Warpath woes . . .

[Jem]

Trying a different version (newer) would be something to look into..I can say..what..causes stalemates is the ability to build upto on the 2nd cps and trying to capture the last point..maybe a longer spawn time for the defending team on the last point. I read someone here mentioned that the drop off happened as school began..I can attest to this as I usually play late nites.

Fellow Warpath players Drunken wants input lets give him some!!! I've gotten to know many of you on this map..Tis the map that got me to join eGO in the first place!!!

 

[.[BORN]2kill]

I have been playing warpath at lunch for a while and it has had anywhere from 24 players to full. Guess it does down a bit...

I like the idea of sudden death. I really dont know what else can be done to save it though. Maybe it is a good thing for it to fade out, get replaced with something, then have it come back later (with maybe that new version?). I believe in a natural progression of maps. There are a ton of others to try, no?

 

[DrunkenSailor]

Well what about a rotation server with warpath included? Or we could try the respawn times as well, lets keep the ideas coming.

 

[DuckDastardly]

need to see about getting the sudden death melee, that we had before the heavy update, back on the server. Cant mess with round times as that is built into the map, and as for respawn times I think they are fine, its a map that is meant to be difficult to take the farther you get into the enemies base, and takes ACTUAL TEAMWORK to actually win the map most of the time.

 

[Mr. Dogma]

Unfortunately, I'm not a massive fan of Warpath. I think it's okay, but it's not a server I'll sit on all day, sorry. I might start making more cameos on there, but not for too long.

I'm not gonna lie though, I wanna see eGO get Casbah on one of our servers, even if it's only a RTV or something. Since we have a valvemap rotation/rtv server why not a custom rotation/rtv server? If all else fails, I don't see why not try doing a bunch of custom maps including warpath on a rotation server.

Dunno, just a suggestion I'm throwing out there. Quite frankly, it all comes down to the player base. We can have people just sit in AFK to put the server on the radar, but it then comes down to relying on people who are the only ones playing to stay in there long enough for others to appear. It might just be a temporary slippage for now.

I'd consider waiting a little longer and see if the pattern keeps up before making any calls, but that's just me.

 

[Sixxgunn]

Unfortunately, I'm not a massive fan of Warpath. I think it's okay, but it's not a server I'll sit on all day, sorry. I might start making more cameos on there, but not for too long.

I'm not gonna lie though, I wanna see eGO get Casbah on one of our servers, even if it's only a RTV or something. Since we have a valvemap rotation/rtv server why not a custom rotation/rtv server? If all else fails, I don't see why not try doing a bunch of custom maps including warpath on a rotation server.

Dunno, just a suggestion I'm throwing out there. Quite frankly, it all comes down to the player base. We can have people just sit in AFK to put the server on the radar, but it then comes down to relying on people who are the only ones playing to stay in there long enough for others to appear. It might just be a temporary slippage for now.

I'd consider waiting a little longer and see if the pattern keeps up before making any calls, but that's just me.

I'm not a huge fan either . . . but we're trying to find maps that people WANT to play on. Seeding our servers is important, to get them filled . . . granted. But we want people to actually PLAY on them and have a good time. That's what we're here for. If Warpath isn't getting it done, then fine. There are a lot more fish in the ocean. That was the whole point of this thread . . . let's figure something out. Post here, send PM's, whatever. As Drunken said, it's the players that make up this community. Let's be constructive. (and for the record, I would be ok without convoy )

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[The Drifter]

Lets get this out of the way folks;If we lose Warpath to Convoy, Drifter is gonna crack some skulls!

C'mon! what happend to the great rivalries that would be spawned from the belly of Warpath.I remember that i never left Warpath back in they day. The whole, never ending combat of Warpath is what drawed me to it in the 1st place. It seems like all the Warpath Vets have moved on to other maps though, which does hinder our beloved server.

I do agree with the others about the majority of our servers are suffering because of School. There has to be a way we can remedy this without having to change the map on our server. Is there a way we could send periodic STEAM Community messages to our members to advertise a low populated server to increase its popularity?

Just a fellow Warpath Vets 2cents folks.

 

[I-Die-Often]

When I first joined, Warpath ws packed ALL the time... now... there are usually less than 20 people when I play. It may be time to remove WP even just for a while. What about something like a rotation server with a twist? Not rotating maps, but a server that can be used to upload a new map each month? Kind of a "Map of the Month"... of course... we would reserve the right to pull a map if it just completely flops...

Spawn times on WP... if you increase ST on the defending team, they would get rolled. The last point caps too fast for there to be a huge respawn time.

Sudden death would be good... but I don't know if that alone would bring in the players.

Are there any updated versions of WP with something new added to them? I don't know... it is a fun map... but largely it is a spam map.... spam spam spam... hope to get the point... I switched from WP to playing Blackmesa and Orange X3 (100% crits on a different server)... Black mesa because it is fun and requires REAL strategy.... and the all crits server because it is VERY fast paced and keeps the most ADD gamer playing...

