i like the idea of protecting something while it's mining and it holds true to eve lore.

so you'd be fighting bots and basically sending your spare teammates over to screw the other team over and try and get them over run? could work

how would you work vehcles into this? also cant see a lot of the cod mentality crowd taking to killing bots

i like the idea, mind you i loved nexus in tribes 2 and capture and hold. most of the playerbase hated them.

Think of this as like going into deep null, high risk but great reward as far as earnings go.

lol deep null

lolno

This sounds more like if anything a possible high/low idea

There really isn't much risk/better reward in low so this is a perfect example of either earning multiple of the reg amount or nothing

Obv hasnt lived in low

Low offers some great rewards when compared to high, like chalk and cheese

lol deep null

lolno

This sounds more like if anything a possible high/low idea

Sorry i got off topic, this is basically dusters interacting with the planetary command centers

you should put it in the suggestions forum, the more gameplay types there are the better imo. when Eve brought in incursions it was a brilliant addition to the game, something like this might appeal to dusters.

offtopic but still think ccp and making a mistake with matchmaking, better for them to make servers where people can frequent and play regulary with other players and make bonds from there, bit like the bonds people make while incursioning together.

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

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?

Edit 1: npc corp is now replaced by a player owned facility

I really actually like the idea, but if it is a corp battle in this game mode it should work like this, depending on how many "Resources" have been mined, give the ISK equivilent to the CORP wallet rather than each player get a certain amount, but like I said. Only in corp battles, it would be cool though. :)

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