Borg trans warpin

posted on June 6th, 2010, 11:40 am

well the name should say it all 

It is one of the main features of the borg (trans warp),so mabye it could be done ina simular way to the fed warpin

id think it would b fun and add alot to borg gameplay,of course research would b needed mabye a transwarp hub  and it could sent 2-3 ships like feds mabye a few scout cubes or probes etc

im srry if something like this has been posted before

but i think borg need something like this but make it so it not op or unbalancing so resistance isnt futile 

(also sorry for bad spelling )

oh ty to captain proton for idea

posted on June 6th, 2010, 11:45 am

My pleasure 

Unfortunately, this idea was suggested a few months ago. Needless to say, it wasn't met with high praise  :-[

Which is a shame, as I actually quite like it.

posted on June 6th, 2010, 11:48 am

well that is a shame i thought it would b good for gameplay and give borg new strats    oh well wat do i know im a fed player not borg lol

posted on June 6th, 2010, 11:49 am

i think the problem is that its basically a duplicate of the fed warpin. and a lot of people (including me) wish to see the races become more diverse, not more the same.

The devs will listen to all ideas of course, maybe ideas on how to make it different to feds warpin.

i was thinking that instead of building spheres pyramids diamonds and cubes that you pay the same resources and one transwarps in. i just think building such a large ship would require more than a simple uplink like now. so the cube is built in the heart of the collective somewhere else, then u pay the resources and one is brought in for u.

EDIT:

well that is a shame i thought it would b good for gameplay and give borg new strats    oh well wat do i know im a fed player not borg lol

you should learn to play borg, they are less micro intensive, less ships and can be very fun.

posted on June 6th, 2010, 11:50 am

Yeah. Good idea. Lol. I'm sick of Feds having free ships. 


BTW, Facist, about that game you wanted. 
I need to have lunch now, but if you get on Tunngle, I should be back soon, and then we game mauahahahaha. 

posted on June 6th, 2010, 11:51 am

Single Borg ships are also way too strong to not make this an overpowered and imbalanced feature.

Fed-warpins still are composed of ships which are weaker than late-game Eraudi-yard vessels.

posted on June 6th, 2010, 11:53 am

ty funny ur idea sounds better lol and fun imagine the look on ppls faces when the think uve lost 2 tac cubes arrive at ur base and 

posted on June 6th, 2010, 11:59 am

oh cant at the mo nuke got to go out 

i should b back at about 4pm if u not on ill try to catch u later ok

posted on June 6th, 2010, 12:12 pm

Ok I will try and be on then.

posted on June 6th, 2010, 12:47 pm

i was thinking that instead of building spheres pyramids diamonds and cubes that you pay the same resources and one transwarps in. i just think building such a large ship would require more than a simple uplink like now. so the cube is built in the heart of the collective somewhere else, then u pay the resources and one is brought in for u.

I like that
So that instead of an uplink for every ship to be build there one should build it as something like a "beacon" for the ships to transwarp in.

posted on June 6th, 2010, 4:14 pm

I like that
So that instead of an uplink for every ship to be build there one should build it as something like a "beacon" for the ships to transwarp in.

+1

I also Like that idea as well, But Maybe increase in build time and a tiny increase in resources? ( I'm thinking that this trans-station has massive defense; after all it is Borg! )


FYI - personally i think this would hurt assimilator and not optimize avatar, seeing that optimize can gain an unlimited amount of resources from just incubation/recycler combo...

posted on June 6th, 2010, 8:24 pm

personally i think this would hurt assimilator and not optimize avatar, seeing that optimize can gain an unlimited amount of resources from just incubation/recycler combo...

Perhaps then have a way for the avatar to gain resources through assimilation? perhaps a sphere addon or such like the massive assimilation bay the sphere in endgame had?

posted on June 7th, 2010, 7:10 am

Myles idea is actually pretty cool,
but what if we added another factor into it. You could build a transwarp hub at your base, and when you have enough connections, put in an order for a certain ship. But here's the catch, yes it would have a little bit of a discount (maybe on res or cc) but its modules would be completely random.  This unpredictably would be fun and cool! 

posted on June 7th, 2010, 3:10 pm

While I like the idea of Borg having a trans warp-in, Id prefer it to be unique and not a variant of the federation version.

What if the Borg ships weren't assembled with the uplink but came out of a transwarp conduit. Everyone remembers the stock 8472 fluid yard. I really feel this is the best way to represent Borg vessels transwarpimg to the sector. Th current cc and module structure could hopefully be retained. If not getting an empty shell of a vessel with no configuration would be cool, then having the ability to configure it after arrival has a very Borg adaption feeling about it.

posted on June 7th, 2010, 3:23 pm

I'd still want to see the Borg actually constructing the ship. They have to build it somehow.

Maybe a kind of portal could open up showing the ship constructing, then going through a transwarp gate to the Borg base. With higher than current resource cost. In order to stop the vessel from coming, enemy ships would have to destroy the transwarp conduit.
Alternatively you could use assimilated vessels as a base to build off of, slowly building up the ship with better tech and more material (just like in the Enterprise episode with the Borg.) With more assimilated vessels reducing resource usage (since they already contain the resources in a refined state.) Something like 60% of the assimilated vessels' build costs (except for supply) being taken off of the constructing vessel's build cost.

Two ways of building ships, one makes them more protected but is costly, other is cheaper but they can be destroyed easier while unfinished.