Same Race "Hybrid Vessel" acquisition

posted on April 19th, 2009, 8:24 pm

Another idea of mine. Might be a neat idea to be able to acquire new ship types for construction if you acquire an opposing construction vessel but from the same race as yourself. Maybe you wouldn't build a construction yard per-say (unless this is just easier to implement), but a research station, to unlock new vessels or powers that could be constructed or researched at the normal stations (or even at that station itself). For instance, for the Federation (I'm just more familiar with them), it could unlock a Tier-4 hull research option (what ships this would grant is up for debate, don't necessarily have to be just larger vessels), and Tier-3 weapon and shield research options as well, and maybe even increase the probability of getting higher end vessels from warp-ins.

And maybe, say, for the Romulans, it might grant you the ability to upgrade the Tavara further, or be allowed to construct one extra? Stuff like that.

What do you guys think?

posted on April 19th, 2009, 8:26 pm

Also, for the feds it could increase your warp-in allotment slightly too, maybe enough for one more.

posted on April 19th, 2009, 8:36 pm

Aww darn you beat me to the punch... I like that idea! all in favor, say aye!

posted on April 19th, 2009, 8:41 pm

Aye!

posted on April 19th, 2009, 8:55 pm

Aye Aye!

posted on April 19th, 2009, 8:57 pm

 

I posted a question about this ages ago, but nobody really liked the idea of giving credit for capturing a ship of your own race. For 2 v 2's its a real pain to not have any sort of mixed tech when you have the same race as another 

[RCIX]

posted on April 19th, 2009, 9:02 pm

Last edited by RCIX on April 19th, 2009, 9:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I posted a question about this ages ago, but nobody really liked the idea of giving credit for capturing a ship of your own race. For 2 v 2's its a real pain to not have any sort of mixed tech when you have the same race as another 

Well think about it; if two fleets met up, they wouldn't get better tech would they (unless one fleet had better tech then the other and that clearly isnt the case with fleetops)?
Edit: oops silly me, i thought I Call 9MM was talking about regular mixed tech, not same race tech (which would kinda defeat the point at least in my eyes)

posted on April 19th, 2009, 11:02 pm

It could be something like in Red Alert II, where if the allies could get a spy into a Battle Lab of an enemy Allied player, you would unlock the Chrono Commando. Doesn't necessarily have to make sense why you get new tech, but you do anyway. Would definitely make multiplayer matches interesting. Some sort of benefit to capturing same race enemy tech would certainly add something to the game, and provide more incentive for opposing players to guard their construction vehicles, or to have allied players play as the same race.

posted on April 20th, 2009, 8:54 am

Hm, the idea behind mixed-tech is to use alien technology, not to use your own, so i think mixed-tech is alien only and will stay that way

posted on April 20th, 2009, 1:39 pm

Same race but different avatar is as good as alien. The tech isn't exactly the same.

posted on April 20th, 2009, 4:54 pm

i agree with optec.

except for the borg... make that adaptation more robust m8.