Missions Rotation: A proposal for an experiment
As you have probably noticed, due to several factors, recently the ATAG main server is very often fully empty ( Especially during the week ) so I would like to propose to the ATAG server Admins a little experiment with the map rotation to possibly trying to improve the current situation.
As said above there are many factors that could have brought to this situation but, IMHO, there are 3 of them that must be took in mind above the others.
In detail they are:
1- We have less players around in respect to the old good " CLoD Golden Times " when the server was almost always fully populated every day/evening
2- Some of the maps that are included in the current map rotation are extremely well made for a full players environment but not so with the reduced number of players currently available around ( In brief: Some maps are very good when there a lot of pilots playing but too dispersive with the few we got currently around in average )
3- It seems that, due to lower number of players available around in average, the " general trend " of the ones that, instead, continues to play the game with a certain constance is to prefer missions where the action is more quick and direct ( Flying a lot of time on a huge map to find a valid flying target at the end could result to be boring, especially for new players )
Said this, please note, that what I'm about to propose below is referred ONLY to the " standard " weekly map rotation and not to events ( That instead are always well populated also nowadays ).
Said this, my proposal, for a total test duration of 4 weeks, is a follows:
Only these maps included in the weekly map rotation, possibly in this order:
- Hellfire Corner ( Summer )
- Operation Seelowe ( Summer )
- Operation Relinquish ( Autumn )
- Raiders ( Winter )
Why I've chosen these maps?
For the following motives:
1- They cover all the seasons from summer to winter
2- They are very popular ones and at the same time they provide a " quick action " also with few players around
3- They last for about 3 hours each so they will cover about a 12 hours time period providing so a good basic map rotation and map variation during the test duration
4- The action, more easy and quick to be found, could possibly stimulate players to join more often the main ATAG server
Possible Outcomes of the Experiment
Easy...
1- If I'm right we will see the server being more populated during the week/weekends and players will join the server more frequently
2- If I'm wrong returning to the current map rotation and setting the things as they are now should be quite easy and quick to be done
As said this is just a proposal done only with good intentions in mind. I like the ATAG main server and seeing it empty is a pain for my old Luftwaffe eyes!
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