(I suk use this thread)IF there were GM rn events in game what would you like to see?

[MrVicchio]

Just asking, I have a couple of really neat Ideas that I like.. but...

[Camping Carl]

Nuke the vanu!! :rock:

http://64.207.13.28/mysmilies/ups/chaos99/greensplode.gif = :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: dead vanu

[Duritz]

I'm not really sure. I voted for one week, but the 1 day one and the rewards (other than individual) would also make me happy. Of course I would be happy with none at all, but........

[Zartax]

Since Dragon Rider of Pern seems to be a book that I don't have the time or will to read, please explain what Thread means.

[Dragoon412]

Heh... I'd vote for everything besides individual and outfit rewarded.

[�io]

Week long is best for duration. Not too short not too long(after the first week the participation would go down a lot)

As for the reward of said event empire rewards seem the best, maybe outfit bonuses.

[Flashingfish]

One week events would be cool, but only if you could make a difference even if you didn't play every single day in that week.

And the nuke idea is just stupid (no offense), because who would get to use it if there's only one? And I sure wouldn't like to be nuked...

[Navaron]

WHat would you nuke? One base? That won't make a difference. Just don't go there all week while its hot, no one else could either. Now a home continent...........

[MrVicchio]

Originally posted by Zartax
Since Dragon Rider of Pern seems to be a book that I don't have the time or will to read, please explain what Thread means.

Sorry, The Dragon Riders of Pern series is one of my most favorite, so if you REALL wanna know what thread is go find the first book and read it lol.

[Hamma]

Yea I think a nuke or super weapon is just a bad idea :p

[Dragoon412]

I haven't suffered through any of Anne McCafferey's (sp?) novels since middle school, but as I remember, thread was some evil thread-like energy that would fall out of the sky and wound or kill anyone that it hit - it was like a natural phenomenon in her books.

On topic, though, I'm *really* hoping that there aren't any individual or oufit rewards. ALl outfit rewards could possibly do is work to the advantage of the uberguilds that will inevitably form, and individual rewards would just be more of the same.

I wouldn't mind if GM events didn't have ANY payoff, though -- this is an FPS. And as it's been said before, FPS players revel in the fight, where the RPG players are the ones that only fight to get the payoff. Adding RPG elements to an FPS is an awesome idea, but encouraging RPG mentality in an FPS is a very bad idea.

[Mold]

unless buildings are nuke proof, it would cuase permanent damage to the planet. That could be cool or not. But i think that it should be goal oriented. It could last a day or a week or a month. Depending on the teamwork and skill of the empire going for it.

[Stalefish]

Definately should be goal oriented, because what else could it be? Are they going to drop a bunch of WC3 orcs in the middle of a continent and say "EVRBODY GO KIL THEIS THEY BAD!!!!"?

No. :p

They'd have to set up certain bases to give the factions bonuses if they're held for a certain period of time (make them special, more special than any other base). That way you'd have a bigass war for a week, and then you set everything back to normal. Or you can set up like....a GM war where the big GM's with their uberguns and vehicles fight a war against everyone else. That would be interesting, especially when we killed them all. :)

[MrVicchio]

I just want to see somthing once in a blue moon that lasts longer then 2 hours and some kid from an uberguild gets all the credt myself.

[pyre_]

nuke? Naw, that'd be horrible. It would be silly to reward a team that dominated the others with something capable of mass destruction. It just furthers any power gap between sides. That, and imagine it's your first day in game and you get nuked. You're not gonna stick around much, are you?

I'd prefer daily events with an outfit/empire reward in mind. Week long and you're looking at a LOT of manpower, and I'd rather 7 smaller events instead of 1 large one. Little things like a GM run Vanu archeology team couriering newly developed implants back to VS sanctuary. TR and NC are trying to raid the convoy and steal the items, while VS is trying to protect them. The empire that captures the truck gains access to a new form of implant 2-3 weeks before the others do or something. Cool little things like that.

[MrVicchio]

Originally posted by pyre_
nuke? Naw, that'd be horrible. It would be silly to reward a team that dominated the others with something capable of mass destruction. It just furthers any power gap between sides. That, and imagine it's your first day in game and you get nuked. You're not gonna stick around much, are you?

I'd prefer daily events with an outfit/empire reward in mind. Week long and you're looking at a LOT of manpower, and I'd rather 7 smaller events instead of 1 large one. Little things like a GM run Vanu archeology team couriering newly developed implants back to VS sanctuary. TR and NC are trying to raid the convoy and steal the items, while VS is trying to protect them. The empire that captures the truck gains access to a new form of implant 2-3 weeks before the others do or something. Cool little things like that.

If I were new to the game, and one side just nuked the first base I went too, my first reaction would be WTF??

My second would be to ask someone WTF?

If I learned that had been the culmination of a month long, three empire struggle to gain the use of 1 solitary nuke as part of a GM run story/event... I would be thinking pretty fricken cool!

