Stalemate Fix Idea

When the final flags of both teams are in each other's possession, someone can bring the flag to the empty flagcase and "cap it" that will revert both flags back.

Credit to the lazy @PUNK123

 

Only thing I can see going wrong with this is maps with multiple flags. Because I honestly would be incredibly annoyed if our team has 2 flags and one gets stolen, while the other team has 0 and they get to touch their missing flag and just rip their flag out of our hands even though we had the possibility of winning.

 

His idea needs no tweaks. Both flags being in each others possession should cancel out regardless of who wants what. As for the catapult bullcrap i made a suggestion thread for that awhile ago. i point you there.

Final flag was specified. If the developers are unable to do that then that is the problem with the game and not the suggestion.

 

I say make the flags count down to being returned (as if they weren't held) if the persons holding the flags go behind their own post / stay still for too long

this way the flag carriers are forced to stay in between the posts, reducing the possibilities of camping

 

Why not make a countdown start when all the flags are taken and there is no way to capture , and when it ends the game finish in a tie

 

what if the majority of players don't want it to be a tie? any solution that results in the players not having control over the match is inherently bad

 

Because that would involve coding. Hell the developers dont even want to add a better countdown for build time. Hell look at the fix that nel fellow did. After over a year it still isnt in the game.

This is just a fix for the affect and not the cause. Both flags being in each other's possession is stupid and shouldnt even happen.

 

I honestly cant tell whether shitpost or 1/2 baked idea. Eitherway im starting to really dislike you. Ill pretend like it is a 1/2 baked idea, if this were instituted then you there wouldnt be a real winner. just ogm whoever runs to base wins. I dont know about you but i dont want a 3 hour long stalemate blood bath to end by some cheeky bullcrap like that.

 

Kinda like every single post you have in any suggestion thread. *Boom Tish*

I dont feel the need to be respectful when you dont feel the need to completely read the suggestion and understand the points. IE the trapblock discussion. IE

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Obviously all these responses have been covered somewhere or theyre common sense. If someone wants this idea in the game then obviously the suggestor doesnt care about your whiny flag camping feelings. And that's the point. People who talk about a suggestion immediately try to find non-existent faults with it even though the suggestor has probably been mulling over an idea for days/weeks. The least you can do is completely understand their post before you give your two cents.

 

How is the returning flags thing expected to be handled if the flag is on the floor? Say someone grabs your flag but gets killed halfway to running it back and your team starts returning it, if you touch your flag post will it still return both flags? I can see that being incredibly frustrating, and trolls abusing the hell out of that. I feel that a small timer should be set on resetting the flags (Say 5 seconds?) and that if the flag is on the floor then that timer goes away if your team is on top of said flag, this way your team can recover your flag and save the hassle of resetting to just bust in again. Timer would also make it so both teams have a slight amount of time to repair their flag cases, repel enemies from the case, and gives everyone a second to breathe and plan how to get in again.

 

see this is another one of those things that make me irritated to no end in S&I. People say "ogm what if trolls abuse". Those type of things should never be accounted for in suggestions because if someone is doing that they should be removed from the game. Ofc the active playerbase still has to deal with very inactive admins and no fucks are given. I get that but changing the game because of that would be very stupid. IE having kegs/saws/dirtspikes not damage teammates because they could be abused, but you wouldnt change that just because of those issues.

tl;dr stop overcomplicating the situation