New sort of maps

posted on March 8th, 2010, 10:50 pm

Hey guys,

Despite of the fact that I was rather low in presence the last months (had to pass my bachelor) I want to ask, yet another time, if it is possible to create new sort of maps for Fleet Ops multiplayer so modders and map makers could start creating maps that feature different play styles like hero battles or fleet actions both consisting out of a fix amount of ships battleing against each other until one side comes down or retreats. For sure there are much more ideas. The days when vanilla Armada2 had a busy mp going on there were heaps of maps like assault, trade, capture the flag and what not. Maps that brought much diversity into the game. I would appreciate such an approach for Fleet Ops, too. Could you plz do that? It's not that you have to create all those maps but providing the frame for us to do so would be superb. Thanks a lot.

posted on March 11th, 2010, 4:57 am

I think with a better set of triggers like in Starcraft we could build alot types of maps.

Just add a trigger zone and be able to attach certain conditions to it like "unit xy present".

posted on March 11th, 2010, 5:09 am

id love to see capture the flag, and trade type maps 

posted on March 11th, 2010, 1:41 pm

Some domination / king of the hill would be fine too.

posted on March 13th, 2010, 4:14 pm

As far as I know, new terrain and map features are planned for a future (but not so distant) patch: not sure about hero battles, king of the hill, etc - but I'm sure the Devs wouldn't leave those out either

posted on March 13th, 2010, 4:39 pm

permanent cease fire, star trek bankers ops, the aim is to get the most resources, no combat ships allowed 

posted on March 13th, 2010, 7:20 pm

You also get points by making pretty designs and patterns with your turrets, and how cleanly and neatly they are spaced out from one another to "protect" your expansions.

posted on March 13th, 2010, 7:30 pm

How about a map like rush games on Battlefield Bad Company.One team has to defend an objective and the other has to destroy it... say a random research facility or something.The attackers have x amount of time to assault and destroy this target which would mean attacking through the defenders base.

posted on March 13th, 2010, 11:04 pm

we have plans for very different maps from what we have now, with a lot of features to make the game experience more unique and Trek-like. Sadly those features require more development, meaning they won't arrive in the next few patches

posted on March 13th, 2010, 11:10 pm

What about a version of fussball, where your ships "shoot" the omega particle and their weapons fire pushes the ball in a direction.  You can attack ships trying to get the football to the goal, and then turn your ships turn around and shoot it back the other way!

posted on March 17th, 2010, 3:22 am

I like that idea. 

posted on March 17th, 2010, 9:57 am

i'd like a whole new type of map in offline mode were its galaxy sized (or possible just quadrant ) that way it would allow you to decide on the fate of your empire from beginning to end (plus would lengthen offline games a lot) could even be turned into a sortta meta campaign mode were you click on the solar systems and each one has an objective and grants benefits if you win.


BTW i know that this has about a 0.1% of happening but still think it would be cool