Topic: make 2x the default speed
stonerl |
Posted at: 2019-08-21, 21:25
I'm also against changing the default value. As simplypeachy said 2x is just a button press away. Top Quote |
kaputtnik |
Posted at: 2019-08-21, 21:41
Well, switching from 2x to 1x would be also just a button press away.
The initial suggestion was to get eventually more players if the game is running with more speed by default, and not about personal preferences. Fight simulator for Widelands: |
Nordfriese |
Posted at: 2019-08-22, 12:53
Let´s assume there is a significant number of players who will play Widelands if the default speed is 2x but not if it´s 1x. (How many players like this do you estimate are there, by the way?). Assuming this is granted, then the playerbase majority will shift towards an attitude that Widelands should be a fast fast fast game all about speed, where performing the same clicks as the opponent a split-second faster is sufficient to win. Do we really want that? At the very least, it is quite incompatible with the current description of the Widelands idea. I would be very sad to see a great game that is played in realtime and yet agreeably unhurried degenerate into a fastclick contest like that. Top Quote |
ektor |
Posted at: 2019-08-22, 13:03
I'm also against this idea... But I'm a new player, and I like take time to understand, it's why I prefer the speed is slow. I think that it's a trick of experimented player to play fast. Top Quote |
einstein13 |
Posted at: 2019-08-22, 14:04
There is a great solution here to know what players prefer as "default speed": make a poll This website used to use this tool and that is great opportunity to use this tool again. Then we will see if majority of players likes this idea or not. https://www.widelands.org/poll/ einstein13 |
WorldSavior |
Posted at: 2019-08-22, 19:36
Who can create such a poll, an admin? I think taht polls would be good. The best place for them would be here on the website, wouldn't it?
What's fast about 2x? 1x is just very slow. And that the new players would prefer faster Widelands doesn't mean that they don't respect slow Widelands.
No, but I think that you overestimate that risk.
I disagree. The descriptions of Widelands don't say that it's a slow game - probably because the speed is flexible. https://www.widelands.org/wiki/Description/
It cannot become a fastclick contest, because it will still be very important to do the correct clicks. And why should it be "agreeably unhurried"?
Exactly! Wanted to save the world, then I got widetracked Top Quote |
stonerl |
Posted at: 2019-08-22, 19:48
But is this a real complaint? Have we had feedback from freshmen that the game is to slow? Changing the speed just based on assumptions doesn't help either. Top Quote |
WorldSavior |
Posted at: 2019-08-22, 20:10
For example GunChleoc posted recently a report of someone who criticized the game slightly because it would be so "slow-paced". And once I've met someone in the lobby who told that he prefers the game at 15x or something like that. At normal speed, he played much stronger than average. Wanted to save the world, then I got widetracked Top Quote |
stonerl |
Posted at: 2019-08-22, 20:38
I would be in favour for keeping the default at 1x and add an option to the Main Menu where the user can set his/her preferred speed. Top Quote |
kaputtnik |
Posted at: 2019-08-23, 08:53
Looks like this is the only satisfying solution. A poll would not help here, because 'fresh players' likely do not vote (they have to find the poll, and have to register here). So i guess the poll is influenced only by experienced players. But of course i can make one, without commitment. Fight simulator for Widelands: |