JO:E whats the word ?

Is there gonna be ladders/ league ? If so what type? and when?

I don't even think there is a community that plays the game LOL
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There's a community but you'd have to turn on tracers and wedges and promise to be finished by 8pm, bedtime, b4 they'd play.

We are trying to get a JO:E team going... but yeah, doesn't seem to be a whole lot of squad war activity out there for it.

i think the expansion will kill the game

I havn't played a whole lot of JO:E yet, but from what I have played its been a blast in those huge pubs. The problem is the maps just keep growing and growing with every new nova release and the game just doesn't work well for squad play. It is unrealistic to have a community of squads big enough to support more then 8v8 matches, and the games are more and more suited to huge battles making match play worse and worse.

They said somthing about releasing smaller maps for squad play. Seems like a pretty simple thing for them to do. Not sure what the hold up is... they are killing themselves with this stuff. The competitive part of the nova community is dieing off pretty quick and you get the feeling that nova doesn't even care. The only squads who have been thriving latley are the ones who just play around in pubs all the time and never match.
Post edited by wa. at 12/12/2004 4:41:13 AM

rgr that... to really use all the stuff on maps, and keep the game really exciting, we will need matches with a minimum of 12 vs 12.

I agree. You get 2 Tanks, 1 Helo, a couple dirtbikes, and a few on foot and your already at like 10-16. 8 vs 8 on maps like the Airfield and Chemical Plant would be a waste lol.
Post edited by [DI]Nailz[CEO] at 12/12/2004 3:35:40 PM

the 5v5 maps they promised (only 1 was ever released) were borked by the next patch so they wont work

the maps they have to to big for anything LESS than 12-14 per side (20 would be better)

We are working on Escalation ladders now, we should have it up soon.

The main ladder will be 12 vs 12. All weapons and vehicles allowed. We are also working on having infantry only ladders as well as tank war and air war ladders.

Any input you guys have from the rules to map lists or whatever I would like to hear it.

ok...my suggestions for what they are worth:

I think 12 on 12 is a good minimum. Teams need to recruit more, merge etc. As for maps, i think captains of active TWL teams should be given a lot of say as to what maps are picked. I can't tell u how demoralizing some TWL TR maps were for ppll; shudder.

As for the various types of leagues u are talking about starting, my suggestion would be to first focus on the one main league/ladder and make it "the place to play" before u water down its activity/membership with other leagues.

Also, i think a scoring system other than just a slot-ranking should be used to determine ranking. yes, i know this will cause coding headaches, but it will also increase activity by providing incentive (through points) to challenge teams you have lil hope of beating.

I'd be more than happy to offer some time to help work out a good method of scoring.

Regardless, thanks for the work TWL.

This is what we have planed as for ladders and are working on it as I post...

12 vs 12 Advance and Secure ladder
12 vs 12 Team King of the Hill ladder
These will have all weapons

8 vs 8 Infantry only Advance and Secure ladder
8 vs 8 Infantry only Team King of the Hill ladder
These will be limited to jeeps and transport helos

6 vs 6 or 4 v 4 Tanks only TDM ladder
Name says it all

6 vs 6 or 4 v 4 Air Combat TDM ladder
Name says it all

So do you guys think this will be a good start?

On a side note....What is holding us up at this time is staff. We could use one to two more admin's. So if you know of any one, have them email me.


[D12C]TROLL
Teamwarfare|Competition Director

Sounds good to me ! I think a modified scoring system should be consider also. Someone should start a thread to see what ideas we can come up with.

infantry only on JO:E stocks sounds like a lot of very long walks. You guys going to make customs for these?

I highly suggest using customs for the infantry only, tank only, and air combat ladders.

Just start up a map making contest and post it all over the resource sites. Get as many people to submit customs suited for those ladders as possible then pick the best ones.
Post edited by wa. at 12/13/2004 8:00:33 PM