Thoughts on that "mother-ship"

[basti]

Originally Posted by CViolet

The devs also mentioned that they were considering adding outfit specific bases. Adding these to the existing landscape would require constant modification to the maps, and would most likely be impractical... unless they were floating bases. I think you guys nailed it.

Maybe not. Depens what the engine is capable of, and how they prepared the map. If they added room for possible bases, or if the engine is capable of changing the terrain to some degree, then dropping bases at certain points would be possible. Just not everywhere, that would screw with balance anyway.

But theres just another, story reason for those motherships being the home bases: shielding. After all, if we can build a force dome to protect our home base forever, why not build force domes for territory we have under our control, making it impossible to loose them? A mothership would fit perfectly there, because thats an entire new level of power generation that is not possible on the surface of a planet (imagine a power generator that would cause a massive, devestating explosion in case of failure. You dont want to have something like this in a war zone, in your base, on the surface of the planet you fight for. )