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Soleft · 16-04-2006, 10:46 PM

Having a high skill margin in a multiplayer game is important. By doing this it gives games long playability. Games such as UT, CSS have large skill margins this is why they have lasted for so long. There are such things as one man armies. Is this a bad thing? I think not. If the person has enough skill to take out a 10 man team, why not. When you look at Xfire stats you see 6 FPS games in the top10, number 2 in the top 10 at the moment being CSS.

Factors that increase skill margin:

*Multiple hit boxes, this increases skill margin because you have to aim for a specific point.

*Recoil, this increases skill margin because you have to control recoil you can not mindlessly shoot at someone.

*Players can be killed in as little as 2-3 shots, make players easy to kill, this gives higher skilled players an advantage.

*Give players the ability to move fast, this makes targets harder to hit.

*Give players accurate weapons, which in result is effected by recoil.

So what's my point? This game has the potential to be the best. I want your input. I think I will get two sides of this. MMORPG players telling me to shutup, and maybe FPS agreeing with me.

16-04-2006, 10:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Soleft Training Grounds Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 24	Increase the skill margin Having a high skill margin in a multiplayer game is important. By doing this it gives games long playability. Games such as UT, CSS have large skill margins this is why they have lasted for so long. There are such things as one man armies. Is this a bad thing? I think not. If the person has enough skill to take out a 10 man team, why not. When you look at Xfire stats you see 6 FPS games in the top10, number 2 in the top 10 at the moment being CSS. Factors that increase skill margin: Multiple hit boxes, this increases skill margin because you have to aim for a specific point. Recoil, this increases skill margin because you have to control recoil you can not mindlessly shoot at someone. Players can be killed in as little as 2-3 shots, make players easy to kill, this gives higher skilled players an advantage. Give players the ability to move fast, this makes targets harder to hit. *Give players accurate weapons, which in result is effected by recoil. So what's my point? This game has the potential to be the best. I want your input. I think I will get two sides of this. MMORPG players telling me to shutup, and maybe FPS agreeing with me.