If you were to design a faction

vogue · Post by **vogue** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:52 pm

FreakyStyley wrote:QUOTE (FreakyStyley @ Jun 18 2010, 12:41 PM) I can't think of a name or back story right now, but it needs to have hvy scouts with lancer turrets.

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Makida · Post by **Makida** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:53 pm

FreakyStyley wrote:QUOTE (FreakyStyley @ Jun 18 2010, 12:41 PM) I can't think of a name or back story right now, but it needs to have hvy scouts with lancer turrets.

At this exact moment, somewhere far away, Andon felt a chill run up his spine, but he did not know why.

Arson_Fire · Post by **Arson_Fire** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:04 am

I'd make a capship faction. Screw SY, just give all the techbases large doors.

From the garrison they would start off able to launch scouts, along with a light attack carrier. About the health of a bomber or gunship, a single AC turret, and a carrier door. No small rip. Cost around 1k each.
Instead of bombers they can research antibase missiles in the garrison to put on the carriers.

Each techpath would have a type of utility capship to go along with their other ships.

Sup would provide corvettes.

Tac would give assault ships.

Exp would have sector support ships. Decent scan range, gives aiming reticule to friendlies in the sector and mounts nanite turrets.

RoboTel · Post by **RoboTel** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:19 pm

That actually sounds interesting.

juckto · Post by **juckto** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:10 pm

Raveen wrote:QUOTE (Raveen @ Jun 17 2010, 02:51 AM) The idea I've had in the back on my mind is a faction with no ops.

Yup

Lindy_Hop wrote:QUOTE (Lindy_Hop @ Jun 17 2010, 04:46 AM) The radically different economy faction idea is a lot less well formed and all my ideas are basically are all riffs on minerless economies. The main idea is that by playing as one, the other team has to alter its strategy significantly because eliminating miners is no longer an option.

3 Possible ideas (although all have problems with them) are:

Mining light bases. Instead of miners the faction starts off with light base he and spec mines. The big idea is that light base building and defense takes the place of miner management and defense.

Payday techs and no ops. The faction can build no ops and no rips. It gets a special gar and sy that can only be built on tech rocks. It may only build tech bases. All bases built have payday increases. The big idea is that playing against this faction strips the game down to protect/remove major bases.

High payday, all ships cost money to fly. You get a high steady income. With it you need to keep producing bases, keep tech going, and keep pilots in the air. If half your team is stuck in base unable to launch because you didn't manage your money, thats your own fault. As for the other side, want to damage their economy, then go whore their pilots.

Yup

WhiskeyGhost wrote:QUOTE (WhiskeyGhost @ Jun 18 2010, 02:54 AM) my idea is a faction that has teleporters and outposts that don't require rocks to build on, but count as lt bases.

Yup

neotoxin wrote:QUOTE (neotoxin @ Jun 18 2010, 06:42 AM) My faction: starting tech is SY. All ships spawn from SY.

Yup

Arson_Fire wrote:QUOTE (Arson_Fire @ Jun 19 2010, 03:04 PM) I'd make a capship faction. Screw SY, just give all the techbases large doors.

From the garrison they would start off able to launch scouts, along with a light attack carrier.

Yup

juckto wrote:QUOTE (juckto @ Jun 16 2010, 05:44 PM) bfa_a10.igc

I should really finish that some day.

Yup

Camaro · Post by **Camaro** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:22 pm

Mine would be gigglecorp but with faction specific GAs in the starbase that allows upgrades to their bases.

barricuda · Post by **barricuda** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 10:21 pm

all good ideals...i may use them http://www.freeallegiance.org/forums/index...=57643&st=0

oldGB · Post by **oldGB** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:41 pm

Harharhar.

Well... uhm...

-Multi Missiles (dual and quad)
-super Long range basekillers (skipper missile etc)
-An hvy interceptor with a gunner on the back
-large defensive turrets (bigger version of the current ones)
-another tech tree aside tac,sup,exp to make it more interesting

basically many things we made for "Antimatter" (the expansion which never made it) back then. Some / many of those ideas made it
into the game amazingly (albeit slightly altered/ changed) !!!!!!!!!!

Cheers

spideycw · Post by **spideycw** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:52 pm

Big Bertha cannons?!

Btw do you have any of the AM stuff left?

EdDaalleg · Post by **EdDaalleg** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:56 pm

Mine would be the Freespace faction. No techbases per se. Instead you get cap ships that allow you research tech. They'd be mobile of course, and AI turreted (but to dodge the turrets you'd only need to do a barrel roll toward the ship!). Maybe even let them rip to the middle of a sector 1s away with a 3 min rip time.

Screw it. I'll just make a whole core.