Spring RTS Engine

isnt it about time we change "handicap" to something less misleading

im tired of people who leave when i give them handicap and they leave before i can tell them it wont put them at a disadvantage

i was thinking of maybe it could be changed to "bonus" or "advantage"
or something in that direction.. any ideas?

unfortunately he makes a good point. Younger people don't understand what a "Handicap" means.

yeah, htere should be a tooltip that shows what it does as well.

And im tired as hell of noobs complaining "Isnt handicap a bad thing? NOES I R LEAVE!"

What exactly does the handicap do in spring?

50 handi
=50% more resources (you see the figures at the top, metal and energy income? well basically it addsa extra 50% (you cannot see this effect on individual units however))

Edited to...well, you know, make sense xD

Min3mat wrote:50 handi
=50% more resources (you see the figures at the top, metal and energy income? well basically it multiplies them by 50% (you cannot see this effect on individual units however))

It actually multiples by 150%, but yeah its 50% more resources.

Why not just call it "Resource Advantage"

I was under the impression that it boosted combat performance...
You're sure it just boosts resources?

just resources, nothing else

Min3mat wrote:just resources, nothing else

Could it then go 100-200%? Or 1-200%...

it would be better IMO if it was a 'resource multiplier'

so you can BOTH handicap more experienced players AND give 'younger' players a bonus

so a 1-200% x (your res)

thatw ould be awesome

It DEFINATELY does mroe than multiply resources.

Just try putting an XE8.1 commander next to your own commander in cheat mdoe and watch how fast the XE8.1 commander reclaims, the build/repair/ressurect/repair speeds are increased with handicap, as is combat performance, just not as literally as you said before with 50 handicap meanign 150% increase

Min3mat wrote:it would be better IMO if it was a 'resource multiplier'

so you can BOTH handicap more experienced players AND give 'younger' players a bonus

so a 1-200% x (your res)

thatw ould be awesome

? what for do exp players need handy?
or you mean negative handycap?

as is combat performance

well reclaiming and building speeds were novelty to me.. but combat performance?

a MULTIPLIER

so 20%

would mean resources *20%

sorry it sounds weird but thats how we learnt it in maths, plug it into a calculator and show im right :)

AF wrote: ... speeds are increased with handicap, as is combat performance, just not as literally as you said before with 50 handicap meanign 150% increase

Dont think so


It should really go from 0-500% (with the normal being 100% for you non-numerical inclined)

resources * 100+handicap == resources under handicap to be exact.

It affects reclaimation etc too, but not using the same formula

aka

build speed * 100+handicap != buildspeed under handicap

and

buildspeed != buildspeed under handicap