Need to do something about Barb, Save it before it is too late? Options

[M@ster of Dis@ster]

Barb has suddenly lost all interest. Since I'm not a big Tuchola fan, I wonder if there is a way to reinvigorate Barb? Ideas like a different weapons pak for example. Different gun config's. Changing the time limits. Etc. Something that might garner some interest again, set it apart from other maps.

Not sure how easy this is to do. But I played other servers where you start with a choice of 6 or seven configurations where you start with two guns, and they are all different, a combo of russian, brit, american and german. Everyone starts with full gernades and a stachel and stuff. Might be interesting. Could resolve games faster.

I hope people take this suggestion seriously. Smolensk I think dies a premature death because of one misplaced pak. If we want to save Barb, I think we need to act fast. This ideas might not work to regenerate interest, but I think we have nothing to lose. How about being able to choose to start with a MG32 and a flamethrower!?! Or a sniper AND an FG? There's a million possible combos really. Pick some good ones, it might spice things up.

MoD

[ScrapyardBob]

Having watched server populations for a while. The key for a healthy server is to have a crew of 3-5 regular players who logon early in the day. That jump-starts the server population for the day and draws in new players. Looking at the population for Barb today shows that the regular crew didn't login until after 5pm.

[img=http://www.game-monitor.com/server-stat-image/8.9.4.80:28960.png]

Back when Tuchola was getting started, I logged in at 9am everyday in spec mode in order to draw players in (for about 2 weeks I did that).

As for how to re-invigorate Barb... light version of AWE (i.e. just tripwires and body searches), see whether BAS alternated with CTF and/or CNQ draws players or alienates them, maybe rotate with a patched version of Smolensk.