A little idea for the future. Hats!... more or less
Koruyo
AUT Join Date: 2009-06-06 Member: 67724Members, Reinforced - Shadow
AUT Join Date: 2009-06-06 Member: 67724Members, Reinforced - Shadow
Since we got Black Armor (At least we special edition owners)
I was thinking of adding some kind of rank system for players with some visual benefits.
I dont wanna go that much into details, but it should go somehow like this:
You gain xp for winning or losing a match (more for wins ofc)
Ranks will be displayed next to your name in the scoreboard, and in a mainmenu-tab.
Besides this rankup system i would like to add a recolor(restricted colorranges that fit the ns2 style) feature for marines and aliens.
Edit: maybe change the system to gain xp + some kind of uwepoints to buy the colors, models yourself(with lvl requirement)
Example: Super cool skin X, needs lvl 34 and costs 500uwepoints to buy.
The Rank menu-tab gets a wardrobe screen to select different skin/armor-tones and models.
This stuff unlocks via rank-ups.
So you gain more and more colors/models to choose from.
The marine and alien in the mainmenu-screen get your chosen colors and models. (also add a model with your colors into the armory and gestate menu, maybe even make a little thirdperson cam stuff after dying)
Benefits:
- Ppl have a ruff info about how expirienced somebody could be (Rank is displayed next to the name @scoreboard)
- A little addictive stuff is always good, for a product. (im lvl 1337 - im so pro!)
- Its visible for others.
Problems:
- You need to make sure you only get xp for playing vanilla without fancy server mods, exploiting the lvlup system. (set team x win loop etc.)
- And lots of other stuff and work.
PS: The special edition model should stay unique.
PPS: Models shouldnt be too different from the originals, maybe only minor things like nightvision googles, no hud, spikes @ alien bonearmor etc.
PPPS: Or just crap on my idea and just add this stuff to the menu, male-/ female- marine, and maybe 2-3 little armorcolor, model and skintone variations
I was thinking of adding some kind of rank system for players with some visual benefits.
I dont wanna go that much into details, but it should go somehow like this:
You gain xp for winning or losing a match (more for wins ofc)
Ranks will be displayed next to your name in the scoreboard, and in a mainmenu-tab.
Besides this rankup system i would like to add a recolor(restricted colorranges that fit the ns2 style) feature for marines and aliens.
Edit: maybe change the system to gain xp + some kind of uwepoints to buy the colors, models yourself(with lvl requirement)
Example: Super cool skin X, needs lvl 34 and costs 500uwepoints to buy.
The Rank menu-tab gets a wardrobe screen to select different skin/armor-tones and models.
This stuff unlocks via rank-ups.
So you gain more and more colors/models to choose from.
The marine and alien in the mainmenu-screen get your chosen colors and models. (also add a model with your colors into the armory and gestate menu, maybe even make a little thirdperson cam stuff after dying)
Benefits:
- Ppl have a ruff info about how expirienced somebody could be (Rank is displayed next to the name @scoreboard)
- A little addictive stuff is always good, for a product. (im lvl 1337 - im so pro!)
- Its visible for others.
Problems:
- You need to make sure you only get xp for playing vanilla without fancy server mods, exploiting the lvlup system. (set team x win loop etc.)
- And lots of other stuff and work.
PS: The special edition model should stay unique.
PPS: Models shouldnt be too different from the originals, maybe only minor things like nightvision googles, no hud, spikes @ alien bonearmor etc.
PPPS: Or just crap on my idea and just add this stuff to the menu, male-/ female- marine, and maybe 2-3 little armorcolor, model and skintone variations
Comments
I could see this as a server plugin, but I don't see why UWE should spend time on it.
Multiplayer games, especially action oriented, need to stay away from pointless grinds so people will actually play for the game and not for the silly hat or cool colored suits. Some examples would be Worms Reloaded and PVK2. Worms does have an shop system, but all of the credits earned are done in single player at that one person's leisure, and does not ruin it for everyone else looking for a game. PVK2 has a pointless but charming command to custom name your own parrot, so people will learn to fear you and your bird Pecky. The promotional black marine suit is also a good example, since all it does is change the marine's skin to a black palate, which was earned for supporting the game before it was even released publicly. As long as it comes from the get-go and doesn't require the entire community to suffer is what I'm getting it.
A fun idea for the whole marine skin idea would be to make a marine's suit turn into their squad's color decided by the commander. Those not in a squad would still be using their original or black skins. Pink squads, everywhere.