Distinct Buffs

posted on December 10th, 2010, 6:04 pm

  Not exactly sure if this should go here.  I will rely on the Power of Dom to correct me if I have erred. 


  I LOVE the new possibility for area buffs like the Saber's Cover Fire and such.  However I noticed with the Saber that the animation for the buff is (albeit REALLY cool in it's own right ) very hard to see even when zoomed in and LOOKING for it .

  I dunno if maybe this was just a placeholder so that we could play with it, but (alright this is sounding more like a feature request) if the visual effect on the affected vessel could be a bit more obvious that would be splendid .

  Sorta technical because it already exists, sorta feature because it's ASKING for something ... WHAT SHALL I DOOOOOOO????? 

posted on December 10th, 2010, 6:10 pm

i think it just qualifies as technical since its probably intended to be seen as there is an animation for it, but is hard to see.

if a jury of your peers a dev decides that its in the wrong subforum they will probably deduct 1000 from your post count as punishment, and banish you from this land.

posted on December 10th, 2010, 6:14 pm

Hehe, it's probably fine here

A more visible animation system is being looked into, though I'm sure ideas are welcome as to how to go about it

posted on December 10th, 2010, 6:24 pm

affected ships should get a small icon of the faction on top of the ship (if possible). Lika a Fed symbol on Sabers or Canaverals once the are affected by the synergy.

posted on December 10th, 2010, 6:29 pm

Well frankly I did have one idea of how to adjust it:

  Give the Affected vessels a Type XV phaser for the duration of the buff.  Keep it's DPS the same, but make a visual and audible weapon adjustment so that it's more obvious.

  That could be a good indicator for the Sabers that are affected but do NOT have Hyper engaged (hence +4 Off).

  For the Sabers that DO have Hyper engaged and are affected the engine glow could be enlarged and permanent instead of 'rippling' through the engines.

posted on December 11th, 2010, 12:24 am

i added a more perceptable effect to the cover fire

posted on December 11th, 2010, 3:02 am

I was going to ask for this however i didnt know that there was one at all