It was a really smart idea from Dusty and the other developers who made towers drop candies. A lot of players now wants to tower to get those candies, All the current guilds in the map are with 20+ members which isn't usual. Yesterday, I decided to go ahead and tower for few hours in my guild. It was really fun to be honest, when I tower I usually have to ask my friends to join the guild but this time people are pming the leads to have a tag which felt like the old good days.
In this candy method, the guild leaders CANNOT scam players and 'noobs' because the members aren't working for a long term goal/objective (used to be 1k hat in the olden times). This time, they tower to get the candies which spawns every few seconds.
When the Halloween finish is it possible to relate towering to the other future events? Or/and even make towers spawn gralats or something in-between the events? This wouldn't make any problem with the current recruitment method because the members can tower at anytime and get their reward therefore, it's not possible to scam them.
This would be a good temporary fix till NGS is out, right? What's your thoughts on this and what other suggestions do you have than spawning gralats and candies?  

They 100% scam noobs in order to keep the tower under control. My guild couldn't hold it with 5 loyal members, but as soon as we recruited 10 additional noobs it was a piece of cake. Not to mention that only the experienced players stay alive at the top long enough to get candy regularly.  

Posted by 4-Lom

They 100% scam noobs in order to keep the tower under control. My guild couldn't hold it with 5 loyal members, but as soon as we recruited 10 additional noobs it was a piece of cake. Not to mention that only the experienced players stay alive at the top long enough to get candy regularly.

How can you scam them? It's not like you're holding the tower to get a 1k hat, they're are holding the towering to get candies that spawns every few seconds.
Plus, there is no guild system that allows un-experience players from easily getting a reward. Are you telling me good guilds are going to recruit un-experienced players in the NGS? At first you obviously have to get good at defending the tower. Then it will be easy for them to stay in the flag room and get the candies. Just like in NGS, once you become good it's easy to find a spot in a strong guild.
It's normal that it was easy to hold the tower with the 10 noobs you recruited, I don't see any scam tho? Any "noob" can just walk over the candies and collect them, nothing is stopping them.  

Only players defending can get the candy. If you're talking about removing the players who leave, that's what I would consider scamming. Leaving them out in the cold, even after they have gone off line, is being kind of disrespectful to them. Good point, though...  

tbh i like this idea  

Posted by 4-Lom

Only players defending can get the candy. If you're talking about removing the players who leave, that's what I would consider scamming. Leaving them out in the cold, even after they have gone off line, is being kind of disrespectful to them. Good point, though...

When was the last time I saw a proposal of how to fairly balance towering so that this may never happen again? In every active tower guild I see more than fifty-percent that are around the flag or inside defending the tower and definitely don't look like they're experienced. Then, there are those few walking around with impressive stats.

Occasionally I'll check back on the roster of the guild and see that some players have been switched out so that the guild may be filled with active players.  

I read the title as temporary fix for twerking  

Twrrk  

Posted by Weeno

I read the title as temporary fix for twerking

weren't you the one who read the 'minor tweaks and updates' thread as 'minor twerks and updates' as well?  

Posted by 4-Lom

weren't you the one who read the 'minor tweaks and updates' thread as 'minor twerks and updates' as well?

yes, he likes attention  

Posted by Weeno

I read the title as temporary fix for twerking

If you got a fix for twerking let us know  

Irrelevant  

Towering is perpetually broken though because staff have strung out updates and promises for so long that 90% of the people who made towering fun have quit and are unwilling to come back

This surely wouldn't do it for me, at least  

:/ eh  

True but, I rather have towers spawning interesting prizes than nothing. Not because I care about the candies the tower spawn or whatever it's going to spawn but, other players seem to care which makes them want to tower. Of course it's still not like the NGS/old new guild system but it's just a temporary system till they finish the "NGS" . However, as you stated ^^^^^^ Some players don't really care about the silly (in my opinion) prizes the towers spawn, those players are the ones who used to tower activity in the old guild system. Remember tho the towers were just spawning candies, this doesn't necessarily mean those players aren't interested in the idea itself, they might be just not interested in the candy event. If they quit forever then neither would the NGS bring back the players who made towering fun? In addition, The more interesting the prizes are the more interested the players are in towering.
I assume that making towers spawn prizes doesn't require a lot of the developer's effort and time so, I don't see a reason why they won't consider this suggestion (if they didn't). Unless if the NGS is coming out soon (I doubt) or other issues they could face such as bugs/glitches.
I'm also representing the opinion of most players that tower/used to tower, this update could be a good temprorary fix till the NGS is released. Please take it into consideration!