Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Linking the Entosis Link with Project Legion concept:

In the future, the entosis link could make the dream CCP had a reality of linking it's different flagship games together as one. Each having an influence on the other but never dictating the total outcome on another game. This concept is my idea of something that probably shouldn't exist EXACTLY as I am about to describe, but just simply some ideas to visualize as a baseline for something that would be really cool if implemented the right way!

The concept is based on the Entosis tool that is being developed for the Sov Changes in June. I believe this sets up a potential link with project legion that should be explored in the future! These ideas would definitely take some time and hard work to implement in a truly balanced manner for the spirit of both Eve and Project Legion.

For the initial sov changes, I see that this Entosis mod will probably have some kind of laser effect to conquer structures. This should be viewed as a placeholder! Once the link between Eve and PL is established, the Entosis would actually serve the function as a physical bridge or tunnel from the ship, to the structure for the purposes of boarding it with stormtroopers.

In my concept(which I invite anyone to take this idea and use it their own way if they want!), there will be many factors to make it happen. Many algebraic expressions to work out a balance that will need to be figured out.

To start:

Project Legion will need to have several unique maps in the game:

-At least one large and unique map for each racial station in sov nullsec (gallente, caldari, amarr, minmatar).

-An indoor map that is based on the size and the interior of the I-Hub in space.

-A planet bound map representing the TCU. In this case, the TCU in space serves as a jump point to a planet bound complex. By using Entosis on TCU, you are just doing something that is making this planet bound complex accessible to be conquered in Project Legion. Create skyboxes for these maps that correspond to a barren, oceanic, gas, plasma, etc atmosphere to keep it unique while you create more maps for the game that could take these environments into account for base design! Planting a flag on the planet or controlling the communications complex should give some kind of perks to the guys in space fighting in that system. Defending it successfully should give the defenders a little bit more time to put a fleet together(but not over and over, a one time deal).

When an entity wants to conquer something. They should be able to benefit with assistance from Project Legion soldiers. Although how much they benefit would always be up to debate. It doesn't have to have much of an effect at all. Or it can be scaled depending on the actual population of players that actually participate in these fights. Here are a few brainstorming ideas.

*If there is no sov conflict, PL players will go about their normal business, having matches, doing FPS stuff, fighting on planets, playing out the empire storyline.

*In order to activate a bridge to a sov structure(entosis), you need to equip three different modules to your ship. One goes in the high slot, one in the mid, and one in the low slot. This would require a sacrifice in the tank of the ship.

*You could even choose to have it offline all other modules when the Entosis is activated and reduce the ship's powergrid to only that of the active Entosis mods so nothing else could be put online over it's duration. This would also require a refit after all was said and done putting the user at great risk and in need of a true escort to conduct the boarding operation as the shield and armor hardeners can not function while the bridge is extended.

*While the bridge is extended, the combat zone is activated in Project Legion. Objectives must be completed to provide 'x' benefit to the attackers in space.

*Each ship in eve online is given a new attribute. The carrying capacity of combat soldiers. A frigate should only be able to provide a certain number of soldiers to the combat zone, a cruiser more, a hauler much more, and a supercarrier a massive number. Using a super would be very risky considering that it will have no defenses active on the ship if the mods are offlined like I suggested above.

*This capacity of the Entosis user could influence the number of total soldiers that can participate, or it could influence the number of times that a player participating in an FPS combat can respawn after death during the engagement.

-The ship may even need to have small arms, or other upgrades in the cargo hold for the soldiers to arm themselves with.

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The hardest part and most complicated I think about integrating the games would be actually balancing their effect on one another. You want it to have some kind of real effect, but at the same time you don't want a bunch of people in a game you may not care to be apart of having a great effect. Balancing it so that it is perfect, that is the real challenge to making it work!

Yeah, it is really complicated! I think it would be really damn cool if worked out the right way. I just can't imagine this entosis module capturing sov structures with a little graphical effect, I gotta justify it in my own mind somehow :P

Interesting idea. Faction war has connections to DUST already, so why not nullsec war?