Alien Comm/Upgrade Suggestions
Rasputin
Join Date: 2009-06-16 Member: 67854Members
Join Date: 2009-06-16 Member: 67854Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Any suggestions regarding alien "command" or upgrades</div>I know there are already a few threads up with these kinds of suggestions, but I didn't see any threads specifically for this category. I was just checking out a flow chart of how Alien upgrades might work in NS2 ( <a href="http://www.ns2res.com/?page_id=318&file=NS2+Designing%2FNS2_alien_commander.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.ns2res.com/?page_id=318&fil...n_commander.jpg</a> ). I like the idea of having to sacrifice certain traits in order to become better at others.
So far I have one suggestion for the "attack damage" upgrade: I think Aliens (who rely more on sporadic and individual attacks than Marines) should also have a chance for every attack to be a critical attack, doing more damage than a normal attack. I think this would scale perfectly with increased attack damage upgrades. For example, a skulk with level 1 attack damage might only have a 3% chance of dealing a critical attack, doing extra damage. By level 6, this critical attack chance could be closer to 15 or 20%, with more extra damage than a level one critical attack.
I think this could be very simple to add into the game, yet it would add more depth and unpredictability. For example, a skulk could have a better chance at surviving a skirmish with a marine by landing a critical attack and killing the marine in fewer blows (especially if the Marines haven't upgraded armor yet). Any thoughts or additional suggestions?
So far I have one suggestion for the "attack damage" upgrade: I think Aliens (who rely more on sporadic and individual attacks than Marines) should also have a chance for every attack to be a critical attack, doing more damage than a normal attack. I think this would scale perfectly with increased attack damage upgrades. For example, a skulk with level 1 attack damage might only have a 3% chance of dealing a critical attack, doing extra damage. By level 6, this critical attack chance could be closer to 15 or 20%, with more extra damage than a level one critical attack.
I think this could be very simple to add into the game, yet it would add more depth and unpredictability. For example, a skulk could have a better chance at surviving a skirmish with a marine by landing a critical attack and killing the marine in fewer blows (especially if the Marines haven't upgraded armor yet). Any thoughts or additional suggestions?
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I'm not ok with this. One HM likes to have x at high speed, the other wants to deal them more damage.
If Players have no set values of speed and damage, this Game will die faster than a Fish on Land.
If that's a per player basis... excellent.
Since the Days Focus has been introduced I constantly whine how its absolutely against my "Juju".
It would also be cool if parasite (assuming it finds its way into NS2) would benefit this critical attack chance somehow.
I wouldn't mind if aliens could aim for critical areas, sort of like fallout 3. Once the armor was down, the limb or head or w/e would be one hit away from loss. With a crippled limb the marine would be slow, or fire inaccurately or something, and would need a medpack to regenerate the wound over time; and if the wound is on the head it's game over (of course, head shots are harder, so it works out). Now, this is almost a direct copy of the fallout 3 system, but it's not like it's a really innovative idea so I don't think anyone would care. The idea of allowing aliens to aim their bites better through the slider, thus allowing them better chances to crit-hit (coined it) that way might be a way around the argument, too.