faction mixing

Jump back to quoted post27 Jun 2017, 00:21 AMnee

If you can prove that faction mixing was a major factor in the player base dropping you may well have a point. I personally think people just got tired of that game and moved on.

What you are advocating is the option to disallow people from doing it. What you don't like, is that players are making their own totally legal decisions. And what happens if I selected UKF and I join your Axis team? I automatically chose Ostheer?
And what if I only have purchased Axis factions and no Allies? I then cannot join your game? This game doesn't need features that serve to effectively lock out half the playerbase from joining a lobby. This button would also have to be in your face in the lobby so even the brain-dead host can see and toggle it when they change their minds.

Jump back to quoted post30 Jun 2017, 11:50 AMnee

The very fact that you simply say "your being a little over the top" means two things: one, you actually have no idea of the repercussions of what you want, and two, what you want isn't even going to be accomplished by what you are suggesting.

I mean, what exactly does "faction mixing could be a tick box option selected by the guy hosting the game" even translate to for reality? Right now that reality is "you can't join unless you choose a particular faction"....of which choices are not identified in the first place.

What you're asking for isn't just a UI feature, it's a significant technical design for the game that, once you choose a faction, it is not possible to be on a certain team. Exactly how you can pull that off is a question of itself.

If there's anything over the top about that, it's the idea itself, which is really "I don't want you to play as Allies when on my Axis team". Which you can control via text and kicking.

Jump back to quoted post5 Jul 2017, 10:18 AMnee

I know what faction mixing is, but not everyone is as smart as I am.

What the game "used to be" is the past. Saying "but in X game they used to do it" is hardly an argument. Why? Because they've evolved, for better or worse.


Since you claim this has been in the game before, prove it. I'd love to see it. if what you say is true then yes I don't see why it was taken out...but if that's false, then of course you're just lying.