Content Suggestion Lock out Alternative wars after one has been triggered

[Mr Cum]

Today there were very few conquest wars. Personally, and I believe many others agree, Capture the Flag (CTF) and Search & Destroy (S&D) modes tend to be less engaging as regular war types. While they can be enjoyable occasionally, they currently trigger too frequently. Hot Paths is another mode worth mentioning—though I find it somewhat better than CTF and S&D, please share your opinions about Hot Paths as well.

I propose two potential solutions to balance the frequency of war modes:

1. After an alternative war mode (such as CTF or S&D) is triggered, no alternative mode should appear for the next 2-3 wars.
   For instance, if an S&D war is activated, the following two wars would exclusively be conquest.
2. After an alternative war mode is triggered, only that specific mode is temporarily disabled for 2-3 wars.
   For example, if an S&D war occurs, it would be unavailable for the subsequent two wars, although other alternative modes like CTF could still be selected.

This is all my own opinion, but I am curious to see what you guys think.

Edit: Just realised i didn't format this properly. Keeping it here anyway because I made this quickly

 

[Aleem Abdul]

i actually like this since CTF + SND are the least favourite wartypes agreed upon by like 99% of ppl, doesnt fully remove them so there still is variety but stops the constant CTF / SND spam that happens way to often

 

[Jason M.]

-support
dev time

just remove both of the fuckers

 

[Zakariya]

+support

i hope this not require much devwork otherwise it aint happening

 

[Mr Cum]

+support

i hope this not require much devwork otherwise it aint happening

local recentWars = {}
local lockoutDuration = 2

function triggerWar(warType)
if isLockedOut(warType) then
print(warType .. " is currently locked out.")
return false
end

table.insert(recentWars, 1, {type = warType, countdown = lockoutDuration})

-- Option 1: Lock all alternative wars
if warType ~= "Conquest" then
lockAllAlternativeWars()
end

-- Option 2: Lock only specific alternative war
-- (Uncomment below line if using option 2)
-- lockSpecificWar(warType)

updateWarLocks()
return true
end

function isLockedOut(warType)
for _, war in ipairs(recentWars) do
if war.type == warType or (warType ~= "Conquest" and war.type == "AllAlternatives") then
return true
end
end
return false
end

function lockAllAlternativeWars()
table.insert(recentWars, 1, {type = "AllAlternatives", countdown = lockoutDuration})
end

function lockSpecificWar(warType)
table.insert(recentWars, 1, {type = warType, countdown = lockoutDuration})
end

function updateWarLocks()
for i = #recentWars, 1, -1 do
recentWars.countdown = recentWars.countdown - 1
if recentWars.countdown <= 0 then
table.remove(recentWars, i)
end
end

 

[Zakariya]

We got a expert over here

local recentWars = {}
local lockoutDuration = 2

function triggerWar(warType)
if isLockedOut(warType) then
print(warType .. " is currently locked out.")
return false
end

table.insert(recentWars, 1, {type = warType, countdown = lockoutDuration})

-- Option 1: Lock all alternative wars
if warType ~= "Conquest" then
lockAllAlternativeWars()
end

-- Option 2: Lock only specific alternative war
-- (Uncomment below line if using option 2)
-- lockSpecificWar(warType)

updateWarLocks()
return true
end

function isLockedOut(warType)
for _, war in ipairs(recentWars) do
if war.type == warType or (warType ~= "Conquest" and war.type == "AllAlternatives") then
return true
end
end
return false
end

function lockAllAlternativeWars()
table.insert(recentWars, 1, {type = "AllAlternatives", countdown = lockoutDuration})
end

function lockSpecificWar(warType)
table.insert(recentWars, 1, {type = warType, countdown = lockoutDuration})
end

function updateWarLocks()
for i = #recentWars, 1, -1 do
recentWars.countdown = recentWars.countdown - 1
if recentWars.countdown <= 0 then
table.remove(recentWars, i)
end
end

 

[roach3]

+SUPPORT!!
remove 2 lane ctf&snd as well please

 

[Jimmy Special]

+Support

 

[Mikheali]

-Support
I like S&D

 

[shaun11103]

local recentWars = {}
local lockoutDuration = 2

function triggerWar(warType)
if isLockedOut(warType) then
print(warType .. " is currently locked out.")
return false
end

table.insert(recentWars, 1, {type = warType, countdown = lockoutDuration})

-- Option 1: Lock all alternative wars
if warType ~= "Conquest" then
lockAllAlternativeWars()
end

-- Option 2: Lock only specific alternative war
-- (Uncomment below line if using option 2)
-- lockSpecificWar(warType)

updateWarLocks()
return true
end

function isLockedOut(warType)
for _, war in ipairs(recentWars) do
if war.type == warType or (warType ~= "Conquest" and war.type == "AllAlternatives") then
return true
end
end
return false
end

function lockAllAlternativeWars()
table.insert(recentWars, 1, {type = "AllAlternatives", countdown = lockoutDuration})
end

function lockSpecificWar(warType)
table.insert(recentWars, 1, {type = warType, countdown = lockoutDuration})
end

function updateWarLocks()
for i = #recentWars, 1, -1 do
recentWars.countdown = recentWars.countdown - 1
if recentWars.countdown <= 0 then
table.remove(recentWars, i)
end
end

thinks that giving them the code matters