Koan Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
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Posted - 2013.10.27 06:29:00 -
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Ok so I wanted to contribute something to the forums, and Devs willing something to the game itself. So I thought about my previous experience with various games and came to an idea. I play a scout. Scout's scout things. That's what we do. Other than having a microphone though, we cannot communicate with our team unless we happen to have a squad in skype. So I propose this piece of equipment based off of two games.
The tracer dart involves a special whisper silent pistol type device that allows you to fire a small transmitting beacon onto a vehicle or dropsuit. This idea came from bad company (The first one) where the recon had a piece of equipment that did this exact thing. This beacon consists of a visual tiny red flashing light wherever the dart happens to hit visible from quite a distance as a slow flashing beacon light and a regular target icon. Now for the gameplay mechanics to make it interesting.
The beacon will feed information to your team, similar to a scanner, but on a small scale for a longer duration. This would be mainly to track vehicles or dropsuits around the map, ideally lasting for around 1 minute in duration. This should also feed a bonus to those running swarm launchers that increases their damage by lets say 1% per incoming missile (Idea taken from the Narc missile beacon from battletech tabletop). This could also increase the travel distance for a set of missiles by lets say 25%, giving them a reason to be used in tandem with a squad
Other mechanics to think about possibly:
Assisting aim for forge gunners is a possibility
Shots at basic level = 3, additional ammunition skill?
Increased time of effect per operation level?
cpu/pg fitting cost (Should stay fairly light unless adding bonuses to av weapons)
Target information from the icon when panned over
Should possibly not trigger an alarm on a vehicle, leaving it to the pilot to detect the device through their own eyes.
Discussions, questions, comments, snide remarks all welcome.
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Koan Zalinto
Bobbit's Hangmen
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Posted - 2013.10.27 06:51:00 -
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Ulysses Knapse wrote:"Tracer" is a confusing term. That aside, it's an interesting idea, though I doubt it will be considered.
That it is, but tracker didnt sound as cool. That being said, I know it likely wont be considered. However like I used to do in battletech, homegrown stuff is always interesting for me to at least theorize on. |