Branching the Veteran Tree

posted on October 2nd, 2009, 5:12 pm

Okay, I just want to say, the rank up thingy is a replace weapon. Replace weapons can change into multiple things (that is how you add to the warp-in list). So why not make it to where there is multiple possible veterans for each ship? Each different veteran can have its unique abilities and characteristics.

posted on October 2nd, 2009, 5:14 pm

1 per ship gets dull...

posted on October 2nd, 2009, 9:03 pm

The problem with this is the ODFs. It would mean several hundred new ODFs, not to mention the stuff you need to come up with for that.

Other than that though it's nice...

[Tyler]

posted on October 2nd, 2009, 9:11 pm

Last edited by Tyler on October 2nd, 2009, 9:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Considering how many odf's are currently used, adding 1-2 more rank6 ships (and the veteran upgrades) wouldn't be too painful.

I wonder what this would be like as an Empire-specific trait... it would cut down the number of odf's you'd need to add.

posted on October 2nd, 2009, 9:28 pm

I voted yes, but I can see three different ways of getting Veterancy that may affect my enthusiasm for this:

-Random bonus. Yuck.
-Selectable. Chances are I would end choosing the same bonus time and again, ignoring the others.
-Action dependant. The hardest to implement, but, in my opinion, the most interesting. The actions the ship has made to achieve the rank ups determine the bonus. For example, being a frontline ship brings a "frontline" bonus, while attacking mining stations and miners gives a more "support" bonus, a ship that ranks up by ambushing might get some kind of "stealth" bonus.

posted on October 2nd, 2009, 10:50 pm

Sounds like some  has a Few  hundred thousand ODF's  Variables to  recode and write they want this option. So If you want  it get  writing!!! As for me I'll stick with what we have now.

posted on October 2nd, 2009, 10:55 pm

Sounds like some  has a Few  hundred thousand ODF's  Variables to  recode and write they want this option. So If you want  it get  writing!!! As for me I'll stick with what we have now.

Exaggeration, much? Going from 6 rank files per ship to 7 rank files per ship is hardly an increase of 'a Few  hundred thousand ODF's'...

Most weapon accuracy/power alterations don't apply to many ships, only specific ones.

posted on October 3rd, 2009, 2:01 pm

there will be some additions to veterans in the future, but not within the next patches

posted on October 4th, 2009, 4:30 pm

Aha I love the way Optec puts a smile at the end of that, got that kind of 'Yeah we'll do it, but we'll make you wait ' sound to it