Lately, we have had an issue around lowpop, where we get 1-3 xenos, 4ish survivors, and then..marines. I am talking the extreme low pop of 17-30 people that happens about 2am to 6am EST.
I propose that when pop drops to a certain point, we gain the option to vote for “colony survival” similar to how we can vote for WO. Low enough pop, this generates as an alternative.
Colony survival is simple - everyone spawns as a surv. That’s it. Survs can still fix comms, encode it, use radios, get gear, weapons, guns, what have you and fight the hive. No crash, and a better balance for our low pop as fuck rounds. Further, lowpop as fuck rounds have issues with role filling as is. No doctors. No CTs, etc. a gaggle of survs have more rounded skills.
not everyone likes playing survivor, some people can only be on during low pop hours and just want to play marine. Being a surv is kinda hamstringing yourself individually since you dont have a safe ship to return to and gear is tenuous at best.
I mean Colony survival would be cool, but honestly the Xenos wouldn’t stand a chance. They can barely handle a group of four seasoned survivors - let alone 30, or however big the population would be, which our lowest pop is usually around 50 or so, but depends.
It would be hard to balance really. I do like the idea however, although it would work better on a more regular SS13 type server.
Also maps would need to be more balanced around it as well, because there wouldn’t be enough guns to even give them a chance on some maps as well, but then again you give them too much and the Xenos won’t stand a chance, it’s a harder thing to balance. Currently the only thing stopping regular survivors from wiping hives is their numbers + accessibility to guns. If survivors started with 30+ people they’d just instantly rush the Xenos and delete them before they can Evo. So a lot would have to be taken into consideration.
hahaha, HAHAHAHA….you think lowpop is 50? hahahaaa….it gets dwn to 20 people man. In lobby. then 10~ marines and sometimes ONE. xeno. like, seriously, ONE. maybe two.
It could be balanced if xenos started off with 260 evolution and could evolve near immediately. I’d probably restrict this to like 30-60 pop and make it votable. There not being enough guns for all the survs would honestly be HRP, encourage survivor infighting.
