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New Lockdown Gametype? - Will it Help to Balance LD?

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Mon, 12/10/2012 - 15:43
Rating's picture
Rating

Hey everyone,

I'll start with the disclaimers:

-I am a casual Lockdown player who enjoys the PvP aspect, but I do not follow or agree with most/all of the rage out there.

-Also, I will not be actively responding to each and every comment people make, however I am interested in hearing what people think of the idea.

-I am okay with Auto-Aim in general, mostly because those who Rage about it could merely just turn it on and viola, the playing field is leveled (with regards to AA vs Non-AA). I personally use AA when swording as a striker, but turn it off when playing as a guardian and when gunning as well.

-Finally, this may have been suggested already however I do not follow along with each and every suggestion or Lockdown thread so if I missed it let me know and I will graveyard this thread.

Now onto the suggestion:

A lockdown gametype called "Lockdown Pro" (purely a reference to the halo gametype "Slayer Pro" in Halo which was developed as an attempt to come up with a gametype that more accurately pitted people against each other in a game where skill and teamwork was more important, not necessarily power weapons and overpowered abilities).

In this gametype all UVs and Trinkets would be disabled, auto-aim would also be disabled (if feasible) and there would be no heal pads. Instead, each enemy death would net a larger heart (ie: 3 HP instead of 1).

Scoring would remain the same, as it would be based on capturing the control points.

I welcome any and all discussion on this topic (ESPECIALLY if anyone has a cool name for the gametype), but as soon as this degenerates into personal attacks of those who rage at each other in all the Lockdown threads out there I'll just graveyard it. Hopefully the community can have a nice, spirited discussion about the legitimacy of this type of Lockdown option.

~Rating

EDIT: I'm not saying remove the regular LD entirely, I'm proposing adding another Lockdown gametype to queue up for.

Mon, 12/10/2012 - 16:43
#1
Klipik's picture
Klipik
cool but...

There won't be enough people playing. +0.5

Tue, 12/11/2012 - 04:28
#2
Rating's picture
Rating
I'd be interested to see how

I'd be interested to see how the playerbase balances out between the normal gametype and this one

Tue, 12/11/2012 - 11:01
#3
Jeeshman
People without UV's on their

People without UV's on their weapons will use this mode and the UV people will use the original.

Tue, 12/11/2012 - 15:30
#4
Rating's picture
Rating
@Jeesh I'm not so sure about

@Jeesh I'm not so sure about that. Does this type of LD not solve many of the problems people have when complaining that LD is unbalanced? I personally think that UVs do more to unbalance LD than heart trinkets or auto-aim...

Tue, 12/11/2012 - 16:32
#5
Canine-Vladmir's picture
Canine-Vladmir
i would like it...

but a Gran Faust/Skolver still beats a Leviathan/Azure in any mode.
What happens to OP weapons?

I would play it. You can get rid of my GF just so i can play a non-douchy pvp but I think im the only one who shares this opinion.

Tue, 12/11/2012 - 17:33
#6
Rating's picture
Rating
@Canine I don't think there's

@Canine I don't think there's an easy answer for that one >.< we can only hope that better shadow defense options and/or further balancing of current gear come(s) out in the future (all but guaranteed) :D

Tue, 12/11/2012 - 18:46
#7
Pawsmack's picture
Pawsmack
-1

I get where you're coming from but I generally just don't like the idea of it. It supports ego and ego is a no no.

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