Heroic Auras

posted on July 20th, 2005, 9:34 pm

Again you misread...

posted on July 20th, 2005, 9:35 pm

then say what you mean

posted on July 20th, 2005, 9:36 pm

You won't agree anyway, regardless, heros are a bad idea. Would I not play FO because it's implemented...possibly.

posted on July 21st, 2005, 2:21 pm

You dont have to use Hero ships if you dont want PREATOR. Anyhow a hero ship is mainly just the name. A crew hears they're fighting along side the Enterprise they will want to show how good they are it gives inspiration improves moral ie the enterprise is here we cant loose. I like this Idea it would be good.

Perhaps a negative system could also be introduced such as if a hero ship is destroyed then perhaps its possible to include something in the explosion that will mean you ships firerates etc decrease for a short time as they all became sort of disheartend because the Enterprise was destroyed.

Enemy Hero ships could also have an effect, such as if you ships are up against one they get an attribute decrease and if they destroy one they get a massive bonus, say tripple fire rate or shield recharge etc because the crew is all on a hight.

I think the only exception to this system should be the borg though. I think that if this is implimented something really fancy is going to have to be thought up for the Borg so none of this affects them.

posted on July 21st, 2005, 2:31 pm

nice, but the question is what to do for the borg? the only time we've seen them panic was against 8472. perhaps something that will improve the team work of ships, like using a cube to mash a big ship then moving on to another target leaving it to be finished off by a smaller ship. or make them switch between assimilation & elimination. when they destroy a hero, they will want to assimilate so increase boarding strength and possibility of them boarding enemy ships . when they're hero is destroyed they will just want to fight you off (eliminate). however this will all be strictly AI. cant think of anything that will benefit a human player.

posted on July 21st, 2005, 8:28 pm

You dont have to use Hero ships if you dont want PREATOR. Anyhow a hero ship is mainly just the name. A crew hears they're fighting along side the Enterprise they will want to show how good they are it gives inspiration improves moral ie the enterprise is here we cant loose. I like this Idea it would be good.

Perhaps a negative system could also be introduced such as if a hero ship is destroyed then perhaps its possible to include something in the explosion that will mean you ships firerates etc decrease for a short time as they all became sort of disheartend because the Enterprise was destroyed.

Enemy Hero ships could also have an effect, such as if you ships are up against one they get an attribute decrease and if they destroy one they get a massive bonus, say tripple fire rate or shield recharge etc because the crew is all on a hight.

I think the only exception to this system should be the borg though. I think that if this is implimented something really fancy is going to have to be thought up for the Borg so none of this affects them.

Like what u said, that is exactly how I picture it. BUT the borg are not the only ones, the dominion for example or Noxter and we dont even know about ciadan and iconians, so..... we have to think about something else for them

posted on July 24th, 2005, 6:31 pm

I agree, not all races have any sort of "hero" to speak of. In the case of the borg, the Queen's aura could represent nearby vessels diverting extra power to sheilds and weapons in order to protect her vessel. Don't know about any of the others.

I would like to point out that i use the term "Hero" vaguely here. By "Hero" i could mean any real figurehead. As well as the obvious heroes (like Picard or Martok) a hero could be any other special person like a generic ambassador, admrail or even a ship with no hero but very rare (like the Prometheus) In these cases the aura is less due to pride, and more due to a duty to protect these "special assets" from the enemy. Essentially, any ship could have a heroic aura as long as they represent somthing, the aura effects can be increased, decreased, or changed to suit each case.

posted on July 24th, 2005, 9:41 pm

in this case there would potentally be no end to the "hero ships", i would limit it to specific characters, i think i put a compromise for the borg in "borg cube" in the general thread area.