Declined Gold Box Drop Time

[foxer_XXX 135]

You know how the gold box drops in approx 10 seconds? Well I liked the old days (I know my profile says Aug 2018, but I've been playing for longer - it just deleted my acc info) where the golds took about a min to drop. Now a-days when a gold drops, half the time someone catches it before I (and other players) even know where it is. I would really appreciate consideration of making the gold box drop time longer, maybe like 30 seconds? That would mean that us players would be able to concentrate on capturing flags, goals, control points, etc. Instead of dropping the flag / ball, and looking for gold and not even finding it half the time. Please at least try to make it a bit longer. Thanks!

[Maf 32,338]

Declined

 

We do not accept ideas for reverting previous changes. Either way, how would increasing the gold drop time help you concentrate more on the gameplay objectives? Right now even if people do go for the gold, they spend 10 seconds looking for the drop spot, and then they either see it and go for it, or they don't (or it's too far away) and they forget about it. If the timer is 30 seconds, then everyone will be distracted for a whole 40 seconds (30 waiting and 10 during box dropping), which is over 10% of the battle time.

[ILiveOnTheChatBox123 936]

Well-its not that those 30 seconds actually help gameplay-its that if its 10 seconds you waste 10 seconds searching-and since you anyways didn't find it-it ruined 10 seconds of gameplay. But if its 30 seconds-then you will find it-and those 30 seconds weren't wasted.

Basically:

30 seconds=30 productive seconds

10 seconds=10 wasted seconds.

[r_Given6 859]

Well-its not that those 30 seconds actually help gameplay-its that if its 10 seconds you waste 10 seconds searching-and since you anyways didn't find it-it ruined 10 seconds of gameplay. But if its 30 seconds-then you will find it-and those 30 seconds weren't wasted.

Basically:

30 seconds=30 productive seconds

10 seconds=10 wasted seconds.

At least now to turn over a losing match with 3 minutes or less left, the opponents need to drop 9 Gold Boxes for my Gold hungry team. Were it to be made 30 seconds + 10 second drop time, they would only need to drop about 4 to 5. :lol:

 

On a serious note, those 40 seconds are only productive if you do catch the Gold, which won't happen most likely, due to all those druggers with OD, or possible hackers. So 30 seconds is purely unreasonable, maybe 15-20 would do.

[foxer_XXX 135]

At least now to turn over a losing match with 3 minutes or less left, the opponents need to drop 9 Gold Boxes for my Gold hungry team. Were it to be made 30 seconds + 10 second drop time, they would only need to drop about 4 to 5. :lol:

On a serious note, those 40 seconds are only productive if you do catch the Gold, which won't happen most likely, due to all those druggers with OD, or possible hackers. So 30 seconds is purely unreasonable, maybe 15-20 would do.

I said an example of 30s, but 15-20 sounds more reasonable. Also back then battles were longer.

[ILiveOnTheChatBox123 936]

Doesn't have to be 30+10 seconds. Just not 10 seconds so we can have a chance at finding it.

20-25 seconds might work.

[foxer_XXX 135]

Yes... But still battles were much longer back then... And MM wasn't even a thing... Now battles last 5 mins instead of 10-15 mins... So if we did make the drop time longer, as @Maf said, it would take up some percent of the battle... So the other way we could do it is make battles 10-15 mins again and have golds drop at 20s + 10s for actual drip time?

[u812ic 1,629]

Instead of dropping the flag/ball to look for the box, why not cap the flag or make a touchdown to help the team? I don't bother with the gold box. It's usually way the other side of the map, anyway. I go for an easy score point instead. 

[ILiveOnTheChatBox123 936]

There still are some players (usually snipers) who don't go for the flag-so it won't be THAT easy. Also-even if you miss the flag-since all the tanks are there it becomes a great spot for kills-and you can get more than the standard rate for a flag. Besides a flag is usually not worth the 1000 crystals in a gold box.

So why not check if its near?

[foxer_XXX 135]

I kinda agree with @ILiveOnTheChatBox123, but that still doesn't solve the fact that it takes up too much time, and the battles are to short :I

[Maf 32,338]

So the other way we could do it is make battles 10-15 mins again and have golds drop at 20s + 10s for actual drip time?

Once again, we don't accept ideas for reverting changes. The current battle duration was found to be the most optimal for Matchmaking battles. It's highly unlikely that it will get any longer.

[foxer_XXX 135]

Back then MM wasn't a thing...

[u812ic 1,629]

There still are some players (usually snipers) who don't go for the flag-so it won't be THAT easy. Also-even if you miss the flag-since all the tanks are there it becomes a great spot for kills-and you can get more than the standard rate for a flag. Besides a flag is usually not worth the 1000 crystals in a gold box.

So why not check if its near?

I agree on some points.

 

1...I've seen snipers leave for the gold box. So, yes, it can be that easy.

 

2...I have gone for the pile up many times and gotten a few kills. Helps when you have a kills mission.

 

3...A flag may not equal a gold box, but, if you're a team player, it helps the team. A gold box doesn't. Some players have the battle objectives and the gold box confused. They seem to think that the battle is just something to do to pass the time while waiting for the gold box to fall. The gold box can be used as a distraction. I'll drop one of two just for that reason. I've been in battles where the losing team came out the winners by using the gold boxes. 

 

4...Sure, take a quick look around for the gold box icon. I have no problem with that and do the same. However, If I don't see it in my immediate area, I don't go looking for it. But you still have to take into consideration the type of hull. I have Titan most of the time and even with SB activated, it's still a slow tank. I'm better off doing kills or going after the battle objective, which is not catching the gold box. 

[ILiveOnTheChatBox123 936]

I agree on some points.

 

1...I've seen snipers leave for the gold box. So, yes, it can be that easy.

Like I said-just check for the gold box-to see if it is in your vicinity (you would need a 10-15 second drop for this.

 

2...I have gone for the pile up many times and gotten a few kills. Helps when you have a kills mission.

 

You can get loads of EXP by just standing on the side when everyone else scrambles for the gold box.

 

3...A flag may not equal a gold box, but, if you're a team player, it helps the team. A gold box doesn't. Some players have the battle objectives and the gold box confused. They seem to think that the battle is just something to do to pass the time while waiting for the gold box to fall. The gold box can be used as a distraction. I'll drop one of two just for that reason. I've been in battles where the losing team came out the winners by using the gold boxes. 

Exactly-if you are near the flag, take it. I don't mean if you have the flag just go straight to the drop location. But if you anyways are not near the flag-there likely is still some enemies near the base-and you might not make it back in time. So if you are near your own base anyway-you might as well search for the gold box.

 

4...Sure, take a quick look around for the gold box icon. I have no problem with that and do the same. However, If I don't see it in my immediate area, I don't go looking for it. But you still have to take into consideration the type of hull. I have Titan most of the time and even with SB activated, it's still a slow tank. I'm better off doing kills or going after the battle objective, which is not catching the gold box. 

Couldn't have said it better!

[foxer_XXX 135]

Yes... But still because MM is "rigged" to give really big maps depending on what game mode you are playing (I usually chose Assault unless I have a battle mission, and the Assault maps are very big), usually in big maps I don't even see the gold box un till someone catches it (even when I'm looking for it), or I see it just as it's like tanks height off the ground (which by then, someone gets it). I was just requesting making it a bit longer so I had a better chance of finding and catching it.