A better idea for tutorials is to make it text you can't pass, like Vanaduke's one line..... You can't skip that, just make the tutorial text the same way.

I think I might have been one of the people who brought this up so yes you have my +1.

It still wouldn't be good to bar players from progressing in their missions because they have to wait on other players. If SK can make better bots than what they have already then players could finish this mission easier. Making a good bot is difficult, obviously the SK server knows exactly what your player can do and it has a perfect connection so beating the player should be easy. You want a bot that rarely takes advantage of it's perfect knowledge.

So far the only bots we have are the mindless mecha knights and rescued knights, as well as the recon knights. However these only display the basic "Walk at and attack enemy" mindset.

A good bot would be a challenge to both the skilled and the unskilled but not godly. A bad bot would either be one that is exceptionally predictable or one that can perfect counter everything and never miss.

Still it would be nice for a Godbot to appear in regular LD matches when one team holds all the points.

mentioned that at the end of post 5.

Currently the bots we have are only useful for taking the aggro of some monsters during a fight. Good AI would take some time to make but we don't want to throw them in with good bots either, I'm pretty sure the current braindead bots we have would be perfect for introducing T1 LD to players. We would only need quality bots for advanced players, stupid bots would be very forgiving and would let new players get familiar with LD shields.

Just give the strikers weak weapons, make them always finish combos, never return to base or stick with a guardian, and use their striker boost all the time and never use boost while fighting. Strikers get heavy Hatchets and pummel guns.

Guardians try to stay with teammates but neither class sticks with the guardian. Only give the guardian swords and bombs.

Have recons only attack if they deathmark someone. Give them bombs and guns only.

Have the classes with bombs only use them when capping.

Alternatively we could have actual gremlins pick up the slack when a knight leaves. They could rotate through various types each death and spawn at a point your team controls, then try to path to a friendly teammate (mender) or an enemy (thwacker/stalker). Give this mender its wand smack attack back, and make them neutral to all damage types.

This is more a solution to leavers than to introducing lockdown. For blast network I don't know what could be done, but leavers are less of a problem there. A better way to make the mission bit work would be "collect 5 krogmo coins and turn them into HQ". Doing so will reward you 1000 crowns back (from entry fees), and not force players to play one game or the other. I can see that alone making Blast Network get some life back.

As for the idea, I like having players try out everything the game has to offer. The only bit that's bad is that making players have to play PvP makes them rely on other players. As of right now, players can do the whole game alone if they wanted to.

Making players slowly ease into the PvP realm is a good idea. However, forcing them to play a game they don't want to play is a bad one in game design. Getting 5 krogmo coins is, at the very least, 5 PvP games of choice where you lose every game, and costs you 1000 crowns in entry fees. Hence, when you turn in the coins you get your 1000 crowns back. If you want to introduce a pendant that wouldn't be a bad idea.

As of the current system, we have no bots. Let's assume we keep this system for now. Under this system, we would have more newbies playing lockdown, and more of everyone playing blast network. Blast network is a game that can be fun for everyone. Lockdown is only fun if you're not dying every 10 seconds and being spawn camped - which isn't a rare situation, and it's not fun. We want players to have fun in PvP, so letting them choose between which PvP game they want to play is a better design.
And since you get krogmo coins from both games, only require the coins. This will also make players realize the coliseum tab exists, which makes them potentially play the other game in the future.

In later ranks perhaps have another mission like this. Like, rank 4-1 has a PvP mission, rank 7-1 has a PvP mission, and rank 9-1 has a PvP mission. Each one requires more krogmo coins. First one requires 5, second requires 15, third requires 25. First one rewards 1k crowns, and a heart pendant. Second rewards 3k crowns, 2 enamoracks, and an advanced orb of alchemy. Third rewards 5k crowns, 3 enamoracks, and an elite/eternal orb of alchemy.
This system rewards players with a heart trinket, the items needed to upgrade the trinket (at least a bit), and some orbs to use however (maybe for the trinket!). Perhaps give players a bound trinket slot upgrade in one of them, maybe the first one.
We want the players to have fun, or realize that PvP is not their thing. By rewarding them with items that help in PvE as well, they're more likely to be okay with it, especially since they don't lose any crowns for the required games. If they win any game, they make a profit!

can't think of anything for this thread but

@valtir
theyre called ghostmane stalkers

i just notice you are right fangel. in sk, we do not have daily prestige mission that pertains to pvp. Their should be some to attract a better or bigger crowed to these games (especially to tier 1). This would really get game addicts like me on the gerbil Ferris wheel. We really need this in sk.

Support!

We can make a new symbol that appears by your name (perhaps on the opposite side as your prestige symbol) that represents the total coliseum points you have earned.
It's not a reflection of skill whatsoever but it does tell other people who is an avid coliseum player and who isn't. New players will notice the symbol on veterans and ask about what it is, just like how some people ask about the horse head symbol for people that have highest prestige.

@King-Cerrin: not a bad idea to create a building and an actual location for the Colosseum like the hall of heroes so that players can know where it is and this could be a good excuse to create a new city/place in haven strictly for he coliseum lol.

We need a LD academy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl7mTT8JlnM