4 spids limit?

[Jeansi]

Allow for some shipchanges, that way more people would dare to start a jav. Personally i'm all for arro's pub-style unlimited ship-changes but I guess that's just a tad to radical.

:up:

[Sufficient]

If ppl are afraid of shipchanges ... why don't you just add in something extra like:

If you shipchange ... you must sit out for 10 sec ... thus giving a small penalty for ppl/teams who constantly shipchange.

[Fit of Rage]

I think ship changes would be good for TWLB.

Lots of people agree with you. Sounds like a write-over for TWLB rules!

[JeBu]

I'm with nick... implement ship changes.

more freedom for strategy... not less.

me 2

[Roggan]

No limit, although Spastic w/ 5 spid line is almost an impossible cram to break with 5 spids.

But i think 5 spid line games are much more exciting, and is alot more competitive.

[Abatis]

Hmm what do you guys think of this, I just came up with it when reading nick's post about getting changes back:

- Best of #X rounds (short ones, maybe to 5 minutes with best of 3/4/5).

- You cannot change your lineup between the rounds (other than the normal amount of subs allowed.

- You can have the same SHIP lineup only once.

This way you could play a 5 spid lineup once, a 4 spid + jav once, a 4 spid + bird once etc.

It's too easy to get a lucky td and then most decent squads can hold their own in a cram for 5 mins even with only 4 spids unless they're completely out of their league. But if we made the rounds longer, it'd take too much time... Okay, that was really profound. But I'd agree with those who want limited ship changes or perhaps the idea with the time penalty after changing ships.

[JeBu]

hmm but if u add shipchanges should there be some time before ship actually changes because when u do shipchange it gvies full nrg and wins time. and example those last minute cloaker changes are pretty lame even its tactical but just too lame. so maybe something like 60 second and cloaker 120 second

[Nickname]

No limit, although Spastic w/ 5 spid line is almost an impossible cram to break with 5 spids.

But i think 5 spid line games are much more exciting, and is alot more competitive.

A) Thats why spastic won the title last year, right?

B) More exciting? Did you play pre-cram?

[Ewan]

- You cannot change your lineup between the rounds (other than the normal amount of subs allowed.

- You can have the same SHIP lineup only once.

Um?

[Cig Smoke]

A) Thats why spastic won the title last year, right?

B) More exciting? Did you play pre-cram?

I dont think u can realy compare spastic last year to spastic this year. Last year they had many of there starters on differnt squads. That said i dont think spastic is "unbeatable" i do tho think they are the favorites at this moment, and no ship changes and being allowed to have 5 spiders certainly favorits them and a-s's style.

[Zerzera]

There was this other thing I can't stop thinking about. There is this certain terrier that at some times can just run trough a cram due to something weird in his connection, but that would also mean that he can be like that while defending. But it's almost impossible to notice that advantage.
I mean it's very clear if you fly trough a cram, eat the bullets of 3 spiders, a burst and ignore repels. People will be all over you then, but they won't be as you are defending and the terrier eats a single javbomb or burst.
I know that there are some people with their lag close to extreme too, but that temporary godmode is extreme.

[Raspinewbie]

Jebu jebu jebu EEKS!

I've been basing almost the whole time I've played tw and I think basing was much more fun before cram came along. Back then (warp/myth-age) ppl used to have a jav or a wb thrown in and lag didn't play such a big part.

Of course, you can't prevent these lagging basing squads ^-^ playing with 5 spiders (how much skill is there to just form a vortex of lag in the entrance?). I know there's laggots in every squad but some squads use their lag a lot better than others. Maybe we shouldn't, I think the only way to go is to have a couple shipchanges so you don't always need to play the safe way (meaning 5 spiders). Wasn't there at least one shipchange in previous seasons?

[JeBu]

I've been basing almost the whole time I've played tw and I think basing was much more fun before cram came along. Back then (warp/myth-age) ppl used to have a jav or a wb thrown in and lag didn't play such a big part.

Of course, you can't prevent these lagging basing squads ^-^ playing with 5 spiders (how much skill is there to just form a vortex of lag in the entrance?). I know there's laggots in every squad but some squads use their lag a lot better than others. Maybe we shouldn't, I think the only way to go is to have a couple shipchanges so you don't always need to play the safe way (meaning 5 spiders). Wasn't there at least one shipchange in previous seasons?

actually...yes lining was fine but hey it was way different. i think spids needed more skill. and sharks got MVP. but what u saying about lag, dont u remember when some lag squads just rushed in trought spid line while they kept firing. ok now maybe jav or wb can alg and shoot 1 bomb/bullet trought reps but whole laggot team cant walk trought cram. maybe that why ppl change to cram?

[froedrick]

OK first off. Don't limit the spiders. Basing is Basing, we don't need to change it again.

Cig, you'd be listened to so much more if you weren't always on both sides of the argument and totally contradicting yourself in every second post

[bloodzombie]

Cig, you'd be listened to so much more if you weren't always on both sides of the argument and totally contradicting yourself in every second post

typing in english helps too.

I think jeansi's idea seems fun. best of 3, 10 minute rounds, can't use the same line twice. I don't understand why he says you have to play the same guys though (If I read that right)... seems cooler to have one guy specialize in lanc, one in bird etc... You can keep your basic ships the same if they work, then change your special guys around.. I think it would be fun, and I like multi-round basing.