Dircome's Wish List (10/27/09)

[Dircome]

posted on October 27th, 2009, 1:28 am

Last edited by Dircome on October 27th, 2009, 8:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I know that its a little weird to talk about yourself in the third person but hey I dont care I wanted to create a list of things that I think needs a little work or could be added as a new feature. I am directing this for the most part at the moderators, however if any of you modders like it feel free to use it in any of your mods. I am planning to start playing online again but i will wait untill v3.08 comes out. Hopefully this new patch will shake things up a little and I will be able to beat someone. Also I havent been posting much lately because of how busy I am with school and work. Plus I decided a while back that I would watch all of Deep Space Nine in order to understand the background of the game. That took whatever time i usually used to play or to post. However now that I am done with DS9 I have moved on to Stargate (so far im to season 9 SG1, season 2 SGA) Also I would enjoy a game of Call of Duty 4 if anyone on here needs an opponent, (PM me and we can see what came be worked out) I play as either Dircome or as t[glow=white,1,300]H[/glow]e [glow=white,1,300]S[/glow]k[glow=white,1,300]U[/glow]n[glow=white,1,300]K[/glow].

General Changes

• I believe that all races capable of building fighters should be able to deploy them from their starbase.
• I miss the missions from Armada 2 where you control less than 5 ships and must complete the missions with only the ships you are given. It was very easy and enjoyable to micromanage them. However whenever I play FO I have to build at lots of ships in order to defend myself. (I know play borg, well I dont really like them too much) Anyway I was hoping that in the campaign or maybe as a single player map or even in multi-player that you would be given a few ships and be forced to complete it with just what you have.

• I have posted this before however im going to repost it here. I believe that all races (except Borg) should have mixed tech avatars. The avatars would be based on who you were allied with so if you allied yourself with the Klingons then you would get a Klingon mixed tech avatar. For instance the Federation allies themselves with everybody to fight the Borg. They would get a choice of Odo for their Dominion allies, Worf for their Klingon allies, and Sela (? forgive me I have not seen all of TNG) for the Romulans. Maybe the Borg could get one as well but it is very rare that they make any alliances so I didn't think they needed one. By picking a mixed tech ally all of your ships would be turned into there mixed tech version.
• I think that ships that are level 5 should not be immediately able to rank up to level 6 so I am proposing a pusdo-level that would force a ship to get a little more exp before the move on to veteran. This new level would move veterans to level 7 and the level 6 would be exactly the same as level 5 except it would be able to upgrade to veteran.
• Planets should also be brought back as a kind of very large starbase. They should get weapons in the form of orbital/ground batteries. Defenses in the form of a shield (how exacly would they have a hull?) The crew would be the military stationed on a planet. The planets should also give a trickle of supply/dilitium/tritatium. Finally certain planets should build some of the NPCs.

Race Specific Changes

• Federation
  
  [li]Centaur Class
  
  I love this ship and I was hoping that it would make it into Fleet Ops as some kind of science warp-in.
  
  
  • Miranda Class
    
    I have also been wondering where the original Miranda has been considering that they were still in use during the Dominion war its only 30 years later surely they would still have a few in reserve. I also think that this belongs as a warp-in.
  • Olympic Class
    
    I also think that this ship should be included as a kind of heavy repair ship or some other kind of support ship.

• Klingon
  
  [li]Klingon Fighters
  What could possibly be more honorable and glorious than strapping yourself into a hunk of tritanium with an engine and a couple of disruptors
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• Romulans
  
  [li]Special Energy Turrent
  I was exploring the idea of different types of turrets and I stumbled on the idea of having a turret that recharges the special weapons energy of the nearby vessels.
  
  • Cloak Field Generator
    I was also thinking about a cloaking generator that cloaks all of the nearby vessels. The turret requires that cloaking station be built and it would have different sizes of the cloak field say small, medium, and large each draining special weapons energy at a different rate. The ships and stations inside the field would be able to keep their shields up and be able to fire.
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• Dominion
  W.I.P
• Borg
  
  [li]Auto-assimilator Turret
  Other people have posted this idea before even modded it into their games but I will post it here as well. A Borg Station with the capability of assimalating the crew of nearby ships. Also it would be neat if the station had a small crew and was capable of boarding the ships that they just assimilated.
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• Cidan
  I believe that Optec has stated that the Cidan are somewhat less advanced race so I think that they should use a somewhat less advanced weapons and defenses. So I was hoping that they would not have shields and would utilize Kinetic Energy Weapons (I.E. Bullets)oops I mis-remembered something thanks Dom.
  Well now ive got no ideas hopefully ill come up with something
• Iconaians
  I do not have any ideas for the Iconaians as they have not been released yet.
• Noxter
  I think that the Noxter should have powerful toxins or viruses that attack the crew of a ship.

[Dominus_Noctis]

posted on October 27th, 2009, 2:03 am

Last edited by Dominus_Noctis on October 27th, 2009, 9:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Looking forward to reading your ideas

In reference to the Ciadan, you should be able to find all the information that Optec has divulged as of late here (taken from old posts, the old forum, as well as conversations) Intelligence Report: The Ciadan - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

Some info and designs are prone to change of course, however, the Ciadan are far, FAR from "less advanced". They specialize in computer technology, centralized and advanced energy research etc (the Omega particle for instance...). They will probably have extremely small warships with advanced automated systems with neat subspace abilities. I think they might also feature some holographic technology.

posted on October 27th, 2009, 2:11 am

your noxter idea makes me think of species9341 in armada 1,  goodness those weapons killed off your crew fast and costed 10 dilitium to build D;

posted on October 27th, 2009, 5:34 am

I too would like to see a Klingon fighter carrier. I think it would be an awesome lategame aid, one they would really like to have at the moment.

I would also really like to see a "tactics" mode of Fleet Operations; each side is given a fleet of ships (or money to buy ships at the beginning of the game, and can build up an equal number (in di and tri and supplies) of ships, and then fight on a battlefield, without bases or mining. Maybe all involved ships would automatically have their special weapons, or perhaps, you could research them.

posted on October 27th, 2009, 9:39 am

Borg Fighters!  We beam a drone onto your hull.  He should survive long enough to cut his way inside!

posted on October 27th, 2009, 12:34 pm

Borg Fighters!  We beam a drone onto your hull.  He should survive long enough to cut his way inside!

that doesnt quite fit in with their MO to be honest. however if they did have fighters they would prolly be the size of a saber

posted on October 27th, 2009, 1:05 pm

I got a wish list too, the majority however is not currently possible, so I posted what is currently possible.

posted on October 27th, 2009, 8:10 pm

ok well ive updated a few things but im still working on it. Let me know what you think