Influence MAG: Should Domination Go “Faction-Neutral?”

We’ve long said that MAG is an evolving game, one that changes and improves over time thanks in very large part to your input. The most direct example of this is our Influence MAG program, a player-driven design decision where you can vote on various MAG game elements and tell us exactly what you want.

Our first Influence MAG question asked if you’d like to change Domination’s time limit.  The second one let you vote on whether or not disconnecting from a game would count as a loss. This time, we’re putting up what might be our most controversial question yet:

Should the Domination game mode become faction-neutral?

Making a map “faction neutral” means that you don’t always have to defend your own territory and attack on the defending PMC’s turf — you can attack and defend on any map, even if a map’s faction isn’t in the match. In other words, going faction-neutral might allow Raven to attack Valor on SVER’s map.
 
We’ve already made the Sabotage and Suppression modes faction-neutral with our last update, but with our 256-player mode now up for revision, we wanted to check in with our community to see what you think. Do you want change things up and bring a new twist to an existing mode, or do you think that PMC-specific Domination is a key component to what makes the Shadow War so unique?
 
Now that you’re informed of the stakes, here’s the fine print:
 
·         The winning answer must have 60% of the overall vote for two-point questions
·         The winning answer must have 55% of the overall vote for three-point questions.
·         If no answer has the required % allotment then there is no status change.
 
To vote, simply look to your right and vote in our official poll. It will remain open until 11:59pm Pacific Time on September 28, 2010. Once the poll ends, we’ll tally up the results and modify the game accordingly sometime thereafter.

Should you want any additional ammo to help you make your decision, you can test out how Domination plays in faction-neutral scenarios right now in our ongoing MAG beta! Hop in, give it a try and then let your vote do the talking.

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