The Energon Pub

Dragonslayer wrote:

Nemesis Prime wrote:

VenomusPrime wrote:So, because I signed up 3+ years ago and only have 3 cons with 1 Million XP, I will get treated differently because I couldn't play as much for a few brief periods because I was, I don't know homeless? That's just stupid.

Grimlock86 wrote:So, as the arguement goes on, I got an idea:
There could be a badge-sytem, with two main things that decide the badge:
1. The color of the badge: It could be bronze, silver, or gold, depending on the years played in HMW (bronze: 0-1, silver: 1-2, gold: 2++).
2. The badge, mainly would be "V"-s (I don't know how this are called in military), the number of "V"-s depending on the Xp of the teams (or first chars) Xp.

this is kinda what i had in mind with the "pips"
we could have a dual icons
+ one for time in game (how long playing)
+ another for EXP in previous version(V1)

I like that idea the best so far. That way nobody is left out and those who deserve special recognition will stand out among others in V2.

That's why I said I liked your idea

The way I see it is with top ranked "link" to the Version 1 top scores will take care of Players that got High scores! And as far as an icon goes! Any player that registered 6 months prior to the release of version 2 gets a V1V badge for "Version 1 Veteran" I do like the idea of colors so I'll put this twist on it! The top 100 players gets a gold (Yellow)! Top 1000 gets Silver (light gray or white! Top 5000 gets Bronze (orange) and the last registered players of V1 gets Iron (Dark Grey) With a key chart in the score rank "link" to show level of Veteran!

While wading through this seven pages of posts, I have come to agree with Optimus Prive, Nemesis Prime, and QuietStorm. If there is any recognition at all, it should be on their ideas. It would be hard to come up with a cut and define recognition system. It shouldn't be based soley on date playing in the game because the people who have large amounts of XP who haven't played that long would feel slighted. On the other hand, it shouldn't be based soley on XP either. That could anger the ones who have ben playing for long periods of time but haven't had the hours to devote to the game to get the large amounts of XP due to real life problems and such. It should be based on the combination of the two. I like the different veteran recognition levels that were presented.

One set up could be like an "if then" statement, for the lack of a better term. An example would to be using the time in the game and the XP total of their team. Like "If Bot A has been playing since Month xx but has YY million total XP, then Level Z Veteran." Make a certain time in the game cut off points for a base veteran level and then use their total xp to go from there. They can either go up or down in veteran level from their total XP points. THis way people won't quit playing the current version of the game until HMW v2.0 comes out. That, I believe, would make it a fair combination of both time in the game and XP levels.

I don't believe there should be any "bonus" given either to the veteran players. The recognition and starting out with their full team of 'bots should be good enough. This will put everybody at an even playing level to begin HMW v2.0. I know that some wouldn't like it, but I believe that to be the fairest thing to do.

I believe this is my longest post ever here.

Evolution Prime wrote:One set up could be like an "if then" statement, for the lack of a better term. An example would to be using the time in the game and the XP total of their team. Like "If Bot A has been playing since Jun 04 but has 15 million total XP, then Level 1 Veteran."

When you talk with if-then statements that make sense, I can only agree with you. Damn good idea! Now, we just have to come up with the total XP amounts for certain time frames.

JF

Jetfire2004 wrote:

Evolution Prime wrote:One set up could be like an "if then" statement, for the lack of a better term. An example would to be using the time in the game and the XP total of their team. Like "If Bot A has been playing since Jun 04 but has 15 million total XP, then Level 1 Veteran."

When you talk with if-then statements that make sense, I can only agree with you. Damn good idea! Now, we just have to come up with the total XP amounts for certain time frames.

JF

I edited mine to make it more general.

*long exhale after viewing seven pages of posts and doing a lot of thinking* After all the ideas that have been tossed back and forth, the only thing that I believe would be fair to all is this: that there be no "official" recognition. If someone wants to say "I was with V1" or whatever, fine.

Think of me what you will, but that's my 2¢.