After playing Big Team Skirmish for awhile now, it has come to my attention that there is a gametype that just does not fit in. I am of course speaking of the gametype Regicide. While I myself don’t care for the gametype, I think it is far from my opinion that it is picked the least out of the three gametypes available in Skirmish.
But to be honest, that does not surprise me as the gametype is out of place in the playlist. Out of about a hundred games (give or take) I can count on one hand the times Regicide has been voted in as the selected game. That would normally not bode well for Regicide as a gametype, but it has been placed in a location that it does mesh with. While there is a small amount of objective to the game, it is for the most part a Slayer gametype. Those that have come to Skirmish are looking for objective, not slayer. Where it would fit and I think be welcome is in the Big Team Infinity Playlist as one of the voting options. That would allow for there to be one voting option for Infinity settings, one for Slayer Pro and then one for Regicide.
So what would take Regicide’s place (assuming it was moved)? My opinion is that Dominion should be moved into the Skirmish playlist and the Dominion playlist should be removed. With a playlist consolidation soon to happen, this seems like it would be a logical move for all gametypes, while most importantly not removing their availability completely for those that enjoy the gametypes. Im sure there are other options such as Oddball, One Flag or even a gametype I have read about called Conversion. The point being, the playlist and players would benefit from these changes through continuity of playlist.
Theoretically, you can with Regicide without ever killing the king. It’s just slayer where the head person gains a slightly point bonus.
Hardly classifies as an objective gametype, should be put into Infinity Slayer instead.
This is probably best suited to the War Games Feedback forum, but I agree Regicide doesn’t belong. IMHO BTS needs to replace reggie and add a fourth choice because the large majority of games I play there are CTF. CTF already has a playlist and it does quite well on its own.
Can I vote for all of the above? I’m especially keen for an Oddball variant (multi-ball maybe?). Playing oddball in Multi-team doesn’t exactly give you good odds for the Oddball Victory commendation.
8v8 is too much for Team Regicide just like 5v5 or 4v4 is too few for 2-Plot Extraction. I would love to see Team Regicide in a 5v5 Team Objective playlist and 2-Plot Extraction put in BT Skirmish.
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> Theoretically, you can win Regicide without ever killing the king. It’s just slayer where the head person gains a slightly point bonus.
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> Hardly classifies as an objective gametype, should be put into Infinity Slayer instead.
I would still want it moved, but perhaps a tweak to the amount awarded for killing the king is in order.
Flag is the best game type in BTB obj as it’s the most balanced/ other then that 1-Flag would be great along with convention
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No this game type would play so poorly as people would just throw the ball in the base = game over . Unless throwing the ball was disabled completely…
> Flag is the best game type in BTB obj as it’s the most balanced/ other then that 1-Flag would be great <mark>along with convention</mark>
Do you mean Conversion?
> This is probably best suited to the War Games Feedback forum, but I agree Regicide doesn’t belong. IMHO BTS needs to replace reggie and add a fourth choice because the large majority of games I play there are CTF. CTF already has a playlist and it does quite well on its own.
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> Can I vote for all of the above? I’m especially keen for an Oddball variant (multi-ball maybe?). Playing oddball in Multi-team doesn’t exactly give you good odds for the Oddball Victory commendation.
This is an exploratory phase with the feedback forthcoming once forum opinion has been generated.
It would be nice if all of them could be included and randomly show up in the voting options.
Yes, this would open up room for 2-plot extraction and dominion. But for dominion the turrets and shields should be disabled and it should have four bases on the large maps. And scoring should be switched from based on resupplies to points per second, this would be a suitable territories replacement. Either ways however, the dominion playlist shouldn’t be removed, we still need a place for regular dominion and lockdown.
> 8v8 is too much for Team Regicide just like 5v5 or 4v4 is too few for 2-Plot Extraction. I would love to see Team Regicide in a 5v5 Team Objective playlist and 2-Plot Extraction put in BT Skirmish.
I have not played that gametype much, but it would defiantly fit into Skirmish better then Regicide.
> > Flag is the best game type in BTB obj as it’s the most balanced/ other then that 1-Flag would be great <mark>along with convention</mark>
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> Do you mean Conversion?
Yes or extraction are they the same thing ish ???
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Im going to guess you like oddball LOL.
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Two votes now and moving up fast.