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Dildon Sven wrote:Rescue would just ruin all the enjoyment of gameplay.

No, not necessarily. It would just make it less of a challenge if you could just rescue. But even with /r sometimes you can still fail.

Why so many double posts today?

Not only you, Gaprik made it too, why can't you just write one?!

Edit: Posts merged by deen.

Lady Saavik wrote:Why so many double posts today?

Not only you, Gaprik made it too, why can't you just write one?!

Edit: Posts merged by deen.

Sorry. But do you mean like 2 or more posts in a row? Or like no more than 1 new topic a day?

Lady Saavik wrote:[...] Edit: Posts merged by deen.

Funny that your posts were merged, but BamBam's ones not

BamBam wrote:

Dildon Sven wrote:Rescue would just ruin all the enjoyment of gameplay.

No, not necessarily. It would just make it less of a challenge if you could just rescue. But even with /r sometimes you can still fail.

Go to the XXDDrace and you have rescue

I guess it would be a good idea to have one server per country with some easy maps and "/r" turned on, but it should be clearly distinguishable - the name shouldn't even start with "DDNet", instead it should be something like "TRAINING :: NOT RANKED :: DDNet GER practice server".

I'm sceptical towards making such servers with harder maps, because people would be frustrated if they put a lot of effort to pass a hard map and then don't get any points (especially if they happened to never use "/r", so they would also be able to pass that map on a ranked server). But a small choice of easiest Novice maps, to make it easier for the newcomers, seems reasonable.

But - to be honest - even with that solution, I'm a bit worried about confusion. But it seems to be the most balanced between ease of learning and clarity.

deen wrote:Yes, we have the feature. But I don't want it on the official servers. People would be mad that they can't get real ranks on rescue servers. Too much confusion. Also, people play much more egoistically on rescue servers.

+1. The impact of permadeath on community is also extremly important, that makes DDRace way more real and improves strenght of in-game friendships.

I feel like there isn't really any need for a rescue server. Since rescue is built in to DDNet, you can simply run a home server and ask a friend if you want to practice. Whenever I have trouble with a part or want to refine something, that's what I do and it works fine.

What for u add this feat?
If it useless..

People get better without rescue-feature, they start to look around. For instance, if I see a tee in a freeze-pond, I adjust how I do that part, I try to include saving that tee, because it is a challenge everytime. Mostly when you try to save Someone on a brutal map, you need to teamwork. I like that about ddnet and wouldn't like if it changed.

Regards
AppdX

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