ideas for sensor stations

posted on May 27th, 2010, 1:08 pm

this idea is primarily for sensor stations, but i guess it could be applied to other ships when toggled.

when you enter battle there is a red ping on the minimap telling you where u have been attacked.

i propose a similar idea for sensor stations. now when sensor stations spot an enemy you dont get any notice other than their little dot on the minimap. i propost a different colour ping which tells you when enemies have been detected near a sensor station. this would give the station slightly more use than just cloak detect. it will ping u before an attack allowing quicker response.

if a sensor station could do this, any ship could. but that might get a little messy. maybe have a toggle on your ships, that selects whether they will generate the ping or not.

posted on May 27th, 2010, 1:14 pm

what do you mean by a little messy?

posted on May 27th, 2010, 1:16 pm

too many pings going off, abuse of the system maybe. placing a few scouts around the map and instantly knowing which scout has sight of the enemy. i would be happy with this idea just for the dedicated sensor station.

posted on May 27th, 2010, 1:34 pm

coul be a feature for borg, that all ships have a little ping whn they see the enemy because:

-borg are always connected
-as they dont have so many ships, it wont ever look mess or overloaded.

posted on May 27th, 2010, 2:17 pm

Well, it could be justified for all of the races, not just the Borg.  And it would probably help the other races more than the Borg, because other races have a greater quantity of faster ships to respond to the enemy sighting.

It seems like a good idea.

posted on May 27th, 2010, 4:33 pm

Well, it seems like both a good, and realistic idea, since it's essentially how real military operate, but the previous poster's are right, it's got a lot of potential for abuse and spamming, if I were playing as the feds, for instance, I'd send out a bunch of cheap arse little sabers or scouts to spam the sensor platforms until my opponent got numbed to the pings, and then send a real fleet at them.

though realistically, you could look at your minimap and see it is just one dot or a whole fleet when the pings go off?

I think it could add a new dimension of move and counter move to the game, and make people more likely to put sensors far afield like a picket than just near their bases.

perhaps if it were an upgrade to sensor stations, like "Operational intelligence" or something, instead of an a free inherent ability.