I feel the XP system in casual was simply to retain users in Valve servers. There's no reason for having a casual ranking other than big boy show offy points.
On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 12:29 AM, Josh Russell <[email protected] > wrote: > "Frankly, "casual" mode could (and should) have been adapted to be > community-server exclusive." Honestly, that's what I was hoping for, but > realistically... I'm not sure that would happen. I actually thought what > they were going to do was have a true 12v12 competitive mode by the time > this was released and give Casual completely to quickplay community > servers. I think that should've been the way to go. (and, you know... > actually have abandonment penalties in 12v12 comp). Also, having a > completely pointless, yet very prominent xp system in Casual was not the > way to go.... > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 6:57 PM, E. Olsen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Too early to tell, really. A drop-off after the initial "rush" of a new >> update was to be expected. >> >> Right now, I'm seeing some long-term servers dropping off in traffic by >> about 20% or so, and they certainly can die faster if alot of players leave >> at once, since they are not being "fed" any quickplay players.....but >> again, I'm sure many new players are just discovering community servers >> even existed, so bringing new players in will take time. >> >> Having said that, it would certainly be nice for Valve to provide >> incentives of some kind for players to find and favorite a few community >> servers (not to mention play on them). It wouldn't need to any kind of >> "competitive" award that could (and I'm sure would) be "gamed" by the bad >> apples out there, but providing incentive to spend more time on a community >> server of their choice would seem to be a simple addition. >> >> Frankly, "casual" mode could (and should) have been adapted to be >> community-server exclusive. Preventing people from gaming the system would >> have been easy - simply make "ranking up" server-group specific. In other >> words, even if some bad apples would game the system and allow players to >> "rank up" faster somehow on their servers, those ranks would only be good >> on their servers, and no others. That would both give players more incetive >> to play on community servers, AND encourage them to find a set of "home" >> servers to favorite. Even better....it would provide some great internal >> competition for our communities as well. >> >> I think if Valve simply looks at it from our perspective....we've spent >> the last 3+ years under the bus....perhaps (if they really see value in >> community servers, as it seems they still do, if only a little), then we >> need some additional assistance beyond simply a button in the UI. >> >> Maybe they already have somethiing in mind, I dunno....but if so I hope >> they can show a bit of a sense of urgency with it. >> >> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Weasels Lair <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I definitely like having the "community servers" option right on the >>> "find a game" menu, basically giving equal billing to the other options >>> there. >>> >>> But, as others have said, would have helped more years ago. Better late >>> than never I guess. I really saw no reason for such a simple GUI change >>> (not dissimilar to those suggested by the community) took so long to >>> Address. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > -- *Matthew (Rowedahelicon) Robinson* Web Designer / Artist / Writer Website - http://www.rowedahelicon.com/
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