1 Char pr. IP Acumen

An idea in the rough but an idea still:

Personally i think it would be a good change, if somehow you were only able to join acu with one char pr. IP. (since IP banning is possible this should be as well)

That way more actual people would be able to join acu instead of some people logging with 10-20 chars. Yes, many of the new players would go out in first round, but it might still create a bit more diversity in the fights and give people who only have one strong char a better chance of acturally winning (he wont have to go up against 3 diffrent alts from the same person).

Anyways, thought it might be an idea.

Acumen is (or used) to be rewarding the best char in the the best suit. with the cards and the single eliminations its random enough people in devoids coulple D*Devs and a super have beat out people in a full suit. if you cant even make it in the top 128 then there is NO WAY you should win since all that requires is being at soft cap not even finnished capping.

Although I am all for bringing back the 3 bracket system. then do one right after the other you can only enter each char in one bracket.

Bracket 1: Main bracket D*Devs allowed whatever you can do to win... no cards
last 2 rounds double elmination agian and have a fight for true 3rd no reward for 4th
1st = couputer prize
2nd = 100 bucks
3rd = 50 bucks
total spent = 900 in game credit compared to the 1050 in game credit today
Same ash win/loss as currently in
Bracket 2:
Supers are allowed no D*Devs
1st 100 bucks (2 supers)
2nd 50 bucks
3rd 10k ash
(puts our total prize for acumen back to 1050)
2k ash per win 1k ash per loss
Bracket 3
Anyone no supers no D*Devs

1st prize 20k ash
2nd prize 10k ash
3rd prize 5k ash

1k ash per win 500 ash per loss

would be a several hour event but everyone would fit in somewhere and would give everyone a chance to fight for a prize they deserve instead of making the current acumen so deppendent on luck

if you win any bracket you are not eligible to compete in that bracket for 1 year and the bracket below you for 18 months

take alot to implement but would be fun

I understand that weaker chars like myself would never win, but just participation is something.

your system sounds very interesting so no objections here.

However:
I still think there should be one char pr. IP though. If not one person could just suit several chars to win all brackets.

If everyone could only participate with one char each, the brackets would also get a lot smaller. Therefore your suggestion for acumen might not take several hours, which could otherwise be a problem for some.

[Northern Silence]

people dont spend thousands of dollars to play 1 char. If your complaining about participating then just level up. you get to SC and you will most likely get in. Problem isn't in the system, it's in the player in your case.

[Hopilus]

pft, one char per IP addy? im sorry, but i really dont like that idea. there are a chunk of players, (myself included) who have either bought, or worked their way, to having 4 plus SoSe chars. who is to say, through all that hard work, that we have to choose just one. i get the fact that you think it is unfair. all you have to do is get leveled up to cap to enter acumen. then you can participate. wow, grand idea. if you are a slow leveler, shouldnt take more then a week. two weeks tops.

Acumen is fine as is.

[Nicho]

Originally Posted by Hopilus

pft, one char per IP addy? im sorry, but i really dont like that idea. there are a chunk of players, (myself included) who have either bought, or worked their way, to having 4 plus SoSe chars. who is to say, through all that hard work, that we have to choose just one. i get the fact that you think it is unfair. all you have to do is get leveled up to cap to enter acumen. then you can participate. wow, grand idea. if you are a slow leveler, shouldnt take more then a week. two weeks tops.

ban for char buying

[Hopilus]

shall we go into char sharing and cubsown? i think not.
dont be the pot calling the kettle black nacho. doesnt look very good on your part.

[Archer of Crosis]

Originally Posted by Zolan

An idea in the rough but an idea still:

Personally i think it would be a good change, if somehow you were only able to join acu with one char pr. IP. (since IP banning is possible this should be as well)

That way more actual people would be able to join acu instead of some people logging with 10-20 chars. Yes, many of the new players would go out in first round, but it might still create a bit more diversity in the fights and give people who only have one strong char a better chance of acturally winning (he wont have to go up against 3 diffrent alts from the same person).

Anyways, thought it might be an idea.

I think this is a super great idea. I can't understand why anyone would whine about a potential update like this, the only thing I'd want added to this is that a character has to be at least level 1500 to enter acumen thereby blocking anyone who doesn't have at least SOS from even entering.
Furthermore, there really shouldn't be a reason to whine, because really, it doesn't matter how many chars you enter into acumen at this point in time because only 1 of them can ever win for that month, and once they win they can't enter again for 12 months, so you have more than ample time to bring another char into the next months acumen, where you would more than likely win again. But if this dudes idea (with my level restriction added) becomes an update, acumen would only be the top 80 or so.

As far as I'm concerned, people below level 1500 aren't even worthy of acumen. Acumen is supposed to be a battle of the leetest characters with the leetest suits. Not a battle of the biggest char whores. No offense intended to anyone directly, take it as it is.

Originally Posted by Nicho

ban for char buying

You can buy a DDD to get 2nd scepter, 2 ToTF's for 3rd, buy Crystals, etc.

Ban for ignorance.

To the original problem: anyone high enough level will make it in on at least 1 char. Someone with 20 chars cant relog all of them 3 times and enter them all before you manage to do 1, and if they can then you shouldn't be in acumen anyway

Agreed.

Acumen is fine the way it is, one reason multiple chars are needed is that otherwise you will know who the main contenders are. If you don't know which of one team's characters is going to have the cards and the suit, then you can't save your best card for them or whatever.

As has been said, if you can't make it into acumen as it is, you probably have little point or reason for participating anyway.

[doug]

lol yeh leave accumen as it is if u cant log 1 char fast enough than folk entering 20 or more u shouldnt be entering as your to slow

i miss the old acumen... no cards 2/3 finals so the winner has a better chance of being the best char... not just luck and a card...

It's always been luck and always will be.

[Hopilus]

i didnt use any cards on Hopilus when i won.....

You don't need cards, like I said, it's primarily luck. And Lord Sin, if cards are so much of a factor then why not just get some yourself? You can either buy tects and nuke out some of the useless gold on S1, or just buy UT's and trade them for cards. Or play poker if that takes your fancy.

I think the only plausible compromise needed (if there was ever a need for one in the first place) is upping the defeat reward like jeff did. that way, you level but you not uber, you get more ash, use it to get more uber, nuff said. no admittance without time and effort, no win without massive investment, more than enough consolation prize as it is currently. acumen is fine.

The rich get richer.

And the poor wouldn't have it any other way.