Is it a great idea? Terrible? Exploitable? Unfair? Unforgiving? Please give some kind of feedback!

Yes.

This came to me while reminiscing my early online multiplayer times(aka noob years)


A gameplay mode called Taxer of the hill.

The match starts with the teams fighting over a relatively fortified area near the center of the map which is a mining/resource harvesting facility.

There would be a plethora of neutral Ai enemies fighting both teams if they get close to the facility, but they can be stopped completely by capturing or destroying the clone vat(s). There would be two heavily armoured but weaponless MCC variants that would be able to harvest the materials gained from the facility and as long as that is going on, the isk earned for actions completed near/in the facility would be multiplied (possibly by 3 or 4 times) and the losing team/team with the least amount of materials harvested would earn either no isk or a very small amount.

The point of this game mode would be to promote teamwork and have a higher risk vs reward.

Any thoughts?

You lost me as soon as you said "Ai enemies".


I'm not a huge fan of fighting a computer controlled enemy,nor do I like any iteration of a horde mode game type.

The Ai enemies won't even be the biggest problem, they're just defending what was a neutral area

So basically, we'd be playing Skirmish on a fortified map - but instead of killing the MCC, we steal resources from a third party?
Definitely a good idea, but I think it would really shine as an all-player mode with three factions.
Here's my spin on it.

>PI: this should be the primary mode for attacking factory installations. Even though you aren't actually capturing the base, the reduced gain would be a crippling blow to the owner(s), especially if the facility is producing fuel-block ingredients.

>MCC target: The defender should be trying to kill the MCCs. Likely they would do this by re-capturing a null cannon station on each side of the map, or by letting an EVE ship nuke them from orbit.

>Impact: The resources the attackers take is deducted from the PI output. If it is more than one cycle's worth, then the factory will temporarily launch customs packages into the attacker corp's hangar. If Robotics are taken, then... Well, any EVE player will know what that means.

So let's say to alliance corps are fighting a single base but whichever alliance takes the base by the end of the match earns the money and Pi.

Great idea !
Would love to play against "bot clones"... maybe we can think of other game modes involving this (Instead of the robot killing we will have at the launch)

This came to me while reminiscing my early online multiplayer times(aka noob years)


A gameplay mode called Taxer of the hill.

The match starts with the teams fighting over a relatively fortified area near the center of the map which is a mining/resource harvesting facility.

There would be a plethora of neutral Ai enemies fighting both teams if they get close to the facility, but they can be stopped completely by capturing or destroying the clone vat(s). There would be two heavily armoured but weaponless MCC variants that would be able to harvest the materials gained from the facility and as long as that is going on, the isk earned for actions completed near/in the facility would be multiplied (possibly by 3 or 4 times) and the losing team/team with the least amount of materials harvested would earn either no isk or a very small amount.

The point of this game mode would be to promote teamwork and have a higher risk vs reward.

Any thoughts?

let it die

This came to me while reminiscing my early online multiplayer times(aka noob years)


A gameplay mode called Taxer of the hill.

The match starts with the teams fighting over a relatively fortified area near the center of the map which is a mining/resource harvesting facility.

There would be a plethora of neutral Ai enemies fighting both teams if they get close to the facility, but they can be stopped completely by capturing or destroying the clone vat(s). There would be two heavily armoured but weaponless MCC variants that would be able to harvest the materials gained from the facility and as long as that is going on, the isk earned for actions completed near/in the facility would be multiplied (possibly by 3 or 4 times) and the losing team/team with the least amount of materials harvested would earn either no isk or a very small amount.

The point of this game mode would be to promote teamwork and have a higher risk vs reward.

Any thoughts?

More deaths and kills........ sign me up.

This came to me while reminiscing my early online multiplayer times(aka noob years)


A gameplay mode called Taxer of the hill.

The match starts with the teams fighting over a relatively fortified area near the center of the map which is a mining/resource harvesting facility.

There would be a plethora of neutral Ai enemies fighting both teams if they get close to the facility, but they can be stopped completely by capturing or destroying the clone vat(s). There would be two heavily armoured but weaponless MCC variants that would be able to harvest the materials gained from the facility and as long as that is going on, the isk earned for actions completed near/in the facility would be multiplied (possibly by 3 or 4 times) and the losing team/team with the least amount of materials harvested would earn either no isk or a very small amount.

The point of this game mode would be to promote teamwork and have a higher risk vs reward.

Any thoughts?

it sounds like the game mode is meant to rob NPC's. yeah i think this might work with a little tweaking, how bout a game mode featuring actual player owned mining facilities and their actual layouts (as in EVE) being the maps for a 256 player battle?
just a thought