Another suggestion for plane-ball.

[Vania]

We can all agree that the new version of plane ball is much better than the first one. The ball feels right, passing is useful now, it's a fun mode all around.

But I think it can be improved. Here are some problems:

-You can just play for kills, ignoring the ball completely, and still be useful to your team.
-Opening up for passes, looking for spaces is not very useful once you're in enemy territory because you'll die too fast (since you are surrounded by enemies)
-Attack strategy can be the same as in TBD: an escort kills the defenders to make a path for the carrier.


To really make this mode unique a big gameplay change is needed. What I propose is this:
Only the plane holding the ball can be damaged

What this will change:
-Passing the ball becomes much more important.
-Positioning yourself deep into enemy territory, waiting for a pass, is possible now, since they cant harm you until you get the ball.
-When attacking, instead of simply killing the defenders, you have to keep passing the ball to avoid being destroyed.

[Luke]

Nonsense.
One player gets the ball, what do the other players do? Just hang around waiting for a pass?

And anyway, i do not see any problem in someone playing just for kills. He is useful to the team and he has fun (i suppose he does if he wants to play like that).
Your suggestion is like saying that in tbd everyone must be focused just on bomb delivery.

[Massi]

That seem more like soccer or basketball because in those games you dont try and steal the ball if they dont have it. you have to mark the attacker trying to get the pass.

[Evan20000]

I don't like this idea. You could use your buddies with large bodies (Explodets/bombers) As meatshields and just waltz right into their base, near untouchable because you're hiding inside/behind another plane.

[Vania]

Actually this makes it more like soccer because you focus on the guy with the ball, instead of his teammates. And yes, if someone else has the ball you should be trying to get into a good position so the carrier can pass the ball to you.

What Evans says is true, the solution is to make all the planes that are close to the ball vulnerable. After a certain radius, damage is divided by distance until it reaches 0.