Food For Thought (Clan Wars)

[JDilla]

Just an idea i had.

What if you could spectate clan wars?

Say your in the clan channel then you right click a player and click catch up with then which takes you to spectate mode.

Pros:
You get to see the players you want to see in a clan war.

Cons:
It could be distracting.

There are obviously more Pros & Cons than i have mentioned, which is why i'm leaving it up to discussion.
Is it even possible? & If it is do you think it would be a good idea?

[madbro]

If this would be possible, there would be a delay so there's no ghosting

[JDilla]

And by ghosting you mean what? like players being invisible?

but what if for spectators you couldn't see HP/AP/DMG?

[Dualage]

And by ghosting you mean what? like players being invisible?

but what if for spectators you couldn't see HP/AP/DMG?

Ghosting is sharing information as a spectator to give advantage to the other team. Most modern games that have spectating features add a 3-5 minute delays so that it's very unlikely to affect the main game overall.

[Wucas Pls]

Ghosting is sharing information as a spectator to give advantage to the other team. Most modern games that have spectating features add a 3-5 minute delays so that it's very unlikely to affect the main game overall.

Which is literally impossible to fix with how GunZ works. We could use the replay function maybe, and just have the server record every match then allow users to replay matches, but that is extremely server intensive and would probably be extremely difficult to code.

[serpento]

And by ghosting you mean what? like players being invisible?

but what if for spectators you couldn't see HP/AP/DMG?

And then what would be the point in spectating? isnt that what you'd want to know? then there would be more questions on wether if the player was low or full hp or had no ammo. Also you could still tell the positioning and where he is going and such. Its worse than esp, and it is in fact game breaking imo.

[JDilla]

And then what would be the point in spectating? isnt that what you'd want to know? then there would be more questions on wether if the player was low or full hp or had no ammo. Also you could still tell the positioning and where he is going and such. Its worse than esp, and it is in fact game breaking imo.

You made a good point, But if by spectating HP/AP/DMG were hidden then how would you know there HP? The only way to know is by assuming, & normally assumptions are wrong, unless your guessing there HP by how many times they've medded. & What if people in your clan were forbidden to watch you spectate reducing the percentage of trolls and or cheating.
Maybe people just want to simply spectate a game. Like i said it was just a thought.

[Wucas Pls]

You made a good point, But if by spectating HP/AP/DMG were hidden then how would you know there HP? The only way to know is by assuming, & normally assumptions are wrong, unless your guessing there HP by how many times they've medded. & What if people in your clan were forbidden to watch you spectate reducing the percentage of trolls and or cheating.
Maybe people just want to simply spectate a game. Like i said it was just a thought.

If people can have an advantage without getting caught, they will do it (especially when money is involved).

[Wucas Pls]

Just an idea i had.

What if you could spectate clan wars?

Say your in the clan channel then you right click a player and click catch up with then which takes you to spectate mode.

Pros:
You get to see the players you want to see in a clan war.

Cons:
It could be distracting.

There are obviously more Pros & Cons than i have mentioned, which is why i'm leaving it up to discussion.
Is it even possible? & If it is do you think it would be a good idea?

We have already discussed this and the probability (especially with money involved) that users would leak information from spectators to players via skype or some other messaging method is too high.

Is the advantage of knowing HP and AP amounts, ammo or position gamebreaking? No, you could still play with people cheating, but it does give an unfair edge

[Snuggles]

Too much troll.