Server Map Rotation

[swfwebmaster]

Let us know what you think.

[angrytomass]

We need a balance! But if the majority prefer Vehicles or IO then I would suggest we have our server play the same % of IO and Vehicles as has been suggested here. ie. if 33% want Vehicle and 66% Want IO, that is how much time goes to each type, 4 1/2 Days IO, 2 1/2 Days Vehicles.
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[gendarth]

Why do it daily when you can do it every few rounds. It doesnt make sense to me to switch servers like that. Just keep it the same name and everything except have map rotations.

[angrytomass]

I think you would have to change the servers rules a fair bit to have infantry only load straight after Vehicles, I have never been on a server where they have just changed from IO to vehicles in a map rotation, so I wonder if its not possible to do it all through the 'command line'. Remember only one of us will have direct control over the server, I would assume that will be scriv, however we will have admin privlages such as Kicking, banning and map changing but im not sure how easy it will be to map change to IO only using the 'Command line'.
Im not 100% sure about it but when I have hosted servers before, even though they have been LAN and small ones, I know that this was true.
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[ArEs]

I dont think it would make sense to switch from IO to Vehicles every few rounds, sense it would most likely send away any population that we might accumulate by people going to look for more stable servers, (which would be bad for recruiting) more than it would attract people because of it. My preference for IO vs. Vehicle is more based on the map. Some maps are much better played IO than Vehicles, and although I assume many maps wouldn't work in IO ... I find that IO servers as of now are very limited in their map selections.

Oh on another note, I for one have always been really interested in playing IO on some of the bigger maps, that are normally exclusively Vehicles. I think that would bring for a of a real battlefield feel to the game.

[brusingbruno]

Why dont we just have half the week IO and half Vehicles?

[Milkrunner]

A lot of people have regular gaming days (or can only play on certain nights of the week) so it would be a balancing act (are weekends IO or Vehicles? Both? Which days? Etc..) and too much effort. I do agree that IO to Vehicles to IO to Vehicles might be irritating to some, but I also find that the diversity of maps--whether they're IO or Vehicles--helps keep me in the game and thinking of different things. If I play IO, I'm either playing Medic or Sniper, but if I'm playing a Vehicles map I might play Engie or Support as well. Perhaps switching every 3-4 maps between IO and Vehicles would make for an even balance. Just throw Karkaand in there and you'll fill the server up anyway.

Cheers,
Milk

[brusingbruno]

another thing to work out is how many rounds per map?

I think that 2 is a pretty good number because u get to play as each team on each map.

[brusingbruno]

WHY DONT WE JUST HAVE IT THIS WAY!

Mon-Thurs= IO
Fri-Sun=Vehicles

or vice versa

[gendarth]

I personally dont even care anymore, as long as we get the server up and running, we can have IO for the whole freakin life of the sever

[angrytomass]

Yeah its high time we got a server going!
All i favor say, 'aye!'

[gendarth]

aye!!

[ArEs]

So what was the final verdict? I like Brunos idea

[swfwebmaster]

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