Upcoming TWD Changes:

[Demonic]

Ok not all of this is happening immediatly, but just to give you guys a taste of what type of things im looking to change in twd:

A-Cap: This is done already, upping limit of a-caps to 12 on each roster, this should remove alot of the problems where a cap isnt online as 12 will be 33% of the roster capable of handling a twd game. Obviously down to caps if they wish to use the full 12 or not.

Cup games: Outside of TWL there is a lull in twd, as such 2 cup matches will be created (names to be announced later) which will basically be a knockout cup of all teams if they wish in twd. They games depending on amount of teams entering will be run over a week so wont take long, but winners will be recorded on site and/or arena.

Hall of fame: Alot of squads and players have been throughout twd, and its about time we recognised some of them. From players who spent time training up other players, to born champs, to squads who dominate twd or lasted throughout. The winners will have their names placed around the twd maps.

Medals: Similar to above, but we will be looking to setup medals after each TWL to give to players for certain achievements. MVP Awards, Ref awards, Dodge awards, 2v1 awards so on so forth are all under consideration, possibly involving if a few people get shortlisted some mini games to determine winners.

Res Cap: Alot of people come to me re: res cap, as far as im concerned im reasonably happy with how res cap is working, however i am considering making twdd4 for example a non res cap arena, so people who want to dd without rescap can, but those who dont dont have too. At no point however will entire twdd etc have no rescap, as previously stated, the current limits make things fairer.

Maps: A few suggestions, of which i personally agree, is to make the maps for twd and twl similar if not identical. This will be something i look into over coming months and possibly look to implement after TWL.


Anyways, hopes this gives you at least some idea's of whats being planned/looking to be done going forward and feel free to discuss what you like/dont like. As with all idea's nothing is perfect, so offer alternatives if you think they are viable and i will consider them.

[Supreme]

I'd like a medal of mediocrity, would this be a possibility?

[ogron]

hey demonic,
are there any planned changes to personal stats pages? there's been a lot of talk about how mostly useless they are (RPD being a major one), and while no amount of formulas can gauge performance as well as simply watching a game or being part of it, they could be done a lot better.

1) In the spirit of the Hall of Fame, it would be nice if you could have a 'Best Scores' box or something that showcased your 6 best games (2 for each league -- 1 best overall score in that league, 1 best score vs. top3 squad) and wasn't erased at resets.

2) a Player Rating formula. Elim tracks each of your kills against the rating of the player you kill, why can't TWD? You just tack on the golf handicap system -- Player rating looks at your last 20 rounds/games, and takes the best 10 and averages it out.

Just a thought!

[Heisman]

change roster cap to 40 please also, just a thought.

[renzi]

i like the idea of MVP awards. maybe add TWL finals mvp (per round) medals for those players. like i MVP 2 rounds of TWLJ finals that 14/f/cali will probably win in a landslide, so i get 2 MVP medals next to name on TWD roster. holla top dolla

[Demonic]

change roster cap to 40 please also, just a thought.

Roster cap is one thing i dont intend changing to a degree, although the way we do it i am considering changing. Again this is just thoughts for now, and wont happen overnight but im considering the following with roster cap:

Remove roster cap completely, however caps may only have 35 "active" twd players. Caps can set a player to active/inactive but takes 24hrs to take affect. That way old players can stay on roster, but only move to active if they are coming back for a bit. Anyways like i said, just thoughts for now.

I have had a few people mention they scoring system, especially TWBD regarding sharks etc, so that can be something I can look into, but i already have a lot of elements being worked on, so may not happen immediatly.

[Pressure Drop]

firstly i think those changes are mostly positive and good for the game

Roster cap is one thing i dont intend changing to a degree, although the way we do it i am considering changing. Again this is just thoughts for now, and wont happen overnight but im considering the following with roster cap:

Remove roster cap completely, however caps may only have 35 "active" twd players. Caps can set a player to active/inactive but takes 24hrs to take affect. That way old players can stay on roster, but only move to active if they are coming back for a bit. Anyways like i said, just thoughts for now.

I have had a few people mention they scoring system, especially TWBD regarding sharks etc, so that can be something I can look into, but i already have a lot of elements being worked on, so may not happen immediatly.

as the game shrinks i know it's difficult but i dont agree with any TWD rostercap, the caps should be applied to TWL only. If you want to tweak them or the softlock/hardlock thats fair enough but TWD should always benefit the causal team player and TWL aimed at the hardcore.

if i was in a squad and didn't play much and on a whim logged into BD after months of not playing and was told i'd have to try again tomorrow well fuck that - yet if the there was no roster cap and i could log in on a whim and play a few bd's well fuck me maybe i had fun and will log in again tomorrow.


thats what TWD should aim for and as a community ppl should realise that all the active players need to not group up on the same 3 squads and spread about TWD. It shouldn't be policed as that actually harms part of the game some ppl like (i did) and that is playing with some old friends you hadn't played with in ages, who cares if there rusty, it's fun


i've already made these points before but i dont get it, to me it seems to only hurt and rob the game of what made it great

causal players add to the playerbase, they cant TWL but they dont care about that but now your aiming at super serious TWD squads that cant access that casual playerbase



like i suggested before if you want to try to increase the playerbase consider allowing players to enrol in each TWD league independently
i.e. could enrol on a squad for TWDD another for TWJD another for TWBD or 2leagues on the same squand and 1 diff or all 3 on the same squad.

