How does alien res tower 'Canal' work?
peregrinus
Join Date: 2010-07-16 Member: 72445Members
Join Date: 2010-07-16 Member: 72445Members
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would be a great tactical element :)
but as long as we do not know about DI, we could not say if it would be hard to implement :/
i explained it for myself like this:
in "the real ns universe" gorges carry res from nodes to hive, but since that would destroy gameplay alot, that part was just omitted
that, or maybe the RT collects the "raw res" and attaches clumps of it to small carrying units that take it to the hive through the facility
So I am unsure if it increases it by 33% and then another 33% on top of the previous.
100% income without upgrades
133% on first upgrade
166% on second
200% on third
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Interesting Cory.... but we we're talking about the feature on the harvesters/extractors that boost the resource output.
Both the alien harvester and the marine extractors have a resources output upgrade. it is very useful and you'll notice a big difference when you have 3-4 res nodes capped at max upgrade. It really helps push the resources in end game which makes it easier to recover from losing a tech point and rebuilding quickly.
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Sounds amazing, and very useful! Hope this makes it into the game at some stage.
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tricked into content reveal FTW!
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My bacterium infested alien heart chuckles ruthlessly at the hive mind's creations >:D
content cancellation reveal, you mean
It's coming after release.
Remember, NS1 was still in development years after release on October 31st, 2002. NS2 will be the same.
Meaning more goodies.
I'll be buying (or not) NS2 based on the actual game content at the time of release, not based on speculation of what NS2v5 might contain. "This might show up later" isn't content. The tunnel thing was discussed as an NS2v1 feature, therefore not being in NS2v1 = cancelled for NS2v1.
I suppose teleportation-based movement suits the Shift structure more? After all, it is the supposed MC replacement, with "outmaneuver and redeploy" abilities.
It makes me wonder... how thick is DI going to be if an Alien can tunnel through it O_o?
I wish UWE stayed with simple. That's what was originally promised, a simpler NS, it's more complex. Dynamic is fun, power node, DI, tech point. You get some new. Although then over complexifying with inert and active abilities, commander only and player only. Canals and carbon and plasma? It's going to alienate new gamers to the NS world more so than ever before and create the need for combat to introduce the universe.
Plasma and carbon and crap are only relevant to the commander, the player just sees a money counter.
The idea of two resources is not rocket science, and is useful for balance. The thing that alienates people is joining a game and everything owns them in one shot for no readily explained reason.
* Some things cost Plasma, some Carbon
* The UI indicates one but you really need the other
* There is a Carbon cost but it sometimes deducts from your personal carbon, or the team's Carbon
It's not clear in-game which one you need (because of the 3 problems above) and I don't really get a sense of whether 400 carbon or plasma I sometimes get is very useful or not as commander, when I can't place many turrets because I have 20 in my own player's bank.
A single resource type would be cool (or correct the above issues), and I'd maybe let all team purchases draw on team resources - not individual players.
* Some things cost Plasma, some Carbon
* The UI indicates one but you really need the other
* There is a Carbon cost but it sometimes deducts from your personal carbon, or the team's Carbon
It's not clear in-game which one you need (because of the 3 problems above) and I don't really get a sense of whether 400 carbon or plasma I sometimes get is very useful or not as commander, when I can't place many turrets because I have 20 in my own player's bank.
A single resource type would be cool (or correct the above issues), and I'd maybe let all team purchases draw on team resources - not individual players.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I agree with your arguments. But 2 resource types will not be overwhelming if it is easy to spot which is used for which. I'm sure UWE will curbstomp as much useability in this game as humanly possible, but maybe not at this exact time. Patience young one =) (Allthough I like your arguments)