AQ & AW energy and time zone issue proposal
Joeseki
Member Posts: 53 ★
Everyone knows that alliance that want to be at the top of their game and leader boards, needs players in the same time zone so that don’t get log jammed waiting for people to move.
The problem is sometimes you need such dedication that members can’t even take a date night out or they risk getting a bad reputations.
I suggest the following:
Replace personal energy in AQ and AW with a BG pool energy, which everyone draws from to move up. As it is you start the event with 3 energy and gain 1 every hour (unless Kabam messed up and set it to 30 minutes as compensation). Maxed out at 5 energy.
With this new implementation, it become a pool of energy that starts at 0 energy and when each person joins, the pool increases by 3 energy. The pool still generates energy at the same rate of 1 energy per hour per player joined in the BG. Which translates to 1 energy every 6 minutes for the team if the BG is full. The pool maxes out at 50 energy.
What this accomplishes is the following:
When one person stalls a section because they go out on date night, the limiting factor is the link! Not the energy. When he returns, everyone moves forward quickly to the next link. This also allows alliances to take on new players from different time-zones and more flexibility. I’ve seen too often section 3 of AQ stalled due to one guy not showing up, and the long lanes are too long to finish in the remaining time. But with this system the burden is shifted to links and energy is distributed to those that need it, and no more stalled section 3 and watching the timer.
It also allows Kabam to control maps with links rather than forcing the problem into alliances and coordinating schedules of it’s members.
The problem is sometimes you need such dedication that members can’t even take a date night out or they risk getting a bad reputations.
I suggest the following:
Replace personal energy in AQ and AW with a BG pool energy, which everyone draws from to move up. As it is you start the event with 3 energy and gain 1 every hour (unless Kabam messed up and set it to 30 minutes as compensation). Maxed out at 5 energy.
With this new implementation, it become a pool of energy that starts at 0 energy and when each person joins, the pool increases by 3 energy. The pool still generates energy at the same rate of 1 energy per hour per player joined in the BG. Which translates to 1 energy every 6 minutes for the team if the BG is full. The pool maxes out at 50 energy.
What this accomplishes is the following:
When one person stalls a section because they go out on date night, the limiting factor is the link! Not the energy. When he returns, everyone moves forward quickly to the next link. This also allows alliances to take on new players from different time-zones and more flexibility. I’ve seen too often section 3 of AQ stalled due to one guy not showing up, and the long lanes are too long to finish in the remaining time. But with this system the burden is shifted to links and energy is distributed to those that need it, and no more stalled section 3 and watching the timer.
It also allows Kabam to control maps with links rather than forcing the problem into alliances and coordinating schedules of it’s members.
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Proposed alternative idea of yours has couple drawbacks.
1st.. even after couple hours, if someone joins in they “may” only be allowed 3 energy (if everyone else has been using up the Pool energy), instead of the normal 5 as currently when joining some hours after AQ has started.
2nd.. related to first. A few people might gobble up all of the available energy just fighting past any support links on their way and keep on going. This would potentially not let someone coming back in after several hours since they were last on from being able to move AT ALL (or at least far shorter that what they have been waiting/building their energy for).
2nd one especially true for lower tier AW which doesn’t have support links. Would actually allow someone to completely finish 1 single lane all the way thru to boss, leaving not much energy for anyone else coming back after him from progressing in other lanes.