Topic: For my next set of servers . . . (Read 24676 times)

FPF-DieHard · « **on:** June 27, 2007, 10:47:30 am »

I'm taking a month off from Admining after AOTK3 is concluded. This was my first server done by myself and with the exception of player drop-off after the second week I think it was a success.

I seem to do well by ripping of J'inn so I'm thinking of staying with the same theme. Who's up for re-doing the GW series? I don't think it will be 5 servers, more like 3 or 4. What I loved about the GW series was that racial enemies fought each other without the mis-matches that was caused by having Western empires have to fight Plasma and Eastern Empiires have to fight drones.

el-Karnak · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2007, 11:47:54 am »

I like the idea of trying out each race in-depth which is possible in the GW series.

Would each GW series strictly follow the timeline or would they do the normal 2263 to 2293 yearly progression?

GDA-Agave · « **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2007, 01:01:56 pm »

Personally I would love to do the General War series again. I really like the traditional enemies approach where only 3 or 4 empires are involved. The only drag on that series the first time was the OOB ship assignment. Yes, I know, I'm beating the dead horse.

Did you have an idea of what are battles you might cover? I know the ISC pilots would like to get their ships into one of them. Maybe make the last one an ISC invasion battle pitting the winning empires from the 3 previous servers against the ISC invasion force.

Good idea. It brings lots of thoughts to mind.

AGAVE

Dizzy · « **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2007, 01:33:56 pm »

2 weeks server max when u limit races. In fact, a series of speedy one week servers would rock, with a week off in between. U could even do a 4 day rest between servers if each one launched on Fri and ended sunday. That could be the highlight of this summer. Go thru an entire GW series b4 5the summer is out.

FPF-DieHard · « **Reply #4 on:** June 27, 2007, 02:01:56 pm »

They would be 2 weeks max and the Player population is WAY too small for OOB. We'd easily be able to produce way more ships that we have pilots with even the smallest number of points avaialable.

NuclearWessels · « **Reply #5 on:** June 27, 2007, 03:43:04 pm »

The GW series sounds like an awesome plan to me. Holler if there are mission ideas you'd like for it.

dave

PS - Dizzy, you said something in chat the other day about mission ideas???

FPF-DieHard · « **Reply #6 on:** June 27, 2007, 04:55:51 pm »

Quote from: NuclearWessels on June 27, 2007, 03:43:04 pm

The GW series sounds like an awesome plan to me. Holler if there are mission ideas you'd like for it.

dave

PS - Dizzy, you said something in chat the other day about mission ideas???

Speaking of missions, how are things going with the Warp missions? They were a hello of a lot of fun but had deal-brekaing PvP bugs.

I think the current missions with the curnt map sizes are wonderful, we're seeing a lot more kills (once people actually engage

) as it's harder to get cornered and run off. I'm not sure if the "warping" is even needed unless we want to do something with Andros or anything else.

Hexx · « **Reply #7 on:** June 27, 2007, 05:09:52 pm »

What about (and stop me if you're simply awestruck by my brilliance) a GWish server that has say the entire west, (Feds/Klinks/Kzinti Swine/Hydrans/Noble Lyran)
But doesn't have the accounts activated until the respective Empire goes to war. (Their territory would also of course be inviolate)

So like day 1-3 Skirmises along the Lyran Kzin border
Day 4-7 Massive Klingon and Lyran stomping of Kzin
DAy 8-12 Hydrans attack and get stomped
day 13-14 Feds decide to invade peace loving Klingon and Lyran empire.

Dizzy · « **Reply #8 on:** June 27, 2007, 05:21:37 pm »

That'd be cool, hexx. Who gave you that idea?

ED, why do maps have to have 4 sides? Try making a map with 5, 6 or 7 sides...

FPF-DieHard · « **Reply #9 on:** June 27, 2007, 05:47:04 pm »

Quote from: Hexx on June 27, 2007, 05:09:52 pm

What about (and stop me if you're simply awestruck by my brilliance) a GWish server that has say the entire west, (Feds/Klinks/Kzinti Swine/Hydrans/Noble Lyran)
But doesn't have the accounts activated until the respective Empire goes to war. (Their territory would also of course be inviolate)

So like day 1-3 Skirmises along the Lyran Kzin border
Day 4-7 Massive Klingon and Lyran stomping of Kzin
DAy 8-12 Hydrans attack and get stomped
day 13-14 Feds decide to invade peace loving Klingon and Lyran empire.

How do you co-ordinate player numbers and RM plans to go along with this? The idea has been suggested (by t00l first) of doing one large campaign with staggered race start up. I'm not sure how to do this well.

