25.09.2011, 16:33
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Last edited by Gryphus One; 25/09/2011 at 06:29 PM.
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You know that usually there are dm servers on one side, and tdm servers on the other side, so my idea is to have both kinds in the same server: there would be some premade teams like in any tdm, and also a "hitman" class. While members of a team would have to cooperate and play together like in any tdm, hitmen would play on their own and could kill and be killed by anyone, including other hitmen (i.e, a hitman can kill another).
This way each option has its own advantages and disadvantages: if you play in a team, you have the advantage of being safer as your teammates can't kill you, but the disadvantage of having fewer players that you can kill because you can't kill players of your own team either. On the other hand, if you choose to be a hitman it's the opposite: you have the advantage of being able to kill anyone you want, but the disadvantage is that you also have more enemies. Also, if this hitman class doesn't become popular enough, a possibility could be to give it an small advantage, like some better weapons or a partial spawn armour, to motivate players to choose this class.
With this system, choosing a team or being a hitman would depend mainly on your skill: if you are a newbie your first priority is to survive rather than to kill, so you better choose a crowded team. On the contrary, if you are a skilled player, you have no problems to survive and you want to kill anyone on your way, you better choose hitman to have more freedom. EDIT: Even if you choose to be in a team, the balance between safety and freedom is different depending on the number of members of that team: if you choose the most crowded team, you have the highest safety and the lowest freedom, whereas if you choose a team that has only two members, then it would be almost like being a hitman.
EDIT 2: Another thing to take into account would be the spawns: each team would have its own spawn point and all members of that team would spawn there, however hitmen should have some random spawn points.
So why not make something like this? is any server out there offering this?
This way each option has its own advantages and disadvantages: if you play in a team, you have the advantage of being safer as your teammates can't kill you, but the disadvantage of having fewer players that you can kill because you can't kill players of your own team either. On the other hand, if you choose to be a hitman it's the opposite: you have the advantage of being able to kill anyone you want, but the disadvantage is that you also have more enemies. Also, if this hitman class doesn't become popular enough, a possibility could be to give it an small advantage, like some better weapons or a partial spawn armour, to motivate players to choose this class.
With this system, choosing a team or being a hitman would depend mainly on your skill: if you are a newbie your first priority is to survive rather than to kill, so you better choose a crowded team. On the contrary, if you are a skilled player, you have no problems to survive and you want to kill anyone on your way, you better choose hitman to have more freedom. EDIT: Even if you choose to be in a team, the balance between safety and freedom is different depending on the number of members of that team: if you choose the most crowded team, you have the highest safety and the lowest freedom, whereas if you choose a team that has only two members, then it would be almost like being a hitman.
EDIT 2: Another thing to take into account would be the spawns: each team would have its own spawn point and all members of that team would spawn there, however hitmen should have some random spawn points.
So why not make something like this? is any server out there offering this?
My favorite gm is tdm.
