Every map style/type whether its an AoS, RPG, TD, Hero Defense, or completly new style of game, will have followers that love the game and will want to play it.
The problem is for the maps that have a smaller following, it is making it harder for them to be played and on that get noticed by other people that may be interested in the game.
With the popularity system only handful of maps will be popular and making it EXTREMLY difficult for the people that like the other games to get quick games going.
Yeah but no dedicated servers didn't render the game unplayable, it's nowhere near as big a failure as Bnet 2.0. Sure it may be an annoyance, but only for those outside the US, and even then the game's still playable (unless you're from a third-world country and can't get anything beyond 56k). This popularity system makes custom gaming all but impossible. If you want a better example, imagine MW2 without dedicated servers, AND a limit to 5 games at any given time, and you get banned if you have a good ping. That system would rival the popularity system.
It did for people out of the US the only gameplay mode we could ever play was Team Deathmatch... cause that was the only chance we had of having a decent connection to someone closer to us. Ie someone in AUS. there were never enough people to play outside that 1 game mode with a decent enough connection. so 95% of the online gameplay was unplayable. This may not be for everyone but this is definetly how it stands for me.
much like Bnet 2.0 95% of the custom games are unplayable because of the popularity system. I'm all with you I think popularity is crap I have slowed down on map making and lost interest because in the 2 months of working on my map the same maps are still at the top, you occasional see some dodgy 2 player 5 minute made map rise up stay there overnight and fall again because it is just plain boring and has no replayability after 3 games.
I wonder is it possible to start a petition on blizzard forums regarding a change and getting people to sign it, I'm sure you will see a lot of interest and depending on how you word the petition, blizzard won't remove it and POSSIBLY may apply changes, fact is they will stick to bnet 2.0 but it could be modified to be a little bit more friendly towards the map making community
Cod 4 Modern Warfare 2... no dedicated servers = mega fail = Bnet 2.0
well no dedicated servers fails for everyone with internet behind americas. cause no matter what you end up with a high ping making the game unenjoyable(for the likes of us in australia/nz and probably a lot more countries)
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Put it this way:
Every map style/type whether its an AoS, RPG, TD, Hero Defense, or completly new style of game, will have followers that love the game and will want to play it.
The problem is for the maps that have a smaller following, it is making it harder for them to be played and on that get noticed by other people that may be interested in the game.
With the popularity system only handful of maps will be popular and making it EXTREMLY difficult for the people that like the other games to get quick games going.
It did for people out of the US the only gameplay mode we could ever play was Team Deathmatch... cause that was the only chance we had of having a decent connection to someone closer to us. Ie someone in AUS. there were never enough people to play outside that 1 game mode with a decent enough connection. so 95% of the online gameplay was unplayable. This may not be for everyone but this is definetly how it stands for me.
much like Bnet 2.0 95% of the custom games are unplayable because of the popularity system. I'm all with you I think popularity is crap I have slowed down on map making and lost interest because in the 2 months of working on my map the same maps are still at the top, you occasional see some dodgy 2 player 5 minute made map rise up stay there overnight and fall again because it is just plain boring and has no replayability after 3 games.
I wonder is it possible to start a petition on blizzard forums regarding a change and getting people to sign it, I'm sure you will see a lot of interest and depending on how you word the petition, blizzard won't remove it and POSSIBLY may apply changes, fact is they will stick to bnet 2.0 but it could be modified to be a little bit more friendly towards the map making community
@Colt556: Go
Cod 4 Modern Warfare 2... no dedicated servers = mega fail = Bnet 2.0
well no dedicated servers fails for everyone with internet behind americas. cause no matter what you end up with a high ping making the game unenjoyable(for the likes of us in australia/nz and probably a lot more countries)