Team pop instead of or included with world pop

[Emacz]

So if its 3x3 and one person rage quits (no names) then the team with 2 still has a fighting chance!

[Outis]

I think best to have the option to have 2 versions of world population with one distributed per player and to have one distributed per team.

[Grautvornix]

32 minutes ago, Outis said:

I think best to have the option to have 2 versions of world population with one distributed per player and to have one distributed per team.

Great idea! In order not to overcomplicate things this should be initially only a pop cap for predefined teams. 

Later on, we might extend this so that whatever the team size of an  ad-hoc alliance, the pop cap remains, i.e. if I play without allies then the whole pop is for me, while if I have an ally then we share the same pop cap.

 

This still has to mature not sure about the consequences ...

[Vantha]

I like the idea too. Multiplayer games are too often decided by a weak player resigning before some others even engage in any fighting. On my level at least. A team pop cap would help outnumbered players not be instantly overrun just because they simply cannot field as many troops as the enemy.

[real_tabasco_sauce]

it could be good, although I don't like the idea of better players on a team convincing a weaker player to throw in the towel so they get more pop space.

But this is why options exist, so not a huge concern.

[Emacz]

Yeah, pretty much every new detail can be exploited by someone.... so you just have to think about whats best for the general pop.  And like you said, its just an option!

[Obelix]

There is now a ticket for that: #6918.