Match length? - PMS

theJBRU · #1 07-13-2012, 11:54 AM

What length of match to people enjoy?

I've sort of settled on matches with 200% tickets; long enough that getting some of the ribbons for X actions in a round are more likely and a team can try out a couple different strategies if one isn't working, but no so long that the game drags on forever if one side is dominating the round.

I really liked the close-quarters conquest domination matches with 100% tickets when CQ was first released. You could get through a round in 10 minutes and move on to the next new map! Now that I'm more familiar with the maps, a slightly longer game in those works nicely too.

Other opinions?

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Azian360 · #2 07-13-2012, 12:37 PM

On small rush maps I enjoy 200% tickets makes them last longer than just sweeping through .

Pony PMS · #3 07-13-2012, 12:46 PM

Too many tickets in rush almost guarantees the win for the attacking team. There's only so long you can hold an objective....it gets too boring and frustrating for the defenders after awhile.

I favor the standard number of tickets in most conquest games. One time i got in a 1200 ticket (or so, I don't remember exactly) game on one of the Karkand maps. It was ridiculous. And I eventually had to quit because I had something else to do, so I lost all those glorious kills

However, the 200% tickets aren't too bad on smaller maps. Especially Close Quarters.

theJBRU · #4 07-13-2012, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pony PMS

Too many tickets in rush almost guarantees the win for the attacking team. There's only so long you can hold an objective....it gets too boring and frustrating for the defenders after awhile.

I favor the standard number of tickets in most conquest games. One time i got in a 1200 ticket (or so, I don't remember exactly) game on one of the Karkand maps. It was ridiculous. And I eventually had to quit because I had something else to do, so I lost all those glorious kills

However, the 200% tickets aren't too bad on smaller maps. Especially Close Quarters.

I've been on those never-ending bazillion-ticket conquest games from time to time. After 90+ minutes, you start to wonder if anyone is actually enjoying this or if they all just keep playing because their butts have melded with the chair.

PMS Chaser · #5 07-13-2012, 01:00 PM

Conquest with 1600 tickets... I'm weird. lol

H2O Yogurt · #6 07-13-2012, 01:32 PM

In my experience, the optimal ticket percentage is 200%. It allows the players enough time to enjoy the match without taking too long to get a new map before they get bored of the board. Also, I've experienced freezing on the larger ticket maps, once they game encroaches on 45min. And on maps like Operation Firestorm where the game is long on 100% tickets

I'll see myself out now.

theJBRU · #7 07-13-2012, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by PMS Chaser

Conquest with 1600 tickets... I'm weird. lol

And you'd prefer it to be Gulf of Oman, right?

H2O Gilly · #8 07-13-2012, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by H2O Yogurt Huevos

In my experience, the optimal ticket percentage is 200%. It allows the players enough time to enjoy the match without taking too long to get a new map before they get bored of the board. Also, I've experienced freezing on the larger ticket maps, once they game encroaches on 45min. And on maps like Operation Firestorm where the game is long on 100% tickets

Same here, on some of the higher ticket (like 1000+) I get bored halfway in and then the longer it goes in the worse I do because I just stop caring and I'd rather help the other team win so I can get onto a new map

That or I just start pissing about to amuse myself (just C4'ing stuff, or driving jeeps everywhere for the giggles... anything but playing the objective and killing enemies properly

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