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[Feature] Infantry
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Nevyn Auscent
Broke Sauce
#21 - 2016-09-26 21:58:37 UTC
Nana Skalski wrote:
I would like to point out that you could board ships and take over them in few notable Star Trek simulator games. You could do a lot by utilizing boarding parties, but what was different it was slower combat than in EVE.

So actually boarding parties would have to be designed In EVE when there is a lot of time to board and take over something. Like with structures.

I think it would have to be tied with EVE NOVA and would have to be only initialized from the EVE by putting up a match on Nova server. The outcome of a match would be only to capture structure. Something what is not for now in EVE, so actually some new stuff.

This doesn't work. If you own it inside EVE you have to defend it in EVE, not subcontract it out to a totally different game you have no control over.
Lathael
Liga der aussergewoehnlichen Tattergreise
#22 - 2016-09-27 15:54:04 UTC
Cade Windstalker wrote:
Lets see, problems with this in brief...


  • Lore: How the heck do the boarders get through the shields and armor and onto the ship, and if I can get infantry on board why can't I just stuff a nuke inside someone's hull and call it a day?
  • What does this actually add to the game in terms of meaningful gameplay? So far this looks like a cargo/money check on the ship, basically adding another health bar but one you have to spend money and cargo space to maintain.
  • In what way is this remotely a balanced mechanic? You're basically saying either you take up some amount of fairly limited cargo space with these infantry units or you're extremely vulnerable to getting screwed over.


This strikes me as another "this sounds cool/cinematic" idea with no real consideration given to gameplay and then a bunch of mechanics/gameplay effects tacked on to justify the original idea.


Actually I introduced an extra cargo bay. So the existing cargo bays are not touched.
About the money: How much it costs to fill your bay with soldiers would be up to design decisions and tweasks.
I can also think about that as a service in citadels. So like repair service it can be free for friends.
Corraidhin Farsaidh
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2016-09-27 16:02:16 UTC
Wow, I go away for a few months and the same ideas keep coming up!

boarding actions just won't work in Eve's combat system, there's already too much going on in combat to worry about boarding troops too
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