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Hell Bender
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K'Luth Revolution
Joined: April 30, 2002
Posts: 117
From: Knoxville, Maryland USA
|  Posted: 2009-12-20 16:43
Okay, so I was thinking, and you can shoot this down if you like, but why not give each faction a specialized platform? Here's what I propose:
Each faction retains the ability to build the current three types of platforms, but each would get a unique platform more suited toward thier faction. I, being kluth, would like to have an ECM platform and think it more suited to kluth than say, eccm, which hinders the cloak. ICC would in turn get a shield charging platform. This would be independant of a supply platform and would only recharge the sheilds. How fast? that I don't know, it would have to be tested. As for the UGTO, I haven't played them enough to know what would be a good unique platform, but maybe something like an Advanced Weapons platform that is really nasty compaired with the current weapons platform and much stronger.
Thoughts?
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Rebellion
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From: sol
| Posted: 2009-12-20 17:38
ecm plat how powerful?
sheild recharger...... not nearly equal to a ecm plat
more powerful wep plat would just overpower utgo
yes we need more plats but these ideas arnt wut we need
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Iwancoppa
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Joined: November 15, 2008
Posts: 709
| Posted: 2009-12-20 17:54
we shouldnt need special stuff to recharge shields.
its been suggested before, anything that affects armor regen should affect shields too.
ECM plat? unethical. someone might see you have one next to your planet, then go and easily bomb it because the ECM plat provides ECM for the bombs.
overpowered UGTO weapons platform... what can i say. make it a QST platform: 2 QST's, 1 lazor
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SpaceGK
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Joined: July 26, 2009
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From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2009-12-20 18:22
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Okay, so I was thinking, and you can shoot this down if you like, but why not give each faction a specialized platform? Here's what I propose:
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sounds alot like specialized stations that have been sujested in the past, just in a different form. thats not really a bad thing, but im just saying.
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On 2009-12-20 17:38, CRAZY45. wrote:
ecm plat how powerful?
sheild recharger...... not nearly equal to a ecm plat
more powerful wep plat would just overpower utgo
yes we need more plats but these ideas arnt wut we need
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it would overpower ugto? yes many of ugto's ships would win againt any other factions ships in a one on one battle, BUT, if u take a look in sagittarius latily u will see that ugto's getting its but kicked by even icc. the luthies r the ones that r smoking everyone and the uggies r doing good to have 5 planets. dont know if its the player numbers or ships or what but thats a topic for a different form.
poit is that at the moment overpowered ugto shouldnt be a worry from what ive seen
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Borgie
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Joined: August 15, 2005
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From: close by
| Posted: 2009-12-20 18:28
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On 2009-12-20 18:22, spacegatekid08 wrote:
BUT, if u take a look in sagittarius latily u will see that ugto's getting its but kicked by even icc.
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you get your butt kicked becuase yall fail in combat. only time you see a ugto ship these days outside of a planet is when they have 2 on 1 on you. soon as it is a fair fight, ugto reteats back to a cluster. where they start spaming fighters.
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Don Nukey of ICC *CO*
Chief Marshal
Interstellar Cultural Confederation United
Joined: June 05, 2006
Posts: 429
From: Zeebrugge, belgium
| Posted: 2009-12-20 18:34
ok now back on topic
here is my icc fighterbase platform
http://i33.tinypic.com/2zsblf8.jpg
lets link massivehueg images or use a thumbnail, kthx
[ This Message was edited by: Doran on 2009-12-20 19:12 ]
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Tellaris
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Galactic Navy
Joined: April 30, 2002
Posts: 830
From: Land of Chocolate
| Posted: 2009-12-21 01:45
I rather like the idea of a team special platform. Maybe ICC can get a plat that adds an extra layer of shields to all nearby friendly ships? In other words, a buff. Or, acts like a planetary shield generator in lieu of one actually on the planet? Fighter plat would be a good one too. Or maybe an IT/AR missile platform. (6 total, 2 IT 4 AR for example)
For a K'Luth, maybe a plat that "cloaks" nearby friendlies up to a reduced radius, say 100 gu? (Counter to this would be mass ECCM, where each emitter would reduce its effectiveness by 25 gu for example) Or maybe just cloaks structures on planets... You can target the planet, see that its owned by Luth, see its type, but you can't see the structures on the planet, or the population/infantry count until you orbit it...
For the UGTO - Advanced Defense Platform would be nice. More armor, more weapons. As for the type of weapons? Maybe an extra QST and 2 - 4 Particle cannons for smacking smaller faster targets?
Also a potential idea for all factions... a Minefield Platform - Creates and maintains a large area low density mine field around itself. Uses faction specific mines. Mines do not decay, are randomly placed within a certain radius. They decay only when their maintaining platform has been destroyed. It wouldn't have to move, just specify a radius and spawn mines in it. Can say these particular mines have engines and can move to their spots before arming.
