Weekend of Oct. 25th, 2008

[dako]

I think some people on this post dont realize the amplitude at which the amount of RP needed for next rank ramps up. Exponentially. It will take a VERY long time for anyone to get to rank 40, as im pretty sure rank 40 alone is about 60-100k just from rank 39. I remember in beta getting kills that were 800RP for a terr kill. Anything below 50 RP was paltry. Anyway, the biggest kill ive gotten so far was on mjollnir, as a double flag hold + streak breaker + basterr bonus. And that was only like 45 RP. It used to take 2 hours for me to level up from 39 -> 40 with a 4x multiplier with everyone at ship levels 25-50, with everyone at 10-20 and no multiplier, its going to take days to get such a level. 6 hours put into this game when youre new = easy 15 levels. 6 hours put into this game when you have rank 30 = half a rank. Not to mention you get 2 RP for killing anyone under rank 15.

[Vehicle]

Ok, I was wrong about how we were deciding what the most successful weekend event of all time was, my bad.

But everything else you guys said wasn't really an argument against the important part of my post.

Dark, you said that it's different from every other event because it doesn't matter how good you are and it's versitile? What difference does that make? It still won't hold 40 people over any more than 3 weeks.

If people wanted to play some badass RPG game you wouldn't be playing Continuum.

Viruik, you may be correct that in a melee with 10 people playing a lower ranked player might get some kills, I wouldn't know. However, do you think this is true when 4 people are playing?

[Viruk]

It still won't hold 40 people over any more than 3 weeks.

I think it would still get 40 at busy times for months. I vaguely recall beta testing being busy for many weeks. When everyone is so high rank in all 8 ships (+ Tac Ops) that leveling is very slow then people might start to get bored. Fortunately it doesn't need to be full to be fun. I prefer it when slightly less crowded myself.

If people wanted to play some badass RPG game you wouldn't be playing Continuum.

What would they play instead?
The only other free game of its type I know of is the Hyperspace zone which is far more newbie unfriendly. (I recall firing my entire energy + more at an AFK player with my newbie ship with no result until the player woke up and blew me away. That just doesn't happen in Distension.)

Viruik, you may be correct that in a melee with 10 people playing a lower ranked player might get some kills, I wouldn't know. However, do you think this is true when 4 people are playing?

With 4 people playing it would become unbalanced very easily. Could end up 1 high ranker vs 3 lowbies in which case the high ranker is probably going to lose as I don't think high rank will triple your energy or firepower or make you invulnerable to bursts. Even 2 vs 2 the high ranker is going to be vulnerable if they make a mistake. Unfortunately the game doesn't work very well with so few players but it can still be fun. Don't forget that pub basing doesn't work very well with 4 players either.

[Malladrin]

With all due respect Vehicle, I think you misunderestimate the power of a RPG element. It really sucks you in...

Betatesting has already proven your arguments to be wrong. Betatesting was played for weeks and had alot of people playing most of the time. With a mix of really high ranked players and low ranks.

What's happening when you level up is that you get faster (harder to hit) and more firepower but not to the same extent more energy. If I remember correctly you start being able to tank 1 yellow bullet in the 30-40 area, that's with full energy.

Warbirds and terriers with tank skills levelled up might be a different matter though. But those are hard to kill for anyone.

[2kill]

With all due respect Vehicle, I think you misunderestimate the power of a RPG element. It really sucks you in...

Betatesting has already proven your arguments to be wrong. Betatesting was played for weeks and had alot of people playing most of the time. With a mix of really high ranked players and low ranks.

Weeks I laughed at that... beta went for 6 months (I'm discounting the first few month as word got out there, and the last month of public testing cause of the bugs that happened and people stopped playing) ... with basically full arena in the evenings... thats not a passing fancy. In total I believe we are approaching the 1 year anniversary of distension being unveiled. I for one wish it a happy anniversary. and hope that there will be week day runs as thats when I can get the most time in... as I have stuff to do on the weekends

As to the fact about a 2 v 2... so you know the bot would never start a basing match with a 2 v 2 think it needs like 5 or 6 player total before it will go into a round

2kill

(P.S. I should know I played from the first test to the end)

Edited: mouths to months nice catch meddi <_<

[meddi]

Weeks I laughed at that... beta went for 6 mouths (I'm discounting the first few mouth as word got out there, and the last mouth of public testing cause of the bugs that happened and people stopped playing)

Someone seems to be selectively flipping your n's

[2kill]

Someone seems to be selectively flipping your n's

:-/

[Vehicle]

I'm not gonna argue these points any further. We're going back and forth about what we assume will happen, and I guess none of us know for sure.

I'm just imploring you to think of what other arenas were OMG SO AWESOME at the time that are more or less dead now.

[roxxkatt]

It still won't hold 40 people over any more than 3 weeks.

BETA WENT ON FOR -1 YEAR-, WITH THINGS NOT WORKING

If people wanted to play some badass RPG game you wouldn't be playing Continuum.

HAVE YOU HEARD OF A ZONE CALLED "HYPERSPACE"? WHY IS THAT STILL AROUND?

[HateTheFake]

HAVE YOU HEARD OF A ZONE CALLED "HYPERSPACE"? WHY IS THAT STILL AROUND?

Because every year the same 50 - the kids graduating come back to play it.

Also hyperspace is dying, http://www.ssforum.net/index.php?sho...perspace+dying :fear:

[roxxkatt]

well thats entirely due to incompetence, and is unrelated.