Thread: Poll: What would your ideal 2142 map mode configurations be for the servers?

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

such as vtrx, or BD, or _____.

Nobody has the nuts to say "fuck this map, i'm disconnecting" in my presence. And the people in my squad almost always join, map after map, back with me.....so I don't even pay attention to what map it is. Doesn't matter what the map is when you've got a squad/team/objective mentality.

are their flags? Is their a titan? Are we going to try to win? Then the map name is irrelevant. Only difference is the weather, time of day, and terrain.

So, if you've got people in your sqaud that are poopy pants about maps like tampa, or the NS series, or the titan's in conquest mode....then you need to start looking at the people in your squad, rather than the map. The conquest server is bumping off the hook, and has been since it's inception. titan is a little slower...but that likely has to do with the disease of pwnage, and the pwnage addicts seeking a 24/7 inf only conquest environment. Those suckers find out server, thinking they're going to get their fix.....and instead get stomped on. that, or they have an awakening, and they become teamplayers.

I don't care what the map is. I don't even care what my gun is, most of the time. make do, find a task, and do it.

And again.....anyone with a "omg this map sucks, omg" attitude.......well.......gets a "nonteamplayer" tag added to their kick/ban message. Something they deserve.

In your earlier comments, you were disparaging towards the 5th and not all 2142 resident clans, which is why I chose to respond to your comments, in order to both illustrate that we are NOT the type of gamers you described us as to this community, and to explain to you how dedicated we are to TTP.

Bigdog...let me tell you, with your volatile nature that is no easy task. It is almost against my better judgement to even present my opinions, respectfully, to you.

As for the rest, with all due respect Bigdog, you are basically making some huge assumptions about your playerbase here at TTP to say that just because people prefer some maps over others, or a particular game mode or another, that they are chumps who have no teamplay capability and just want to pwnzor 24/7 or whatever it is you are saying they do. Loving teamplay, and loving every single bit of data crammed into a game CD by the developers are two entirely different concepts and one does not have a bearing on the other.

Preferring infantry combat with vehicles in support, rather than vehicle combat with infantry in support, is a minor distinction in terms of how people enjoy the game. Preferring conquest over titan, or one map over another, does not in any way indicate a lack of love for vehicles, or of teamplay. One just does not follow the other.

Titan bores me because eventually I know I'm going to either spend 15 minutes mindlessley throwing myself down a corridor in the hopes that I survive 1 of 30 attempts, or spending those 15 minutes standing still in a corridor and tossing nades/rockets/bullets at those attacking. For me that is boring....but I don't in any way disparage those that prefer that style of play. Most of the time mind you, but not always. Sometimes you are ordered to clear the topside of the titan, or remain on silos...but i've been here long enough that I know many, many commanders see my squad and put me immediately on titan defense/offense because they know I'll give them a YES SIR and do my damn level best to get results.

To make such broad assumptions about some of your most loyal fans simply because they make benign statements such as "I don't like this map" or "I don't like this mode as much as the other" ... it doesn't bring us closer together, or provide opportunities to discover solutions, or common ground. If the intent is to shift opinions and create more gamers that agree with your personal gameplay preferences in terms of server style and map selection, I would think that positive encouragement would garner far greater returns than the current responses being presented.

I love what you have created here. I don't want to be anywhere else. I want to (figuratively speaking) show my TTP and 5th Column colors from now till the day the world ends, period. I am truly not trying to argue with you, but this connection between not sharing your opinion of game modes or maps, and other people being non-teamplayer chumps, is just not fair.

In conclusion, the only other comment I feel necessary to make is where you say "you need to look at the people in your squad". Ok, lets look at this. 5th Column dedicated teamplayers. VTRX teamplayers. BD teamplayers. Dedicated Admin teamplayers. Regulars and Reservists who follow orders with nary a thought other than "lets get this shit done!". Pub players who play in my/our/your squads for 30 seconds and go "OMFG I did not understand gaming could be like this". Those are the only types of people that populate my squads. People who do not wish to follow orders, get with the program, and play the game the TTP way, do not stay in my squad. I don't have time nor room in a 6 man squad to have my squad strength diluted by lonewolfs on the other side of the map.

So when I check my squads, I see a sterling collection of the finest gamers the internet has to offer. That is what I see when I look to my squads.
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Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Verdun Titan, as I recall, has a nasty little glitch that has been reported to EA (by TTP no less) that they still have not fixed. It's a big enough deal that it could end the round as prematurely as the commander missile hack.

Yep, it still exists and was not fixed in 1.5. That makes Verdun playable only in the conquest mode, or else pubbers that see the map in the rotation will come in and squash it.

should be...on that conquest server i hear a lot about but don't see much of, if at all

if anyone needs to find me...im stuck, as usual, defending.

Send me a care package please and pictures Be sure to ask the commander which hall I am in so that the delivery guy can find me P.S. My loyal squadmates would like some girlie mags / ciggies / and a good stout that would hit the spot!

Thank you for your military defense support!

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

I haven't played Verdun in a while. Has this been taken off of the servers, or have I just missed it?

Voted for change (re: any option above other than staying the same is fine with my tastes).

Stagnation is the enemy.

Originally Posted by hadji

Voted for change (re: any option above other than staying the same is fine with my tastes).

Stagnation is the enemy.

That could be a very good point Hadji. One server is healthier than the other, and the problems seems to be growing worse, not better. I can't remember the exact number but just a week or two ago conquest was ranked at 60, now its at 76. It's dropping lower on a daily basis with no signs (yet) of picking up steam.

On top of that we have to worry about a second, even less healthy server, so we can't even concentrate on our best bet for maintaining our rankings, and growing them.

I voted other, because I would like to see both servers mixed.

However, I would like one to be Mixed with NS maps, and the other server to be a pure 2142 mixed server.

My reasoning is simple. The later it gets, the less likely people without NS are going to rejoin the server. This in essence means that a NS map late at night will kill the server because those without it wont bother to wait for it to switch and will go elsewhere. There are still alot of TTP regulars that dont have NS, and quite a few good players that arent regulars here as well.

Well what about a full NS server, titan and AL? This way we will never lose people who have NS and could pick up a few people who have NS. Keep main pure+NS so it won't do any difference and this way the roll-over server works that way and will rarely crash as much as the main(I mean NS 'Crashes').

I think this would be a good setup like the CSS custom map server, in this case NS maps.