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Pegasus
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Joined: August 02, 2005
Posts: 434
From: Eleventh galaxy on the right!
| Posted: 2009-12-21 03:19
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On 2009-12-20 18:34, Don Nukey of ICC *CO* wrote:
ok now back on topic
here is my icc fighterbase platform
http://i33.tinypic.com/2zsblf8.jpg
lets link massivehueg images or use a thumbnail, kthx
[ This Message was edited by: Doran on 2009-12-20 19:12 ]
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Nice drawing Nukey.
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The Fridge
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Templar Knights
Joined: December 13, 2008
Posts: 559
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| Posted: 2009-12-21 04:35
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On 2009-12-21 03:19, Pegasus wrote:
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On 2009-12-20 18:34, Don Nukey of ICC *CO* wrote:
ok now back on topic
here is my icc fighterbase platform
http://i33.tinypic.com/2zsblf8.jpg
lets link massivehueg images or use a thumbnail, kthx
[ This Message was edited by: Doran on 2009-12-20 19:12 ]
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Nice drawing Nukey.
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And that's with just a Etch a Sketch.
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-Daedalus-
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Joined: September 26, 2006
Posts: 549
| Posted: 2009-12-21 10:28
I would like a shield platform. Same as the sensor one we have now just with a larger area it covers. And up the amount of plats to 50.
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Scorched Soul[+R]
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Joined: November 14, 2005
Posts: 378
From: USA, NJ, Princeton
| Posted: 2009-12-21 10:42
I think that a cloak plat should either only cloak friendly plats and or buildings on planets because being forced to cloak makes it difficult to fire weapons or it should provide some manner of buff to cloaking speed of nearby ships or some combination there of.
Overall I really like the idea and the concept of reduced effectiveness due to eccm as well as faction specific plats although I don't play the other factions nearly enough to have an informed opinion of what their plats should be
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Ants
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Joined: February 11, 2005
Posts: 315
From: Canada
| Posted: 2009-12-21 12:46
I still believe that ECM should not be a luth tech,
Luth already have GREAT stealth tech.
Remove ECM from luth can rework there smaller ships cloak.
Shield regen plat... not really feasible.
Stronger weapons for UGTO will make everyone else cry.
But I do agree with abilities...
Perhaps,
Luth plats can cloak...
Supply’s will uncloak when friendly’s comes say within 250-500 gu.
Weapon plats will decloak when enemy comes in range.
ICC sensor plats/"or Weapon" will toss out an energy bolt towards enemy evey 20 - 30 seconds (or more), the bolt will implode to a small pulse wave like 100-150gu when detecting enemy bombs fighters missiles...
UGTO sensor plats/"or Weapon" can have a Flux wave or beam. Should be a close ranged weapon
my thoughts 
[ This Message was edited by: Fatal Ants *XO* on 2009-12-21 12:57 ]
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Xydes
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Joined: August 07, 2009
Posts: 276
From: England
| Posted: 2009-12-21 12:47
Meh. This is like saying: We need an Interdictor Platform.
We dont need a Interdictor PLatform, and we surely dont need these Idea as platforms. Yes ok maybe unique platforms for each faction, I agree, but not an Adv Wep Plat or ECM plat or SHield recharger (good idea tho)
For ICC: Missle Platform (ICC is mostly long range so why not?)
For UGTO: Fighter Platform (Meh this just popped into my head)
For Luth: Energy Depleter Platform (Now this name just sounds good!)
-The Energy Depleter Platform depletes the energy of near by Enemy ships and transfers the energy to luth ships. Cause we all know that having almost pure Energy Weps really depletes your energy...
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MrSparkle
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Posts: 1912
From: mrsparkle
| Posted: 2009-12-21 13:06
Hmm off the top of my head, because I like the idea of special platforms for factions:
ICC - Pulse wave platform
UGTO - EMP cannon platform
Kluth - ELF beam platform
All three use faction-specific devices.
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Azreal
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Joined: March 14, 2004
Posts: 2816
From: United State of Texas, Houston
| Posted: 2009-12-21 22:47
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On 2009-12-21 10:28, --Daedalus-- wrote:
I would like a shield platform. Same as the sensor one we have now just with a larger area it covers. And up the amount of plats to 50.
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50 shield plats with a big radius being towed or deployed in an area....ouch. Having deployable shields would be as exploitable as deployable cloak. (don't say that fast)
I like the missle ones. Thats a nice idea.
I'd still like to see dictors moved to plats and removed from ships.
I'd like to see ecm plats.
Id like the # of plats increased, however, I'd like to see them capped by type if they get more diverse. As in the case of the ecm plats, in order to control possible exploits, cap the ecm plats per faction @5.
Also, I'd make certain plats untractorable to prevent exploit. Not all, but some.
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