Weekend feed back

[MiniMuppet]

We would like to hear feed back for etl2 what would make you visit there rather then the main server. How we can make it better.

[Mani]

Few members idling, or even afk specs.

Sounds daft but I noticed that you were present the other day when we had a good few maps, think it makes a massive difference when filing the server. As you don't know ppl are afk until you join, and within that small window, a few others may join. Plus everyone knows the main so doesn't need idling people

Wouldnt say totally different maps to etl1, but for instance be good to get other maps like TC base (which is on there , so good). As the players are limited, it gives us chance to play smaller and decent maps that we couldn't possibly play on etl1 due to numbers.

This also means we can get rid of the huge maps like MLB ( if there are any) 

Overall, I think if it's a copy of etl1 with limited players and see how it goes. 

Can we get a full maplist of what's in vote rotation at moment so we can see?

 

 

 

 

Edited October 24, 2022 by Mani

[MrMuppet]

22 minutes ago, Mani said:

Can we get a full maplist of what's in vote rotation at moment so we can see?

name             = railgun_eu

name             = berserk_te

name             = reactor_final

name             = braundorf_final

name             = karsiah_te2

name             = etl_ice

name             = te_escape2

name             = sw_goldrush_te

name             = et_beach

name             = bremen_final

name             = caen2

name             = etl_sp_delivery

name             = decay_b7

name             = etl_adlernest

name             = et_ufo_final

name             = erdenberg_t2

name             = sw_oasis_b3

name             = tc_base

name             = etl_bergen

name             = etl_frostbite

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name             = radar

name             = pirates
 

[ralvek]

It's already good, just needs to be populated imo, I prefer the smaller game play personally so would connect to etl2 over etl1 anytime there is players on it. But its annoying when u join cause u saw 4 players online at server browser then they're all spec and afk.....

 

The caliber of players seems to a bit higher, usually the higher xp players. Might be worth utilising that in the name of the server somehow to attract competitive style players.... 

 

It would be good to take some of the bubble wrap away, and open up some reasonable voting options. For example, if we have 6 players on, it's nicer to play 3o3 instead of having those 2 extra bots. Be nice to vote them off without having to ask uncle sty to help. 

 

 

 

[MrMuppet]

We can just add the kick bots to lower admin commands

[uips]

why not make bot count to 6, so everything over 3vs3 will be without bots

[nini]

ETL2 server was/is pretty good but some improvements can make it awesome:

- Like someone mentioned before, non admins need more voting choices or just the ability to make some changes, personally I don't care about the bots so much but having a command/vote to enable them on and off would be nice.

- ETL2 was known to attract higher skill players so there is a need to have a vote to make it have competitive (3v3, 6v6)  or just public (regular) mode. This would be good for 2 reasons, it doesn't matter when you are axis or allies because you get your chance right away when playing a map you like to try it both ways with the same team instead of waiting for 10 maps rotation to only change then but not many will wait for that and the teams are not the same anymore. This will also make it a good jumping point for players who were considering trying scrims or pro gathers to get a feel how it would go. (Ignore if this ability is already present).

- Also add a vote for picking a map. There is a need sometimes when there is only a few player or even just one or two to not waste our time playing a map we don't like or is just to big for a 1v1.

- My last suggestion is maybe the most important that would be a unique experience for the players on this server. Its hard for players to get in numbers here so someone usually needs to sit and wait until people show up, this might take some time (sometimes they wont even come) and even so if there are 2 people playing  its still not very fun and you get bored quick. We need a specific map for this "Purefrag" or "Element B4" or something similar which can serve as a lobby where people can join and just start shooting other people or bots doesn't matter just pure target practice, no objective just predator skills where you might get to engage someone better and get better yourself with practice. This is where if a single player joins the command of voting for this map to come up would be crucial to have. Of course spawn times for these kind of maps are very specific to be very short in the range of 2-4 seconds because its meant to be a chaos place to shoot and not be a waiting simulator. Once there is a few people they can just vote on to go and start playing objective maps with competitive or public mode as stated above.

[Ralaoups]

4 hours ago, nini said:

- ETL2 was known to attract higher skill players so there is a need to have a vote to make it have competitive (3v3, 6v6)  or just public (regular) mode. This would be good for 2 reasons, it doesn't matter when you are axis or allies because you get your chance right away when playing a map you like to try it both ways with the same team instead of waiting for 10 maps rotation to only change then but not many will wait for that and the teams are not the same anymore. This will also make it a good jumping point for players who were considering trying scrims or pro gathers to get a feel how it would go. (Ignore if this ability is already present).

 

 

Hello, do you mean something like a stopwatch game (like ETpro ? Sorry I didnt participate to a scrim since 2009).

If it exists on ETlegacy it would be great : a public stopwatch server.

But anyway, I prefer ETL2 : less players, less random stuffs from nowhere and a better "touch" feeling and no map like Venice.

Just need to be more populate.

 

[MrMuppet]

Thanks for the feedback, we have made some changes:

Bot at 6

3x Frag maps installed with means to vote for map (map vote enabled), 5 mins + 3 seconds spawn, the server will move to map vote again or follow its map vote cycle if no map is voted for

The frag maps will only show (map vote cycle) when there are less than 7 players on the server (including bots)

Botadmin add to level 5 and above, please ensure friends and others have the correct level, if not them please ask an admin to give you the level 5, bots will rejoin at the start of the next map 

Regarding stopwatch and competitive cfg's, we do have a campaign server that is set up for pro players [et.trackbase.net] » Server information for TeamMuppet ETL Campaign we need to keep a balance between a public and pro server so that everyone can join and enjoy. With the server being of less players we were able to tweak the connection settings that gives you a better playing experience that can't be given on larger slot servers and there is no large maps installed as you can see from the map list above.

[uips]

Last weekend both ETL main and ETL2 were full at some point so there is enough demand.  Maybe it will be so everyday when enough people prefer ETL2 experience and what it has to offer compared to main sever.

Here is a possible player flow guide for ETL2. ETL main is obviously more popular and will gain players sooner. Peak ETL main server is best bet for ETL2 to shine. At this point people could decide to switch over to ETL2 to populate it. When not enough players left in ETL2 remaining few can still decide to join other server to give it lil boost. Possibly it will gain more popularity due few aspects that ETL main can not offer. And in the end sustain itself as some portion of players might consider ETL2 their "main" first to go server.

Also maybe change the ETL2 banner message a bit in main server and let people know it has 40 snaps, less players 24 slots max and slightly different map pool (well known playable balanced maps, no big maps, idk how to sum it up in fewer words)

Edited October 27, 2022 by uips

[nini]

On 10/25/2022 at 9:15 AM, Ralaoups said:

 

Hello, do you mean something like a stopwatch game (like ETpro ? Sorry I didnt participate to a scrim since 2009).

If it exists on ETlegacy it would be great : a public stopwatch server.

But anyway, I prefer ETL2 : less players, less random stuffs from nowhere and a better "touch" feeling and no map like Venice.

Just need to be more populate.

 

Yes and it already exists, its a config that you can vote for and it will change the settings of the game to stopwatch mode.