at this point everything would be as it is now


but this model would encourage to spend res on res towers, because it dont hurt as much as it do at the moment...

if balanced correctly, saving for onos would take as long as it takes now
(for example if you define low as 0 - 20, normal as 21 - 60 and high as 61 - 100)

exactly!

i also thought up an addition to this model:

very high res - if you reach this point (minumum 75 - 80) you dont get res from the res pool anymore (but still for kills!)

its like yelling "what are you waiting for? go onos! at least do something with your res!"

Which would lead to people leaving to give others res, then rejoining.

However, a fade with 50+ res saved up can be a little more aggressive, because if they die they can refade. If they are a good fade, the change in playstyle can make the difference.

I like this, even if the rest of the idea doesn't go in.

I rather meant those gorges who join a game, in order to make a hideout and annoy other player.

You might see them also, at least sometimes. They join play for 5 mins then they preceed to a nice spot on the map and start building huge hideouts. With this new res system they would always be in favor, cause their income would be 1.5 most of the time.

assuming he is not the only gorge it would be at least more than now
well, thats a flaw in the model, but luckily that happens rarly
(actualy i never seen a gorge anoying the others like this, but that means nothing )

Then it's the job of server admins to kick someone who does this. It's silly to not put in a good idea because it will help L4m3r5.

This is a good idea, but it would be too abusive. Take a clan who all set their caps at 25 (the starting res amount). Then one player would get the first 25 res and would be able to put up the hive 5x as fast.

Yes, but a fade never needs more than 50-56 res in order to refade. I've seen fades with 80+ res. That's 30 res that should be going to skulks or gorges.

A hard cap should be set at 75 res. The MAX res you will ever need is 81 res for an Onos + 3 upgrades. If your team has all three chambers, then you should have enough res towers to get the 6 res you need for upgrades while you are Onosing. At 75 res, all your res tower resources should go to your teammates. You should also get less res after 25 res and 50 res. You should have to partially earn the res to go Fade or Onos, rather than depend on a kind gorge to drop hives/chambers/rts. This would still allow newbies and those with less skill to practice their fading/onosing skills, but it would allow them to do it at a later stage in the game, when it is less vital to the team.

sort of...
but its a little more dificult than that

1) this res system is independent from building and evolution costs! (sort of fuzzy logic) you can tweak it seperatly and add more rules if you see fit (different definitions per hive for example)

2) lowering costs would also encouraging "res savers" who waste their res due their lack of skill

3) skilled players however would benefitting gorges in my res model (what for does a good fade need that much res?)

4) players low on res (especialy gorges) will get more res in the same time than a fade killing every marine

5) wich leads us to the point that usefull players get sort of reward (fade gets f4k, gorge more res)
you suggest to remove both of them!


so the point of my model is, it rewards spending res and penalize hoarding it

No, it rewards hoarding res at the lower levels, and penalizes hoarding it only at the higher levels. It also rewards not killing at the lower levels, and penalizes not killing at the higher levels. Say you've got the situation well in hand. Your gorge is saving up so he can go into the base and drop down a load of OCs. Under your system, he's screwed when he hits the "topmost" level, because all he can get is RfK.. he's actually screwed once he hits the higher levels, because getting those final few will be very slow.

Because the gorge can't kill, neither can he save for a big "all at once" spending spree.

Way to go.