Do you like the idea of 'respawning' in Warband?

[Dragon13]

Respawning is a silly game-ism that has overtaken gameplay mechanics in place of making more immersive gameplay that supports more realistic play styles.

Which is why, look at my signature for the triumph in substance over style, just follow the instructions and don't click the last button 
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VV V

Why? It's a totally epic game  I spent hours playing it, I demand you remove the don't this instant  .

But, some respawning, maybe some ranks that allows 1 more 'ticket' when you get killed or something.

 

[Bismarkpwns]

I love you dragon13...... I mean 

 

[Frost_Knight]

Neh, i don't want to think that mount and blade will just be BF 2 with bows and swords, and i would really preffer having 1 life, as Lord Bryggan said at the begining it brings a more realistic value, and i think it would cut up the immature players that would just charge up uppon the enemy and get killed. And i agree to leave this option optional.

 

[killer-blead]

Rangs effecting the tickets? might not be a good idea. professional player will get to much of an advantage over noobs. err.. i mean beginners..

 

[captain lust]

Yeah I don't like the idea of high rankings getting too much of a bonus.

I think people should start on a fairly equal footing.

One of the reasons why gears of war made me so happy.

 

[killer-blead]

your only advantage should be your "skills" just your experience and your knowledge of the area your fighting in.

 

[Elisianthus]

What KB said.

 

[Darian]

I may be completely misinterpreting this, but the videos made it look like you may spawn into the body of an existing AI combatant, rather than actually respawning in the traditional sense.

 

[captain lust]

can you point us to a particular video?

I don't remember seeing that.

 

[Shik]

I may be completely misinterpreting this, but the videos made it look like you may spawn into the body of an existing AI combatant, rather than actually respawning in the traditional sense.

Warband Gameplay Preview
I guess you mean this video?

It actually looks more like the player is respawning as a certain type of troop. (selecting from different factions and troops) 0:36 looks a lot like a respawn, rather than what you described above. Also, I'm curious about 0:54 - it looks like he is choosing from different types of troops to respawn as.

"Choose an Option:"
Choose Faction
Choose Troop
Options
Redefine_Keys
Administrator Panel
Quit

It's probably just a testing feature though. I remember this interview mentioning that spawning was based on the number of kills you make; you can choose to respawn as a stronger soldier if you have more kills.

 

[captain lust]

I think Fei is right.

When he spawned it seemed like he was away from the action at a typical spawn point type place.

however, something else caught my eye:

 

[Deanster]

Or just have a hardcore mode.

 

[captain lust]

Cod4 has no place here.

Why is noone more shocked about new troop?

 

[kosmik]

HOLY FLYING JESUS    Are factions gonna get more variety now, thats awesome

 

[kosmik]

that would be nice could swadians just **** vaegirs unless vaegirs have cavalry to distract them whilst the archers shoot them

Eh what ?  Vaegirs have a decent cavalry

 

[kosmik]

yh thats what i mean, there infantry using axes cant deal with cavalry like spears can, so they need the cavalry to help

Maybe in Warband it can

 

[pesja]

Wouldn't it best to have this as an option? Shouldn't be that hard, and it opens up for more variety.

 

[captain lust]

Wouldn't it best to have this as an option? Shouldn't be that hard, and it opens up for more variety.

try reading. That conclusion has been drawn a thousand times (..ish) in his thread.

 

[killer-blead]

Wouldn't it best to have this as an option? Shouldn't be that hard, and it opens up for more variety.

try the entire thread reading. That conclusion has been drawn a thousand times (..ish) in his thread.

Yes we did have this discussed and we came up with the following decisions i hope you like them too:

- The possibilities of respawn should depend on the choice of the host of the server/room.
- the amount of respawns is a choice the host should make.
- they came up with a ticket server much like the one from starwars battlefront
Example: each team starts with 30 players and each team has 30 tickets. if someone of a team dies a ticket will be used to make him respawn. if your team doesn't have any tickets left your dead team mate's won't come back as "reinforcement"

In the end the choice whether to respawn or not should be chosen by the host. the system on how to respawn ticketsystem or anyother way should depend on what kind of game you play siege, team deathmatch w/e.

Aka Respawn should be optional.

 

[Elisianthus]

Aka Respawn should be optional.

Set tickets to Zero.

One of the reasons I like the ticket server idea, it gives lots of flexibility without too many extra options/settings.
(Although I realise in this case the "Extra Option" could me as easy as unticking a checkbox. >>)