Game mode: protect the VIP

[ammeron]

i think a "protect the VIP" strategy would be a lot of fun. for those who dont know what that is -
Gameplay:
1. each team has 1 player who is the king
2. each team has unlimited respawns *unless the teams king is killed then they are no longer allowed to respawn when killed
3. if a king kills a player on the opposing team they are also not allowed to respawn (even if their teams king is still alive)  *this prevents the kings from camping in a corner the whole time and rewards them for taking risks
4. the round plays out team deathmatch style until one teams king is killed and the team is finished off, or a king has killed enough players to make overwhelming odds to win
this mode would probably need some balance with classes, because it wouldnt exactly be fair for 1 teams king to be picked as lvl 10 archer, and the other as a lvl 33 strength build who never....ever...dies (serge cough) , there would be some tweaks to work out but it could be fun.

[RibaldRon]

I think something like this would be awesome in the style of "THE HUNTED" where the King must go from point A to point B, and the opposing faction must try to hunt him down along the way.

Of course he has his own team of bodyguards to stop the assassins. 

[Korgoth]

What ever happened to Protect The Virgin?

If you haven't played that it's basically a bot woman that gets attacked by waves of bots. Players protect her. If the bots get to her they rip her cloths off and rape her.

[RibaldRon]

What ever happened to Protect The Virgin?

If you haven't played that it's basically a bot woman that gets attacked by waves of bots. Players protect her. If the bots get to her they rip her cloths off and rape her.

That was nerfed HARD, EXP/gold rewards were both toned down considerably, and upkeep was increased tremendously.

TBH the game mode sounded AWESOME back when you maybe-kinda won at times, but often it involved exploits, as the AI is not  phenomenal. so it was nerfed and then removed as nobody wanted to waste gold  to get terrible XP. 

[Aleta]

There was a similar gamemode proposed recently, where one had siege and one team had a king they were supposed to keep alive instead of the flag. I think both this and that sounds a lot better than defend the virgin. I think just gamemodes with bots just isn't that fun and also is exploitable.