Gideon's suggestions for an even better server

[Sword of Gideon]

#1: Team balance.
A: It's a constant, non-stop game. Because of the selfishness inherent in us all, we don't care if others suffer for our greed. So teams will remain unbalanced. Team-Scores end up 23-4, OFTEN! An effective team-balancer would be to take the most effective of the winning team and change him with the least effective of the losing team. That will even things out quickly.
B: Scroll of Resurrection should cost $9,000 or more. It becomes a way for an entire team to resurrect if they are winning, and this makes the problem with team balance even worse.
C: If a map gets voted for an extension, the teams swap but the scores don’t. That should be addressed and made right, otherwise what’s the point of a scoreboard at all?

A: This should exist. Teams are very often skewed to the point of being ridiculous.
B: Whenever a team wins, they get the cash. So if the other team tries to get a win to get more cash, then the team that already won can buy scrolls. Some of the disagreement was that people tend to buy tomes; well I'm in the server about 4 hours a day, and I can tell you from personal experience that the winning team also buys scrolls to protect that cashflow. And at $3,000 it is grossly unfair. BTW: I always buy scrolls, and I NEVER EVER buy tomes, so this rule would impact me quite a bit. It's still unfair. It should cost $9,000.
C: Apparently someone agreed with me, because now the teams don't swap.

Statement: If game balance didn't matter then give the CTs 500health every round. The fact of the matter is that it does matter. And every single game ever made has been alpha and beta tested all along the way of development for game balance. A game of 23-4 is fun for the winning team only, a game of 14-13 is fun for the entire server.

[ZERO]

It should be noted that team talk is already handled as there is a way to talk to your team only via mic see here:
http://www.ibisgaming.com/forums/sho...your-team-only!

[Sword of Gideon]

Interesting. Thanks.

I heard from 4 different people today who were in favor of the new scroll price. So far, no one misses it. At least not vocally yet. I'm sure there are some that do miss it.
I miss it in a way LOL!, I never purchased tomes ever; and scroll was my main purchase, and until it was fixed I wasn't going to be left out. Now I buy Ankh the most.

I do plan on supporting this community. We just got a raise and I've already asked to have a small amount to cover being a supporting member. One of the biggest reasons was because, even as a player I was listened to by someone that agreed without prejudices and incorporated a couple of my ideas. I mean, that's really a big compliment that even a player can have an impact, and not just the paying members. It also says volumes about the open-mindedness that exists, and this all helps me to remain open-minded when I'm dealing with others here of different opinions without making any kind of yellfest or anything. The whole Ibis experience for me has been excellent, being treated fairly and even more than fairly at every juncture. So as soon as the new checks start rolling in, I'll help.

[StarsMine]

Im against the new scroll price, before the only time they were a smart move is if you get 2 kills one of the being a headshot (and with skills activating thats even more difficult) for it to be worth the price vs tomes. but whatever

also can we PLEASE turn off this dead talk shit. The dead can not talk to the living. I can understand this feature if ghosting was an issue, but ghosting has never been an issue in WCS

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Im against the new scroll price, before the only time they were a smart move is if you get 2 kills one of the being a headshot (and with skills activating thats even more difficult) for it to be worth the price vs tomes. but whatever

also can we PLEASE turn off this dead talk shit. The dead can not talk to the living. I can understand this feature if ghosting was an issue, but ghosting has never been an issue in WCS

dead talk was always on. what's wrong with it? wcs is probably the most social server of the 4 (now 5) anyway

[StarsMine]

Preventing the dead from talking to the living has not always been there
Exactly it is the most social server, so why are we making it so we cant converse?

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Preventing the dead from talking to the living has not always been there
Exactly it is the most social server, so why are we making it so we cant converse?

are you asking for dead talk to be on or off?

[StarsMine]

Whatever setting will make it so the dead can converse with the living again. So I assume off

[maynard]

Preventing the dead from talking to the living has not always been there

yes it has.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

yes it has.

really? i could have sworn i remembered still chatting w/ folks even after death...

huh.