Starhawk

[afk-12]

Hey! I'm going discuss what has been bothering me since I first played Warhawk. Time Limits. There needs to be a unlimited time limit in StarHawk. Why, because I find it very annoying that in a CTF round if the enemy team has two flag captures and my team has one. The enemy team will just stay at their base waiting for the time limit to go up so they can win the round. Now if there was a unlimited time limit the enemy would only be able to win by reaching the score limit forcing them to leave their base and continue trying to capture flags and will cause alot of clashing between the teams as they try to take the other enemies flags until one team wins making a continuous battle until the end

[Solid_Snake12345]

Or it would simply result in them staying in their base, killing enemies that advance in order to improve their kill to death ratio and the amount of experience they gain. Such a thing would also be horrible in "base-rape" matches where one team with two captures could take the enemy's flag, sit at their base with the flag and let the rest of the team indefinitely kill the other players.

[afk-12]

I see what you mean Solid_Snake12345.  This happened alot in BATTLEFIELD BAD COMPANY 2.  The enemy continuously destroyed your team at your main base.  DICE made sure in the next game that this would be less of a problem.  What DICE did is that if a enemy tries to enter your main base a countdown will come up on your screen and once the countdown is up you will be forced to suicide.  Even so with or without a time limit the enemy team or your team can still trap you or you trapping your enemy at their main base. BATTLEFIELD 3 so far has the best solution to this. As a final statement- quit the match if your being dominated lol the enemy cant dominate you if you arent there!

[Tear72]

time limit would make it even harder to take down base defences. you'd also lose the satisfaction of holding out for a draw when you've been taking a beating. i have been involved in a couple of games where we've kept their flag at our base just to overkill them for longer, so i see your point

[afk-12]

I hate the feeling of being rushed to take the flag.  You have a minute left you better hurry! Well what if  I want to build a bunker and maybe a few walls so I can set up a base so I can attack their defences first rather than run in there and try to get the flag in 60 seconds.... and then die. Some people like Time Limits and some people just dont.  I love StarHawk's gameplay its just the Time Limits are just annoying lol ONE MINUTE REMAINING. Aww noo I have the plan to get in their base and get their flag but I cant do that in 1 minute, which makes me just give up on trying.

[Spencey]

It could be added as a option for custom games, but to make it mandatory is a no no.

20 minutes a game is absolutely fine for a normal game. 15 minutes to short and 30 minutes is pushing it for people who just want a casual game.

[skatebkp · Accepted solution]

Starhawk with the option of unlimited time would be epic. I think if you want to add RTS elements to this game this feature is a must, it would take the game to new heights. Adding this options would let us really have some fantastic strategic games like any good RTS game should (even a half of one).  

I understand sometimes one side may come to dominate the match and leave a near impossibilty chance of winning but thats the beauty of any strategy game the turn of fortune by a genial move or a lucky mistake.

And all games with even a slight element of strategy have this problem..... sometime the other team is just better and dominates the match and why shouldnt they? 

ok rant over

[afk-12]

skatebkp you and I have almost the exact same opinion on time limits in starhawk.

[lmmortalMachine]

it should be unlimited time yes but also like first to 5 flags wins, make for much more epic games, greater concentration needed.

[afk-12]

Awesome to see that a few people agree with me.  Wish more people would though...