CQC CQC only needs 2 things in order to be a great eSport

[M. Volgrand]

TLR: Add a waiting lobby that says how many players are playing or an estimate waiting list, and add spectator role.

Long read:

So, let's be honest there: CQC is actually an amazing, fast paced and fun gameplay. It really is, it is enjoyable, you get your adrenaline pumping, and when you manage (IF you manage) to get in a team deathmatch with a team that coordinates using voicecomms... Oh my holy merci, babe! That's what I'm talking about!

So, why doesn't it work? Why people are not playing it? Let's summarize:

1st) The lack of information for the wait.

Right now we lack of any information regarding how long we will have to wait to start playing... and many people simply won't play. Seriously, FD, is it that difficult? I'm not asking for much! Just put a side window that says how many games are being played right now and the ETA for the ending of each one. See? Easy! If in team deathmatch says that there is jut one game that just started, I know I will have to wait for its ending, so I may move to capture the flag where there are a number of games, some of them about to end.

See? I'm not a programmer (hell, I can barely program my drive spreadsheets with java) but this cannot be that difficult! Can it?

2nd) External gamers cannot really enjoy the beauty of the game.

At this point, the only way to share externaly this game is to record yourself in-game and stream or posting it on youtube... and it is nice, really, but not great. External viewers can't really experience what is it like to be in a dogfight, what the rest of the team is doing, or have a good spatial sense of what is going on. You need to actually know the game to enjoy it....

Now we have the camera suite, and I feel that's what we need! An spectator role! A player that will not be piloting any ship, but simply connect to watch a match! Imagine then a guy just streaming CQC tournaments, while narrating them as the best soccers matches of the year! The camera could be free, giving a general view of the battlefield, or focus on each of the 8 players alternatively to follow the action! The camera could rotate around the ship to follow how someone is getting on its tail, or how his colleagues are protecting him/her while the flag is being carried!


Frontier, please, CQC is a really great game! Give it a bit of TLC and it will become a game that many, many people will enjoy!

 

[Blian]

Finally a reasonable voice in the sea of naysayers Have a rep, kind sir!

 

[tgarpestad]

yes, arena needs some kind of information on how many people is queuing for CQC. I would like a chat lobby opened the minute you join the arena mode. This way you can chat with the people that is queuing for cqc. This has already proven very successful in the discord channel for CQC. The problem with discord is that not everyone is using it in order to find games.

 

[M. Volgrand]

yes, arena needs some kind of information on how many people is queuing for CQC. I would like a chat lobby opened the minute you join the arena mode. This way you can chat with the people that is queuing for cqc. This has already proven very successful in the discord for CQC. The problem with discord is that not everyone is using it order to find games.

First news I have of its existance. I'll check it out.

 

[Scoopy Doopy]

First news I have of its existance. I'll check it out.

Have another rep.

Discord link is in my sig.

 

[SushiCW]

CQC only needs 2 things in order to be a great eSport

It also needs about 1000x the player population.

See? I'm not a programmer (hell, I can barely program my drive spreadsheets with java) but this cannot be that difficult! Can it?

It's a reasonable suggestion but this line is how to make programmers hate you.

External gamers cannot really enjoy the beauty of the game.

It's another fun suggestion but it's something to add *after* CQC has widespread play and attention, not before.


Really anything that doesn't first solve the "I can't find a game when I want it" problem is putting the cart before the horse. And even then, you need a *lot* more players before you can throw around the "eSport" idea.

 

[Blian]

It also needs about 1000x the player population.



It's a reasonable suggestion but this line is how to make programmers hate you.




It's another fun suggestion but it's something to add *after* CQC has widespread play and attention, not before.


Really anything that doesn't first solve the "I can't find a game when I want it" problem is putting the cart before the horse. And even then, you need a *lot* more players before you can throw around the "eSport" idea.

The egg and the chicken... They won't develop CQC, because there aren't enough players, and there aren't enough players because they won't develop CQC. But I believe FD should make the next move here. When CQC was a novelty there were huge numbers of players. If the game were updated they would surely find their way back.

 

[M. Volgrand]

The egg and the chicken... They won't develop CQC, because there aren't enough players, and there aren't enough players because they won't develop CQC. But I believe FD should make the next move here. When CQC was a novelty there were huge numbers of players. If the game were updated they would surely find their way back.

Have some rep.