Ninja Mining (Of Sorts)
silver falcon
Join Date: 2010-07-14 Member: 72374Members
Join Date: 2010-07-14 Member: 72374Members
You know when you get to that point for a team when your back is against the wall, the last rush or two has destroyed almost everything you own and the res flow is close to non-exsistance or gone entirely. You don't have enough money to drop another res tower and even if you did it probably get destroyed pretty fast.
Enter the portable mining tool. A drop-able / buyable item that allows (for this example) a marine to carry it to a resource point, and latch on. As long as he holds down the button (like you would a welder) the res slowly trickles in again. He can let go and cut off the supply to defend himself or die and drop it so hopefully someone else can pick it up and continue to help the team.
I envision for the aliens, two potential ideas.
1st - stays true to what is essentially a mirror of the marine version. a skulk or gorge or possibly any alien buys an upgrade which allows them to basically suck res out of a node.
2nd - kind of different, again an alien (most likely gorge) buys an upgrade that allows him to drop a temporary cyst like goop on the node which drains a few res and then rots away. this can be destroyed by marines prematurely if found and allows the gorge to drop then run and hide.
Notes for readers
- it does NOT draw res any faster then a tower would, meaning those using the "device" would be exposed for lengthy periods of time
- it can be used late in game when most or all res towers are destroyed, so even though the team has no more res to spend, the individuals can give up their res to buy the device and help out for the chance to rebuild and help the commander out.
- it could potentially be used early to mid game as a way to ninja mine in areas close to the enemies starting point or high traffic areas but I leave that one up to you guys to decide, it just crossed my mind.
Enter the portable mining tool. A drop-able / buyable item that allows (for this example) a marine to carry it to a resource point, and latch on. As long as he holds down the button (like you would a welder) the res slowly trickles in again. He can let go and cut off the supply to defend himself or die and drop it so hopefully someone else can pick it up and continue to help the team.
I envision for the aliens, two potential ideas.
1st - stays true to what is essentially a mirror of the marine version. a skulk or gorge or possibly any alien buys an upgrade which allows them to basically suck res out of a node.
2nd - kind of different, again an alien (most likely gorge) buys an upgrade that allows him to drop a temporary cyst like goop on the node which drains a few res and then rots away. this can be destroyed by marines prematurely if found and allows the gorge to drop then run and hide.
Notes for readers
- it does NOT draw res any faster then a tower would, meaning those using the "device" would be exposed for lengthy periods of time
- it can be used late in game when most or all res towers are destroyed, so even though the team has no more res to spend, the individuals can give up their res to buy the device and help out for the chance to rebuild and help the commander out.
- it could potentially be used early to mid game as a way to ninja mine in areas close to the enemies starting point or high traffic areas but I leave that one up to you guys to decide, it just crossed my mind.