charred nest
Allow server admins the ability to adjust staging phase length by a small margin. Allow staging length to be set anywhere between 4 and 10 minutes.
I think having a longer staging phase would help encourage better coordination amongst squad leaders, as well as better communication within the squads. Another 2 or 3 minutes is all it would take.
During the staging phase, people who play SL have to figure alot of things out. Here is what goes through my head each game:
- What type of squad do i need to create?
- What vehicles will we use?
- What does my team need our squad to do?
- What do the players in my squad like to do, what kind of experience are they looking for? (This is a big one)
- What kits do we have?
- Who in my squad will be fireteam leaders?
- Does everyone have a microphone?
Slightly longer staging phases would also result in more squad-squad planning.
I think the default staging phase length is 300 seconds (5 mins), but allowing 7 or 8 minutes would give players more time to coordinate. I think that this simple change will encourage the type of gameplay that the core player-base enjoys most.
This would likely become commonplace in milsim or focused servers.
formal hound