On 2008-01-25 17:11, Shigernafy wrote:
You'll notice there's already a count of ship class on your faction on the nav map - a nice little listing of # of ships, and the type of each. So in theory we can just use that data; give each class a weighting and then base the pres variable off that.

However, that would also require the recalculation of pres values every time there's a new ship on the field. In that case, rank would be the easier way to go since we just update it when a new player joins the server. And rank, even if the player doesn't choose the max ship they can get, in theory correlates with skill.. so if you have a GA in a cruiser, they're in theory more threatening than a 2RA in a cruiser. In that regard, they should be ranked higher, right?

Just throwing out ideas.. I like where this is going.

On 2008-01-25 18:02, Enterprise wrote:

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On 2008-01-25 17:11, Shigernafy wrote: You'll notice there's already a count of ship class on your faction on the nav map - a nice little listing of # of ships, and the type of each. So in theory we can just use that data; give each class a weighting and then base the pres variable off that. However, that would also require the recalculation of pres values every time there's a new ship on the field. In that case, rank would be the easier way to go since we just update it when a new player joins the server. And rank, even if the player doesn't choose the max ship they can get, in theory correlates with skill.. so if you have a GA in a cruiser, they're in theory more threatening than a 2RA in a cruiser. In that regard, they should be ranked higher, right? Just throwing out ideas.. I like where this is going.

Even in a fictional standpoint it makes sense, fighting against impossible odds, knowing your chances are slim, very prestigious acts right?

I think it would, in my opinion, be better based on class of ship being used on all factions. The next version will herald a balance of sorts, with dreadnoughts being useful and such once more. You'd think a swarm of scouts against a couple dreads would be something akin to suicide, and more prestigious in a sense of thinking in a fictional way.

More work, yes, but more fair I think. In my opinion, the team with more players would not incur any penalty, but teams with less players would get a percent increase in prestige, depending on how bad the odds are tipped against them. It would encourage fleetless people to hop across factions for the extra gain.

But.. theres still one very disconcerting problem.

What about GAs? They dont need prestige. Such a system wouldnt effect nor bother them. So what about them, what incentives do they have to balance it out?





-Ent