Why babel should become the new standard

[HoboHob]

Tower of Babel, a newish gamemode that came out a couple of months ago.

In this gamemode you must build a tower to heaven to grab the intel, but you must protect it from enemy sappers.

This gamemode effectively demonstrates AoS's unique selling point, you must build to win. But you must also be able to fight. The babel gamemode displays both of these aspects perfectly, which is why I believe it should become the new standard gamemode above CTF.

Discuss.

[matpow2]

It's a native gamemode in 1.0.

[TheGeekZeke101]

Um, have you been to the doctors lately? Your head seems a little, I dont know, screwey. Babel the STANDARD gamemode?

Theres nothing to discuss. You cant exactly change the standard..... Its the f'n standard.

[Hotketchup]

I don't think babel should become the standard gamemode. I would say babel is fun but it is ment for more advanced players and lets face it the average aos player isn't so advanced.

[Fluttershy]

Babel is so loaded with anti grief shit you actually get griefed with it. At least thats how it was last I played. Ctf and TC would easily show the benefits of building proper structures and the necessitys of building/destroy if people would get the bricks out of their pants and actually do something.

[TBS]

There are no "standard" game mode. Only supported game modes, and modded game modes.
CTF isn't default when you make a new server, it just happens to be the most popular one. :P

[HoboHob]

It's a native gamemode in 1.0.

Does not mean it is standard.

Um, have you been to the doctors lately? Your head seems a little, I dont know, screwey. Babel the STANDARD gamemode?

Theres nothing to discuss. You cant exactly change the standard..... Its the f'n standard.

Yes you can change a standard, standards are not absolute.

I don't think babel should become the standard gamemode. I would say babel is fun but it is ment for more advanced players and lets face it the average aos player isn't so advanced.

This would force people to play as a team.

Babel is so loaded with anti grief shit you actually get griefed with it. At least thats how it was last I played. Ctf and TC would easily show the benefits of building proper structures and the necessitys of building/destroy if people would get the bricks out of their pants and actually do something.

You have some valid points, I do not know how to exactly counter that.

There are no "standard" game mode. Only supported game modes, and modded game modes.
CTF isn't default when you make a new server, it just happens to be the most popular one. :P

When I say standard game mode, I mean the gamemode that is:
1. Most popular
2. Used in matches

And for both, it is CTF.

[Venator]

No.
ToW is ways better.

[HoboHob]

No.
ToW is ways better.

ToW sucks. Just my opinion.

[ChaosTLW]

No.
ToW is ways better.

ToW sucks. Just my opinion.

Most of the time, Babel sucks too. Just my opinion.
But, yeah, you can't really make the community suddendly shift from CTF to Babel, only if there are a shit-load of benefits, and I don't really see that much.
But, yeah, I think that ToW should replace TC.

[Articsledder]

No.
ToW is ways better.

ToW sucks. Just my opinion.

Most of the time, Babel sucks too. Just my opinion.
But, yeah, you can't really make the community suddendly shift from CTF to Babel, only if there are a shit-load of benefits, and I don't really see that much.
But, yeah, I think that ToW should replace TC.

I think TOW has it's highlights. But TC does too.


And let's face it. I don't think the terrain can handle 64 players fighting over a single tent after the 64 player update. There wouldn't be any terrain after a few minutes.

Honestly I think a hybrid between the 2 would work best. Lock the rear CP's but have all others be available.

[HoboHob]

No.
ToW is ways better.

ToW sucks. Just my opinion.

Most of the time, Babel sucks too. Just my opinion.
But, yeah, you can't really make the community suddendly shift from CTF to Babel, only if there are a shit-load of benefits, and I don't really see that much.
But, yeah, I think that ToW should replace TC.

Babel sucks mainly because you have idiots that don't want to play as a team.

That is the main reason why it isn't fun.

[DarkDXZ]

Just implement my long-ago suggested Conquest for f's sake.
I might revisit it and resuggest, though.

[ChaosTLW]

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Babel sucks mainly because you have idiots that don't want to play as a team.

That is the main reason why it isn't fun.

AND all that excessive anti-grief bullshit, as someone already said, AND the fact that(at least IMO) most maps are shit with that gamemode.

[MrMeow]

I don't really like Babel.
Mainly the Anti-grief and you have to be ridiculously close to nade/jackhammer structures.
I have a feeling that people kept complaining about their structures being destroyed and instead of finding the saboteur, They complained about the game mode. But this is all just an assumption and assumptions are the mother of all screw ups.