space = huge spaceship fleets destroying each other, and doing awesome stuff YES
starmade = huge spaceship fleets destroying each other, and doing awesome stuff NO
Alright, so this thread is about large faction warfare, pretty much what we all dreamed of when we joined a faction. In the sci fi movies, you always hear "the planet is blockaded by the 21rst fleet, there is no escape" or something awesome like that, related to a large number of ships. Now in starmade, if there was an actual blockade this would happen "HAHA LOLWUT? LETS WAIT TILL THEIR ALL OFFLINE AND KILL THEIR SHIPS" That, is bullshit, and has to be stopped.
At first i imagened starmade like a chess board, or a tactical map, where the leader could move his armies around according to opposite army threats (and his soldiers would have a good time fighting the enemy), maybe attempt a last ditch dash to destroy the enemy capital ship, going around all the enemy fleets, or performing a clever feint and flanking attack. But then i realised this would never happen, starmade wars are not about who has the best tactics, the best ships and the best pilots, its about who can stay up the longest waiting for nobody to be online and killing an entire fleet with a ship.
Heres another example, you know those warhammer campaign maps? if each sector represented a hexagon on those you could have some truly tactical warplay.
What is currently happening on starmade is a kinda offline wars, were members simply cannot stay online 24/7 (and even if they could, the battles are very unsatisfying and in no way would justify that lack of sleep or that lack of real life) and then their ships are destroyed when they are offline. And when they get back on its "ha, we beat you, all your ships are dead" now many of you will say that there are "clean wars" were both sides agree on a set battletime. However this isnt really tactical its just a slugging match.
What can we do about it? tbh not much, there will always be a horrible troll out there who will do this. But we can agree on a moral system to not attack offline players ships (and if there is one member of a faction online, that doesnt count for the entire faction, be representative) untill a new system is implemented because it NEEDS to be.
starmade = huge spaceship fleets destroying each other, and doing awesome stuff NO
Alright, so this thread is about large faction warfare, pretty much what we all dreamed of when we joined a faction. In the sci fi movies, you always hear "the planet is blockaded by the 21rst fleet, there is no escape" or something awesome like that, related to a large number of ships. Now in starmade, if there was an actual blockade this would happen "HAHA LOLWUT? LETS WAIT TILL THEIR ALL OFFLINE AND KILL THEIR SHIPS" That, is bullshit, and has to be stopped.
At first i imagened starmade like a chess board, or a tactical map, where the leader could move his armies around according to opposite army threats (and his soldiers would have a good time fighting the enemy), maybe attempt a last ditch dash to destroy the enemy capital ship, going around all the enemy fleets, or performing a clever feint and flanking attack. But then i realised this would never happen, starmade wars are not about who has the best tactics, the best ships and the best pilots, its about who can stay up the longest waiting for nobody to be online and killing an entire fleet with a ship.
Heres another example, you know those warhammer campaign maps? if each sector represented a hexagon on those you could have some truly tactical warplay.
What is currently happening on starmade is a kinda offline wars, were members simply cannot stay online 24/7 (and even if they could, the battles are very unsatisfying and in no way would justify that lack of sleep or that lack of real life) and then their ships are destroyed when they are offline. And when they get back on its "ha, we beat you, all your ships are dead" now many of you will say that there are "clean wars" were both sides agree on a set battletime. However this isnt really tactical its just a slugging match.
What can we do about it? tbh not much, there will always be a horrible troll out there who will do this. But we can agree on a moral system to not attack offline players ships (and if there is one member of a faction online, that doesnt count for the entire faction, be representative) untill a new system is implemented because it NEEDS to be.