13-08-2012, 04:29 PM
I've been playing a few games recently where one player is left alive yet gets called to die so the rest of the team can respawn.
This typically happens when the remaining player is a fast moving crossbow man or archer, they run around in loops confusing the AI and with a jumping spin gain a headshot then repeat ad infinitum.
Now the problem as I see it is that it's not interesting viewing to sit watching this guy running round, they'll claim they're still earning XP, but they're earning it slower than if the team was alive and they could stand and shoot, and gain assist XP from other people around them killing.
It's a viable tactic however that I imagine is because of the AI and this would have to be tweaked, but the problem could also be that it's the only way to combat the Nords when you're the last one left.
Imagine an Infantry man in the same situation, there really is nothing they can do unless they get lucky with a two-hander and out swing the enemy, or are at least heavily armoured, that takes time and gold however, a crossbowman and archer can survive this threat almost immediately.
I'm not sure what the solution should be, but I'd like to hear what other people think and see if there is something that can be done, or maybe something to make being dead and spectating more interesting, when you know you'll be dead for a long time.
This typically happens when the remaining player is a fast moving crossbow man or archer, they run around in loops confusing the AI and with a jumping spin gain a headshot then repeat ad infinitum.
Now the problem as I see it is that it's not interesting viewing to sit watching this guy running round, they'll claim they're still earning XP, but they're earning it slower than if the team was alive and they could stand and shoot, and gain assist XP from other people around them killing.
It's a viable tactic however that I imagine is because of the AI and this would have to be tweaked, but the problem could also be that it's the only way to combat the Nords when you're the last one left.
Imagine an Infantry man in the same situation, there really is nothing they can do unless they get lucky with a two-hander and out swing the enemy, or are at least heavily armoured, that takes time and gold however, a crossbowman and archer can survive this threat almost immediately.
I'm not sure what the solution should be, but I'd like to hear what other people think and see if there is something that can be done, or maybe something to make being dead and spectating more interesting, when you know you'll be dead for a long time.