Skilled players (dexterity and strategy) should be rewarded. Skilled teams that play well together (teamwork and strategy) should be rewarded more. Strategy should be important regardless. If one guy can pull off the strategy better than a team thats fine. However one man can't be everywhere at once...

It should depend on the size of the map and how cramped you want things to be. Serveradmins should have some say in the matter. A small map (atcs, tremor) is fine with 3-6 players. a medium map 4-8 (arachnid, niveus) and a large one 5-10 (transit size with less open space). Stupidly large creations,...

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Overall offensive play is more fun than defensive play. The benefits of defensive play should decrease the further along the game gets. In terms of costs/benefits a team that focuses overmuch on early offensive play should lose out later in the game. The cost of early defensive play (!not camping) i...

Give the players a choice, as to how they play, but early choices should affect how the game develops. Here is an idea for game progression based on a 30 minute game. Beginning: 5-10 minutes . Focus on securing and holding resources for the mid-game and late game, OR focus on crippling the enemy’s e...

No match should last indefinitely. It’s a poorly designed game that has no end. The match should end when there is nothing more to be gained from playing on. If it’s resources of some sort then the game ends when the resources run out. If one teams resources run out the game ends abruptly and they a...

1) Early mistakes should cost you something but feeding shouldn't give the other team an unassailable advantage. It should feel like the game is winnable at all times, since that makes people want to play. Feeling like the game is already lost sucks. 2) Realistically people will join in the middle o...