What do you think of this basing event?

[Jason]

I was sitting in a private arena yammering endlessly with castromarx one day about basing, and along came a great idea. (I think it's pretty damn neat anyway.) We both agree that the best part of basing is an intense flag room battle. Fuck the cram. Fuck lining. Fuck rocketing javs. Fuck it all. Nothing tops a flag room full of ship crunching carnage. So then, why not have a basing event in which both teams start out with an ear warp, and then never leave flag room again? I'm not quite sure of the exact logistics of it, but here are some of my ideas on how to make it work.

• Make terriers more tank-like. That is, allow them to take much more damage before dying. This would serve to prolong the intensity of the flag room battles.
• Have a bot set up to warp a terrier that tries to touch flag back into the ear. This would prevent either team from simply camping on the flag all game long.
• When one of the terriers finally does die, again have a bot that can warp. The warp would be the dead terr to an ear with the ENTIRE remaining team to an ear, and it would occur as soon the dead terrier respawned. You would need to warp the ENTIRE leftover team, otherwise they could just camp the ear where the dead terr was to appear.

That's as much thought as I've put into it. I'm sure there are some possible problems I haven't thought of. That is why I'm starting this thread. I'd like your thoughts on this. What are some ideas you think might make it work? What is your opinion of the whole thing in general?

I shouldn't have to say this, but I want serious conjectures only. Don't come in here and simply say it's a stupid idea. If you think it's stupid, give me reasons as to why you feel that way. If you think it's pretty fucking cool (which I do), let me know how it could be improved upon.

I hope to hear some comments soon. Have at it folks!

[Troll King]

Question: why bother even having a terr? If players never leave the flag room, then I assume you'd have them spawn in the flag room. Why would you ever need a terr in that case?

[Jason]

I think it would be too easy for the leftover team to pick off people as they spawned. I suppose if you altered the map a bit to make that work, it's feasible. If you used the current map, you'd need a terr. Plus, bursts are a staple of flag room battles. ;]

[Mitch]

You smoke too much.

[Dameon Angell]

I like it, non stop combat, total intensity, sounds like fun

[Adman]

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[Dim]

Sounds funky.

[Jason]

That's exactly the point Dimboy. Basing needs something funky thrown into the mix to liven it up a little.

[Dim]

Infact, Im gonna make this map and do my best to get it put up.

[IceStorm]

i think its a good idea

It seems like it would be awesome.. There is nothing wrong with trying something new!! ( i like the terr idea).... I think we need to change the basing more... People dont focus that much on it anymore..

[Blue Thunder2003]

I swear to god if this EVER happends in the publics i quit trench wars. Not like many of you would care, but cmon. nonstop battles in a public arena. Sure it would be cool, but it would get a little boring because there arent many options when you spawn in a flag room and cant leave, cant tdo anything but base. People want options. This would be great as an optional arena, but definately not for the publics.

EDIT: Blue didnt know how to completely read the first post lol but still, not in publics

[ZeUs!!]

But thats just it, its not for public arenas

[Copy!?!]

Tank like terrs would ram thru all and would eat bullets for their team. So why not have regular terrier and following rules:
1)Each round lasts 5 minutes for points victory
2)If enemy terrier dies remaining terr's freq wins the round
3)After round is over BOTH teams get warped to ears and ear is closed by doors(or whatever those are called) that open when round starts
4)Starts over again

Just my 2 cents, don't flame me

[geekbot]

Re: What do you think of this basing event?

Just played ?go extreme. It's sort of different than Jason's original idea but that's okay, it was pretty fun. Too much warping the terr and the team around would break up the flow of the action. My $0.02-

Map: The map needs more hiding places for the terr. Part of the excitement of the FR battle is the team trying to push out of the ear, tube, or a corner and the team forming a meat shield (TM) around the terr. Also the current map is sort of divided into halves where the teams attack each other from over or under the flag. The ?go extreme map is too wide open and should have some harder passages which are alternate attack routes (like under the flag is for the normal base).

Terr: The terrier is sort of useless since you don't need to depend on it to get around. The action in ?go extreme doesn't center around the terrier at all. I'd rather have this: all players spawn in an area outside of the closed FR. Only the terrier spawns in the ears so if anyone wants to get into the FR, they have to attach first. That brings back the meat shield effect and the focus on the terrier. Otherwise, if a terrier is trapped in a tough spot there is no need to protect the terr- just go directly for the flag, if the terr dies, it's ok.

These ideas are to make ?go extreme more like the extended FR battle idea. If there's some other goals for the map, that's cool, please share. I think extreme will be a fun game. gj Jason, castro, dimboy. More basing!

[Mennoowh]

i think itsa nice idea. you really need to have terriers, because otherwise everyone would just be spider and it would be a megalame 30 spiders vs 30 spiders battle which one team would win because they were first at the flag