What about a continent with no Bases?

Baneblade · 2004-06-21, 12:44 AM

I just had a thought that maybe a continent without a base would be an interesting idea. Make it one huge battlefield, and maybe leave some towers in.

It wouldnt need to be extraordinarily large, but about as big as a Battle Island would work methinks.

As for benefit? Well that could be tied into CC, like all crappy benefit ideas (nothing in CC has a benefit worth dealing with...cept maybe gates, but we should have those anyway). Maybe the benefit could be more strategic and a warp gate in the middle send you to any other wapr gate you want (probably not any sancs though

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Discuss.

Kikinchikin · 2004-06-21, 02:17 AM

Actually that'd be cool. Not sure why, but it would be.

jsloan31 · 2004-06-21, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by KiKiNCHiKiN

Actually that'd be cool. Not sure why, but it would be.

Lartnev · 2004-06-21, 09:10 AM

Without bases you lack 3 things. The first is a means to control that warpgate. The second is vehicles to traverse the continent and finally any way of holding territory.

I think it'd be kinda boring personally

Baneblade · 2004-06-21, 10:26 AM

You don't need bases for any of that...Towers could be modded to do all of that...

Or even make it no vehicles aside from ones you bring.

Hayoo · 2004-06-21, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

You don't need bases for any of that...Towers could be modded to do all of that...

Or even make it no vehicles aside from ones you bring.

Would you get XP for capping those towers? Because without that, just like CC, few people would go. And if towers take on the properties of bases anyway (adding vehicle terminals, medical terminals, cert terminals), then combat would be exactly the same zerg rush as it is now, just with smaller, exposed facilities.

It's an interesting idea, but you have to specify the tangible player rewards or the "what's in it for me" players won't go. Remember that most players couldn't give crap about strategic concerns and it would be difficult for the devs to commit resources to new islands that depend upon a narrower demographic of players to fill.

So having said that, what do you think would be the personal benefits to players to get them to go?

Baneblade · 2004-06-21, 10:25 PM

Kill XP is better than cap XP unless yer the SL...

Maybe the conquest of the continent should give a big reward, make the entire thing one big cap.

And I think vehicles should be hard to get...aka not being spawned there. Or if they are, non Tech Plant vehicles only...

Doppler · 2004-06-22, 11:00 AM

I just dont find an open exposed continent where i'm free game to every vehicle out there that appealing, lets face it terrain cover in this game sucks and camo is non existant especialy for us NC guys who've reached the rank of big bird. Not that the other empires are much better.

Baneblade · 2004-06-22, 02:33 PM

Nobody said it has to be open and exposed...it could literally be a tropical version of Ceryshan with Hossin style vegetation...

Maybe even more treed in than that...

Think Jurrasic Park...imagine fighting on that island...

Lartnev · 2004-06-22, 02:45 PM

Can't we have bases on the island?

Baneblade · 2004-06-22, 03:00 PM

Would one base be enough?

Doppler · 2004-06-22, 07:06 PM

I just dont find tower battles all that much fun, and i dont particularly see the need to divide the populations further.

Lartnev · 2004-06-23, 08:03 AM

I'm just saying, why can't you have a jurassic park style continent... with bases?

Baneblade · 2004-06-23, 02:31 PM

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Ignore Me · 2004-06-23, 06:00 PM

Yall are thinking too close minded, too much, 'why no bases', 'wny no vehicles', 'what about XP'. Correct me if I'm wrong Sobekeus, but I think he's referring to an arena idea. Yes I know no one would go because of selfishness, but it'd be fun just to have a couple platoons going head to head to see who's better.