TV6 Respawn times

[Dog]

Do we want to move TV6 to stock respawn times and gain QuickPlay?

[The Domer]

I'm not a regular on TV6, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. That said, I'd like to see regular respawns on TV6 not so much for the access to Quickplay (which would certainly be nice), but more to see the balance restored to the map. Trying to push dustbowl final with quick respawns and even teams is nearly impossible. Stock respawns would help break those stalemates.

[black_and_blue]

Much as I like fast respawns, I think having full servers is more important.

As such, if it gets us QuickPlay, I would be reluctantly in favour of stock respawns on both TV6 and TV7.

[M's]

i'd go with stock spawn times, and that way quick play will help seed the thing.

[Crusty Juggler]

Hmm..... Does TV6 need QuickPlay? It's generally full all night. I can't really speak to it's activity during the day. Are you guys looking for more daytime traffic?

TBH, I'm unsure how stock times would affect playstyle. Especially on stage 3. Would it make stage 3 worse for BLU? Better? I would also add that late night, the regulars there will seed the server themselves. And we quite enjoy the 3 on 3 melee warz while waiting for people to trickle in at 1 AM. It's kinda traditional.

[Soltan]

I think it's worth trying stock respawn times. We can always switch back if the experiment fails.

[Crusty Juggler]

Oh yeah, I'm open to experiment with whatever. I just don't want to see the 1 AM Demoknight royal rumbles go away. We know how to draw randoms into the melee warz without forcing it on them. We seed it pretty well late night.

[ADevilishPotato]

I'm in with CJ's position. Tv6 never seems to have nearly as much of a problem seeding like 2,3, or 7. It can be quite during the day, but Mlite and I do not have that much of a problem seeding it late morning/early afternoon. While I wouldn't be opposed to giving stock respawn a trial run on the server to see how things go, I don't think it is necessary from the standpoint of seeding.

[cam]

I would be ok with a TV6 experiment into quickplay.

[Snidely Whiplash]

I prefer the way things are, people who enjoy the vibe tend to come back and keep the house full; i don't know much about quickplay but I'm assuming many more first timers will come around not necessarily bad, but the scene will change. Mechanicall... the way spawn times are set up now, defense spawns more slowly,(i think?) for balance this translates to stage 1 + 2 favoring offense, stage 3 still favoring defense. Is the difference in current spawn times the same as it would be with stock spawn times? I'm reasoning yes

[Guardian]

I can't believe this madness that's happening at the ville lately. Warpath needs seeding, every server is switching to stock spawn timers. cats and dogs living peacefully in the same house, IT'S MADNESS.

Now if only I still played TF2 because everyone knows I like vanilla spawn timers.

[black_and_blue]

Now if only I still played TF2 because everyone knows I like vanilla spawn timers.

There's only one person who can change that, Guardian.

Come back!

[Plinko]

I wouldn't mess with TV6, myself. I am very happy with stock spawns on TV7, though. Now, if only I could ping decently there, I'd be set!

[YoullNeverWalkAlone]

I wouldn't change tv6 either. It seems to fill fairly easy since there are enough people who seem to be searching for a dustbowl map/server, and the regulars there seem to like the dynamics of how the fast respawn works for gameplay. It also gives people (like Blue and Green) who prefer fast respawn a server of ours that they can still play on.
The stock respawn has really changed the way maps play on tv7 and I would be hesitant to alter tv6.

[cam]

I am still going to say yes, please change it if only for a couple weeks to experiment with stock times. Plus, if you did it, you could probably get a bunch of the regulars there onto the forums begging you to change it back and some of them might stay.