New World Types

"gamerdruid;c-2213921" wrote:
Can you give ideas of settings for the 'custom world' - size (level 65 or 80, or 1000 slots or 15000 or more), FA or Morale or both or none? Other variables such as no lakes or 25% or 50% lakes, more POI's with lower gain or less POI's with higher gain (or same gain), Credit POI's, timed hubs (as on the vet worlds). I could go on but these are just a few I've seen suggested in the past. Do you or anyone else have other better suggestions?

@gamerdruid
@EE_Elephterion

Everything! Quite simply start worlds in specified intervals (4,6,8 weeks - whatever).

- FA with morale
- FA without morale
- normal worlds without morale
- normal world with morale
- Firestorm worlds with crazy settings (lakes, pois)
- Speedworlds and so on.

...and everybody would be happy because he has a choice! Atm you have to wait one or two month for one new server. Then the project-alt-army also is starting that server and you can stop playing after day 1 + you have to wait another 1-2 month for the next server. Thats not the way you keep players + get new players. Your current system is not working (as already mentioned a few times)

Hello Commanders,

thanks for the feedback, we might be able to include this info in the future, however world size and slots correlate; and since we usually start worlds with persistent starting slot numbers (15.000 for Tiberian and 10.000 Wrath, 5.000 for Veteran and Firestorm iirc) the world size would be relatively consistent for every world type, putting the Fortress always at its centre.

Basically, the amount of starting slots determines the min. size of a world, while the size of a world determines the max amount of starting slots. So while we could make a 500x500 World with only 5.000 starting slots, a 200x200 size world with 15.000 slots would not work.

For that reason we provide the amount of starting slots with the world description, as we think it is the more interesting metric for players starting on a world.

Of course the increase of level is more steep on a small world with higher levels. This, combined with the moral malus might be a bit too punishing for most players so we will try to avoid this combination on future worlds.

May I suggest a world format that has not been done in a very long time?

A 5,000 slot (Firestorm) world with Forgotten Attacks and morale. This world setup has in fact been requested by many players that have had a negative view of the current WCS world setup. It would be nice to run a world to determine if indeed these type of worlds can attract and keep players. Of course, around 98 percent of all activity for the first few months will be farming so perhaps plan for, set-up, and publish a schedule of "infected events" that will break up the monotony of normal farming.

I think the inclusion of guaranteed events will keep players motivated in morale-type worlds.

We can keep this in mind. Firestorm worlds are generally more flexible with the rules. Another suggestion recently was a world with reduced POI bonuses and numbers to focus on optimized base building, resource layouts etc.

OK, heres a fresh idea.
FA world, NO POI's. NONE !

Put everyone on at least a square playfield for once. Place the emphasis on a players skill to manage ALL the resources needed to advance.
NO get to the middle and control the best POI's
NO quick dig to the early POI's to get the advantage.

Worth a shot, and I would guess super easy to implement.
Please raise your hand.

At least we could get a new world idea, the rest are getting tired....

Sounds very like the worlds I've been told about that existed at the launch of the game. Except of course they didn't have a Fortress nor Forgotten Attacks.

Can you give ideas of settings for the 'custom world' - size (level 65 or 80, or 1000 slots or 15000 or more), FA or Morale or both or none? Other variables such as no lakes or 25% or 50% lakes, more POI's with lower gain or less POI's with higher gain (or same gain), Credit POI's, timed hubs (as on the vet worlds). I could go on but these are just a few I've seen suggested in the past. Do you or anyone else have other better suggestions?

you guys got many ideas the last month - without any reaction by @EE_Elephterion and Co.!!!!
So don´t ask for more suggestions - first start to comment on the already given ideas!
To speak in your language -> thats "kindergarten-level"

I don't have any say in what is developed nor any knowledge of what is likely to be possible. I too am frustrated by the lack of public response!

nice try - but its not the lack of public response. Its the lack of response by @EE_Elephterion and Co.

I´ve often told you that almost nobody is paying attention to the forum (the bad/late or not excisting communication is only one reason for that).

If you want to have a serious discussion->
1. @EE_Elephterion has to confirm that they are willing to improve the game (atm nobody has that feeling)
2. start to interact with the players in the forum (atm that´s not given) - ofc you´re writing a lot but as you mentioned you dont have any say
3. write a mail to all players about the discussion - so more people will join the conversation