[Team] Kilemal
06-23-08, 01:45 PM
I'm considering lowering the number of players and bots in the vanilla (stock) map game, because I think it's entirely possible that less players will make for a better game. I know everyone else who runs co-op games on the stock maps runs 32 bots and 32 maximun players, but keep in mind the stock maps are 16 player maps. They were made for 8 players per side not 32, so even when there's just 10 players in the game you have 42 players (humans + bots) on a map that was designed for 16. Most (maybe all) have only 4 control points on the entire map, two of which are cap-able. Therefore, most games are nothing more than capturing the first control point and setting up camp there to massacre the bots as they spawn at the next c/p.
Sure less bots will probably mean that the average score per round goes down, but I think the quality of gameplay will go up. There just might be more to the game than 32 bots all spawning at the same spot on the map and getting blown away 5 seconds later just to respawn in the same place and do it all over again. Opening up the maps a little by reducing the number of bodies on it might be a major improvement.
Let me know what you all think of this - especially those of you who play in that game a lot.
Sure less bots will probably mean that the average score per round goes down, but I think the quality of gameplay will go up. There just might be more to the game than 32 bots all spawning at the same spot on the map and getting blown away 5 seconds later just to respawn in the same place and do it all over again. Opening up the maps a little by reducing the number of bodies on it might be a major improvement.
Let me know what you all think of this - especially those of you who play in that game a lot.