When the first battle commences... - Page 2

WaryWizard · 2012-06-11, 07:12 AM

Pretty sure all players may get a small amount of resources when they start up their character. Also the people will get resources as they head out to capture the nearest bases and such.

What I want to see is a recording of first contact between the empires. Who will see who first? who will win the first firefight? will it be a small skirmish, or will it become a great battle?

GhettoPrince · 2012-06-11, 07:13 AM

Wow, really? I love the idea of new planets instead of just more continents!

Chinchy · 2012-06-11, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by WaryWizard

Pretty sure all players may get a small amount of resources when they start up their character. Also the people will get resources as they head out to capture the nearest bases and such.

What I want to see is a recording of first contact between the empires. Who will see who first? who will win the first firefight? will it be a small skirmish, or will it become a great battle?

A little medal for first blood would be nice (In every other game it means nothing) but in this game first blood would be a very unique badge to wear with honour since no one will ever get it again.

WVoneseven · 2012-06-11, 07:32 AM

They should probably award a few first bloods... or declarations of war or whatever to different continents and servers.

Tikuto · 2012-06-11, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by GhettoPrince

Wow, really? I love the idea of new planets instead of just more continents!

Prefer continents and orbital combat tbh.

TheInferno · 2012-06-11, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by Azren

They never said resources will be continent locked. Meaning, if your empire holds continent A, you will get resources from there even if you are on continent B.

I'm pretty sure they did say that, but I don't remember the source sadly, so it's hearsay at best. Ah well.

I would love watching people walk. The battle slowly begins... and then people start capturing the points nearest the foothold, and then vehicle slowly start popping out... the first galaxy is spawned, everyone gets in it and then it crashes into a tree... etc.

It also depends on whether they do a soft or hard transition at the end of beta.

maskedskull · 2012-06-11, 08:14 AM

I think having everything start off as neutral would be interesting to see. It would come down to organised units sending small assault teams into nearby hexes with larger assault teams going to the bases nearer the centre.

Saifoda · 2012-06-11, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by Tikuto

Prefer continents and orbital combat tbh.

^that ftw.

None of this multi-planet stuff until we've got at least more than 3 continents on a single planet.

Hopefully they will put some system in place where you still get passive resource gains from continent locks once they reintroduce those. So if you've got a locked continent and you'd normally be getting, say 100 auraxium etc. while on that continent, then while you're off of that continent on another continent (or offline) you'd only get maybe 10 or 20, but still something otherwise there'd be no incentive to hold territory outside of the continent you're on.

Canaris · 2012-06-11, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by mynameismud

I like the way this gentleman dreams.

fixed that for you, compliments of the TR

kaffis · 2012-06-11, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by WaryWizard

Pretty sure all players may get a small amount of resources when they start up their character. Also the people will get resources as they head out to capture the nearest bases and such.

This. I'd like to think that newly created characters at any time (day 1 or day 1000) get a token amount of resources to start off. 100-200 of each, let's say.

This way, they can buy a quad to get back to the fight after they squad-spawn into their auto-squad and die the first time. But it's low enough that you have to earn your second or third tank.

ringring · 2012-06-11, 09:53 AM

Players will have to start with a bare minimum. Wat, no guns? I'll have to Tyson my enemies to death!

I noticed on the E3 broadcasts that the Flash cost zero resources, perhaps that is an indication of dev thinking on this, everyone gets a gun and a Flash for transport.

willaguy · 2012-06-11, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by ringring

Players will have to start with a bare minimum. Wat, no guns? I'll have to Tyson my enemies to death!

I noticed on the E3 broadcasts that the Flash cost zero resources, perhaps that is an indication of dev thinking on this, everyone gets a gun and a Flash for transport.

You noticed wrong, it costed 10 resources.

Canaris · 2012-06-11, 12:57 PM

pointy sticks will be provided free of charge I'm told, have at it!

Meriv · 2012-06-11, 01:06 PM

LOL if we start all neutral with 0 resources who cares about weapons i would run naked if it makes me faster-but if this is the case, the pay per win people will get an advantage if they make possible for them to buy resources, an early galaxy can make a HUGE difference.

megamold · 2012-06-11, 01:38 PM

tell me if i'm wrong, but i'm pretty sure higby said that once you unlock a weapon you can use it at any time.

maxes cost resources and grenades also, but i think the unlocked weapons are free.