(migrated) Corner camping in Upload

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(migrated) Corner camping in Upload #3

Open deferred-impact opened 2 years ago

deferred-impact commented 2 years ago

People go to the corner in Upload and stay there all game.

Problems with that:

lack of strategy - no opportunities for flanking
dull gameplay - always fight in the same spot and attack/defend the same direction
map corners are typically boring - why would you spend your entire round in a spot where you only see trees? Sarunas spent so much time making cool maps yet we completely ignore the cool parts (which tend to be in the middle)
if corner camping is allowed, Upload becomes just strictly worse Hardpoint
defense is extra OP in the corner - less surface area, easier to build a huge barricade

deferred-impact commented 2 years ago

I propose the following solution:

Create an area on the map edge. The area extends, idk, 1-2 screen widths inwards from the edge. In this edge, the flag carrier has a short timer (slightly longer than it would take them to reach the edge), and once this timer ends, they are instakilled by the game. If the flag carrier exits this zone, the timer starts counting in the other direction (i.e. it doens't instantly reset). Other players are not affected by this, and can freely walk in this zone.

The main annoying thing to implement about this is the UI that would show how much time you have left in the death zone. Otherwise, it's a rather easy task.

deferred-impact commented 2 years ago

A certain fix has been implemented, but the way it is implemented is rather dubious. I am gonna keep this issue open as i do not believe the problem is fully resolved (i.e. corner camping is still reasonably viable and edge camping is still fully viable)