Planets?

posted on January 29th, 2009, 11:04 pm

In stock Armada 2 there are stations on planets. What do you think of giving planets an other role in FO? I could imagine some things:

- If you own a Planet, you gather ressources
- Starbases near a Planet are way stronger
- A planet can handle one or two buildings and increases some of their values. So if you put a Yard in its orbit, it builds faster, a research station researches cheaper/faster usw...
- Ships in Orbit of a planet recover faster from damage

Sounds good to me usw...
It really is a good idea to bring more playing depths into the game. I just don't know if the dev team wants to reintroduce planets as real map objects at all. I'd like to see those ideas become true. And no, those ideas are not disbalancing the game. It's in the power of the mapper to balance it like giving me me 6 moons and the other one 2.

posted on January 30th, 2009, 4:16 pm

I agree. What you make with the features is part of map editing.

posted on January 30th, 2009, 9:13 pm

I think one of the big problems with adding planets is that they did look kind of silly(scale, ships sliding around the atmosphere) in regular armada.

One way around this would be to make them absolutely massive(relative term), but mostly below the play area with only a little bit of the top overlaping with the normal game.

I also think that if planets are added prehaps they should be non essential to the games economy, so that is to say you dont start with one, they are just another thing to battle for control of on the map.

posted on February 1st, 2009, 5:31 pm

I don't think this is a big problem 'cause:

- Very (habited) plantes could be localized in corners or on a very far away point at the side of a map. Those huge giants can give ressources, credits... whatver.
- Planets could be in depth and some times bigger than they are now in Stock A2. I suggest 3-5 types of planets:
                * Huge habited (Credits, Ressources, on the side, planetary defence, yards, starbases, ships in Orbit gain repairs, increased defense value...)
                * Medium, non habited (Can have a starbase or yard, brings litte ressources...)
                * Small (brings just one ressource...)
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posted on June 22nd, 2009, 6:34 pm

just wanted to push this from the gutter, I liked the idea so much and haven't heared anything about it the last weeks/months and didn't see anything in a newer release Any developements here?

posted on June 22nd, 2009, 6:42 pm

I want a Class S planet added (Saturn like)

posted on June 22nd, 2009, 6:51 pm

Saturn is J Class.

posted on June 22nd, 2009, 7:41 pm

No Jupiter is, Class J is a gaseous iant with no distinct rings. Class S has very clearly visible rings

[Tyler]

posted on June 22nd, 2009, 8:00 pm

Last edited by Tyler on June 22nd, 2009, 8:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Class J = Gas Giant. Saturn = Gas Giant. Rings are not important, the Planet is.

[mimesot]

posted on June 22nd, 2009, 8:10 pm

Last edited by mimesot on June 22nd, 2009, 8:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Ridiculous quarrel:

Class M planet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I < J < S < T
no talk about rings at all
not even hints that rings are relevant
i also can see no reason why rings shouls alter a planets nature

and here:
Planetary classification - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
there is not even a mention of class s

So just call it a gasous giant.

[Tyler]

posted on June 22nd, 2009, 8:11 pm

Last edited by Tyler on June 22nd, 2009, 8:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Try this one: http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Saturn and tell me which is more trustworthy.

Memory Alpha (one of the most widely trusted and reliable Star Trek sites around) or Wikipedia (Do I need to say anything about this one?).

posted on June 22nd, 2009, 8:19 pm

Mate I added something to the previos post.

Btw.:

Saturn - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

says class J

what do you want of me?

posted on June 22nd, 2009, 8:21 pm

stop bugging us... he want's one with rings. I like rings, if my mining ship can collect Dilithium there

posted on June 22nd, 2009, 8:23 pm

stop bugging us... he want's one with rings. I like rings, if my mining ship can collect Dilithium there

We were talking about the Class Saturn is, not about planets with Rings. I like rings, too.

Mate I added something to the previos post.

Btw.:

Saturn - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

says class J

what do you want of me?

You added after I posted, I see the changes.

posted on June 22nd, 2009, 8:26 pm

We were talking about the Class Saturn is, not about planets with Rings.

I know. Just didn't write it. gnah.