Hard Coded Vs Soft Coded Teams Discussion

[Zade]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we want to see your opinions on hard coded vs soft coded teams.

Soft-Coded:

Anyone can heal/buff anybody but you cannot cast detrimental spell on your own team.

Hard-Coded:

You can only buff/heal your own team. Nobody from other team can buff/heal/rez your team.


Please vote, and comment why you made your choice. Don't just type what your choice was, tards. That's what the poll is for. Tell us why you chose it.

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[Bazia]

if its not hardcoded there really isnt a reason to change from FFA at all

so yes I vote hardcoded all the way to prevent funny business

[Zade]

I added in the basic difference between the two in OP for those who don't know what they were. (Removed the judgement part of it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] )

[Knawga]

o yeh definitly hardcoded then because of the lame people who have clerics on opposing team to heal them

[Retti_]

Voted hardcoded

If u softcoded it theres gonna be lots of invulnerable griefing worst than ffa imo

[runlvlzero]

I voted soft coded, I have faith that a system to flag people for pvp is possible. This is closer to a /duel system were if someone on your team aids the enemy, they are flagging themselves for FFA pvp.

This is not "just another FFA pvp rulesset" this is a rules set that allows people to openly decide on an encounter by encounter basis if they are a class with beneficial spells.

Thanks for asking for our input.

[Vexenu]

Hard coded, no question.

Having soft-coded teams introduces nothing but problems. Immortal healing is the big one. Cross-teaming also discourages PvP and encourages the creation of a cross-teamed uber guild, which will be unstoppable thanks to having immortal healers from each faction. You will basically be forced to cross-team to compete at the high end, which defeats the entire purpose of having a teams server.

Hard coded teams means that you know your allies and your enemies with no ambiguity. You know who your friends are, and you stick together out of necessity if nothing else, because you won't be getting help from the rest of the server. This dynamic creates much stronger teams and feelings of community.

[Ebony]

Originally Posted by Vexenu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hard coded, no question.

Having soft-coded teams introduces nothing but problems. Immortal healing is the big one. Cross-teaming also discourages PvP and encourages the creation of a cross-teamed uber guild, which will be unstoppable thanks to having immortal healers from each faction. You will basically be forced to cross-team to compete at the high end, which defeats the entire purpose of having a teams server.

Hard coded teams means that you know your allies and your enemies with no ambiguity. You know who your friends are, and you stick together out of necessity if nothing else, because you won't be getting help from the rest of the server. This dynamic creates much stronger teams and feelings of community.

Vexenu is right, I vote for hard coded Teams 100%.

Soft coded Teams still beats FFA but not by much.

On both types of Teams servers new players can at least take their lvl 5 Halfling Cleric into Misty Thicket & not have two lvl 6 Halfling Clerics beat their head in with splintered clubs right away. But with Soft coded Teams the bad guys just have to add a Troll in there, have the Halfling Clerics heal it & you have the same problem immortal healer or not. It's a lot harder but the same result.

FFA & soft coded Teams makes it feel like you're in a totally fake world of brainless EQ counter strike & that gets really boring fast for most people.

With Hard coded Teams you know exactly who your Friends & enemies are. There's also no immortal healers & 1 guild can't automatically recruit the WHOLE server like with FFA or soft Teams which is a big reason Red99's pop is so low.

One of the BEST parts of Hard coded Teams is there's a HUGE feeling of Community for each Team unlike the other two. Each Team has homeland areas they control & you can have a LOT of FUN PVP either invading the other guys homeland or defending your own homeland along with fighting for camps & raid mobs etc. Having 3 or 4 actual communities in the game world makes the server a LOT more Exciting for new players & they stay & play more IMHO.

[Lowlife]

Hard. For obvious reasons. Cross teaming guilds, cross healing, buffing nonsense defeats the purpose of teams

[Harllo]

Hard-Coded.

many good reasons stated above.
If teams are soft-coded then there are really no teams at all.