Comments on: How to balance a multiplayer combat game

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By: Blacksheepboy

Blacksheepboy — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:53:32 +0000

“research system” would be like starcraft in a 2D shooter environment… kinda. [shrug]. Maybe a mode like this with bases? i dunno

By: Blacksheepboy

Blacksheepboy — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:41:14 +0000

“well, as of now you only have 5 units (I think, might be wrong), so wasting them on suicides would be silly”

oh really? I need to play this game before I comment o.o

By: danyukhin

danyukhin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:28:02 +0000

@bencelot well, as of now you only have 5 units (I think, might be wrong), so wasting them on suicides would be silly

By: bencelot

bencelot — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:16:41 +0000

How about you use the cash system that counter strike uses but instead of giving cash for kills you give cash for deaths? This removes the capitalistic element, provides a natural rubber band effect, and allows for more specific balancing by setting exact prices. It also adds a bit of a meta strategy in terms of saving cash to purchase a more powerful gun in a few rounds time. Of course, this might encourage players to suicide intentionally, which isn’t good. So there’d need to be something to prevent that happening. Good luck 😀

By: Blacksheepboy

Blacksheepboy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:17:41 +0000

you can AFFORD to be Rambo

(yeh, quadruple post)

By: Blacksheepboy

Blacksheepboy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:16:57 +0000

Like, it’s hard to take yourself seriously in a game because ‘it’s only a game’, so the realistic dimensions of war disappear (because, in real life, when you’re life is on the life, things become super-serious).

By: Blacksheepboy

Blacksheepboy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:13:48 +0000

There’s a frustrating balance, because while gimmicky can be fun (think of Minecraft), gimmicky isn’t often the best approach when ‘going for the kill’. And when it comes to virtual games, you don’t have to worry about getting killed, so you can be take “insane” risks without any negative consequences and only potentially positive and awesome results.

By: Blacksheepboy

Blacksheepboy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:09:15 +0000

Think about gimmicky versus effective.

By: MM

MM — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:22:53 +0000

Holofernes: that would balance the weapons but a problem with that would be that you can’t feel how powerful a gun is at any given moment. So you choose a railgun wanting to kill with 1 shot but it is weakened. You will get angry knowing that at the same time all your teammates picked it and it got weakened for you.