No triple with Piercing Weapons

Mach wrote:

Essentially I suicided for the first 11 or so waves in an attempt to get a piercing weapon and then attempted to survive for the remaining waves. It was either do that in an attempt to win the map for the rest of the players or just play to get on the high score table.

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I play to have fun with other players. Winning the map or obtaining a new high score is simply a bonus to me. If we die... oh well, start a new map and everyone keeps on playing. To me, the compatibility of the triple with piercing weapons has no relation with the entertainment value of the game. But let me ask this: wouldn't the game become stale if you won every game you played?

Indeed....Hey Ima medic!..I occasiionaly try to shoot for the high score....

...but most the time I dont Just the trying to survive is pretty fun.....and occasiaonly..ebing the last in is too..but very occasaionly..

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ECHO wrote:

But let me ask this: wouldn't the game become stale if you won every game you played?

NOPE!!

Some players are just tooooooo serious. For heaven's sake, it's just a game to be played and enjoyed with friends.

(DC)DEMONSLAYER wrote:

Some players are just tooooooo serious. For heaven's sake, it's just a game to be played and enjoyed with friends.

Thank you Demon! I'm glad I don't stand alone on the fun side.

So what am I .chop liver?..

....actually..never have had chopped liver..o.0.

ECHO wrote:

Mach wrote:

Essentially I suicided for the first 11 or so waves in an attempt to get a piercing weapon and then attempted to survive for the remaining waves. It was either do that in an attempt to win the map for the rest of the players or just play to get on the high score table.

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I play to have fun with other players. Winning the map or obtaining a new high score is simply a bonus to me. If we die... oh well, start a new map and everyone keeps on playing. To me, the compatibility of the triple with piercing weapons has no relation with the entertainment value of the game. But let me ask this: wouldn't the game become stale if you won every game you played?

No doubt the people on the DC server are great, but this isn't a question of winning every map or really even using the triple with piercing weapons. To me I'd have a lot more fun as a higher level player if something other than piercing weapons were useful when stranded alone. Druid, Shan and everyone do a great job making sure everything stays fair and balanced, but I personally think for higher level players the current situation is not balanced. As Jason suggested a piercing skill or what was previously discussed in terms of factoring in monsters DR differenty would do the trick. Could still take away the triple from piercing weapons and nerf the power of weapons, just take the onus of needing a piercing weapon to win a map away from players.

Winning maps, getting high scores, playing with the great people on the server and levelling up new characters go hand in hand and are all reasons why I loved playing Druids RPG version of invasion. But, for me personally im playing UT because of the game itself (in this case Druids RPG on the DC server), everything else is icing on the cake.

ECHO wrote:

(DC)DEMONSLAYER wrote:

Some players are just tooooooo serious. For heaven's sake, it's just a game to be played and enjoyed with friends.

Thank you Demon! I'm glad I don't stand alone on the fun side.

Echo, you don't stand alone on this.

Players gotta keep in mind that there are more serious issues to be faced in REAL life, not online fantasy gaming. This game, just like all of the other ones out there, represents a TEMPORARY retreat from the everyday real life and a means for relaxation from the day's labors. Nothing else.

contraire to popular belief demon is right..

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In recent times Ive been messing with editor..which is quite interesting..but means i play less...but Im not rlly freeking over it.....But the game isnt meant to be an occupation..well..unless your one fo those pppl who [play competitions for a living./ make vid games...its not life..

HOWEVER...even thou its nto..we cans till try to make the game as much fun and relaxing as possible..how so?.by contemplating solutions for such probs..which i also find interesting at times too..

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How about a Roof on the monsters....as in its calculated on player lvl....?..hwo about i calculates to a certain lvl..then beyond that that code si siwtch off and another one is switched on thats not as insane...like maybe less DR and more DB?... monster side that is...

So like at lvl 5-100 (??)..is normal current code..then 100-150 is anothe oen wiht less DR mor DB.....then 150-200...lil more DB lil ess Dr (seeing tis comaprison to the lvl it wuld still be lots of DR just not as ridiculously high..)...200-250 ..add bac small amount of the DR?....the 250-300 ..i dunno...you get the pic?...balancing based onteh lvlv..the monsters readjusting what code they sue depending on the lvl.....which would be interesting to see what would happen at the edge between these lvl ups..o.0...

But as all my suggestions are..its just a thought....
another oen is maybe adding ina wep for wep masters of certain lvl...or an artifact for certain AM (or the wep...)...

ECHO wrote:

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I play to have fun with other players. Winning the map or obtaining a new high score is simply a bonus to me. If we die... oh well, start a new map and everyone keeps on playing. To me, the compatibility of the triple with piercing weapons has no relation with the entertainment value of the game. But let me ask this: wouldn't the game become stale if you won every game you played?

Although I agree with you Echo I think the flaw in many of us high levelers is the thrill of competition, which essentially makes us strive to do better than the other players. I know this is true of many of us on the server otherwise why would you spend so much time updating the high score table/records(I believe it was you who took it over because it wasnt being kept up) So I know you enjoy the competition as I do. Although I must admit that being 1000-1500 points ahead of the next closest player is becoming quite stale

Perhaps I should try starting a new class except for one problem...........I like to win!! lol

I've been playing Unreal Tournament for 7yrs. Yeah.....it is fun!

By the way....Demonslayer.....I noticed you are catching up to me on levels

Micron(Micron) wrote:

Although I agree with you Echo I think the flaw in many of us high levelers is the thrill of competition, which essentially makes us strive to do better than the other players. I know this is true of many of us on the server otherwise why would you spend so much time updating the high score table/records(I believe it was you who took it over because it wasnt being kept up) So I know you enjoy the competition as I do. Although I must admit that being 1000-1500 points ahead of the next closest player is becoming quite stale Perhaps I should try starting a new class except for one problem...........I like to win!! lol

Sure I enjoy competition, but I'm not crazy about it like other players appear to be. I took over the table because it would have been a shame to see it disappear... and no one else was volunteering, so I picked it up. I simply fail to see how this change makes the game significantly less fun for people to play, but I guess that's just me because I can enjoy myself whether I have a high score/win the game or not.

Well it is mroe fun when you playa game and you do actually kill something..as in ..if your dead all the time its not as much fun....nope...not nearly..

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{AW}Violator wrote:

I've been playing Unreal Tournament for 7yrs. Yeah.....it is fun!
By the way....Demonslayer.....I noticed you are catching up to me on levels

So have I. Started with the original Unreal/Return to Nali Pali/UT/Unreal 2/UT03/UT04 and loved every minute of it.

Hmmm, wonder if there is a way to import some of the enemies from Unreal 2 into UT04? It might make it "less" stale for some players.

And Violator, remember that I am alternating between Demonslayer and Demonmedic right now!!!!!!!!!

Hmm you know Ive only ever played Ut04...a friend of mine lent me his game cus his comp couldnt handle it here..( he got it in canada..and when he moved back here ti wouldnt work on his comp..)...
Though from what i hear they were good...Its a thought..

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