Dead Server idea
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Dead Server idea
I was thinking of a use for dead servers. Perhaps Toonces could keep one server. Eliminate ownership of all colonies. Remove ranks and just have a listing of players on that server. No pollution or dying colonies. Make population stable, and keep solar at 5-10 shots. Let people have unlimited shields, and let ships and weapons cost nothing. Stock colonies with nukes, and defenses so you can redefend and try again. In effect use the server as a learning tool.
If you don't have to replace your ship, and you don't have to spend money to learn, then people could aquire skills on this server that would carry them through to other servers. Invading would be learned by trial and error without penalty. No more steep learning curve. You could try to invade a colony 50 times and fail or succeed. If you need revenue for this server have it cost a tourney point to participate. SGE has always had a steep leaning curve and after solar shots went to 10 it became even more difficult for new players to get up to speed. This would help keep new players interested and allow everyone to perfect skills needed to succeed.
What does everyone think?
If you don't have to replace your ship, and you don't have to spend money to learn, then people could aquire skills on this server that would carry them through to other servers. Invading would be learned by trial and error without penalty. No more steep learning curve. You could try to invade a colony 50 times and fail or succeed. If you need revenue for this server have it cost a tourney point to participate. SGE has always had a steep leaning curve and after solar shots went to 10 it became even more difficult for new players to get up to speed. This would help keep new players interested and allow everyone to perfect skills needed to succeed.
What does everyone think?
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Sounds like a great idea.
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This sounds insane. But a good type of insane. Only problem is that dead servers will become active servers, and active servers dead servers!!
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Luna, I wish you were a developer, I bet SGE population would double.
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JesusRocks765 wrote:Luna, I wish you were a developer, I bet SGE population would double.
*Hint* I would greatly benifit from a server like this. I suck at pretty much everything anymore. The last time I had any measure of success at invading I belonged to a Mega Corporation with tons of money, and solar was one shot. I proably have captured roughly 20 planets total since 2006. I'm horribly uncoordinated, can't seem to fly around corners or even straight for that matter. Forget planets with complicated maze patterns to get to the dome, or half the new layouts. The solar always caused me to panic, and I could never think fast enough to react to what needed to be done. By the time I figured out the path to take and how to do it I'd died 10 times over, and still had to take out nearly every defense to manage a cap. This would give me and many other players an opportunity to LEARN without years of frustration.
I can see this leveling the playing field for many players. Lets face it half the new people quit because they can't pick up the skills needed fast enough to compete. They run out of energy, and money long before they're actually competitive. Many of the really good players learned when solar was one shot, and have honed their skills since then. I pity those that had to jump in with some of the horrid new layouts, and pounding 10 shot solar, and try to be successful. This just seems more logical since we don't have many actual learning tools for SGE.
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great idea, needs to be altered somehow though. there needs to be a way to keep the practice server from becoming the main server. maybe you can only hold one planet at a time? that way it's purely practice, and people dont end up playing there just so they can non-stop easy invade.
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Very good idea.
Perhaps capping the number of players allowed online at one time? E.G Max 10 people at once?
Perhaps capping the number of players allowed online at one time? E.G Max 10 people at once?
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The basic concept is to enable people to learn. It could be tweaked in whatever way is needed to keep it from being a replacement server. A time limit per day or a limit of some sort would probably be in order to keep people moving along and not just invading constantly. No idea how to keep those with skills off the server so those without skills could learn. Observer mode would be handy so newbies could actually watch invasions and learn what works and what doesn't.
I'd love input on how this could work and what you feel would need to happen to keep it from taking away the playing element on other servers. Basically we need a "invading for dummies" server to assist people until their comforatable with their skill level.
I'd love input on how this could work and what you feel would need to happen to keep it from taking away the playing element on other servers. Basically we need a "invading for dummies" server to assist people until their comforatable with their skill level.
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Rollbacks could reset the planets that had been invaded. Good idea. We need more ways to keep it from becoming a replacement server for active perms. No rank would keep people from worrying about whose number one. All players would just be listed with no stats, just in the order they joined the server or in the order they played that day. My only concern would be taking away from the real servers.
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Luna: Name me an active server.
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Name me a server!
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sounds like a fun idea.. eliminate boring bull BBQ to invade
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I like this idea a lot. its not only helpful for new players but old ones as well. It will result in a more skilled player base which means more competition and more fun. It can also act as a test server for Toonces crazy ideas.
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angel!!!! whats up!!!angelizer wrote:I like this idea a lot. its not only helpful for new players but old ones as well. It will result in a more skilled player base which means more competition and more fun. It can also act as a test server for Toonces crazy ideas.
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I don't play any server currently, and haven't since Classic Homeworlds was deleted. I couldn't give a name of an active server unless I logged in daily and actually knew who plays what. Sorry, I couldn't actually answer the question.
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maybe he could just have pollution go down for older servers?
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he needs to keep new players away from the mainstream players. Nobody has patience for them..so i agree with this...give them something to not need to work for but to practice.