On 2008-04-21 13:53, Faustus wrote:
Looks good...

I've been thinking about making the MV winnable... we could leave the home planets protected by the safe zone... but they can't be a win condition in that case. That is probably ok...

-Richard

On 2008-04-21 22:11, Enterprise wrote:
A couple of suggestions I think might make MV winning a less unappealing thing...

For one, with bombing fixed, safe zones would unneccessary, but it still leaves a problem, that home planets and systems tend to be constantly attacked first - its not hard to bypass nearly every system, even without wormholes. It has been a consistent problem in past versions.. after all, just about every point of common sense says that home systems should be the hardest things in the world to get to and conquer.

So just a few changes, which would probably coding changes, maybe not even this version, but... worth thinking about I like to think.

System capture should, in my belief take at least holding 75% of the planets in that current system, including flag planets which should be added to the MV. One or two each system, perhaps such planets could have a modifier that allows additional buildings and population, heightening their importance.

If a sufficent trading system was ever implemented, forcing structures to take a constant supply of resources would force planets to rely on one another for resources in a supply chain. Thus the concept of sieging comes into place. I dont think I have to elaborate more there.

The next suggestion proposes a fix to concentrating combat without forcing systems to be so linear. Im very certain it has been suggested before somewhere but Ill reiterate it anyways here. The simple idea is to prevent the ability to attack systems that are not 'contested.'

The concept is simple, it adds the idea of neutral systems, systems that do not have the 75% more and flag planets owned by one faction. If it doesnt then the system is contested, essentially neutral. Anyone bordering that system could enter and engage there.

The idea is that a fleet could not merely 'skip' systems, the point being that if they did not have ownership of the system and the system was not neutral, the jumpgates would simply not work for them, forcing people to fight in the neutral areas, while leaving owned areas essentially safe.

Of course this does not solve the problem of long jumping, however given the distances and the time taken, unless the first assault were successful to establish a foothold and a shipyard, an attacking force would be well and truely caught; at least in a contested system you could get back in the fight almost immediately.

The whole thing would go on until reaching a factions home system. The part of this suggestion that has a ring of truth to it, an option to designate a factions home planet, via the map editor. It could made so that no matter what, that planet could not be captured unless every other planet in that faction was, thereby leaving homeplanets relatively safe - until a faction gets beaten back to their last bastion of power.


A bit flighty the whole lot of it, but it would put on a new facet to MV fighting, and offer more permanent solutions to temporary fixes in long standing issues.





-Ent