Why don't we have a button for ladder on the main menu yet?

[[hlx] FatTristan]

I think we all agree there should be a button or icon directing people to ladder servers to advertise the concept of ladder to new players. Does anyone actually disagree this should happened or is the problem that it's too hard to implement?

[Tekn0]

I see no reason why this should not be implemented or difficult to implement.

+1.

Now that ladder has realized its true potential http://www.altitudeladder.com/match....&mode=ball_6v6

[ryebone]

Originally Posted by Tekn0

I see no reason why this should not be implemented or difficult to implement.

+1.

Now that ladder has realized its true potential http://www.altitudeladder.com/match....&mode=ball_6v6

I cried during this game.

[leggomyeggo]

you really don't see anything wrong with new players coming into ladder? nothing at all?

[wolf'j'max]

Originally Posted by leggomyeggo

you really don't see anything wrong with new players coming into ladder? nothing at all?

you realize there's a certain level restriction for ladder though, right? + if people have played the tutorial, and have played to lvl 60 (75k exp) they should have atleast a little bit of game sense. Also, you can always tell them what to do, right. And if they don't listen to anyone and keep being retarded, i'm pretty sure they'll get a ban.

[[hlx] FatTristan]

Originally Posted by leggomyeggo

you really don't see anything wrong with new players coming into ladder? nothing at all?

That's a good point.

[leggomyeggo]

Originally Posted by [hlx] FatTristan

That's a good point.

i'm too lazy to get in an argument over this i'm just pointing out that there are many many MANY problems that would arise from doing this.

[VipMattMan]

Originally Posted by leggomyeggo

you really don't see anything wrong with new players coming into ladder? nothing at all?

Without new players the game will die eventually.

If you mean new players as in people who haven't played to level 60 yet, there are ways around that. They're already blocked, but you could pop up a message explaining what ladder is and the requirements if they're too low of a level.

Better yet, I think it would be nice if there was a forced observer option which would allow players who were too low of a level to actually join a server without being able to play.

You could have server side options that limit the number of these particular spectators at a time and would automatically kick them out after 5 mins or so, or a system that kicks them when the server is full and play-eligible people are trying to join.

I can't know how easy or hard it would be to implement something like this without looking at the structure of Altitude's code, but at least in theory it seems like it might be a quick fix to helping expose players to the more interesting parts of the game without throwing everything out of whack.

[sunshineduck]

nobo could probably code something that force specs anyone lower than 60?

[elxir]

server prob wont handle that many ppl very well

see: 60+ person servers that lagged like whoaaaaa