0008078: Build RoboMine / "Strategic" Resources - DEV Arcen

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0008078	Valley 1	Suggestion - Mission Ideas		May 23, 2012 11:24 pm	Jun 3, 2012 12:49 am

Reporter	Platypus	Assigned To
Status	considering	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.029

Summary	0008078: Build RoboMine / "Strategic" Resources
Description	To state the idea as briefly as I can I think it would be interesting to introduce a new Guardian Power much like Build Wind Shelter except it would be an automated mine type of building. When you build a Wind Shelter you have to complete a mission to actually get it up and running, same idea here, you place a RoboMine in any non-storm (This way it should not interfere with building a wind shelter network) and non-ocean tile and it creates a "Clear Mine Shaft" mission. This could work as an underground Battlegrounds variant in which your RoboMine spawns allied bots and a monster nest spawns an opposing force, a Boss Gang mission type could also work "Eliminate Monster Nest". A RoboMine appears on the world map once you clear the mission, same as Wind Shelters and Ocean Buoys. Once the mine is cleared you gain access to a Strategic Resource unique to that region. I.E. Clay for desert, High Carbon Steel for abandoned town, Obsidian for lava flats, Orichalcum for Deciduous Forest and Ocean Shallows. That kind of idea. I could see it either granting a slight continent wide buff for one element of magic (Let's say The Deep spawns a unique resource that gives a 5 to 10% mana cost reduction or damage boost for Entropy based spells, especially now that the conserving mind enchant no longer works the same way this could prevent Cheesing). Certain regions might provide the same Resource in order to prevent any overlap, for example regions that are from the same era (Thawing versus normal Ice Age). Otherwise Strategic resources could be used to create certain Personality Structures, especially seeing as most do not unlock until the 2nd continent and onwards. That way Personality Structures could require a reduce granite cost (it's a pain to gather) and substitute that with a "Required Strategic Resource". Construct RoboMine could be a scroll given as a standard mission reward. I do apologize for this extremely long winded post, but I am interested in whether this is an idea anybody else would consider interesting.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
May 23, 2012 11:24 pm	Platypus	New Issue
May 23, 2012 11:27 pm	Platypus	Description Updated
May 23, 2012 11:32 pm	GauHelldragon	Note Added: 0024768
May 24, 2012 9:59 am	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Feature Suggestion
May 24, 2012 9:59 am	tigersfan	Status	new => considering