it's workable and should free up some players on specialised TWL single league squads to play on other squads in other leagues.

i.e. increasing the playerbase with what we have

[Demonic]

firstly i think those changes are mostly positive and good for the game



as the game shrinks i know it's difficult but i dont agree with any TWD rostercap, the caps should be applied to TWL only. If you want to tweak them or the softlock/hardlock thats fair enough but TWD should always benefit the causal team player and TWL aimed at the hardcore.

if i was in a squad and didn't play much and on a whim logged into BD after months of not playing and was told i'd have to try again tomorrow well fuck that - yet if the there was no roster cap and i could log in on a whim and play a few bd's well fuck me maybe i had fun and will log in again tomorrow.


thats what TWD should aim for and as a community ppl should realise that all the active players need to not group up on the same 3 squads and spread about TWD. It shouldn't be policed as that actually harms part of the game some ppl like (i did) and that is playing with some old friends you hadn't played with in ages, who cares if there rusty, it's fun


i've already made these points before but i dont get it, to me it seems to only hurt and rob the game of what made it great

causal players add to the playerbase, they cant TWL but they dont care about that but now your aiming at super serious TWD squads that cant access that casual playerbase



like i suggested before if you want to try to increase the playerbase consider allowing players to enrol in each TWD league independently
i.e. could enrol on a squad for TWDD another for TWJD another for TWBD or 2leagues on the same squand and 1 diff or all 3 on the same squad.

it's workable and should free up some players on specialised TWL single league squads to play on other squads in other leagues.

i.e. increasing the playerbase with what we have

The question then becomes to i cater for those people who do log in on a "whim" to play the odd game, or do i look at the game as a whole and make sure there is a measure that stops 2 or 3 squads hoarding all the players, creating a more competitive TWD.
There is no right answer, and there will be arguments supporting both, but my focus will always be on the players who play the game now, regularly and not the odd person here or there. Anyways like i said, its a tough choice.

[Creature]

A-Cap: This is done already, upping limit of a-caps to 12 on each roster, this should remove alot of the problems where a cap isnt online as 12 will be 33% of the roster capable of handling a twd game. Obviously down to caps if they wish to use the full 12 or not.

Fully support - good move.

Cup games: Outside of TWL there is a lull in twd, as such 2 cup matches will be created (names to be announced later) which will basically be a knockout cup of all teams if they wish in twd. They games depending on amount of teams entering will be run over a week so wont take long, but winners will be recorded on site and/or arena.

If there is enough staff and player support. Let's make this happen....sounds like alot of work though on staff part tho.

Hall of fame: Alot of squads and players have been throughout twd, and its about time we recognised some of them. From players who spent time training up other players, to born champs, to squads who dominate twd or lasted throughout. The winners will have their names placed around the twd maps.

Medals: Similar to above, but we will be looking to setup medals after each TWL to give to players for certain achievements. MVP Awards, Ref awards, Dodge awards, 2v1 awards so on so forth are all under consideration, possibly involving if a few people get shortlisted some mini games to determine winners.

Impossible to quantify this. Highly disagree. Recognition should be given to TWL people. These are the true separators and winners of the league. TWD is not so much a competitive league but made as a way to develop players and allow for practice. I am very opposed to this.

Res Cap: Alot of people come to me re: res cap, as far as im concerned im reasonably happy with how res cap is working, however i am considering making twdd4 for example a non res cap arena, so people who want to dd without rescap can, but those who dont dont have too. At no point however will entire twdd etc have no rescap, as previously stated, the current limits make things fairer.

No problem with this. Do not see this making much impact though....

Maps: A few suggestions, of which i personally agree, is to make the maps for twd and twl similar if not identical. This will be something i look into over coming months and possibly look to implement after TWL.

Started a thread on this for the TWLJ/TWJD map like a year ago and it got alot of support but map never changed. Happy to dig out thread for you if you'd like reference. I'd fully support this. There is no reason why this shouldn't already exist.

Anyways, hopes this gives you at least some idea's of whats being planned/looking to be done going forward and feel free to discuss what you like/dont like. As with all idea's nothing is perfect, so offer alternatives if you think they are viable and i will consider them.

Thanks for your transparency and ideas. Hope you seriously consider some of my arguments here.

[Demonic]

well creature its upto flared regarding TWL, the hall of fame + medals is supposed to be a bit of fun TWD, not your massively serious who is the best player in the world type twl hall of fame etc..

As for transparency, i figured you guys dont get informed much on potential changes so lets try to keep things open, at the end of the day even though the decision is mine it does affect everyone who plays, and i can only base any suggestions i make on my own experiences, you guys have your own.

[Demonic]

TWDD/TWJD and TWBD maps have been updated to fall in line with TWL, if successful the remaining twd arena's will follow suit.

[ogron]

any chance we can get a 'damage dealt' stat for basing on the TWD site?

[Turban]

that might actually be possible to code and would be kind of useful.

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