Imagine An On-going Persistent War....

erendorerendor Join Date: 2003-02-06 Member: 13180Members
edited June 2003 in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">a suggestion for Flayra</div> well, after seeing this in the interview wiht FLayra at the end, i had an idea

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The attention we've gotten from NS has opened up some new options for us though, so expect some exciting announcements in the future. Imagine an on-going persistent war, with many battles happening simultaneously, a full chain of command, outdoor battles, dropships and vehicles, battle-ranked commanders...watch this space. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Well, flayra, if you really want to develop this and its hard to see how you might do so, there is a game i point out to you. Its called Darkspace. Its a spacey game, and if you pay(gah) it has a cahin of servers called the metaverse. These are a bunch of about 20 different servers which are all linked and you can fight eachother in. I think that this approach would be a good one, as you could ask peole if you could link their servers toghther, and then you could travel from ship to ship and all kinds of funky stuff.

It also has a nice way of organsising and ranking people.

www.darkspace.net
thats the adress for this game, i suggest you check it out.
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  • PseudoKnightPseudoKnight Join Date: 2002-06-18 Member: 791Members
    Space combat is always tiring to me. Very little depth due to lack of environmental effects and obstacles.
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  • TrojanTrojan Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4611Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--PseudoKnight+Jun 14 2003, 05:32 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (PseudoKnight @ Jun 14 2003, 05:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Space combat is always tiring to me. Very little depth due to lack of environmental effects and obstacles. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Have you seen freelancer yet? More or less goes against all your views then <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> Personally I didn't like the game, but it was still some fun for a little while.

    Also, I'm not quite so sure what you're trying to say erendor.. ? That flay should copy this game? Or what... What should he check out! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • TwexTwex Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4999Members
    edited June 2003
    Last time I checked the focus of DarkSpace wasn't the combat though. While it's space-themed, the game is entirely 2D, like Starfleet Command, you can't go up or down. So the only way to win a fight is having the better ship, which boils down to spending your entire life levelling up in the metaverse and get access to the dreadnoughts. That's the downfall of all persistent-world games: the characters are persistent too, and the only way to stay competitive is playing 24/7.

    The only games of DarkSpace I found enjoyable were non-persistent scenarios. They reminded me of Netrek, and while they last quite a while too, at least everyone starts with the same ship and equal chances.
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  • NeoMatrixj2NeoMatrixj2 Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9638Members
    That would be rather interesting being able to warp between servers and keep the same score etc..
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  • erendorerendor Join Date: 2003-02-06 Member: 13180Members
    i'm not saying hat he should copy it, of course not! I'm just saying he could be...<i>'infulenced'</i> by the way it set up its servers. What i was trying to say is that if he is aiming to create a on-going battle type of thing like he says here, then darkspace has a pretty neat way of doing it adn he sohuld look at their server setup and soforth.
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  • CacoColaCacoCola Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16978Members
    and it'd work too, it'd be just like EQ and what not, reach a "portal" then go to console again, connect to other server (automatically)
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  • BurncycleBurncycle Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9759Members, NS1 Playtester
    So rather than individual servers, it's a massive network somehow?

    Sounds sweet. Not sure how it'll work, but sounds sweet.
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  • erendorerendor Join Date: 2003-02-06 Member: 13180Members
    i have ideas on how this could work and what it would be like, but then i'd be doing Flayras work.
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  • NegaBenjiNegaBenji Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12058Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--erendor+Jun 14 2003, 05:15 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (erendor @ Jun 14 2003, 05:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i have ideas on how this could work and what it would be like, but then i'd be doing Flayras work. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah, let that lazy bum *earn* his money
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