Force Domes Dead

[Hamma]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/index.php?newsid=747

Full Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokeJumper

Thanks, folks, for all the amazing feedback on this concept over the past week.

We heard you all. We've considered all the thoughts and ideas, worked on incorporating them into the design. We've even completely redone the design (even a couple times that you didn't see) based on your thoughts and feedback.

The end result? We all agreed that this was "A Feature Too Far".

We may want to add Defensive Force Domes to non-Capitol Buildings sometime in the future, but during the meantime, we're going to implement all the other items discussed in our "Foundation Gameflow" proposal. As designers, we're going to concentrate on making OBO the replacement for Force Domes. OBO bases will have many defensive upgrades that can make a base far more powerful. These OBO bases are likely to be the "hardpoints" in your Empire's continental lattice (along with Capitol Buildings) and those are probably more than enough to aid in defense. More importantly, the OBO upgrades are different from base-to-base (assuming that not all Outfits buy all upgrades). That makes for a more interesting and varied challenge for both attackers AND defenders, as each base can be a bit different than the others in the area.

More on that soon. (It'll get posted here in "In Concept".)

Suffice it to say that we got a lot of great ideas from this discussion, and much of what we discussed will end up in the game in one way or another (like some method of Defensive BEP/CEP), but the "cons" for this feature were pretty even with the "pros"...and we don't like that to be true with new features. So we're tabling this (for now) and moving on.

Defensive Force Domes may show up one day...but not right away.

Thanks again for all your thoughtful feedback.

FYI I deleted like 3 dupe posts that were up after mine

[Hamma]

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[Laeritides]

I was first

[TheRagingGerbil]

Damnit, tried to beat ya to it...

Anyways...

It was a good idea, but on paper it was looking like crap. Initially I was for the implementation of the dome, but sitting back and looking at my playstyle...it didn't fit. I've been having to much fun with my sniper lately, which would have become completely worthless. Personally, I'm glad to see the idea get dropped for now.

[EarlyDawn]

If we see OBO sooner, so the better.

[Hamma]

Naw mine was here first both of yours were above mine

[Laeritides]

dose it move up if you edit? I bet it does. No matter

If they give us some cool defenses to go along with OBO then it maybe a nice addtion.

[Hamma]

Editing does not bump the post no.

As for force domes, I am kind of torn on this one. I think they would have been interesting however I also feel the same way Gerbil posted

[Queensidecastle]

I didnt like how it totally threw infiltration out the window. I was fairly sure they could overcome those limitations but it seems they want to spend energy on OBO which is a good thing

[Cyanide]

I'm glad they scrapped it. Initially I was for it, but the more I thought about it the more problems I saw with it. I definately think that we need more incentive to defend and it would be nice to have a way for defenders to "win" the battle, but I don't think defensive force domes is the answer.

[Laeritides]

I am glad they took the time to think it out and didn't just rush it in. Like they did with the AMS fix, I am tired of spawning in trees!!!! LOL

[Doppler]

I said it before and ill say it agian, defense domes are not the answer, more utility for the defenders are the answers.

[Cryptica]

Well can someone clear something up for me about OBO? How exactly will it work and what if their are more outfits than bases?

[Laeritides]

if there are more outfits wanting bases than bases to be had, then someone is getting left out in the cold.

[Jagd]

W00tage! That idea was nothing but gameplay destroying stupidity!