Finally read the roadmap - no meta game?

[psychobilly]

I just spent some time going through the 6 month roadmap. Did I miss something? No meta game planned in the next 6 months? I see in June that a contributing outfit will 'own' a base but no plans for what that even means.

There were a lot of interesting fixes and little additions, to be sure. After reading the roadmap though, I am really not motivated to get back in game.

[james]

there is little here and htere but nothing major

[robocpf1]

Meta game isn't something they can just "put in". The meta game is a combination of several factors that, together, give the game more of a goal to play for.

I see several factors of the meta game on the roadmap, such as additional continents, experience incentives, redesigning parts of bases to help defenders, the Regional Empire Priority System, Continent Locking, Player Generated Missions...the list continues.

Each topic individually may be a small piece of the puzzle, but taken together, I would say this vastly improves the meta game.

[MrBloodworth]

Except for all the stuff that's part of the meta game, sure. No meta game stuff in the list

[Mietz]

I would wish people would stop using the term Metagame when they actually mean "strategy elements and tactical/strategic depth".

[MrBloodworth]

Meta game is less typing.

[Mietz]

Originally Posted by MrBloodworth

Meta game is less typing.

It's also a word that has a perfectly fine functional definition.

[MrBloodworth]

Yes it does!

Metagaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game. Another definition refers to the game universe outside of the game itself.

[Timealude]

ya continent locking isnt major at all

[Rolfski]

I suggest you watch the dev meeting organized by Azure Twilight, which was only about meta game and proposals to improve it. It's an interesting insight in how they look at it.
Long story short: Their upcoming overhaul of the resource system will have a huge impact on meta game.

[OldAeon]

Originally Posted by Rolfski

I suggest you watch the dev meeting organized by Azure Twilight, which was only about meta game and proposals to improve it. It's an interesting insight in how they look at it.
Long story short: Their upcoming overhaul of the resource system will have a huge impact on meta game.

I hope they implement this asap, cause they're running out of time.
The F2P system may be more of an obstancle to this if they try to milk people for server switches once their homeserver is constantly on low pop.

[Vashyo]

I read the roadmap and was tad dissapointed myself too, lot of the things seem to be bandaids than real changes to the game. Biggest change will be maybe continent locking, but I doubt that makes the game any less boring. Atleast u get to fight big battles elsewhere than Indar too, that's a plus.

I hope player generated missions reward you generously and not every wanna-be leader can use them to pull people off from interesting fights.

If u get barely more XP than what u get with farming, majority of people will continue farming...

[T-Ray]

Originally Posted by robocpf1

Meta game isn't something they can just "put in". The meta game is a combination of several factors that, together, give the game more of a goal to play for.

I see several factors of the meta game on the roadmap, such as additional continents, experience incentives, redesigning parts of bases to help defenders, the Regional Empire Priority System, Continent Locking, Player Generated Missions...the list continues.

Each topic individually may be a small piece of the puzzle, but taken together, I would say this vastly improves the meta game.

what are you talking about,... "Add Meta Game" is on the list... lolz

[LoliLoveFart]

As said before you can't just "put in meta"
A lot of the things on the roadmap will accommodate the development of a larger metagame.

[bpostal]

I read continent locking as the major driving 'meta game' issue. With that in place and the removal of continental footholds it finally gives us (hopefully with better lock incentives) something to strive for.