This may be rather technical to design/script, but to make the game a a bit more realistic, why not have some items on your ship malfunction/stop working after taking so much damage. E.g, thermoblast after 3/4 damage stops working. Repair droid, blaster, collector, and afterburner will always work. Maybe only the 4 "custom" items for each ship (e.g storm's 4 items, shock's 4 items etc.) will be able to malfunction.
Suggestion: Item Malfunction
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Im certain thats not a good idea at all. It would drive me crazy if i was blasting a bunch of mantis and then i couldnt use rockets and then if the afterburner then slowed down while i try to escape. i think it would annoy the hell out of loads of people.
If you had read the thread properly, you would have known that the 4 base abilities never would malfunction.Alryvo said:this game is not made to be ultra realistic... its made to be fun and strategic... a lot of maneuvering strategies would be lost if fx the afterburner malfunctioned... creative idea tho
Also, i suggest... Visual damage! And when something blows up, you'll se a wreckage for a short period of time.
Ohhh... instead of item failure... part failure!
Reactor failure: At about 90% damage and only with gemini and up. The back part of your ship is torn up, and lights and lightnings come out. Your items don't get enough energy and will lose in power.
Hull damage: Increasing in effect as the total damage goes up. The hull gets torn and scorched, and the ship's aerodynamics are lowered, and so, ship speed is lowered.
Computer system failure: At about 75% damage. Your weapons miss slightly more, the radar, and targets panel doesn't work, and the game lags slightly if you select a ship.
Shield deflector failure: Only for tanks and engis. At about 70% damage, you won't be able to use shield.
Energy Coil failure is the same for shocks with stun ability.
Rocket failure for storms with rockets.
Reactor failure: At about 90% damage and only with gemini and up. The back part of your ship is torn up, and lights and lightnings come out. Your items don't get enough energy and will lose in power.
Hull damage: Increasing in effect as the total damage goes up. The hull gets torn and scorched, and the ship's aerodynamics are lowered, and so, ship speed is lowered.
Computer system failure: At about 75% damage. Your weapons miss slightly more, the radar, and targets panel doesn't work, and the game lags slightly if you select a ship.
Shield deflector failure: Only for tanks and engis. At about 70% damage, you won't be able to use shield.
Energy Coil failure is the same for shocks with stun ability.
Rocket failure for storms with rockets.
Are you sick ppl not getting podded enough or what? Might as well just program in a death pod routine so that every 5 or 10 minutes, you have a 1% chance of your reactor core going critical and you just POD instantly! Adrana, please come and lock this thread with those keys of yours!!
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sbatten, great idea! or, on a gm's birthday, they choose one lucky vega noob to throw into the sun
I have a better idea. Randomly draw a pilot that is still only in Vega, and make their ship as strong as a Sol for a few hours and let them go pod some higher level ppl!! Make it so that others cannot tell that their ship is this strong.
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