After a test, I found it took roughly 90 seconds to restock 90 pots, even while using a restock agent with individual pots coming from within a bag in my bank box (restock agent does not work with kegs). Obviously this is well above the 17 seconds allowed at the beginning of a match. Now, I know it would not be practical to leave the wall up for 1.5-2 minutes with the bank open, so I am suggesting the restocking period be changed to 2 minutes outside of the arena. It is unfair to force players to enter a match without being fully prepared, giving them an instant handicap.
I don't know the coding capabilities, but possibly a player-activated command could be implemented to allow for a player to "ready up" between matches so that if both paired contestants are ready to start, then they would not have to wait until the restock period is over.
For reference, I was personally involved in a tourney earlier tonight where one of my matches went into Sudden Death and when it was over I was left with less than 20 pots total, and immediately went into the next match with 17 seconds to restock 70-80 pots in order to be fully prepared. Needless to say I did not stand a chance against even a half-prepared opponent. I am not the only one who has had the same experience.
Derrick had the following to say in a previous thread about the restock time allowance.
Well, I suggest we iron out the other issues and get this changed so that no one is forced to enter a match unprepared. There are currently no methods to restock properly within the allotted 17 seconds, including kegs, restock agents, or using pack animals or alt chars to hold items. Something needs to be done.Derrick wrote:One of the problems with making it too long is that everyone has to wait, we have to reannounce that it's starting in a few seconds or etc. I considered a restock time outside of the arena, but increasing the "limbo" time that a person was waiting to fight raised some other issues.
Please do not make posts stating that I or others should use a different playstyle. This is not a thread about playstyles, rather it is about the need to allow anyone entered in the tourney to play at their full capability for every match.