I've posted this before, but I haven't been able to find the thread again.
I was thinking of a 20 second warm up at the beginning of each map before the first "official" round starts. Like TF2s "waiting for players..." phase, or Unreal's "awaiting other players..." phase.
This will serve two purposes :
- Allowing people to download the maps when the servers are updated, so they won't miss the first spawn (will also save them from getting spawn raped by cav that might load in faster)
- This will allow Banner Balance to kick in for the first round.
At the end of the 20 second warm up phase, players will be subject to Banner Balance and will be balanced INTO the first "official" round of the map. Which will be beneficial to clan members who are interested in working together on the pub servers without having to wait one round while they wait for Banner Balance to kick in.
Thoughts?
Edit; Please vote on this, if we're lucky, the wonderful devs will see this!
If you think that the time should be something other than 20 seconds, please post with a good explanation as to why it should be the number you suggest. That way, there's at least some reason to your ideas too!
If no, obviously, reasons would be nice