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  1. PorkChops30

    PorkChops30 Well-Known Member

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    Sup peeps,
    So war is pretty much dead by now. It has been on the decline for months and now 30+ people is a rare sight.
    The problem is that war is having trouble keeping NEW players. We have plenty of old war players, we need to shift the attention to newcomers.

    -Promoting Forum activity
    The forums is a great way to get people to interact with the server community, it's an aspect of this server that is underused and is at an all-time low with only a couple dozen making up the entirety of active people. Getting newcomers to get on forums will raise loyalty to the server.
    -Buffing low-tier guns
    To be honest, everything under dragon uv is useless. Even drag requires skill to be effective and most people at that level are not yet skilled. One option would be to bring back the one-shot barret. Back when I first started, the main source of excitement was getting to level 17 to get the barret. With all guns up until iso being pretty unexciting, I imagine that leveling up would feel pointless. Another option would be to buff every new weapon. The first sniper is insanely slow and the pistol takes a couple of minutes to kill somebody. Couple that with absolutely no skill and you get a recipe for a boring game for newcomers because of the group of skull dancers at every corner.
    Improving War Fun Sundays
    -War Sunday is fun... For "pros". For newcomers, I imagine that it is pure chaos. Maps are generally the maps where older players get the most kills like dharen or summit. The jump boost and their mediocre aim adds to the odds of newcomers not getting any kills. Improve WarFun Sunday to be fun for everyone.

    Those are some ideas to keep new players, comment below some other thing you might think could help retain new players!
     
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    #1 PorkChops30, Oct 18, 2016
  2. RMST1

    RMST1 Ex-Mod I WarZ Noob

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    War 2.0 is currently being developed by Totom3, and I've frequently requested to make it more noob-friendly. I definitely think that this newer version of War will bring a lot of players back.

    Even if War 2.0 wasn't coming out any time soon, War wouldn't have its original developers, so there would be no way we could change so much.
     
    #2 RMST1, Oct 18, 2016
  3. PorkChops30

    PorkChops30 Well-Known Member

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    changing gun stats is entirely possible

    also we want to keep new players, not bring old players. Old players have moved on after playing for years, maybe they'll come back to see war 2 but I doubt they would stay.
     
    #3 PorkChops30, Oct 18, 2016
  4. cryotherm

    cryotherm Well-Known Member

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    How do we improve Mc-War?
    tl;dr despite everything you can do, nothing you can do can do something effective.
     
    #4 cryotherm, Oct 18, 2016
  5. Champloo

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    And another one of these threads..
     
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    #5 Champloo, Oct 18, 2016
  6. Hitchens

    Hitchens Well-Known Member

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    I have argued for these thing several times before (as i am sure ye remember), and i agree with most things you say. Noyhing will happen before war 2.0 comes out, so there's no point in discussing this now. We can not predict what war 2.0 will bring. It will probably fix most of these things.
     
    #6 Hitchens, Oct 18, 2016
  7. NateTheDerp

    NateTheDerp Well-Known Member

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    Theres been many threads including information like this. Sad thing is, I am sometimes surprised to see 15 people on war.
     
    #7 NateTheDerp, Oct 18, 2016
  8. Lekosa1

    Lekosa1 mineman

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    MC-War vs Reality:


    #sadbois
     
    #8 Lekosa1, Oct 18, 2016
  9. YeezyLaces

    YeezyLaces Well-Known Member

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    War will probably regain popularity when war 2.0 comes out, until then just accept no one wants to play.
     
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    #9 YeezyLaces, Oct 18, 2016
  10. tupaq19

    tupaq19 Well-Known Member

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    What I don't understand is that the people who make these threats never play either. What's the point of trying to keep a server alive if the people with ideas don't play?
     
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    #10 tupaq19, Oct 19, 2016
  11. PorkChops30

    PorkChops30 Well-Known Member

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    .... I do play

    I try to get on the weekends
     
    #11 PorkChops30, Oct 19, 2016
  12. BlackD1amond

    BlackD1amond Well-Known Member

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    If no one sticks around for normal war, who will there be to play 2.0|?
     
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    #12 BlackD1amond, Oct 19, 2016
  13. RockTomb

    RockTomb Ex Legacy Manager + SMOD

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    Its to late for anything now, not gana lie
     
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    #13 RockTomb, Oct 19, 2016
  14. Minigun

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    I remember like 3 years ago when we were all excited for War 2.0 to be released in the next month.
     
    #14 Minigun, Oct 19, 2016
  15. YeezyLaces

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    Same.
     
    #15 YeezyLaces, Oct 19, 2016
  16. SpeedBreaker

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    I just hope 2.0 lives up to all he hype we're expecting.
     
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    #16 SpeedBreaker, Oct 20, 2016
  17. MR_EVIL_OVERLORD

    MR_EVIL_OVERLORD Elite Legacy Legend | PRO | Genius Super Villain

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    The trick is to make the game fun for all players.

    @MrDasky
    - I would make the games fun and remove things like jump boost during games. New players should enjoy playing.

    I think changing games to:
    1) award prizes
    2) encourage new plaeyers, ask players to bring a friend
    3) encourage more players during the week
    4) stop pinning all the hope on 2.0 Make this game fun and interesting
    5) Come up with new ideas for the game
     
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    #17 MR_EVIL_OVERLORD, Oct 22, 2016
  18. MrDasky

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    Code-wise there isn't really much that can be done to the current War. Not due to the lack of available coders, but because the code itself is so complicated - making changes to it could cause more bugs or even break the entire code.
     
    #18 MrDasky, Oct 22, 2016
  19. MR_EVIL_OVERLORD

    MR_EVIL_OVERLORD Elite Legacy Legend | PRO | Genius Super Villain

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    @MrDasky use your awesome abilities to host events, market the game, and advertise on YouTube.

    I'm free if you ever want to brainstorm ideas.
     
    #19 MR_EVIL_OVERLORD, Oct 22, 2016
  20. MrDasky

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    I'm afraid that I'm unable to host real events on War as I don't have access to admin powers. I can't really do anything more than changing maps and create hype about it. Tournaments are hard to arrange as well, due to the code.
     
    #20 MrDasky, Oct 22, 2016
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