On 2010-11-03 11:19, Jim Starluck wrote:
No.

We are not going to be allowing free-form ship modding.



End of story.

seeing as how we are never going to see free modding again, I would like to see a greater number of weapon choices and to see those differect weapons having different effects which (this is coming from someone who has no idea how to code) would basicly be temporary negative enhancements. This way we get

- More choices
-pretty new lights to watch go across the screen
-a higher amount of tactical thought involved in which ship you should bring and which enemy ship you should shoot down first
-(hopefully) Improved cordination with team mates i.e.
- you get the weapons that do this and Ill grab the weapons that do that and we can work together
- weapons that can only be applied to smaller ships will increase their tactical value
- life returned to things that people believe to be useless (Psi cannons)
- a whole slew of new enhancements to enhance certain effects
- possibly new ships (depends how ambitious the Devs are feeling) to go along with new layout ideas

this would spawn a whole new level of thought and tactics (in my opinion the most important part of the game) that players new and old would have to experiment with and learn to master. It would have to be tested to work out the whole balance issue but shouldn't turn everything upside down.

On 2010-11-03 16:05, lulzypulzy*STEAK!!* wrote:

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On 2010-11-03 11:19, Jim Starluck wrote: No. We are not going to be allowing free-form ship modding. End of story.

Honestly, dont lock yourself in like that. your setting yourself up for a fail.

Imagine the potential of free-form modding. ship hulls have so much space, wich you then fill with whatever weapons you want. it would need balancing, but you get the picture.

Unlike now, where we are stuck with aproximately 1/2 of all ship classes virtually never used...

To prevent factions doing what they arent meant to(k'luth missile dreading, ICC doing all closeup work) restrict to that factions weapons, and also have damage bonusses - ICC could have a weaker beam instead of CL, but better cannons.

I honestly think this game would appeal much more to new players/reviewers if there was free-form modding. Adds a whole lot of fun testing out that new dred layout or w/e

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seeing as how we are never going to see free modding again, I would like to see a greater number of weapon choices and to see those differect weapons having different effects which (this is coming from someone who has no idea how to code) would basicly be temporary negative enhancements. This way we get - More choices -pretty new lights to watch go across the screen -a higher amount of tactical thought involved in which ship you should bring and which enemy ship you should shoot down first -(hopefully) Improved cordination with team mates i.e. - you get the weapons that do this and Ill grab the weapons that do that and we can work together - weapons that can only be applied to smaller ships will increase their tactical value - life returned to things that people believe to be useless (Psi cannons) - a whole slew of new enhancements to enhance certain effects - possibly new ships (depends how ambitious the Devs are feeling) to go along with new layout ideas this would spawn a whole new level of thought and tactics (in my opinion the most important part of the game) that players new and old would have to experiment with and learn to master. It would have to be tested to work out the whole balance issue but shouldn't turn everything upside down.

This is also a great suggestion that the devs should be extremely open to.

honestly, eventually people WILL get bored of the current weapons. after all, there is little choice. in most cases, its a choice between the good weapon and the useless weapon.

What about a system like in tf2 where every now and then you "find" a hat, gun, mask etc. we could do that with special weapons, and implement a trading scheme. People would probably end up buying credits(more $$$ for faust!) so that they can trade for those exclusive weapons.

We should add more diversity to weapons. honestly, there are probably so many good ideas in the community that we could add 5x more then what we have now in weeks.

oh well, i hope the devs actualy read through that huge wad of text ^^ there, and actualy take it in to consideration.
[ This Message was edited by: lulzypulzy*STEAK!!* on 2010-11-03 16:18 ]

On 2010-11-03 23:58, Kenny_Naboo[+R] wrote:

A few new weapons would be a better idea.
Free form modding isn't.

Perhaps a couple more new weapons besides the PC, Rail, PSI, Plasma, Flux, etc. I dunno... maybe guys like Red October could suggest. They always seem to have something. rofl.

It's easier to code in new weapons, update the damage/range table, and just give them shiny new projectile colors than to redesign the game.

On 2010-11-03 09:46, warlord 1050 wrote:
With this system ships are more versatile according to the players preferred playing style and more important, they are unpredictable so you don't know in advance what you can expect when seeing a ship.