Empires: Perfect union project (playable demo)

What are you implying?

 

that tank has way too many things on it. and the gas tanks simply say shoot me for fireworks display.

 

I understand that keeping Polys low and using normal maps and other such effects is the best thing to do...

However you still need the base model to have a semblance of the shape of the object your modelling. I have a hard time visualizing objects such as these without exterior help. THAT is what I was praising megel for

 

What Baneblade version is that?

 

Stormsword.

 

too many?
here is a size referense.


the tank is specialized as a siege breaker and for demolition of defenses and structures in massive battles...

which is exactly what can happend in wh40k if the tank get shoot by an armour piercing round from behind followed by a unlucky dice roll...

 

did he say dice? wow.

 

yep, warhammer 40k, never heard of it?
or perhaps dawn of war rings a bell?

 

It's the space version of dungeons and dragons, except more like a turn-based tactics game instead of a turn-based rpg.

 

It's nothing like DnD.

The only things it shares is the fact that it's tabletop and you use dice.

That's like saying yahtzee is the same as DnD.

 

i was unaware of that you had modified it, what was the original tricount? (if you still got the original that is)

 

I was thinking of a Missions system for Empires Unity

Commander and Squad Leader can create missions. Missions are made available to players who are qualified to undertake that mission immediately or, all missions can be seen by hitting the mission button and bringing up the mission screen. Each mission cost a certain number of Squad or Command points but extra points can be tacked on to make it more appealing to the takers. Open missions have a timer and expire if not taken. Expired missions cost the Squad/Commander 10% rounded up to the nearest point. Once a player accepts a mission it is taken off the market and can not be accepted by other players. Successfully completing the mission awards the player with the squad/command points. Squad leaders/commanders who create missions that are successful are refunded 25% of their mission cost. No points are awarded for failed missions.

Only applicable players can accept missions.
Example, Only player in an attack aircraft can accept Air strike missions. Only players driving a tank can accept Armor support missions, etc.

Squad Leader Mission Requests:
Air strike: Strike this area (request number of strikes, size of munitions)
Evac: evacuate squad to point on map (Evac from current location to way point on map placed by squad leader)
Armor Support: Have armor stay within certain distance of squad for certain amount of time (request type of armor [light, med or heavy] as well as duration of escort)
Artillery strike: barrage this area. (can request certain level of barrage)
Destroy Target: Destroy target.

Commander Mission Requests: Only squad leaders can accept Commander missions.
Move to this location- Very cheap, just move there.
Attack area- Attack target within area for certain amount of time.
Defend this position- remain within area for certain amount of time.
Destroy this target- destroy target
Capture this point- capture building or area on ground identified by commander.

What are your thoughts?

 

sounds rather complicated to implement, test, balance but, it could be interesting.

 

That actually sounds pretty awesome

 

We had a similar plan for ColdTrap when it was getting designed. Yours sounds a bit better since ours was mostly automatically generated.

Your points system sounds a bit confusing. But that's probably because I don't understand how the squad/command points would interact with the rest of the game.

But from what I read its like a bounty system
Commander puts up mission for 10 points
Squad A takes mission and is successful and gets 10 points
Commander gets 3 points (0.25 * 10, rounded up) back for successful mission

Is that correct?

It sounds good but would probably be better with a whole mission board kinda thing instead of just random allocation / anyone who can allocation

 

You should throttle your great ideas by ability to make them in the game. This isn't even core of gameplay.

Let's assume your Empires Unity works mostly like Empires - there are squads. It's already stupid thing to have. If you add more abilities based on squads it gets even dumber. Static squads simply don't work after team starts getting into tanks. Your idea of missions makes static, slow inefficient system into even more inefficient one. Situation in 16 vs 16 changes so often that all these little missions will at best distract from the thing that makes most sense to do.