Think about that tho, over a one month period, each side has to fight for control of three-6 whatever points that once all gained for a long enough time, would allow the construciton of a single, solitary thermonuclear weapon... and then the target is decided by say... 13 of the top CEP holders in that empire... Delivered by a special high speed fighter given to the best ranked pilot... that would be hella cool.

Besides.. it can only wipe out anyone/vehicles at one single base on one single contenent. One free base in the grand scheme of things would be nothing.

[Navaron]

:stupid:

I don't like the idea of nukes too much, but thats how id feel too.

[Toimu]

pyre_'s idea is the best IMO.

[Camping Carl]

What about some sort of natural event, like deadly thunder storms, or earthquakes?

[�io]

1 day events would be way too short. You can't expect the support team to spend time making 150-200 events every year, that's insane.

[Camping Carl]

I never said they would only last one day. Maybe they could be on and off over the course of a week.

[Camping Carl]

Oh wait, you were refering to pyre_'s remark. good. :D

[Detritus]

:confused: What do all these strange shortenings mean such as GM and IMO.:confused:
:confused: I have not been on these fansites for very long but i type efficiently and accurately but other than that i am completely computer illiterate..:confused:

[�io]

Originally posted by Camping Carl
Oh wait, you were refering to pyre_'s remark. good. :D

:lol:
Yeah sorry 'bout that. :p

[Camping Carl]

Not your fault, but what about natural events? Does anyone think they could work? Ideas?

[�io]

Well i'm sure they will already include the classic rain/snow. I dunno about quakes and tornadoes and such, might be doable but it seems harder than a "small" competition. Would be really cool though. :)

I wonder if there will be sandstorms in the desert regions. :)

[Toimu]

Originally posted by Dio
1 day events would be way too short. You can't expect the support team to spend time making 150-200 events every year, that's insane.

I was talking about the events be about once a month.

[�io]

1 day on 30 is a damn short event. Would also mean they would have to make them on the weekends or people with school and work couldn't participate.

1 week just seems to make much more sense to me. I guess it just depends on the people. :)

[Toimu]

If these events took up alot of the game time, they would make PS just like any other FPS with a timed game. What I wanted is something else to do, but wouldn't happen to often.

1 day a month wouldn't play a big role on the game much. But 1 week a month would. Everyone would spend the other days of the month getting the bases they need for that one event.

Maybe that would be a good thing. Why else should I take a base?

[Camping Carl]

1 week sounds perfect to me. Not so short that a lot of people will miss it, but not so long that people start to get sick of it. But then, the question remains: what exactly would this event be? My idea would be something like a very big BEP reward to everyone in the empire which controlled a specific area the longest total time within a week? It's very simple and it isn't so extreme that it would screw up the game, like a nuke would. Mainly thought, it would draw alot of people to one area, causing some truly fantastic fights.

[MrVicchio]

How would a nuke the way I described a few posts back mess up the game?

[Camping Carl]

Well... true it might not. But frankly, I don't think it would be all that great. I'd rather see a three-way slug-fest for one area with hundreds of people involved. That's what PS is all about.

[�io]

The reward could be anything, huge amount of BEPs, special vehicle, special weapon, special cert, special implant.etc

And they could be permanent or not depending on the reward and effort,etc

There are a ton of possibilities. :)

[Camping Carl]

Spam time :spam:

[�io]

Come now, no need for him, leave him out of this! :)

[TerraxNovae]

Three day (two and a half? weekend) events. Once a month or longer. The top 3 - 6 outfits on the server (one or two from each empire) are given a special status(skin, access to all weapons, for the duration of the weekend), and notified a couple of days in advance. They are given a base(s?) on one of the "neutral continents" (equal jumps from all sanctuaries, and most likely a tech plant at the very least. only they can spawn there for 4 hours in advance or any base on that continent or warpgate to it for 2 hours before. They are given those 4 hours beforehand to clean out the base, and thin out the population on that continent) These outfits must hold the base(s) until the period is over. If they retain control of the base for the entire time (no hacker successfully hacks the base, even to neutral) Each member of the outfits gains one battlerank. If the base is hacked to neutal but rehacked, they gain 300 BEP (or some amount high, but not excessive) if it is completely hacked away, but is recaptured they get half of the previous amount.

Assaulting squads get 1.5x the BEP for a kill. (after all these are the TOP outfits.) The hacking squad (for the first hack away) gains a goodly amount of BEP. If the Hack goes through... the get a bunch more. If they're still in possesion at the end of the they get more, as welll as every squad from that empire in the SOI gets some BEP.

Turns into a 4 way...

[Camping Carl]

Gotta make it to commander before the new year. :spam:

[�io]

:spam:
:flamemad:

You should have never added that Hamma. :(

[Camping Carl]

:spam: :spam:

[�io]

:nono:

You're just lucky i'm not a mod! :furious: