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I thought of something that might make ANT runs more convenient. How many times have you been in a base waiting for a hack to go through, asking people "Is there an ANT enroute?" so that you'll know whether you should do an ANT run or not? And if nobody answers, you get an ANT, drive to the nearest warp gate, only to pass by 3 full ANT heading to the base you just came from. This is one of the reasons I hardly do ANT runs anymore, because almost everytime I do it, by the time I get to the warpgate or back to the base, the NTU's are already being filled by another (or several other) ANT's.
How about this... ALL friendly manned and moving ANT's will show up on everybody's radar/continent map. When someone spawns an ANT, a menu interface will pop up, with a map of the continent. On this map, you set which warpgate you're going to, and which base you intend to fill. Once that is done, all friendlies will see you on their continent map. Along with your position, they can see how full the ANT is, how healthy your vehicle is, your warpgate destination, and your base destination.
I think this would help tremendously. One of the problems with ANT runners is that it's nigh impossible to get any sort of escort, and due to the ANT's slow speed and low armor, you're an extremely easy target for anything with a gun. And if you're already on the move, and someone offers to escort you, you have to describe to them where you are. Another problem is the one I described in the first paragraph. When you do an ANT run, you may not know if somebody's already on it, meaning you wasted a lot of time and some potential experience.
This idea would relieve all of that. If there's a critically important ANT run that needs to be done while a base is under heavy, ALL friendlies will know where you are and can go help you get to the warpgate and back safely. This will also stop the problem of too many people doing ANT runs and will keep the defenders at the base. It will also solve the problem of nobody doing ANT runs, since we'd all be able to see if there are any ANT runs in progress, as well as how many.
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2003-08-06, 06:19 PM
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