Alternate Guild Tower System - 2

deadowl · 05-28-2015

Okay, played with Thallen's guild, MDR, in Destiny for a good number of hours the past couple of days and decided to provide feedback based on that experience.

1. There was lots of PKing.
2. There was not much competition.
3. A lot of people there were only there to PK.
4. There were also a few guilds without the manpower to usurp MDR.
5. When MDR did employ strategic play, it wasn't done consistently.

The two factors where I thought having fun was at play: PKing, and restoring the flag's HP. I would imagine the people there to exclusively PK (e.g. no guild or a very small guild) have fun being disruptive.

A match or round-based system would add to that: winning a match or a round. For this particular implementation, it would also emphasize strategy.

Other suggestions: level-based guild alerts that don't require disruption of gameplay (as in clicking on guild chat). Examples: the flag room needs some defense! The room below the flag needs some defense!

twilit · 05-29-2015

Posted by deadowl

Other suggestions: level-based guild alerts that don't require disruption of gameplay (as in clicking on guild chat). Examples: the flag room needs some defense! The room below the flag needs some defense!

That would be quite handy. Would have to decide how low is low enough to trigger the alert for each tower.

_Dellik_ · 05-29-2015

This is very interesting. I don't know how it would work out, but something needs to change to make towering better than what it is now. But 1 hit to change onwership 0-0 that sounds crazy. I like crazy.

twilit · 05-29-2015

Posted by _Dellik_

but something needs to change to make towering better than what it is now. But 1 hit to change onwership 0-0 that sounds crazy. I like crazy.

The point of that system is it would work best with Sardons, or a tower that can easily be defended downstairs.

deadowl · 05-29-2015

Posted by twilit

The point of that system is it would work best with Sardons, or a tower that can easily be defended downstairs.

I.e. a tower with bottleneck areas.

deadowl · 06-01-2015

The system I noted is based on actual research in reinforcement schedules. It's not the only solution, but it is a potential solution.

Right now, towers seem to run on a fixed interval schedule of reinforcement, even though variable interval schedules, through decades of research, have been shown to have a more positive response. PKing and sparring, in contrast, tend to go through relatively dense variable ratio schedules rather than interval schedules.

The research is out there.

Darkk · 06-02-2015

How about brining back king of the hill? Towers like snow and the castle are ready made for this tower system.

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deadowl Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 783	Okay, played with Thallen's guild, MDR, in Destiny for a good number of hours the past couple of days and decided to provide feedback based on that experience. 1. There was lots of PKing. 2. There was not much competition. 3. A lot of people there were only there to PK. 4. There were also a few guilds without the manpower to usurp MDR. 5. When MDR did employ strategic play, it wasn't done consistently. The two factors where I thought having fun was at play: PKing, and restoring the flag's HP. I would imagine the people there to exclusively PK (e.g. no guild or a very small guild) have fun being disruptive. A match or round-based system would add to that: winning a match or a round. For this particular implementation, it would also emphasize strategy. Other suggestions: level-based guild alerts that don't require disruption of gameplay (as in clicking on guild chat). Examples: the flag room needs some defense! The room below the flag needs some defense!

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_Dellik_ Akechi Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: MoD Town Posts: 154	This is very interesting. I don't know how it would work out, but something needs to change to make towering better than what it is now. But 1 hit to change onwership 0-0 that sounds crazy. I like crazy.

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deadowl Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 783	The system I noted is based on actual research in reinforcement schedules. It's not the only solution, but it is a potential solution. Right now, towers seem to run on a fixed interval schedule of reinforcement, even though variable interval schedules, through decades of research, have been shown to have a more positive response. PKing and sparring, in contrast, tend to go through relatively dense variable ratio schedules rather than interval schedules. The research is out there.

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Darkk Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 934	How about brining back king of the hill? Towers like snow and the castle are ready made for this tower system.