Petition to Change "spectating mode" to "Ascension mode"

While spectating I thought it would be great if it called it Ascension mode instead of spectating.

Spectating makes more sense, but I like the idea of adding in stargate terms.

What do you think?

haha! that is great

yeah man i would agree to that one

For my part I think it is fine like this. When I watch people fight each other I am indeed called a "spectator". Ascension is for higher being like the Ancient, who would dare to call themselves Ancient?!

BUT, a button "spectator" would be appreciated. When the game is unbalance (5 vs 3), I usually retreat in my spawn and wait for more people to come, but I would still like to see how well my team perform, or how bad my team is

haha while i think this would be awesome, i think it would cause confusion

great idea, chuck it in the suggestion box thread

that's a good one!!

it would be awesome! especially if the players could see the spectators floating around above them as ascended beings. Remember, they can observe, but they cant interfear!

They could abuse that by constantly flying in front of peoples' faces and being a big distraction.

there could be a limitation on how low they could fly, so they are always above the players. That way it would look cool, but wouldnt be a distraction... hopefully

i have an idea, but i'm reluctant to mention it because i love being outnumbered. so there is no confusion, i do NOT desire a system to prevent outnumbered situations. this idea just popped into my head because it might work well with ascension.

imagine there's 5 of us, and 3 of them. i am killed, but instead of respawning, i ascend, and it says, blevok has ascended, and i am now locked into spectating mode. the same happens to my next teammate to be killed, and the match is now balanced, with the two ascended beings watching over. when another player joins on the opposing team, the first to ascend respawns and it says, blevok has retaken physical form.

that would work blevok. The ascended person could also have the option to respawn on the opposing team to balance. It should only happen if the teams are very unbalanced, 2 or more person difference. Like if it is 3v5, not 4v5

all sounds good gus just not the part about having to wait for other players to die before you revive.

I think I like the idea blevok. However I think the teams would have to be very unfair for it to happen. 6vs3, etc

yes, assuming i supported this idea, which i don't, it would have to be a big imbalance, and adding the ability to respawn on the other team would certainly eliminate the waiting.

but i really wouldn't want this to happen because, as i said, i like being outnumbered. even when it was possible, i never joined large teams against small teams. i always prefer to join matches where my team is outnumbered. after the update i was happy to see that imbalance was still possible if you stay in the same game for several matches. when the enemy becomes outnumbered, i often leave. but when my team becomes severely outnumbered, thats when it's the most fun for me. i've had some great teamwork moments in 2x5, 3x8, and i totally owned once in a 1x4, which was pretty much the high point of my life

I am against the blevok idea, no offence to blevok in any way. For three reasons only, listed below (if you could come up with solutions I am all for it)

1) They would prove as a distraction for Players, thus resulting in deaths which may not have occured otherwise.

2) If they can indeed float around the map, then they could lead there team mates to the enemy or just communcate there positions, giving the teams an unfair advantage (would happen for both).

3) You should not be able to spectate your Team Mates whilst you are spawned, as if you have a Player on your team whom for example you had a disagreement with, and they wanted to be an ###, they could just spectate you and keep giving you position away to the enemy .... therefore ruining your match and the worst part is they would be able to follow you where ever you went and keep doing that.... this is why spectating should remain when you have died only, but even then you could do it, so I am going to suggest when spectating that you are not allowed to type or talk.

i was actually thinking of normal spectate mode, i wasn't suggesting we have visible balls of light floating around, although the initial moment of ascension would be visible to everyone.
and you can't communicate with mortals while ascended. to do so would be interfering with a lower plane and the "others" would surely intervene.
i do think you should be able to spectate both teams while ascended, but maybe with a 10 second delay when you respawn. that way, any intelligence you collected while ascended would only be useful against campers, which might deter the practice a little.

you more i here you more i like this idea

Ascension Mode (even if just name) from a lore POV, big no.

Spectator Mode yes, not Ascension

Originally Posted by TheMadDoctor

For my part I think it is fine like this. When I watch people fight each other I am indeed called a "spectator". Ascension is for higher being like the Ancient, who would dare to call themselves Ancient?!

BUT, a button "spectator" would be appreciated. When the game is unbalance (5 vs 3), I usually retreat in my spawn and wait for more people to come, but I would still like to see how well my team perform, or how bad my team is

do we even have an ancient clan yet that would be great.