DDOM Suggestion for 2k4

[legacy-cAm]

ok, DDOM is fun, even though i dont play it very much, but i think that it is REALLY L4M3 that after your team scores you dont restart your position, you can just camp on the big A or B.

anyone else think this should be fixed?

(i am not certain that it does this in MP, i have never played it online, but i assume that it does...)

[legacy-LeJimster]

It's part of the game.. Everybody who plays it properly loves it that way and it'd ruining iDDOM for sure, if they changed it to how BR works :-|.

[legacy-cAm]

to me it just seems like it encourages camping tho.. so i dunno

[Worlock]

DDOM is *supposed* to be about camping. The entire game concept is based on it.

[legacy-r°a]

Make it not ****ing suck?

[legacy-LeJimster]

Originally posted by ur^Worlock
DDOM is *supposed* to be about camping. The entire game concept is based on it.

Well yea, kinda... It's based on good Assault skills and good defense. Just camping wont win u a DDOM game.

[legacy-Mort_Q]

Originally posted by r°a
Make it not ****ing suck?

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Isn't it nice how people never fail to give good solid constructive criticism and advice on these forums.
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[legacy-Guyver3]

the ONLY problem with DDOM is the f**king lame *** w4nk3r$ who instead of protecting the point decide to come and spawn rape........ that really ****** me off

what makes it worse is ive seen it from good clans whove taken part in the clanbase DDOM Opencup.

IF Epic were to tweak anything about DDOM then i would STRONGLY suggest a blocking volume system at a certain distance around each domination point, that, once passed thru, wont allow you back thru.

basically this would not allow a player to walk all the way into the the opposing teams spawn area ( take sepukku gorge as a classic example of the lamest spawn raping ) and rape the **** out of you before you can even pick up a weapon.

this means that the team holding the domination point CANNOT enter anywhere near the spawning areas of the other team, they have to control the domination point.

[legacy-»Dan«[ger]]

Originally posted by Guyver3
the ONLY problem with DDOM is the f**king lame *** w4nk3r$ who instead of protecting the point decide to come and spawn rape........ that really ****** me off

what makes it worse is ive seen it from good clans whove taken part in the clanbase DDOM Opencup.

IF Epic were to tweak anything about DDOM then i would STRONGLY suggest a blocking volume system at a certain distance around each domination point, that, once passed thru, wont allow you back thru.

basically this would not allow a player to walk all the way into the the opposing teams spawn area ( take sepukku gorge as a classic example of the lamest spawn raping ) and rape the **** out of you before you can even pick up a weapon.

this means that the team holding the domination point CANNOT enter anywhere near the spawning areas of the other team, they have to control the domination point.

(Imho) It would be better to protect the spawn area with a blocking volume (that can only be passed by members of your team) or something than the double dom points. Finding the right time to send defending players to the other point to attack is a part of the game.

I hate that too and the strange thing is, it often happens when the teams are unequal anyway and it is done by members of the team which leads 6:0 already. :weird:

Many players hate Dom-Junkyard. I like it from time to time but players who are entering the spawn-areas of the other team really kill that map for me.

P.S. Camping the Teleporter at point B is lame too.

[legacy-Guyver3]

yeah m8 thats what i meant, i didnt mean blocking off access from pointA to pointB. just protecting the spawn areas to stop the lame spawn raping.

the volumes and their postitioning would be map specific.

[legacy-[DOA]Mesh@Work]

/me points up and prods CliffyB

[Mr. Brownstone]

The DDOM maps are wonderful, but I can’t help but think that the original UT gameplay worked better. I’m not saying that UT DOM was perfect, but the fact that the score is always changing was a great camping deterent, and made games a bit more hectic.

Perhaps a similar scoring mechanism could be implemented into DDOM to make it less of a camp-fest, but it’s too late to expect major changes now.

[legacy-»Dan«[ger]]

I like UT2003 DDOM more than UT DOM because you need to play as a team to score. UT DOM is more a DM where you run over the points from time to time. Imho of course.
I am not sure but I think someone made a mutator which brings back the UT scoring system.

Edit - Yep here it is :

Classic DOM

[legacy-Guyver3]

i agree with nickless, i didnt really play ut1 don coz i just found it boring ( soz i just couldnt think of another word at the time )

but ut2003 double dom is blindingly good.

10 second countdown has NEVER been so nerve-wracking

the gameplay is perfect as it is, just the spawn raping issue needs some attention.

im sure community mappers can add team specific blocking volumes to protect spawn areas. it just needs to become recognised as an essential part of dom maps.

[KriLL3.8™]

DDOM is camper heaven :\ all maps have plenty o' good camp spots
friggin sux... i'm an anti camper myself... in (i)DDOM it's very common to camp spawn points and teleporters... (sitting behind the teleporter & fireing when it's used)

i preffer the other non-campy gametypes...