Squad wars on ELite

Wed Apr 16, 2003 7:03 pm by Ein-7919

By the way, shouldn't this be considered a MODing thread? I mean, we are talking about a concept here that sounds a whole lot like a mod to the game, so shouldn't this have been posted in the Modding section? Just thought I'd make that observation.

Wed Apr 16, 2003 7:58 pm by Dillinger

I like the idea of clans having their own reputation bars. It wouldn't cause NPC's to attack you but instead it would cause other players to either show up friendly, not at all, or as hostile enemies to be blown away on sight.

I wonder if that can be modded into a server........

Wed Apr 16, 2003 9:15 pm by bountyhunter

Ok price wise you could have:
Those little junker looking bases at 75 mill with say 15 turrets
Medium bases like the one your have to blow up in the second mission in single player. maby 20 turrets. 100million
Large Bases. Like Fort bush or somthing. with 25 turrets. 15million.

All turrets auto also have ablity to shoot down torps so if 5 guys just come packed with sunslayers you base would kill around 70% of all torps.

The Elite server could make a new server just for clans, and only give the clan leaders the password.

Edited by - bountyhunter on 16-04-2003 22:17:07

Wed Apr 16, 2003 9:29 pm by milliways

BountyHunter: I se what you mean about that ship thing... maby only liberty ships in liberty space and kusari in kusari space etc..

and i dont think a base should cost a billion.

maby like bounty hunter said, but like this:

small base: 10 Turrets, Light Armor and Cost: 50 Million
medium base: 20 turrets, Medium Armor and Cost: 100 Million
large base: 30 Turrets, Heavy armor and Cost 200 Million

the bases shouldnt be COMPLETELY destructable... one thing is that they respawn when the server resets.
the other way is: you must repair the base by getting the construction machinery and scrap metal... wich you get to the base. then it will be repaird by some mystic repair ships that come from nowhere..

aha.. what do you guys think about this?

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Wed Apr 16, 2003 9:52 pm by Heltak

What about Neutrals who just Cruisin they shouldn't be forced into it like some clans seem to do going by some of the things I hear... paying to let people dock and land... yeah right can't wait for those fools to meet the makers.

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Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:13 pm by bountyhunter

Nice ideas milli so whos gona make this mod

Thu Apr 17, 2003 3:41 am by Darken

just my thoughts:

1. If you are gonna mod it anyway, make the clan a faction, so as to people can be neutral and trade with them and so on.

2. These Bases should have an upkeep, someone said something about a clan/corp fund.... the upkeep should be subtracked here...
Bases dosnt run on spacedust you know =)
This would make them willing to trade with neutrals, as the base would gain a certain % of sales (as someone else said)....
only that would mean reworking the economy I think.... _BIG_ task =)
.... also other new stuff..... or something...

3. If you go overboard, and design whole new systems, then fighters should be able to be bought at the base (AI fighters the patrol the system/base costly ofcause and with a limit, based on the base size... routes should be predetermined)

4. Let us say you make new systems/bases, the bases shouldnt be permanetly
destroyed, but as someone said, spawn again (but broken and in needs of repairs)

5. Bases should be able to get taken over somehow... but not only in team battles.
because that would lead to 1 or 2 corps/clans/factions taking over everything.

6. Rebalance the factions... police might be weak, but the navy/military factions
should be stronger... ALOT stronger... as it is now, get friendly with (mainly) corsairs/outcasts and your biggest problem is radiation and nomads
(oh yeah remake the nomads systems.... pink one with a base and battleships)

7. ups kinda turned into a wish list... hehe... anyways the whole thing is a good idea.

Thu Apr 17, 2003 4:15 am by stikfas spacemonster

What about opeing up alaska system and sticking bases there or in the loacatins that dont have anybases like TAU systems if i ever get a server i planed on having a admin battle ship or base or even the lxuary liner maybe do some jousting bets just a thought

Thu Apr 17, 2003 9:54 am by milliways

Darken: im that "SOMEONE" that said that =D..

haha, well nice ideas everyone! but i dont like the take over thing..
maby if both sides declare some take over base war and allow it..
otherwise one clan could rule the universe and the others wount have anything to do.,.

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Thu Apr 17, 2003 12:42 pm by Darken

okies you then (hehe cant scroll down and look at the thread while replying =P )

If you shouldnt beable to take over a base, then you should beable to destroy it ... COMPLETELY!
otherwise a corp/clan/faction could get a really really sweet deal, and the rest of the universe could go depressurezie themselves for all the effect they would have on it.

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Thu Apr 17, 2003 4:27 pm by Nog

Ein-7919: Not really for the modding thread, as it's just ideas players are tossing around. There is no actual mod work being done.

Thu Apr 17, 2003 4:49 pm by milliways

i dont really want the bases to be COMPLETELY destroyed... it would be more fun if you can use the wares to repair etc..

and if you capture a base, its just temporarly and the Clan that owns the base must pay a fee to get it back...

so any modders intrested in our ideas? and it must be balanced and not like the current babylon server mod.. there you can get 871378124 million in 3 seconds... hehe...

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Thu Apr 17, 2003 9:34 pm by bountyhunter

Great IDEAS

while we on it make it so you can customize your ships color and at same time your Stations

then the clans would look the part

Fri Apr 18, 2003 12:50 am by Darken

but wouldnt this be harmful, when a clan gets _THE_ spot somewhere?
you couldnt clean them out and you couldnt take it over.....
it would create a serious balancing problem IMHO... otherwise, the bases should be in completly new systems that branched off the universe (alone), not smack down in the center of a important traderoute....

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Fri Apr 18, 2003 9:24 am by milliways

well, the bases must be in new systems then. thats the best...i agree to that..
but we cant have to much systems eather... maby 2 or 3...

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