Suggestions For War
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:00 am
Obviously the biggest problem with wars is that the nation populations are unbalanced, but I think there are some other things that can be done to help encourage people to go to war:
1) War Times
I think right now there are too many wars. There are 2-3 wars a day, which is silly. Too many wars make it hard to decide which war to go to, as it is doubtful that a person is going to want to attend multiple wars a day. I think there should be at most, 1 war a day (not counting snow wars, since they're only for levels 60 and below). I think there should be 5 local wars and 2 castle wars a week. With only 1 war a day, anyone who wants to go to war will be at that 1 war instead of being split between 2 or 3 wars, maximizing the number of participants.
I understand that there are people from many different time zones playing DR, so wars need to be at different times to give people a chance to attend, but having three wars a day isn't a good solution in my opinion. I think the best way to do it is to stagger war times between 3 different times. For Example:
GMs can adjust the times so that they better align with the peak online hours for the Americas, Europe, and Asia, but you get the idea. Each area would get the same amount of wars over a three week period. It may be a bit confusing for players at first, but a calender on the website or forums can solve that.
2) War Length
Local war should last only one hour, not two. Two hours just makes the war drag on and on and on. Any war that lasts longer than an hour tends to just be a stale mate anyway. If war can't be completed within an hour, then just adjust the HP of the stones.
3) War Fame
I think that the current system of losers getting no fame at all discourages people from coming. I think that everyone should get fame/dual fame, even the losers, just less than the winners. Perhaps something like 12/9/6 or 13/10/7 for 1st/2nd/3rd place in war. With wars being only 1 hour, and 2nd place getting more fame than 3rd, playing defensive will be a valuable strategy without making the war drag on for 2 hours. I really like this idea, though we would need to come up with some way to prevent people from joining war and going afk to get fame. I'm not sure what variables the game keeps track of that might be useful to distinguish between who is actually participating in war and who is not. Perhaps GMs would know.
1) War Times
I think right now there are too many wars. There are 2-3 wars a day, which is silly. Too many wars make it hard to decide which war to go to, as it is doubtful that a person is going to want to attend multiple wars a day. I think there should be at most, 1 war a day (not counting snow wars, since they're only for levels 60 and below). I think there should be 5 local wars and 2 castle wars a week. With only 1 war a day, anyone who wants to go to war will be at that 1 war instead of being split between 2 or 3 wars, maximizing the number of participants.
I understand that there are people from many different time zones playing DR, so wars need to be at different times to give people a chance to attend, but having three wars a day isn't a good solution in my opinion. I think the best way to do it is to stagger war times between 3 different times. For Example:
GMs can adjust the times so that they better align with the peak online hours for the Americas, Europe, and Asia, but you get the idea. Each area would get the same amount of wars over a three week period. It may be a bit confusing for players at first, but a calender on the website or forums can solve that.
2) War Length
Local war should last only one hour, not two. Two hours just makes the war drag on and on and on. Any war that lasts longer than an hour tends to just be a stale mate anyway. If war can't be completed within an hour, then just adjust the HP of the stones.
3) War Fame
I think that the current system of losers getting no fame at all discourages people from coming. I think that everyone should get fame/dual fame, even the losers, just less than the winners. Perhaps something like 12/9/6 or 13/10/7 for 1st/2nd/3rd place in war. With wars being only 1 hour, and 2nd place getting more fame than 3rd, playing defensive will be a valuable strategy without making the war drag on for 2 hours. I really like this idea, though we would need to come up with some way to prevent people from joining war and going afk to get fame. I'm not sure what variables the game keeps track of that might be useful to distinguish between who is actually participating in war and who is not. Perhaps GMs would know.