Return of the Fusion Cube (aka another crazy idea! w00t!)

posted on August 11th, 2010, 3:23 pm

I don't think borg would use fusion. If they thoght, it would be better, they would have built it so in the first way.

posted on August 11th, 2010, 3:53 pm

Not if it was ment for them to adapt to specific situations.

posted on August 13th, 2010, 2:04 pm

Sorry, but all the time I have to think about that:
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What about that: Two scubes run together, scream "fusion", tip together on the sides, call "For love and justice" while in the background you listen to this:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x50eug_amv-sailor-moon-fighting-for-love-a_shortfilms

posted on August 13th, 2010, 2:05 pm

Only if the gay dance can be added in too.

posted on August 13th, 2010, 2:36 pm

how about allowing a ship that has been assimilated be fused to a normal borg ship? perhaps giving it a resistance to the ship class?

posted on August 13th, 2010, 8:46 pm

So, I ack u a souvie on a scube and the scube will be more effective against a souvie... erm. No. Just imagine, how it would look like - not to mention, that there would be no real effect.

Think of it:
The mass is higher, the technology is incomatibel, the shis arent designed to fuse and be oerational and ... the whole thing wont make much sense. The idea is nice, but... no, it just wont fit the idea behind it.


There were many suggestions, like dissasembling the assimilated shis, taking them into a ool and gain a resistance out of it, or let the borg research the chassis, or assimilate the ships and build in borg technology, so you get your assim-ship + a module or two, or refit them with a button (that would be similar to the module thing) or let them gain experience... and so on.

The question is: What would make sense, what it good to do, how can we implement it and do the devs like the idea... like them so much, that it would come at least into mid priority.

There are other things too, like noxter, Deep space stations, command cube, new experience system for borg, new assimilation system, new ships, new abilities, new gameplay features, new maps, fixing bugs, re-writing the code for the forum.

If I take that into a bottle, mix it around and look into it, I have 3 words for the Devs here:

YOU ARE AWESOME!

(Sorry for the honeytalk)
Because, they are able to do and take the time to do it. So, the ideas you mention, should be... a little reflecting the work behind it. Make some notes, try to build the idea out, maybe say, how it should work, so that the devs dont have to think about it, because you already have a plan. Try to take them away so much work thats possible, and you may have a chance, with a good through thought idea to come into the next patches. :-)

And: Be patient. I dont know how many devs are here, but I think, you can count them on one hand.

posted on August 14th, 2010, 7:34 pm

I really want to see the sovvie scube ship it would be cool

posted on August 14th, 2010, 8:20 pm

Why not use the combined old  Tech assimulator and Recyler from  earlier  versions  to give one of your races ship , which ever one you designate a small bump in resistance to the weapond reclcled fron the ship you captured. Doing so I feel will add to  the importance of capturing ships versus , blowing  them up just to watch the light show .It would be a "Fusion " in the sense the specfic ship would have those weaponds or abilities  captured  from  other races overlayed on to your races chassis. Kind of like a "Mixed Tech " but only for only one ship.Imajine a scout cube  with a Bortas's  silent resolve ,Or a  adaptor with  adaptor  with a fed repair beam. OOH the possabilities!

[Richie B]

posted on August 15th, 2010, 12:39 pm

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So, I ack u a souvie on a scube and the scube will be more effective against a souvie... erm. No. Just imagine, how it would look like - not to mention, that there would be no real effect.

Then how about only ships equal to or larger than the target ship class? For example a scube and dodec could only do small ships, assim,adaptor and diamond get medium and small, while sphere and cube can absorb any ship.

That would mean the ships are more effective against ships they are likely to face, however this would need to be balanced somehow. Also i meant the resources of the ship, such as hull plating, would be absorbed, causing the ship to perhaps get an improved defensive number.

Think of it:
The mass is higher, the technology is incomatibel, the shis arent designed to fuse and be oerational and ... the whole thing wont make much sense. The idea is nice, but... no, it just wont fit the idea behind it.

The tech isn't incompatible, its the borg, they assimilate everything remember?
Also its technically not a fusion, just the valuable components improving one ship, using the fusion feature. Was there not also a voyager episode, aswell as the end of endgame, where the borg brought voyager inside one of their ships hulls? this could show that they disassemble the parts of the ship and use them, kind of like a fusion.

There were many suggestions, like dissasembling the assimilated shis, taking them into a ool and gain a resistance out of it, or let the borg research the chassis, or assimilate the ships and build in borg technology, so you get your assim-ship + a module or two, or refit them with a button (that would be similar to the module thing) or let them gain experience... and so on.

This is kind of like a mix of the first two options, that uses a fusion to achieve it 

posted on August 17th, 2010, 10:11 pm

what about a katamari cube. Which would just tumble around the map collecting anything and everything in its path including nebulas and planets. Each affecting it's abilities.

posted on August 22nd, 2010, 4:02 am

Honestly, I believe that a fusion cube ability would be awesome. The Borg do have the ability to combine stations and buildings in cannon (mostly Voyager). Buildings were simple shapes, similar to the geometrical ships, and rather than being single structures they were annexed together and added to when needed. By joining new structures to existing ones, they would form a uniformed complex. This would eventually lead to a Trimatrix or Unimatrix.  With this being said, it stands to reason that the Borg would have the ability to combine Cubes together if not other Borg ships as well. The Borg will always adapt to new situations 

posted on August 22nd, 2010, 4:23 am

That would be cool quad, also voyager cannon is for the most part rejected within FO. Im not really a fan of fusion with the exception of the pyramid fusion idea.

posted on August 22nd, 2010, 5:51 am

Due to popular demand, there might return a little bit of fusion with the Borg Faction redo which we are working on just right now But it wont lead to a super duper fusion Cube or a similar combat device

Ah interesting... cant wait to see xD

posted on August 22nd, 2010, 7:32 am

While I can understand why Voyager is mostly rejected, it seems that it is not rejected when it comes to the Prometheus class or the Borg (I say this because most of the information we have about the Borg comes from that series including the Borg Probe aka Interceptor, Diamond, and Tactical Cube and the Borg abilities including Transwarp as we know it today).  Fusion is not limited to the Voyager cannon however. It is shown off anytime a Trimatrix or Unimatrix is shown.

Either way, I am so excited about the upcoming Borg Faction Redo!!