Revolutionary Ideas

ViPrViPr Resident naysayer Join Date: 2002-10-17 Member: 1515Members
edited December 2002 in NS General Discussion
alien upgrades should be more expensive and aliens should be able to buy all possible upgrades and not just one in each chamber category and they should have to buy each stage individually and they should have to buy weapon abilities as well but when chambers or hives are destroyed then they don't necessarily lose those weapons or upgrades that they bought. Aliens should be able to freely transform to evolutions that they had previously bought and not died in. for example if you are a skulk and then transform to lerk and then to fade then you should be able to transform back to lerk or skulk free of charge and also back to fade free of charge. but if you die as a lerk then you can only transform between skulk and fade free of charge until you buy a lerk again. perhaps you should have to buy upgrades seperately for each evolution as well and they should cost different for the different evolutions as well perhaps. chambers should not be limited to one type per hive. gorges should be able to build a chamber of any type regardless of hives. perhaps evolutions should not be limited by hives either. hives should not be limited to 3 preset locations. they should be able to be built anywhere on the map that there is room, and the number of hives should be unlimited. i'm sure Flayra has been toying with this idea coz i saw it working in a screenshot once. hive sight should only work within radius of sensory towers. other alien structures besides hives should be able to be built hanging from ceilings.

motion tracking should only work within radius of observatories. phase gates should only be built and work nearby an observatory. grenades should be more useful somehow. perhaps do more damage and explode sooner.


anyway these are some of my ideas. you don't have to put all of them together, you can pick and choose what features you like. let me know what you guys think. obviously these changes will drasticly change the game and some other changes will need to be made to rebalance things if they are implemented.

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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
  • pantspants Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11188Members
  • do0biedo0bie Join Date: 2002-12-22 Member: 11384Members
    uh i dont know where to start

    no? <!--emo&::siege::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/siege.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='siege.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • TzarconTzarcon Join Date: 2002-02-28 Member: 259Members
    ...I might consider reading it when you put in some more capitals and periods
    And more paragraphs
  • CatpokerCatpoker Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 816Members
    at least i am not the only one who thinks alien upgrades should be more expensive
  • GWARGWAR Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2297Members, Contributor
    I thought it was funny....

    And i agree. no way <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    ...I think he's trying to be funny. Nobody's this stupid <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • sendersender Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8337Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--SoulSkorpion+Dec 25 2002, 09:45 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Dec 25 2002, 09:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->...I think he's trying to be funny. Nobody's this stupid <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    except for those who replied. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • DoombringerDoombringer Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8679Members, Constellation
    No, though upgrades should cost a bit more.. or take longer to gestate. For such a drastic change as growing a new carapace, or gaining cloak.. or whatever.. I think it would take longer than 15 seconds (if it even takes that) and would cost more than 2 RPs. Maybe cost half or a third of your current evolution's cost?

    But buying ALL upgrades? No.
  • masterswordmanmasterswordman Join Date: 2002-12-21 Member: 11303Members
    WTF? THAT WOULD BE SO UNFAIR.

    Geez a gorg place webs then go skulk bite a marines **obscenity** off, and go gorge again?

    BUT THATS NOT SO BAD.

    WHEN U EVOLVE U GAIN ALL HP BACK

    AN ONOS GO INTO MARINE BASE COME OUT 100 HP EVOLVE TO FADE GO DO DAMAGE AND THEN BACK ONOS AGAIN.

    <!--emo&::siege::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/siege.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='siege.gif'><!--endemo--> THE IDIOT WHO STATED THIS <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Hozart1Hozart1 Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10820Members
    Building hives anywhere, I semi-like this idea, just thinking about what would happen if someone decided to build a hive in holoroom of hera.

    Also, chambers being built on ceilings and walls sounds pleasing and interesting, could at to the atmosphere.

    That motion tracking thing sounds good to me, but I guess I'm a little biased as skulks seem harder to play then marines right now, ever sence they were nerfed from the carapaced bug.

    Hozart
  • masterswordmanmasterswordman Join Date: 2002-12-21 Member: 11303Members
    CORRECTION

    <!--emo&::sentry::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='turret.gif'><!--endemo--> THE IDIOT WHO STARTED THIS POST <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Yes I know I can do edit, but this is more funny. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • TrikkTrikk Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9606Members
    Hall of Shame?

    Actually, you got into some nice tracks but then took it overboard with some twist to the idea.
  • AcKzAcKz Join Date: 2002-11-27 Member: 10079Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin--masterswordman+Dec 25 2002, 10:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (masterswordman @ Dec 25 2002, 10:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->WTF? THAT WOULD BE SO UNFAIR.

    Geez a gorg place webs then go skulk bite a marines **obscenity** off, and go gorge again?

    BUT THATS NOT SO BAD.

    WHEN U EVOLVE U GAIN ALL HP BACK

    AN ONOS GO INTO MARINE BASE COME OUT 100 HP EVOLVE TO FADE GO DO DAMAGE AND THEN BACK ONOS AGAIN.

    <!--emo&::siege::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/siege.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='siege.gif'><!--endemo--> THE IDIOT WHO STATED THIS <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    they fixed that health issue in 1.03
  • SemperFiSemperFi Join Date: 2002-08-02 Member: 1049Members
    So like...close this thread someone?
  • xRRuNiMxRRuNiM Join Date: 2002-11-26 Member: 10012Members
    Um...no. lol I know that's been said to death, but those aren't so great ideas. It seems as if you have an alien bias? Yeah, that whole thing is a bit overpowered.

    the multi hive idea? Well, if that were the case, then marines should have to start somewhere randomly too. You can't have the aliens always knowing where the marines are and the marines have to guess (three times, at that). And the hives could be ANYWHERE? well iono. Not sure this is so "revolutionary".

    The observatory idea is just plain crazy. Phase gate cost is already going up with its HP going down, and you want observatories next to all of them? I give you credit for putting your idea out there to get smashed, but that's about it. Sorry, guy.
  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <span style='color:red'>The ideas may not be the best, but there is no reason to flame.
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    ***LOCKED***</b></span>
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