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| ID | Project | Category | Date Submitted | Last Update | |
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| 0010882 | AI War 1 / Classic | Suggestion - Game Mechanics - Endgame Mechanics | Mar 12, 2013 12:40 am | Mar 12, 2013 11:45 pm | |
| Reporter | motai | Assigned To | |||
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 6.011 | ||||
| Summary | 0010882: idea core shield hacker | ||||
| Description | as a different approch to hacking. instead of destroying core shield generators this would require that you hack 1 shield generator of each type. that does mean you cant desrtoy any but an a types. the idea is a 10 minute hack that counts as a hack for escalation. does nothing by itself but if you can do all 5, this overloads the core shield network so all core guard posts on homeworld self destruct. this is a escalation to a defense game sorta because it releases into attack all core units station in homeworlds at once. but is would be a satisfying and difficult undertaking since it requires 5 hacks on seperated worlds and survivng the counterstrike to win. might need to be balanced with some minor reqard like a 25% shield buff or 10k armoir buff to all shield including normal ones. to make it attractive in partial terms and building to the survival of the counterstrike. my other thought for this is that the hack would make the core shield generator capturable but only apply to making that systems command station indestructable. but personally i think that would go too far. | ||||
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Interesting. Essentially this is an alternate win condition. An AI homeworld without its guard posts is easy pickings for a late-game player fleet. Having said that, I'm not sure. As I said, this is an alternate win condition. If you are going to do this make it so that after each hack is complete you get a "mini-boss" with the last hack spawning an avenger. Then once the avenger dies it feeds back into the AI network and destroys the AI home command stations. Even then, this might be too dependent on map type. On a snake it would be pretty straightforward, on a lattice type map, good luck, it might just be impossible. |
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well i guess i implied but didnt state that yes this would be an alternate win. the theory actually is that it would kill the ai command station but you dont win till you kill the 2 avengers that spawn anyway. and since they would be in the middle of a full cap or homeworld defenders it would be bloody and brutal. but that was also my point you would basically set the entire galaxy from whatever to kill me now so there wouldnt be alot of workaround to sneak attack the command station. though im guess the sneaky thing to do is sneak sbs in and snipe it after you hack the network. but if you are doing that you did all the work that you could probably have won easier doing a different method. i only proposed it as an alternate route. and it seems different enough that it does add variety to a game. |
