UjellyTrollicus Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 lets face it, the main issue with ilum is the fact that on most servers one faction outnumbers the other, which only compounds the issue by making the losing faction start to leave, and drawing in more of the winning faction for easy victory. if you were given absolute power over trying to fix this issue how would you handle it? you can not -force faction changes on people. -force server changes on people. this is not a thread to criticise/praise bioware on how they are handling it, only about how YOU would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimm Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 You can't do anything, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifax Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Offer free transfers to either faction. Problem will solve itself in a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstralFire Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Make the dailies asymmetrical, so that the rewards and requirements for doing them are distinctly different based on who's controlling the area most often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phluke Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 free transfers to the low pop side with a bonus for doing so. What would the bonus be? free month? free 10 valor ranks? idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chumsy Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 lock faction creation if its imbalanced problem solved. theres no pvp in a game where you have to wait 2 hours for queue is there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTridus Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 lets face it, the main issue with ilum is the fact that on most servers one faction outnumbers the other, which only compounds the issue by making the losing faction start to leave, and drawing in more of the winning faction for easy victory. if you were given absolute power over trying to fix this issue how would you handle it? you can not -force faction changes on people. -force server changes on people. this is not a thread to criticise/praise bioware on how they are handling it, only about how YOU would do it. It's impossible so long as anybody can go into the zone at any time. The best fix is to instance it and make it a warzone. (Or the fake instance that Blizzard has with Tol Barad/Wintergrasp, where it's still population controlled despite being outdoors.) If you really want "open world PvP", this is what you get in a two faction game. There is no fix. You can try to bandaid it by giving buffs to the weaker side to try to make it at least playable, but that's the extent of it. As it stands now the imbalance will get worse because Republic players will quickly learn that going there at all is a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novaace Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Spawn mobs to aid the weak side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijde Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I never would have hired the warhammer people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTridus Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 lock faction creation if its imbalanced problem solved. theres no pvp in a game where you have to wait 2 hours for queue is there And then your PvE players are furious that they can't play with their friends because you locked creation on the side they wanted to play on, and they quit in a huff. Population shrinks in a hurry. That's totally not workable because this is not a PvP only game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anundir Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 You do what WOW did in thier open PVP area. You CAP faction populations per match. And you don't do INCREDIBLY STUPID THINGS LIKE give +300 bonus valor per kill with one side having a 3:1 imbalance on servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skuke_Likewalker Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Limit to faction numbers in a server and not allowing cross realming in the same server. Edited January 18, 2012 by Skuke_Likewalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketeerabc Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Make it three faction PvP. I.e. create 3 cartells fighting over Ilum, and chars must join up with one of those cartells and will have to fight the other two without regards to faction. Hutt Cartell Czerka Corporation Whatever Implement a standing system that makes it a helluva grind to change your allegiance, and make it so that the two weaker factions are encouraged to combine forces against the current dominating one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soazak Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Free transfer from overpopulated to underpopulated. Plenty would take it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genesiser Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Fix animations and the rate damage goes out for mirrored classes. I.E. Trooper vs BH with unload and full auto, Jedi consular vs Sith Inquisitor project vs shock, etc. While it may not seem like a big deal, I personally know 8 people from my guild that switched to empire after starting out republic once they found out about the differences. They are people that like to be the best they can be in a game and decided to if they wanted to play the advanced class they wanted to play they might as well go with the version that is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJMTL Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Give the lower pop faction a clothing color palette that isn't brown or various tones of excrement and actually make their classes true mirrors of the other. Oh the foresight of these developers... These guys could sink the Titanic even with advanced sonar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asulynn Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Implement a Tenacity-esque zone buff for whichever side is underpopulated (Does not mean it has to be insanely OP). Add one time free faction transfers. It'll balance with people switching for the pretty buff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrshush Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 free transfers to the low pop side with a bonus for doing so. What would the bonus be? free month? free 10 valor ranks? idk how about no 2hr queues for huttball only. how about a bonus for the factions that are fighting 3:1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEnsign Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Have both factions be the bad guys and have exactly mirrored classes on each side. The only difference would be one side uses Magic and the other side uses Technology sorta like Rift but with both sides CLEARLY being the bad guys. None of this grey area point of view crap. One realm would always be night time and the other always be day time so people have a choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurkk Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I never would have hired the warhammer people. Nailed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SithtobeJedi Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Here is what I would do. When one side outnumbers the other by a huge amount, give a buff to the other side. That way if it's 50 on 10, the 10 could hold their own. True it may cause some imbalance issues here or there, but I think it would help out things a lot, it's a lot to ask from a huge area zone. But it could help to give a buff to the other side at least till numbers even out. But if that's the case what's to stop one person going 1 on 50 and raid bossing them all -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulleffectz Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Dont have a reward system that benefits a faction for having greater numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPagano Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I would have made a pvp game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyj_ Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Give me a mirror class of the one i got , same gear , credits etc and i'l gladly do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raillenny Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 a) Make Republic faction cooler. b) Offer free faction change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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