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Vyzion Eyri
The Southern Legion
The Umbra Combine
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Posted - 2013.10.20 22:21:00 -
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It's only a few steps from the public contracts we have now to contracts that are... Well, contracts.
Eventually the battle finder should be removed, and replaced with a contract board. This will list corporate and factional contracts as usual, but public battles will be replaced with a list. Sort of like the squad finder, where players choose which games to join from the dozens available. The incentive to choose comes from the listing of ISK rewards on every contract, and a warning can come in the form of a Risk vs. Reward scale.
Also, we need public contracts as they are where we gain ISK. I'll admit currently it's just a poorly disguised version of the lobby system most FPSs out there if not all use, but hopefully that'll change. I doubt we should just let them go though.
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Vyzion Eyri
The Southern Legion
The Umbra Combine
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Posted - 2013.10.20 22:40:00 -
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Aero Yassavi wrote:Vyzion Eyri wrote:It's only a few steps from the public contracts we have now to contracts that are... Well, contracts.
Eventually the battle finder should be removed, and replaced with a contract board. This will list corporate and factional contracts as usual, but public battles will be replaced with a list. Sort of like the squad finder, where players choose which games to join from the dozens available. The incentive to choose comes from the listing of ISK rewards on every contract, and a warning can come in the form of a Risk vs. Reward scale.
Also, we need public contracts as they are where we gain ISK. I'll admit currently it's just a poorly disguised version of the lobby system most FPSs out there if not all use, but hopefully that'll change. I doubt we should just let them go though.
Agree with all but the last two sentences. Yes we still need public contracts to get into a battle quick and easy, but there is no reason why they couldn't rebrand that a little as I suggested so it is more connected to the grand scale of things, even if just a little.
Don't know if it should become only a kind of blood sport though. I certainly don't feel like Ratchet and Clank when I'm roaming the map killing things. Although that could be an option on a contract board in addition to what I have below: I was thinking along the lines of there being a short summary of why we should join a battle being included before selecting the battle: something like
X corporation requesting mercenaries to escort valuable cargo on the planet -name-, district -number-. Reward will be distributed upon successful completion.
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Y corporation requires mercenaries to sabotage cargo being transported by corporation X on planet... Etc. 20% of reward distributed upon joining and 50% more if cargo is destroyed, and full reward if cargo is stolen and returned.
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Vyzion Eyri
The Southern Legion
The Umbra Combine
1512
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Posted - 2013.10.20 23:14:00 -
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True Adamance wrote:Aero Yassavi wrote:Now that works too, but making it something you have to choose means it won't be as fast as instant battles, but it could still work maybe. Also your suggestion still doesn't really provide a link to the MMO aspect. Instant battle = boring. Vyzion Eyri the visionary..... see what I did there...?
The most well hidden things are always in plain sight.
And @Yassavi, I was hoping MMO came in with free roaming (which apparently was mentioned at EVE Vegas), mercenary interactions (which don't involve plasma and biomass), PvE, 32v32 (and 64v64 although that's probably SOONGäó), battles like Planetside which last for hours, etc.
Although it's interesting how you've noticed that essentially it could be easy to make DUST have MMO elements through that connection with betting on us in EVE. Never saw it like that.
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