What will be "custom" about custom arenas?

#1 - March 19, 2013, 10:44 p.m.

At this point I think it is mostly speculation. I just thought I’d throw out a few things I’d like to see customizable and hear your thoughts

-match size
-point limit (i.e. make it 1000 for longer games)
-match time limit
-turn cap points on/off
-turn resurrection on/off
-change resurrection timer (hotjoin style vs tourney style, longer, shorter, nonexistent etc)
-points per kill
-time to neutralize/time to cap
-manipulate secondary mechanics (NPC spawn times, repair kit on/off, buff spawn times, point value for secondary objectives)
-scale cap point size
-class restrictions
-amulet restrictions (or even stat restrictions – i.e. no toughness > or < some threshold)
-utility, weapon swap on/off
-map rotation

Any other ideas?

Tyler Bearce

#18 - March 22, 2013, 12:33 p.m.

Options that we have working internally, so far, include:
Name
Password
Message of the Day
Max Players
Minimum Players
Respawn Time
Score Limit
Team Size
Time Limit
Respawn Type (Wave or Individual)
Autobalance Toggle
Lock Gear Toggle
Lock Skills Toggle
Ready Button Toggle
Spectators Toggle
No Stats Toggle
Map selection

Tyler Bearce

#27 - March 22, 2013, 12:55 p.m.

Ithir Darkleaf.7923:
Anyway, I have to point out something that worries me a lot: rank points in custom will be the same that on hot-join for example?
Because if the answer is affirmative we will have a problem with people farming PvP ranks on their private servers with friends/guildies.

I wouldn’t worry about this too much. This is something we’ve already accounted for.

Tyler Bearce

#32 - March 22, 2013, 1:12 p.m.

daydream.2938:
Umm. spectators toggle? Does that mean you have spectator mode ready to come out when custom arenas do?

That’d be the ideal case, though it’s also conceivable that we’d release Custom Arenas by themselves, if Spectator Mode wasn’t ready at the same time.