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True Adamance
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
3011
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Posted - 2013.10.14 23:02:00 -
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low genius wrote:gas, ice, storm, barren, temperate, lava, oceanic, and plasma.
I assume that gas and plasma are off the table.
my vote is for oceanic planets next. I love the idea of a bunch of 'frostfire' type levels.
cast your vote, i'll tally them up.
gas
ice IIIII
storm I
barren II
lava IIIIII
oceanic III
plasma II
Storm or Ice.
Massive Urban spires with crackling beams of lightning arcing from massive earthing rods, while the shield bubble above us is the only thing keeping the raging storm from destroying the entire urban complex. An oppressive pall can be felt, the battlefield is dark, flickering lights could also be massive useful for immersion purposes.
Or
Thick screening blizzards and battles across glaciers and winter tundra. Visibility is low, scans are important, while the cold chips away at players not using Heater Modules or Winterized Dropsuits. Below ground complexes add to the theme, with players able to brave the poor visibility and generally confusing upper terrain, or making their way through sprawling underground hangars and ice tunnels.
Oceanic I would love, but I can't quite conjure up the battlefield in my mind. |
True Adamance
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
3011
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Posted - 2013.10.14 23:17:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:Iron Wolf Saber wrote:... I hate to say it but if CCP really wanted to crank a next planet asap it would be barren. I thought that's what we had, I'm still waiting for temperate planets 
I think if CCP wanted to bring our barren we would not have sockets, just slot canyons with complexes built into them, massive fissures and over arching natural bridges, craters and shattered mountains, etc. |
True Adamance
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
3034
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Posted - 2013.10.14 23:30:00 -
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Aero Yassavi wrote:True Adamance wrote:DUST Fiend wrote:Iron Wolf Saber wrote:... I hate to say it but if CCP really wanted to crank a next planet asap it would be barren. I thought that's what we had, I'm still waiting for temperate planets I think if CCP wanted to bring our barren we would not have sockets, just slot canyons with complexes built into them, massive fissures and over arching natural bridges, craters and shattered mountains, etc. That sounds great! Got to make each planet type feel unique, and that would definitely help for barren.
Well that's what I was thinking.
Basically
Temperate- Average Amount of Planetary Infrastructure
Barren- Little to no Infrastructure
Ice- Sub Terrainian Infrastructure
Storm- Urban densely packed Infrastructure
Shattered- None, lack of reasonable terrain makes drop ships a necessity
Lava- Moderate. Verticality of Terrain variable. |
True Adamance
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
3058
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Posted - 2013.10.15 01:37:00 -
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Kristoff Atruin wrote:I'm going to say barren, because that would greatly increase the number of districts available for us to fight on and wouldn't take much development time. They'd probably be new moods for the terrains that we have now.
After those though I think ice worlds would be the place to go. Ocean planets require work into figuring out how water comes in to gameplay. Can we swim? Do we just fight on stationary platforms, or are there boats? How do you visually define the boundary of the map when everything is water? Plasma and lava have significant art requirements in addition to gameplay mechanic changes. Storm as well, most likely. Gas giants are right out. After barren, ice is the only one that really only needs new art.
Oceanic could be combat inside the under water bases you can set up in PI.
That way water is only an illusion. |
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