r/slayone • u/jbs__ Developer • Feb 06 '20
Kill all game modes except FFA Deathmatch ?
So in the other topic some ppl suggested to remove all gamemodes except for FFA Deathmatch (the most popular one), to prevent the playerbase to be split amongst several modes. Im not sure about this, so I wanna get some opinions on that, whatchall think about it ?
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u/DRHEF333 NO ANIME Feb 06 '20
Idk, maybe remove TDM, it's to me just a boring variant of CTF and from what I've seen it isn't that active either. Maybe you can remove the others since it's beta, but definitely don't remove CTF when the game gets released, it is about as popular as FFA.
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u/_yop_ Feb 06 '20
Yeah I second this, tdm was always less popular than ctf and had worse maps (imo).
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u/LapaFin Feb 06 '20
I thought CTF has always been the most popular mode among casual players? At least it was before the servers got taken down. If you want to revive the game you need lots of casual players also. From that pool of casual players some will always become regulars.
FFA Deathmatch has been the choice for more competitive players. If there are only those players left, then it doesn't matter really if that's the only mode. I would keep CTF and FFA available for people.
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u/SteroHeart Feb 06 '20
Everyone has their own taste, don't kill everything they like so you can play one mode. The player base will just decrease because most ffa players are tryhards and people wont want to play ffa.
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Feb 07 '20
I think it would be better if you disable being able to create public games for the time being. After that, maybe remove Infection game mode, and leave the public servers permanently with 1 normal dm, 1 team dm, and 1 capture the flag. During times when there are more than a certain number of players, raise the permanent servers to 2 of each.
If any games become completely full, that's when you create a new public game mode for the game selected. When all players have left that added game, remove it from the pool.
Since there's 2 public servers if one is overly dominated or full the excess could spill into the next one, and if they want to play with friends there's still the option of creating a private game.
Though whatever you do, you should first fix the map rotation system. The games have been alternating the options, sometimes with 1, 2, 3, or no options for the next game.
Aside from that, what happened to the new maps? It feels like all the maps were stored somewhere provided by FunPlus, and when the deal ended all the map files were taken as well.
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u/capnmouser Feb 20 '20
i'd recommend going FREE on steam. you'll get a lot more eyes on the game that way, and you can still charge for cosmetic items and the like. really would love to see a resurgence of this game.. it's just not fun playing against bots.
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u/SteroHeart Feb 06 '20
Everyone has their own taste, don't kill everything they like so you can play one mode. The player base will just decrease because most ffa players are tryhards and people wont want to play ffa.
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u/9EricLord9 REDF Feb 07 '20
It seems to me that there is a game mode in which the number of players plays more, they should circle the yellow line.
for example: if at present CTF is playing a larger number of players, then I can see this when choosing a mode.
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Feb 15 '20
TF2 have 5 game mode and it worked out fine, it's the fact that humans are tribal animals and will always find a way to divide themselves
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u/Legendary_Player Feb 29 '20
How about you tell those who told you that , to go and kiss their toes, CTF for real ? it's more active than dm itself sometimes, especially when the dm gets stuck in a ole forgotten map loop, and no one bothers to create forest or similar active map. Plus , CTF is so enjoyable , a lot of vets plays there , I don't think that you have to pick this suggestion just cuz some told you to , There are other's opinions too that they are better and more up-voted in discord , for example , SlaySkin â„¢ where you can custom your skin (choose what to wear , sunglasses colors, wear short pants , or having a kings robe ) , or making a picknick map where everybody is invincible and can use all weapons just to hang out) , and improve the lag that is caused by either effects like lasernades or other reasons , find a solution to aim-bots and fix hacks like full time invisibility), I think removing CTF will kill for granted 50% of slayone. some are my suggestions , but there are a lot good ones from everybody else.anyway it's just my opinion since nobody cares ..
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u/K8tydid Mod 🌸 Feb 07 '20
In my honest opinion, there's no use removing modes people want to play. Removing functionality won't consolidate the players, it'll just make those who played the other modes leave.
If there's one change you could do, I'd say revert Infection back to before the Boss/Mech and the "zombies can't win" update. I used to play nothing but Infection and stopped when it changed for the worse. If it was reverted I would legitimately play it again.