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Developing Suggestions

This section is for general discussion of suggestions for the game Urban Dead.

It also includes the capacity to pitch suggestions for conversation and feedback.

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How To Make a Discussion

Adding a New Discussion

To add a general discussion topic, please add a Tier 3 Header (===Example===) below, with your idea or proposal.

Adding a New Suggestion

• To add a new suggestion proposal, copy the code in the box below.
• Click here to begin editing. This is the same as clicking the [edit] link to the right of the Suggestions header.

• Paste the copied text above the other suggestions, right under the heading.
• Substitute the text in RED CAPITALS with the details of your suggestion.
• The process is illustrated in this image.

{{subst:DevelopingSuggestion
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|name=SUGGESTION NAME
|type=TYPE HERE
|scope=SCOPE HERE
|description=DESCRIPTION HERE
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• Name - Give the suggestion a short but descriptive name.
• Type is the nature of the suggestion, such as a new class, skill change, balance change.
• Scope is who or what the suggestion affects. Typically survivors or zombies (or both), but occasionally Malton, the game interface or something else.
• Description should be a full explanation of your suggestion. Include information like flavor text, search odds, hit percentages, etc, as appropriate. Unless you are as yet unsure of the exact details behind the suggestion, try not to leave out anything important. Check your spelling and grammar.

Cycling Suggestions

• Suggestions with no new discussion in the past month may be cycled without notice.

Please add new discussions and suggestions to the top of the list

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Suggestions

Wander (Zombie Auto-horde)

Timestamp: Kamikazie-Bunny 01:43, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Type: New Movement Method

Scope: Zombies

Description: All zombies now have the ability to Roam randomly around Malton when outside. Roaming moves the zombie one square in a random direction and costs the usual movement AP. Sounds pointless? Well, while the direction is random there is a 65% chance that the zombie will move in the direction of the location currently contain the most zombies in Malton (most = active zombies, indoors + outdoors). If by some chance they're there already they'll just move in a random direction. Though it may be AP inefficient it does offer a somewhat reliable method for zombies (especially those with no idea where they're going) to hoard-up without the need to meta.

Discussion (Wander (Zombie Auto-horde))

Uncontrolled movement is a no-no, as it may force players into triggering zerg flags without being aware of it (especially if they are away for an extended period such as work or sleep). There is also already a mechanic that helps to find the current zombie hot-spots - Scent Death. I'd rather want to see something that provides better information for the player to act on (such as Scent Death with extended range), rather than something that triggers automatic action. -- Spiderzed█ 06:25, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

If I'm understanding this correctly, your first concern doesn't apply because the Roam action would simply use one AP and move the zombie one square. (It could be clicked, therefore, 50 times, moving 50 squares.) If a player were moving towards another alt they could always move away, and no action would be taken while a player wasn't online. That said, I do prefer an improved scent death over this suggestion. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 00:00, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

I actually like the subtle approach this suggestion takes in trying to solve a core issue with the game as the population shrinks, but I think it ends up having some fundamental mechanical problems, as well as being ripe for abuse. Here are some issues I see that haven't already been mentioned:

• What if multiple blocks are tied for having the most zombies? If they randomly Roam towards either/all of them, doesn't that defeat the whole point, since they won't be heading towards a fixed location?
• Hordes tend to stay apart from each other, and they alternate between spreading thin as they change suburbs and clumping up as they settle into them. As such, Roam may alternate between taking me towards the MOB one day and the RRF on the next, over and over again, meaning that "gains" I make are negated the next day when Roam takes me the opposite direction.
• What's to stop a zerger from making 100 accounts and parking them at the same block in order to attract Roaming ferals towards a place they want to see ruined?

As I've said before, suggestions should make the game more fun, but this one adds an AP sink that provides minimal benefit and would leave the zombie with no AP to spend on the fun activities of the game if they were to utilize this skill the way it would need to be used to be useful. I'm sincere in my statement that I like the approach you're taking with this idea, but it needs some tweaking (unfortunately, I have no immediate recommendations) before it'd work. —Aichon— 02:26, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

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Suggestions up for voting

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