Battle for Lave Station

OneoftheLost

OneoftheLost
I was thinking about this recently, and from the sounds of it, we have two teams. Vipers vs. Cobras. It seems a pretty standard death match layout, however, some things came to mind.

1. Ship shapes. The Cobra in Elite was GIGANTIC. If you are keeping the same shapes and size, the Viper pilots will have a significant advantage, due to having smaller head on frames, and smaller rear hitboxes. Are there any plans to balance? or is it more 'just how it is'.

2. Something that I always enjoyed about Elite was the various upgrades. Are there any plans for upgrading throughout a match? I.e. I get a few kills and can afford a laser, if I die, I lose the laser? Or perhaps a persistant charcator where I earn equipment from numerous battles, and when I see someone with a bunch of shields I know they are a veteran combateer.

Just some things that occured to me. Probably well outside the scope of the game, but they make for some interesting thoughts.
 

JohnStabler

JohnStabler
OneoftheLost said:
I was thinking about this recently, and from the sounds of it, we have two teams. Vipers vs. Cobras. It seems a pretty standard death match layout, however, some things came to mind.

1. Ship shapes. The Cobra in Elite was GIGANTIC. If you are keeping the same shapes and size, the Viper pilots will have a significant advantage, due to having smaller head on frames, and smaller rear hitboxes. Are there any plans to balance? or is it more 'just how it is'.

2. Something that I always enjoyed about Elite was the various upgrades. Are there any plans for upgrading throughout a match? I.e. I get a few kills and can afford a laser, if I die, I lose the laser? Or perhaps a persistant charcator where I earn equipment from numerous battles, and when I see someone with a bunch of shields I know they are a veteran combateer.

Just some things that occured to me. Probably well outside the scope of the game, but they make for some interesting thoughts.
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You raise an important issue about balance. Cobra surface area will be balanced by hull toughness. Balance in general will be addressed after looking at the results of alpha testing.

As for upgrades: not at launch. It's supposed to be a mini-game. However, there will be a concept of ranking up and acknowledging people's kills/streaks so it would be something easily implemented in future.
 

DobrijZmej

DobrijZmej
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JohnStabler

JohnStabler
Hi Guys!

Sorry there as been a bit of a delay on this. It's not through lack of motivation. Other things have popped up which have required my urgent attention. I run a skeptics group in Cardiff and we've received quite a lot of publicity lately so I've been busy with handling that.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/panorama-journalist-former-uk-drugs-3566713

I'm back on the case with BfLS now and hopefully we can get the alpha testing underway soon!

Thanks
 

Kerrash

Kerrash
JohnStabler said:
Hi Guys!

Sorry there as been a bit of a delay on this. It's not through lack of motivation. Other things have popped up which have required my urgent attention. I run a skeptics group in Cardiff and we've received quite a lot of publicity lately so I've been busy with handling that.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/panorama-journalist-former-uk-drugs-3566713

I'm back on the case with BfLS now and hopefully we can get the alpha testing underway soon!

Thanks
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Science and critical thinking FTW! :D
I've been a fan of the skeptics guide to the universe for some time now.
 
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