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Area/Game:Blue Max
Topic:General
Subject:Re: BM 2010 WWI Campaign - Armistice! Germans Won!
Posted by: BlueDragon - 15years 48days ago.
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markrendl wrote:
TXWard wrote:
FENRIS wrote:
My only critique would be "faction loyalty".
As Templars pointed out early on (and many of us followed suit once we had our bearings on how things were being worked out) I would prefer to see less "trench-hopping". Would it be possible to commit (lock-in) a player I.D. to a particular side after his 1st plane selection, perhaps by posting a list?

I have trouble following the logic here. What's the benefit of having "phantom" accounts set up to play the opposite side of the campaign instead of allowing the same username to do it?

I'd rather see a limit to the number of pilots a player can use so as to make their lives that much more valuable. Even then, how do you prevent the "phantoms" from circumventing it?


I like being able to fly both sides and would be opposed to restrictions on that.

Restricting the number of pilots one could use would only punish those players who are the most active in the campaign, as those random one shot kills do add up rather quickly when you play a lot of games.

Thus, I'd prefer to leave things as is, as far as player participation options go.

OTOH, if we were to set up a squadron campaign, I'd have no problems with flying in the same squadron on the same side for the duration of the war as a more historical alternative to an open campaign. I think there'd perhaps be a fair number of logistical challenges to organizing and running such though.

markrendl


I agree that playing one-side-only can be nice, and it might add some more competition between Allied and Germans.
However, *enforcing* it as a restriction has quite a few disadvantages:
1) Some (many?) players actually enjoy the freedom of playing both sides, and not being stuck with flying only some type of planes.
2) While the campaign software can easily track who is assigned to which side, what happens if a players joins the wrong side? While people committed to the campaign can probably make a mistake only once in a while (or never), casual players would probably join both sides. Should we then declare "void" those games where someone switched side?
Games obviously cannot be canceled by the software and I think it's not possible to post a message in a game you are not playing..so I would not even be able to warn people that they are playing a non-valid game.
3) As noted, people with 2+ accounts can play both sides (this is actually "an advantage" if you consider that it solves (partially) problem 1).

I think that playing one side can be nice, and I would encourage people (now that we've played both sides) to play the next campaign using one-side.
However, it's probably better to leave it as a *choice* instead of forcing it, for the reasons stated above.

On the other hand, if we play a Squadron Campaign (and that is what I'd like to do next), I'd agree with enforcing a one-side only policy. A Squadron Campaign will probably need passworded games and people voluntarily joining the campaign so point 2) would probably solve by itself.

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