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First Suggestion: New Turns System

The current 2 on 2 or 2 on 1 turns system performs so that each player's turn begins in a set order.

The current system of turns for a 2 on 1 situation:

Player A + Player B
VS
Player C

Player A's turn
Player B's turn
Player C's turn
Player A's turn
Player B's turn
Player C's turn
etc...

The new system for a 2 on 1 situation:

Player A's turn
Player C's turn
Player B's turn
Player C's turn
Player A's turn
Player C's turn
etc...

Why, what, and how?

2 on 1 situations whether it be in 2v2 or Jug should have equal opportunities to win for both sides. Is having 1 capped player vs 2 capped players with the current system balanced? Is having 1 capped player vs 2 encumbered players (29 and down) with the current system balanced? Battle tracking reference would be much appreciated to answer these 2 questions.

If not then this suggestion is the key to salvation. Here is the logic:

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In 2 on 1 situations, the side with 1 player has a state that we call double turns

Double turns has the cooldown and warmup of normal turns (to prevent speed exploits) {a}

A side with normal turns (2 players) performs as often as a side with double turns (1 player) {b}

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{a}

Player A + Player B
VS
Player C

Player A's turn
Player C's turn uses Double Strike
Player B's turn
Player C's turn Double Strike cooldown 1 turn remaining
Player A's turn
Player C's turn Double Strike cooldown 1 turn remaining
Player B's turn
Player C's turn uses Double Strike

{b}

Player A's turn
Player C's turn
Player B's turn
Player C's turn
Player A's turn
Player C's turn

Team AB total turns elapsed: 3

Team CD total turns elapsed: 3

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Second Suggestion: New Team Setting

The current system of player handling uses a maximum of 2 players on each side because of lag and balance.

The new setting for team battles:

3v3, 4v4, 5v5, 10v10, 100v100, 1v3, etc...

Why, what, and how?

The servers can only handle 1000 logs of entities (players and NPCs in battle) at a time. Exceeding the server limit (1001+) may cause instability, or being within the server limit (1000-) with 3 players on each side may cause lag (due to graphics processing) or balance problems.

This suggestion will allow entirely brand new battle modes or changes to existing modes to positively effect. Here is the logic:

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More than 3 players at a time can be assigned to a team (3v3, 4v4, 10v10, 100v100, 1v3, etc...) (player battles do not affect the server count, the players themselves do)

A team consists of active players who are on the battlefield and passive players who are in the reserve {a}

When an active player dies, they are replaced with a passive player if there are any passive players left, via swaps. Swapping may be predetermined or player inputted

Swapping an active player with a passive player only occurs at death

• If replaced via swaps, active players must declare a swap with a passive player {b}
  
  
  
  • Swaps are only declared before death, if no swap is made before death, the active player is swapped with a passive player predeterminedly
    
    
  • Only active players may declare a swap
    
    
  • Passive players may only accept or decline a swap
  
  
  
• If replaced via predetermination, active players are swapped with passive players automatically
  
  
  
  • Active players are swapped with passive players in chronological order such as, replaced by Player 6, then Player 7, then Player 8

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{a}

Player A + Player B + Player C + Player D
VS
Player E + Player F + Player G + Player H

What it looks like?

{b}

Player A + Player B + Player C + Player D
VS
Player E + Player F + Player G + Player H

Part 1

Part 2

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Third Suggestion: New Spectation Mode

Ever wondered what someone's battle looked like? Well, with spectation, you can see the battle yourself, or have other people watch you!

Watch a friend's (or nemesis's) battles

Catch cheaters

Host tournaments

Relax

Watch or perform tutorials

Entertain

The list does not end with spectation!!!

Here is the logic:

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Select from a list of currently battling players to enter spectation mode

Send the spectating player into a "spectating" state (like AFK but the player is present)

Change the player's screen into an overview of the selected player's battle

Battle chat is not available to text or see

PM windows are available

Players are able to turn off or on whether they want to be displayed on the list of players in battle

When battles end, change the overview back to the spectator's screen

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2vs2 or Juggernaut doesn't need double turns. That gives a huge advantage towards the single player. Pretend I'm in Juggernaut and I'm using a Strength build. I kill the player going next so I then would get another turn using this system. Then I could hit immediately after and have a headstart against the other guy who could've been planning to shield against my strength build but couldn't because he just lost his turn due to my second turn.

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Not to mention the code it would take to change how warmup/cooldown works in a specific situation.

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Also, the number of players does not really affect the amount of lag, nor do battles count as players. When NPCs start a battle it starts a process that uses up server memory. It doesn't count as another player on the server. It just uses up server memory which in turn caused lag and instability.

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3vs3 battle mode was confirmed to not going to happen because it's just a big lagfest, takes too long, and isn't balanced in the least bit. I honestly can't see them implementing such a complicated tag team system that few people would ever use because it would just take way too long and not really be worth it.

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Would definitely be hard to implement and set up but it does seem like a fun feature.

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I don't think it will ever catch hackers and if you can't see the chat then you can't really do anything about bad language or rude behavior.