Increased point cap?

[Ravelord Nito]

So i love the game and all, but does anyone know if they will increase the point cap in the game modes so that more ships can be used? like I said I love the game, but more ships equals more heretics to smite.

[Dionysosss]

wish they had missions that would require your intire fleet
even in the game when event X happends and person X says to bring your intire fleet
and all you can bring is 2 cruisers and 2 escorts cause ya dont got enough points
:P

[Ravelord Nito]

Originally posted by Dionysosss:

wish they had missions that would require your intire fleet
even in the game when event X happends and person X says to bring your intire fleet
and all you can bring is 2 cruisers and 2 escorts cause ya dont got enough points
:P

While that would be epic for your entire fleet to engage in combat im pretty sure they dont do that because if you get your entire fleet wiped (unlikely but bear with me) then you really couldnt play the game anymore, but yeah that would be epic as hell.

[WolfLeBlack]

Even though I'm sure it'd be insane to try to manage it, especiall on multiplayer without the time slow-down, it'd be pretty cool if I could take along a sizable chunk of my fleet. Hell, I'd be happy if four-player games gave EACH player a 700 point limit. It'd be a lot of fun to see all that metal clashing :D

[Dionysosss]

wel you can always pay XD for repairs XD or key battle if ya lose them you basicly lost the war
or ya just lose a few turns on the map while you lose dozens of worlds does srewing you over and make it harder

i prever the losing ♥♥♥♥ ton of world option due to the grim nature of warhammer :P
and the imperium never gives up!

[Kaybern]

from the recent Q&A

Originally posted by "Ravensburg":

Greetings Admirals!



#6 - What factors are effecting the match size limitation and how soon could we be seeing larger fleets?

- Performance:
We’re using the UE4 physical engine for ships and all projectiles. We made some tests with higher fleet points and the worst case scenario is when players spam escort ships, causing performance to drop even on a good computer.

- Network:
This is the most problematic point. 2v2 is where we need higher fleet points the most – sadly, it’s also where it affects network performance the most. 2v2 is not twice as bad regarding network performance, but four times - it’s exponential.

- Gameplay:
We allowed 900 point games in the CTT. The game at this point starts to become less tactical, less fun, and fleets are hard to manage. In the end, we observed that the favorite engagement for most players was 600 pts.

- Conclusion:
If we can overcome the technical barrier, we would like to raise the fleet point limits in 2v2 and allow players to create bigger engagements in custom games. I can’t tell you for sure when this would be implemented.



Thanks for reading through these answers – I look forward to receiving lots more of your questions!
All glory to the Emperor!

[Dionysosss]

Thanks for the info ^_^ aldo i disagree with the less fun part! ♥♥♥♥ blowing up left and right is fun!

[Ravelord Nito]

Originally posted by Dionysosss:

Thanks for the info ^_^ aldo i disagree with the less fun part! ♥♥♥♥ blowing up left and right is fun!

Agreed

[Bababooey]

The most fun at 600 pts they have to be kidding. Please give us an ARMADA or drop it from the game title because i havent seen one armada to date. I do really like the game otherwise.

[Warlord-616x]

yes bigger point battles would be cool, but i would be happier just allowing more players into games and some bigger maps. Right now its pretty much do or die, but if you had an ally to hide behind when you get in trouble or work off of or work with this games depth would go out dramatically.

[Big Boom Boom]

Originally posted by general disaray:

The most fun at 600 pts they have to be kidding. Please give us an ARMADA or drop it from the game title because i havent seen one armada to date. I do really like the game otherwise.

It's based on BFG Armada tabletop game, which you can't field an Armada even in TT. Not sure if serious.

Also please drop Dawn from Dawn of War title. It's the 41st millennium, not the 30th millennium which was the dawn of war for the Imperium. It's more like Dusk of War.

[Judge Lazar]

If they do increase it for multiplayer I would ony want an extra 50-100 points, just to get some more variety i ship loadouts

[Ralph The 2nd]

Given the fact you have several fleets of classes of ships, makes it an Armada in scale.

The main sticking point is the BS/BB which is a single ship.

Even your escorts come in ship classes, composing a fleet class.

The difference between BFG and BFG:A is they opened up more of the armadas to the admirals usage.

We as a community are no where near ready for a larger armada style, given interpersonal interactions seen in social and battle situations.

How many of you are going to burn out before the 5 year period because of lack of staying power?
Unlike DOW where some of us are still modding after 12yrs from beta testing.

In the short term resolution,
it might be better to ask if there is a mod out there already for expanded fleet points.
Also could be useful to ask if there is a larger Armada composition mod.

One issue here is some would call modding / cheating if all parties in game are not aware.

[Bababooey]

No i am not serious big boom boom i just want more points. even with points reduction on ships from TT we are not at a 1k point lvl. I didnt do the math just rough estimate...

[Lord Wayne]

Yeah at least in custom games let us set the points to what we want. Get rid of the cap.

[Shouravik]

The cap is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, while I can understand how it can get laggy it completely removes player control of how much ♥♥♥♥ they want on the battlefield.
Only a game with this title, oublisher and dev would restrict it in such a fashion.
I have never understood why a game such as Warhammer is ALWAYS restricted by absolute nonsense.
"Oh it will lag"
No ♥♥♥♥, lots of games lag. You know what makes up for lag? Enjoying the game you paid 40 bucks for in hope that it would be an actually good Warhammer game since DoW 1.