Because losing due to having less players is entirely common.
Allow spectators to fill in for people that leave in lockdown
Jue, 01/10/2013 - 05:18
Jue, 01/10/2013 - 05:43
#2
Doesn't matter. If the devs want you too, then you should. Getting in for free wouldn't hurt too much, and you wouldn't be paying for a "full game" anyway, so I can see it going either way. Whether you get any reward or not is a different matter. But again, that isn't the purpose of this. Lockdown is relatively cheap anyway.
Jue, 01/10/2013 - 05:47
#3
If the team was already losing, no one would want to join. Should be free.
Soem people are too fond of their 200cr.
Jue, 01/10/2013 - 08:10
#4
But if it was a "free join" then I can see players abusing that. Don't have 200 cr? Go wait for games until you can get that. Don't want to spend 200 cr? Don't "start" a game; just wait for the inevitable leaver. It does, as a scheme, seem ripe for abuse.
I can also see it going the other way though- to where the feature would go unused. I think that if anything, the joiner should only have to pay like 50 cr, pending on when they join in. Buy half a game of lockdown? Pay for half a game of lockdown. Or perhaps pay for a third of a game of lockdown; you are more likely to lose after all.
And you'd still get the same payout, or well, a higher than normal one, as you'd get payed the percentage of what you payed and then some.
Entirely free could also work; we would have to see.
Jue, 01/10/2013 - 08:41
#5
Zaffy is Laffy
From what I see, the original "leaver" has already payed for his participation in the match, but does not have enough time / enough dignity to finish his match and claim his 1 krogmo coin as a participation reward.
If shall a spectator be on the scene, he/she can take over the "leaver"'s duty on his/her payment.
New problem, of course it may give ways to abuse, but generally I don't see why you can't give the losing team (usually a leaver marks a losing team) a chance and bring in a replacement to even the teams out. Only problem will be the award system. The LD rewards are too small in proportion to split for the amount of work done by the newcomer.
Jue, 01/10/2013 - 09:20
#6
I concur. It should probably be left out of Guild Lockdown, though.
Jue, 01/10/2013 - 10:19
#7
Or at least limit it to only guild members joining the match.
And the more I think about it, the more I think that it would make sense to make it to where they exactly take their place without paying a fee. People who are poor could potentially use it without paying much, but then at 200 cr a game it isn't so much of the greatest crown sink that the world will ever know anyway. Let them abuse it- they'd making lockdown a much better place for it. I hate having to sit there for 10 minutes getting beaten into the ground in 4 vs 2 or even 6 vs 2 games... and watching games like that isn't so very entertaining either.
Do we need da pay 200 crowns?