I suggested this before, but I've built on it before.
OK, so this is a 24 hour match. Don't worry, you don't need to play a 24 hour match. Player cycle every 30 minutes. The OIC and possibly Platoon leaders have the choice to stay for an extra 30 minutes ( but cannot play for more than an hour in a row) There would ideally be only 1 or 2 of these matches per day. This way on your own you can make a large contribution to the Shadow War by winning a match. If player numbers are dwindling again, you can rejoin the match - You have the choice to prioritise joining the matches you have played in already so you can continue from where you started off.
The map would be more like a capturing objectives map - Just massive. The objectives are more in a line, so you have to push forward from your base, and pushing forward is supposed to take a long time. There would be trenches, bunkers on every line, (6-7 lines?) Mortar Batteries, AA, Sensors, etc. Perhaps even new stuff, like forward command posts.
Bunkers that are destroyed cannot be repaired. When a line is captured, the Platoon leaders/Squad leaders decide where to 'build' the bunkers. It takes 20 minutes to replace a destroyed bunker. Of course the placing would have to be limited in some way, as bunker placement CAN be too good. When a line is captured, everything is built from scratch, to make sure that no team wins from the first hour or so, there is a 30 minute period in which the capturing army needs to make Bunkers, Mortars, Motor Pools, Roadblocks, etc. Each squad leader places a building, their squad must choose to defend the area or another area until the buildings are up. The Platoon leader also gets a 2nd building placement - A Frontal Command Center. These have NO weapons. (Although perhaps an AA turret with a small radius so that these cannot be bombed) The whole platoon can spawn around this area. However, if there is a certain amount of enemies at it it is out of action until an equal amount of allies make it there.
So basically, capturing a line will take a whole 30 minutes, so 24 hours is a fair enough time. Each leader can leave notes for the next replacement to read about their strategies etc. Once a line is created, the team can then push forward to defeat the next line. You can capture a line by essentially getting a certain amount of players to a certain area for a specified time. You can't bomb this area either, as there is a small, capturable AA turret there (Can be mortared though) Once there are a certain amount of players there, they must destroy all of the enemy assets there to place their own - Once they have all their own assets they do the same.
Sides can create a Heavy Motor Pool (only one, but it can be moved over a period of time) Which creates a battle tank, capable of destroying bunker turrets before they destroy it. It takes only small damage from rockets - To take it out properly you need to put charges on the back. You can't spawn in it. It moves slow enough to put charges down before it moves far out of the way.
Any questions about my idea and I can alter it to make it realistic, but I doubt anyone from Zipper will even have a read.
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