customizable fleets
posted on September 25th, 2007, 9:19 pm
customizable fleets and by that I mean in game so like if you want you can increase the sensor range of one ship not the whole fleet
oh I propose to do this would from what I have heard would be easy because the fleet ops team already has a way to transform ships into other ships rather than changing it into a new ship you just change it into it self but with a bigger sensor range that would be very cool
I was also thinking we could have like built on that same idea you can like say max out shields at the cost of speed and sensor range so like a customizable fleet that would be very cool
oh I propose to do this would from what I have heard would be easy because the fleet ops team already has a way to transform ships into other ships rather than changing it into a new ship you just change it into it self but with a bigger sensor range that would be very cool
I was also thinking we could have like built on that same idea you can like say max out shields at the cost of speed and sensor range so like a customizable fleet that would be very cool
posted on September 26th, 2007, 1:17 am
It definitely would be incredible... but it seems way to complex for this game engine so far (I think) and probably will only be implemented in a much later version.
However, I do think that it would be much easier to make this implementable for a "hero ship": giving it a decided advantage over its brethren (and really customizable to boot)
I think the main problem with customizable fleets in relation to rts games in general is that it becomes too complex for anyone other than a dedicated player to enjoy. Micromanagement is great, but there is a very fine line between that and spending hours to learn a new strategy (can you imagine how difficult it would be to balance this type of thing anyway?). That's why I would relegate this strictly to special ships, rather than sotl (ships of the line). This would also render different ship classes relatively worthless, as you can imagine a bunch galaxys upgraded with shields and weaponry (at the cost of speed and sensor range) absolutely destroying any other ship unupgraded. Fleets would become a lot smaller in general... but to attack with strategy would be impossible (too many combinations to counter).
Sorry for that rambling bit... I like the idea though
-dom
However, I do think that it would be much easier to make this implementable for a "hero ship": giving it a decided advantage over its brethren (and really customizable to boot)
I think the main problem with customizable fleets in relation to rts games in general is that it becomes too complex for anyone other than a dedicated player to enjoy. Micromanagement is great, but there is a very fine line between that and spending hours to learn a new strategy (can you imagine how difficult it would be to balance this type of thing anyway?). That's why I would relegate this strictly to special ships, rather than sotl (ships of the line). This would also render different ship classes relatively worthless, as you can imagine a bunch galaxys upgraded with shields and weaponry (at the cost of speed and sensor range) absolutely destroying any other ship unupgraded. Fleets would become a lot smaller in general... but to attack with strategy would be impossible (too many combinations to counter).
Sorry for that rambling bit... I like the idea though
-dom
posted on September 26th, 2007, 6:14 am
oh ya no problem like the Idea of having it for hero's that would be much better 
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