Im a big proponent of "PROVIDE STATS PER DEFAULT" + STF enabled for strategus, would make what I'm going to say completely doable without having to "announce" it on the forum.visitors can't see pics , please
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What I find boring, to some point, in strat battles, is the fact that the average of "builds" participating in them is (half of the time) quite static:
About 10% cav, 10% dedicated ranged, the 80% left approx divided in 3 by pole/1H/2H (a thing to learn for those who form the gear for armies)
Sometimes you get your occasionnal : OMFG they have superior number of cavalry, or OMFG they have superior number of ranged or whatever, but this isnt the norm (and when that happens, you're quite mad because you know there wont be enough horses/bow/special weapons n°4 for them...).
When real life armies were formed, they werent formed so that they would outfit any randomers that would come and say : hey, I like that weapon and the look of that helmet is astounding, I will take those, great thanks milord!
In reality, it would have been like this:
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So.... with that in mind, how about we "organize" such battles and force it down the throat of the players, in a non-committal way ?
Official Organisation!Someone launch an invitation with the following form:
Size : XXX versus XXX
Type of units : X% of Y, X% of Z (or 100% of this or that)
Battle rules : roster limit for attackers/defenders (dont recruit past X players, to balance the battle more artificially), or no roster limit, make attacks per wave (when you respawn wait for next wave and dont attack), or classic capture the flag battle, only chars with "provide stats" ticked could be accepted (no trolls 1 WPF or pubber that would RQ), or everyone can be accepted; other battle rules that could be planned beforehand...
Special rules : no such weapons; battle in such locations (plains, forest, hills, mountains); I offer X if you win, and you give me Y if I win (bet system?); at the beginning of the fight, both sides send their "best man" to duel; any ideas that you want and that the other have to agree on, really anything worth the investment and the fun!
Comments : anything worthwhile to say?
To ease the maddening skull-throbbing of the people, the actual commanders going for the fight would QUIT THEIR REAL FACTION and create a FAKE ONE that would describe what this army is COMPOSED OF.
Example:
commander Imperiale_Lu_Butan, quitted faction and created his own named ONLY CAVALRY
commander Merc_Haboe, quitted faction and created his own named ONLY PIKEMEN
They go at each other and people would see this:
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loginPlanning the day of the fight, and doing a proper "publicity" around the small event + this "created faction for the event" small tool would suffice to eliminate 90% of the problem of not having the gameplay tools to create such an event.
Then the only thing that will possible undo those themed battle, is the:
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But I wouldnt have posted that thread if I had no hope someone, somewhere, will take my invitation and find joy into the spilling of blood and stop the "good battles and xp for all, yah?" hypocrisy because most of the time, battles are done when you're 99% sure you will win and gain uber benefit from it (from the strategus leaders POV).
If noone finds any fault in my reasoning, or have a good idea about how to improve it, the organization will stay as it is, so how about we pass directly to the "proposition" part ?
