revengeofstarscream wrote:Burn wrote:You know, i'm not sure what turning a level 2-4 mission into 2-5 would achieve.
Uh...maybe I am searching for an opportunity to spend my millions of unused XP to gain higher stats and yet still be able to play the game? If I level up to L5 right now, there would be no missions I could participate in and no opponents to fight in the arena. Maybe I am missing something, but isn't leveling up a major objective of this game?
Burn wrote:So let me put this to you, if you REALLY want to help this game (for all) then join in the 2-4 missions some more.
Uh...yeah, just think how much MORE of a help I would be if my bots were L5 instead of L4.
You completely contradict yourself.
Yes, the objective of the game is to level up.
People level up by feeding off higher levels.
You say introducing level 5 missions will help, but then you say that it's not profitable for you.
Here's the thing, that's the way the game works. Those at the top are nothing more than xp generators. That's how the game has been.
So even if we could introduce level 5 missions, what's the point? It's not going to make a difference. You're still going to sit in the arena.
Burn wrote:I just checked out your logs, you rarely enter missions anyway.
Fighting in the arena is substantially more profitable for me right now than participating in missions. My bots are maxed out at Level 4, while my opponents are low to mid level Level 4 bots. That is why my team arena average is around 80% while my opponents average is considerably less. They will eventually earn enough XP to bridge the skill gap at which point my winning average will drop.
You would have more competition if you entered missions and allowed some lower levels a crack at the higher level xp.
What I seem to be hearing from you is selfishness. You want the game changed to accommodate you, but you have no intention of helping the game as a whole to grow.
Eventually, my opponents will level up as well, at which point I will return to spending more time in the arena. That has been my strategy to get to the top and it works. I don't think anyone would fault me for coming up with a strategy to reach the #1 spot.
I don't fault your strategy. I employed it myself for years.
But I also took the time to deploy to missions on a regular basis. In fact I had a lot of lower levels wanting to challenge me. I knew and they knew they stood absoloutely no chance but they were happy to just "scratch" one of my high level bots because it would earn them more xp than what they would be use to.
I didn't earn base xp, but what I got were newer players coming to the forum and joining in the community. We all had fun even though it was one-sided.
It just stinks because I strongly suspect the L2-L4 missions could be easily changed to L2-L5 missions. This would allow my bots to make progress for several months. Otherwise, I will need to try to convince all of the other L4 commanders to level up so we can continue to fight in the arena.
Okay, stop. Just stop. I am honestly sick of you harping on about this, and i'm sick to death of repeating it.
So for the final time (and I swear, if I have to say it to you again I WILL issue you with a warning), the current version of this game will NOT be worked on. There will be NO CHANGES MADE.
Yes, YOU could probably fix it. But the simple fact is with a new version in the pipeline Ryan (aka the site owner) doesn't want anyone wasting any time on this current version.
So like I said, if you really want to help out this game then dump your level 4's into missions and get some healthy competition going.