or allowed after 200 whereas side changes under 200 are possible.
A change after 200 might screw things up pretty much, ie shadowbreeds, faction standings..
I just assumed that he meant <200 since he said people switched to one side, and want to switch back to neutral.. ( for switching to a side they need to be <200 anyway )
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1. Will the new engine affect the excessive zoning we have in AO or that's another kettle of fish ?
2. Any plans for pvp arenas, WoW style ? I mean 2 vs 2, 3 vs 3, team vs. team deathmatch.
You seem to have missed the point of what I said.
It doesn't matter if BS gives one million points per round, if it never runs, as all but two level ranges never run. And I'm not very concerned about attracting the wrong people. The wrong people is certainly better than no people.
Second, getting VP for sitting in the queue DOES make sense, if invitations are undeclinable.
You are signing up to defend the battlestations. It means you are risking your time, as you could be whisked away at any second. This limits your potential activities.
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You're the one that missed the point.
They don't run, knowing they don't run you could be in the queue for ages and never get a call up. I've still been in the queue of a dead BS for days to about a week before enough were signed up for it to try and start a round, but of course would have failed since most were off line. Even with "active" BSs during "active" times you could be sitting in the queue for hours and never go up with how they work now. During inactive periods "active" BSs could be dead for several hours before starting up. That's even for more active servers like RK2, imagine what RK3 would be like.
So with queue VP you could leave the char sitting there while doing things on other chars or out of the game to gain VP. It's like how with some Asian MMORPGs the shop mode requires you to be on-line. People don't do that when they want to play, or at least play with that char. They do it when they go to sleep, eat, watch TV, play another game, play another char, read, go to work, go to school and so on. It'd be the same here with queue VP as both involve no interaction from you.
If a round actually starts then so what. Some already use some third-party programs or what not to automate a key press to avoid AFK so they can do other things during the round when VP farming in the BSs that do run now. With this they could do the same and get double VP, VP from the queue and VP from the round plus never have to sit and watch for the join pop-up to do it. Your only involvement would be in signing up, big freaking deal.
You should be required to actually do something to earn your VP. Queue VP sure as hell isn't doing something to earn it. FC just needs to improve non-BS VP to provide people with a way to get it at any lvl. Before FC bumped BS VP they even said they were doing it thinking it would draw more people to BSs. But that didn't work out very well as most are still dead and those that do want to be there complain about those that only want the VP. Queue VP is just a repeat of the same mistake but even worse. If they provide some real means of getting VP that isn't BS related that requires people to actively earn it and make adjustments to BSs so they can run more effectively then everyone can be happier.
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90% of the questions are pontification about very narrow, idiosyncratic concerns. Means would be far better off with "Big Picture" posting then delving into specifics to illustrate his points, than pander to these kinds of questions. Things like prof balance review, neutrals role/update/redefinition, new directions or such. Not "can we get this particular feature that i rly rly want added plz??"
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I can't remember anything like that but does anyone else remember Means saying that and can show where?
That is what, the fourth time you asked that in this thread? Do you really think spamming the question throughout the thread helps your position? Those changes are coming with the overall prof rebalancing from what I remember.
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Electronite: FFA also destroyed Clan hegemony when it comes to tower wars. Ironically the downfall was started by the most active pvpers. Another ironic thing is that the downfall happened due to pvm conflict. Silirrion: (We have pretty good anti-troll filters by now though) Means: Thong-wearing troxes will always be a part of this game and a point of AO pride. Keldros: Obviously reall trolls don't use conditioner Marlark: If this forum was Swedish in it's language .. id pawn you any day. 220 NT: tl7 is a joke most of the time. 90% of the people are double double dead. some are worth debuffing tho. Mastablasta: you guys are right and I'm wrong. Ebag: No. You alpha me'd due to the stat bug. More Ebag: I don't have any twinks currently, nor do I participate much in mass TL7 PvP (though I do go occasionally, usually just to watch). Questra: an MP in sneak eNSDed me and did about 20k damage in 10-12 seconds
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One thing that would be interesting to know is if there are any plans to make the GUI more customizeable and making it easier to change GUI.
With all the problems the launcher has, are there any plans to replace it anytime soon? (most notably it's inability to properly detect numerous GFX cards)
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