Sounds good to me, but what if you can't see units?
6 Aug 2016, 22:24
Spectator mode?
So, someone I was talking to in chat suggested something that I think sounds like a good feature. What if you could spectate a match? Wouldn't it be exciting if you could watch a war play out? Sure,games can take quite a long time, but you could easily check until something exciting happens. You would have a full view of the map, and see where armies move.
Pros: Let players that joined a game late watch how a game turns out, simple enjoyment.
Cons: Could possibly be used by multi-accounters to cheat, Could possibly be a hassle to implement
Final thoughts: This is just a thought of a feature that could be fun, but may have some bad effects.
Someone tell me how hard it would be to add a feature like this, and if you think it practical or just plain dumb.
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7 Aug 2016, 16:41
I like this idea, sort of what you can do in Hearts of Iron. I would enjoy watching a world map play out without having to worry about my welfare.
Yeah, well. Really anything can be used by multi-accounters to cheat, we will just have to rely on staff to catch multi-accounters like they already do. I have learned that, and said cheaters will to, that success in one match is not equivalent to playing the whole game.Martiellmo wrote:
Cons: Could possibly be used by multi-accounters to cheat, Could possibly be a hassle to implement
7 Aug 2016, 17:47
Spectator mode sounds like great way to kill the game. Why not remove all fog of war completely so you don't have to bother having to spectate your enemy in other window?
However, possibility to fast forward the game without fog of war after the game is finished might not be so terrible idea, I am not sure about that.
7 Aug 2016, 18:10
Or we could just make it so you can't see units...
7 Aug 2016, 20:26
But then what is the fun?Quasi-duck wrote:
Or we could just make it so you can't see units...
7 Aug 2016, 20:45
You can see how a friend is in doing on a map. Unless you wanted to cheat, of course.purplepizza117 wrote:
But then what is the fun?Quasi-duck wrote:
Or we could just make it so you can't see units...
7 Aug 2016, 20:49
You could see how a friend is doing on a map anyway if you ask them to show you. LOL.Quasi-duck wrote:
You can see how a friend is in doing on a map. Unless you wanted to cheat, of course.
8 Aug 2016, 12:06
This is easier and you can do it yourself, multiple times, whenever you like, without asking. LOL.purplepizza117 wrote:
You could see how a friend is doing on a map anyway if you ask them to show you. LOL.Quasi-duck wrote:
You can see how a friend is in doing on a map. Unless you wanted to cheat, of course.
8 Aug 2016, 14:15
That is true. But I think just watching provinces change hands, even if you can check multiple times and whatnot, would be excruciatingly boring most of the time. If you really want to watch provinces change hands just go on a World Map match and not play your country... Spectator mode should be something different.Quasi-duck wrote:
This is easier and you can do it yourself, multiple times, whenever you like, without asking. LOL.
8 Aug 2016, 14:46
It is what they do in S1914.purplepizza117 wrote:
That is true. But I think just watching provinces change hands, even if you can check multiple times and whatnot, would be excruciatingly boring most of the time
Are you trying to increase inactivity?purplepizza117 wrote:
If you really want to watch provinces change hands just go on a World Map match and not play your country...
8 Aug 2016, 16:03
If you really want to watch provinces change hands, just go on a World Map match and not play your country. Am I advising it? No.Quasi-duck wrote:
Are you trying to increase inactivity?
8 Aug 2016, 16:05
You're encouraging it, and what if I want to watch, say, the PL league, day-by-day, but cannot participate?purplepizza117 wrote:
If you really want to watch provinces change hands, just go on a World Map match and not play your country. Am I advising it? No.
8 Aug 2016, 16:12
It would be an interesting update.
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
8 Aug 2016, 16:53
What I am saying is that spectator mode should be different from just not playing your country and watching the provinces change hands. Please actually listen to what I am saying for if you do not I'll– I'll– I'll tell my mommy!Quasi-duck wrote:
You're encouraging it, and what if I want to watch, say, the PL league, day-by-day, but cannot participate?
8 Aug 2016, 17:36
I'm listening, and I'm telling you that I don't agree with what you want. Maybe you should listen.purplepizza117 wrote:
What I am saying is that spectator mode should be different from just not playing your country and watching the provinces change hands. Please actually listen to what I am saying for if you do not I'll– I'll– I'll tell my mommy!
8 Aug 2016, 18:06
Spectator mode in S1914:
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
8 Aug 2016, 18:17
Right, I thought about that yesterday. If I am not mistaken it doesn't show you the armies either.Caesar wrote:
Spectator mode in S1914:
8 Aug 2016, 18:17
Exactly, only the map.purplepizza117 wrote:
. If I am not mistaken it doesn't show you the armies either.
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.
9 Aug 2016, 14:00
Would be cool to just see where the battles are on the map. So then you would only see the map and where and active units are fighting so you could watch the battles. Would be especially cool on the 50 and 100 player maps.
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