Player bases coming

Deadmonkey · 2012-07-26, 11:09 PM

Smedley posted on twitter

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/228681466882707457

Player Owned bases are coming. Thoughts?

Stardouser · 2012-07-26, 11:10 PM

The "empty continent" part is equally interesting...

Sephirex · 2012-07-26, 11:12 PM

They've been hinting at this for a while. I'm guessing it'll be at least a year before we see this though.

Deadmonkey · 2012-07-26, 11:13 PM

Then people cap your Player base D:
This would be a great Way to Generate Money for SOE. I mean, Think of the possibilities!
Wall colors costing money, texture, Turrets, AA guns, Terminals, Warp Gates to Continents. Like. Woah.

Ranik Ortega · 2012-07-26, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by Deadmonkey

Smedley posted on twitter

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/228681466882707457

Player Owned bases are coming. Thoughts?

I'm fapping at the speed of light.

Accuser · 2012-07-26, 11:15 PM

Not particularly exciting... but we'll have to see what they can do with it.
Maybe they'll have micro-continents that just feature a single, outfit-owned base with a warpgate nearby.

Still, I don't see how they'll make it work. Can another outfit take over my outfit's base? Could my outfit just build another one instantly?

We'll see, but it seems a lot less fun than full-scale war on the real continents.

vVRedOctoberVv · 2012-07-26, 11:17 PM

Even if they were mini-continents, they would still fight on the main lands, because that is where the resources are.

It would be cool to have, as well as being a massive money sink for SOE to delicious over :P

AzureWatcher · 2012-07-26, 11:18 PM

This is glorious. Can't wait. I love sandbox elements in games and this is just... this is just great. I think I'll go cry tears of joy now.

Deadmonkey · 2012-07-26, 11:19 PM

Its Player Bases, Thats the tweet, But outfits wars? Nothing like Drama-Supported Features

Rivenshield · 2012-07-26, 11:28 PM

Smed needs to start keeping his mouth shut. Every time he opens it he spawns a shitstorm of speculation and increases the pressure on the dev team severalfold. Better pleasant surprises than broken (or delayed) promises.

Gugabalog · 2012-07-26, 11:31 PM

Squeee!

PhoenixDog · 2012-07-26, 11:55 PM

The Cryptic comments continue from our unholy leader....

Reizod · 2012-07-26, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by Sephirex

They've been hinting at this for a while. I'm guessing it'll be at least a year before we see this though.

Yes indeed. I'm not going to hold my breath on this one.

TAA · 2012-07-27, 12:10 AM

I would love it if they gave us an empty continent, then let us slowly build up structures on it that can never be destroyed but rather only modified slightly. Slowly but surely over the years it would become a massive city continent.

MorioMortis · 2012-07-27, 12:13 AM

All your bases are belong to us

This could either be really good (like the player owned stations in EVE) or just another gimmick where the players don't really have any control (like the implementation of player operated real estate in most other rpg's).