Though if ED gets SQL working, things can be done "strategcly" behind the scenes to emulate large fleet movements and stuff like that.

Hexx · « **Reply #10 on:** June 27, 2007, 08:29:04 pm »

I'm almost positive t00l stole the idea from me...

Would it really be that hard?
Simply seems to me you'd need 2 RM's
For the first X days (using my above example) Krueg would lead the Lyrans, then his pilots would have access to Klingon accounts
The Alliance RM would simply start wikt Kzin accoutns, then add Hydran and finally Fed.

The benefit (in my mind) would be to combine GW's racial enemies along with the progressive rise in the level of tech the Empires have
We've complained when we've had to reshuffle YFA's to fix classes that weren't "historcially" involved in the GW at the time, this would help (I think) fix that.

You'd also have to tie intervention of different empires to hex flipping as well, despite what Chuut may claim, it's kinda obvious that any early era server is going to have Kzin outflipping Lyrans by a wide margin- so simply have rules that show if the Kzin (for example) advance X amount into Lyran space, then the Klingon Empire activates earlier.

el-Karnak · « **Reply #11 on:** June 28, 2007, 11:59:04 am »

*Karnak and fellow ISC Pilots standing in the unemployment line*

Boo Hoo Hoo!!

*blows froggy nose with slimy hanky*

Boo Hoo Hoo!!

Nobody loves us anymore.

Boo Hoo Hoo!!

Wessa better have a bombad good ISC Invasion server after all this GW stuff. Messa would love to help contribute to one with bombad missions and stuff.

Then we should have an Andro invasion server with tac warping Andros. I already got the mission figured out.

Julin Eurthyr · « **Reply #12 on:** June 28, 2007, 01:54:42 pm »

Quote from: el-Karnak on June 28, 2007, 11:59:04 am

*Karnak and fellow ISC Pilots standing in the unemployment line*

Luckily, I know at least 1 ISC Officer that won't be unemployed...

rummages thru ambassadorial boxes

Once I find out what races are around, I'll know which set of these brandishes all sorts of various rank insignias to use that server... :p

FPF-DieHard · « **Reply #13 on:** June 28, 2007, 03:23:52 pm »

Quote from: el-Karnak on June 28, 2007, 11:59:04 am

*Karnak and fellow ISC Pilots standing in the unemployment line*

Boo Hoo Hoo!!

*blows froggy nose with slimy hanky*

Boo Hoo Hoo!!

Nobody loves us anymore.

Boo Hoo Hoo!!

Wessa better have a bombad good ISC Invasion server after all this GW stuff. Messa would love to help contribute to one with bombad missions and stuff.

Then we should have an Andro invasion server with tac warping Andros. I already got the mission figured out.

Let's redo SGO4 with a "no treaties" rule

I would love to do an ISC invasion type server, sign me up for the tech work but I can't for the live of me figure out how to do and it be good. D2 is a Hex-flipping game.

Braxton_RIP · « **Reply #14 on:** June 28, 2007, 03:29:09 pm »

Silly Karnak, didn't you know we replaced all the ISC command chairs with Fed command chairs, and the, well... we won't go into what we did with most of the captains, but you get the idea.

Hexx · « **Reply #15 on:** June 28, 2007, 03:41:56 pm »

Quote from: FPF-DieHard on June 28, 2007, 03:23:52 pm

I would love to do an ISC invasion type server, sign me up for the tech work but I can't for the live of me figure out how to do and it be good. D2 is a Hex-flipping game.

Hmmm

Fortunately for the lot of you I happened to be a genieus...

Braxton_RIP · « **Reply #16 on:** June 28, 2007, 03:43:02 pm »

Quote from: Hexx on June 28, 2007, 03:41:56 pm

Quote from: FPF-DieHard on June 28, 2007, 03:23:52 pm

I would love to do an ISC invasion type server, sign me up for the tech work but I can't for the live of me figure out how to do and it be good. D2 is a Hex-flipping game.

Hmmm

Fortunately for the lot of you I happened to be a genieus...

Said the madman. Finish your quotes

Kruk · « **Reply #17 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:45:18 pm »

How about a vanila server.

No cheese

FPF-DieHard · « **Reply #18 on:** June 28, 2007, 09:21:01 pm »

Quote from: Kruk on June 28, 2007, 04:45:18 pm

How about a vanila server.

No cheese

I'm game but last time we tried this we had the most boring server ever.

[KBF]MuadDib · « **Reply #19 on:** June 28, 2007, 10:02:45 pm »

bah!

finish where we left off after the lot of the alliance bailed when the coalition wiped out Federation space...or do something new...

in any case...i look forward to whatever you do next DH!!!

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Would re-doing the General War series fly?

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