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Allow players to spectate novice matches.

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GreyTea:
i am going to post in both, so first of

Your right the ability to spectate should be implemented it would give you a much better time teaching your friends the game, and at a level where exploiting it is not an issue however,,, this being said it is the lobby themselves that get locked from level 4+, not just position in the match, so i am not sure how this could be implemented because when you join a lobby you join a slot on a free ship, then move to spectate or spectate if there is no slots free, so the abilty to lock postions for level 4+ to spectate would have to be implemented, then you have trainers and ca's who are higher than level 4 and are able to play in said lobbies, can you see how much work is needed for this implementation i don't think it is viable imho

SnipahShot:

--- Quote from: Grey T on February 25, 2014, 02:18:51 pm ---i am going to post in both, so first of

Your right the ability to spectate should be implemented it would give you a much better time teaching your friends the game, and at a level where exploiting it is not an issue however,,, this being said it is the lobby themselves that get locked from level 4+, not just position in the match, so i am not sure how this could be implemented because when you join a lobby you join a slot on a free ship, then move to spectate or spectate if there is no slots free, so the abilty to lock postions for level 4+ to spectate would have to be implemented, then you have trainers and ca's who are higher than level 4 and are able to play in said lobbies, can you see how much work is needed for this implementation i don't think it is viable imho

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You should get a message saying "You are only able to spectate the match, please pick a ship to spectate" and you are stuck with that ship for the entire match unless you leave.

Edit:
Regarding the possibility of cheating, I can give an example from League of Legends. When you enter a match as a spectator there, the match you watch is actually a delayed feed of the actual match(You are behind by like 30 seconds or more, don't quite remember)

redria:

--- Quote from: SnipahShot on February 25, 2014, 02:38:08 pm ---You should get a message saying "You are only able to spectate the match, please pick a ship to spectate" and you are stuck with that ship for the entire match unless you leave.

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Actually, this makes me think of having a ghost 5th crewman who is invisible and can't help, but could type in crew chat, walk around the ship, possibly use voice chat (but maybe not because trolls). Only problem would be the lag induced by adding another player.

Coldcurse:
What is the purpose of having higher level people watch a low level game?
Is it because your friends have higher levels and can't join your low level games?

Join the higher level games, we won't bite you.

I am a training captain and hop in to low level games to say hello and give tips. I have noticed that there are alot of players who are lvl 1-4, and join high level matches and they most of the time are ok.

Saying that lvl 1-4 players won't learn the game in non-novice matches is a lie. The community of this game is amazing. If your captain has any sense of honor/ respect, he will help you out, give you tips and tricks and answer you questions.

I never played a novice match when I started in this game, now I'm leader of a clan and a well known player in the skies.

Mattilald Anguisad:
Spectator mode in the current state is not implemented the same way Spectator mode is implemented. In here spectator mode you are watching the game as it happens. In lol it's a 3d recording of a match - that creates a lot of overhead (reason why not all matches can be spectated).

As for spectating novice matches if you are not novice, this has allready allready been sugested. For now you can start with the sandbox, and explain the basics in there, and then go from there.

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