New Zero-k mode

I suggest we make a mode that won't take time to implement and it will be easy to make and besides that will help with the balance problems or with the balance testings.

It goes like this:

!setoptions zerokmode=limited resources

In this mode you just have 2000, 3000, 1000, 500 or how much metal and energy you chose before starting the game. After you chose the numbers you can select what units you want from all factories and then start the battle.

Buildings, factories and others will be blocked, and only the starting selected units will appear on the battlefield near your commander.

I am very curious what the pro 1 vs 1 players will chose as units when they use this mode.

CA had an old mode like this, called Tactics (itself based on Deployment mode, which also allows normal buildings), but it's hopelessly bitrotten by now.

The UI designed for any such new gamemode could also be used for queuing build orders before game start. Maybe that'll be my weekend project.

quote: won't take time to implement

For future reference, people lacking a familiarity with the technical aspects involved may want to avoid making statements of fact like this.

I think this sounds too much like blind RPS, you could start rearm pad and loads of bombers, you could start full AA, you could start heavy, antiheavy, ...

EASY, pro players choose felon,thugs,aspises

quote: EASY, pro players choose felon,thugs,aspises

snipers beat this, or a scorpion, or some well-placed roaches
The nice thing about Zero-k is that everything has its counters, so this mode is just blind RPS.

Ofc snipers beat shieldballs, that's part of the reason why almost no high level players shieldball in 1v1.

That said it might be different in a gamemode like one requested by Forever. Shieldballs are hardcounterable, but very generalist. Because reactionary unit countering would be impossible in such a gamemode, a generalist army that can deal well with most units might be a very strong choice.