 

[NaaD]

Warpath was the third server, that was filled this morning. Thats not bad at all, Warpath definitely has potential. I really wanna keep the dedicated Warpath server, and im sure im not the only one.
We've had issues with Warpath before, so maybe it is time to try something new and put it in rotation, but if we can prevent this, yes please.

 

[wasawiki.]

Its my favorite, I play it every day, I also help filling it in the morning.

 

[!Woodstock!]

Time for me to say something. Since many of you know that 99% of my playing time is on Warpath I would be dissapointed to see it go. However a huge factor that I can think of rightnow that is probably hurting it is school. I can no longer inhabit Warpath for 5 hours a day. Many may still love Warpath but if they can't play there to keep it full, it needs to change to a map that the community can currently fill. There is no saying that if Warpath is changed that next summer it cannot be changed back if we are available to play.

Suggestions:

Spawn times - I like them they way they are. It seems really balanced and the spawns are a fair distance from the choke points. I would not change anything here.

Round times - Good as well. Since Warpath is a big map for digging in and holding a choke point, it takes time to wear down the defences and push on. Lowering the time would probably increase the number of stalemates.

Sudden Death - Good idea. During the summer, pubs would be greatly dissapointed when after 40mins of hard work they were rewarded with a stalemate. Many of them asked why no SD? When SD was enabled, the reaction was very positive. My personall preference is to have a SD melee only. Not all one class, but the class you were when the time ran out. When it was all scout SD, it just became a battle of the herds. Multi class SD Melee only just offered more options and strategy.

Building on the 2nd CP - Broken. It does not really help your team. Having two dispensers up top for noone to use does not really help your team. And the turrets are easy to take down from the ridge with a soldier. It just seems to slow down the game. This is really just my personal opinion but I think building up there should not be allowed.

Thats all I have for now.

 

[cookies]

Warpath has been around forever. Its one of the maps you can't get rid of. I understand you guys have to pay for the server, but warpath has always been so popular with the community. So what if its numbers are down all of a sudden? Big wup. They'll pick up.

There's twentyfour ppl in there now.

Look at this curve. Slam packed for about 7 and a half hours. Yes its empty at 1 AM IN THE MORNING, but its back up at around twelve. is that so bad.

i guess I don'tk now much about running a clan but i'm just curios

 

[Sixxgunn]

Please . . nobody think that we WANT to get rid of WP. Plain and simply put, we want to bring in as many people as we can. Also, we want the players here already to stay. We've had some really good ideas posted here, I hope you keep them coming. The map of the month idea seems like a cool idea to me, but I think it might be best in a rotation. How about a controlled rotation that puts Warpath up when the regulars seem to be around and use a different map in the off hours? Just a thought.

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[!Woodstock!]

I like the idea of a controlled rotation. We could run Warpath during the hours when it is mostly full and in the off hours (early morning) run something else.

 

[Groo]

Now your talking.... During the heavy hours (Noon to Midnight), Warpath. And during the lighter hours Convoy...

That might work. Since neither crowd seems to be big enough to keep a server full all the time but each does have their following. And I would agree, turn on SD Melee for Warpath as well.

Can you set up the servers to auto switch maps at a given time even when no one is present?

-Groo

 

[aleatorystories]

Six maybe you guys could do a poll on what people want to see happen? Change map? or maybe change something about the game like the melee suggestions I keep seeing. Not sure if this is helpful just my idea though. Might be easier to get answers than sifting through a forum with people going back and forth....

 

[Jem]

Woodstock..I completely agree with you about the 2nd cp, and Sixx thats a great idea as far as having Warpath on at certain hours, maybe Noon to Midnight or 1AM on weekdays on maybe a bit later on friday and saturday nights?

 

[Sixxgunn]

We could do a poll, but I think we've gotten a great response here from everyone by posting this up. If you all like the idea of a controlled rotation, I'll set the ball rolling. I'm not sure if we can do anything about the 2nd CP, but I'll check into that as well.

Thanks all . . . . THIS is why eGO is so successful

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[Sixxgunn]

Now your talking.... During the heavy hours (Noon to Midnight), Warpath. And during the lighter hours Convoy...

That might work. Since neither crowd seems to be big enough to keep a server full all the time but each does have their following. And I would agree, turn on SD Melee for Warpath as well.

Can you set up the servers to auto switch maps at a given time even when no one is present?

-Groo

That's another question we'll look into. It would make sense that if the server is running xmap (call it convoy, bleh) and no one is there . . it switches to Warpath and then people start coming in. There are people around here with talent on loan from God himself. I doubt anything is not possible Thanks Groo . . and no, you didn't err this time.

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[Dreadmaker]

I like this idea of multiple less popular maps on a single server. Perhaps have a rotation for such maps?

Frankly, since we are one the subject... I would really like to give convoy another try.

Alternatively, myself and some other map-makers could get off of our lazy butts and turn WP into another clan-made-map server.