purely cosmetic 'rank' upgrade for marines
tarquinbb
Join Date: 2012-11-03 Member: 166314Members
Join Date: 2012-11-03 Member: 166314Members
i was thinking that it would be pretty cool if, like aliens, the marines had a little more diversity amongst their soldiers. upon close inspection, one of the first things anyone will notice is that the marines are literally a bunch of clones.
obviously the marine model/skins should remain true to their traditional design/style, but wouldn't it be awesome if you were given a badass 'twist' to your character appearance as a reward for your actions in-game.
for example once you reach 50 points in a game, then your character model will gain some stripes, maybe gain an upgraded helmet. then when you reach 100 points you're so badass that you lose the helmet and gain a cigar and a few battle scars.
maybe it's just me, but helm-less is totally badass. clearly there are no badass marines enrolled with TSF, that's probably why they're getting pummeled so badly
obviously the marine model/skins should remain true to their traditional design/style, but wouldn't it be awesome if you were given a badass 'twist' to your character appearance as a reward for your actions in-game.
for example once you reach 50 points in a game, then your character model will gain some stripes, maybe gain an upgraded helmet. then when you reach 100 points you're so badass that you lose the helmet and gain a cigar and a few battle scars.
maybe it's just me, but helm-less is totally badass. clearly there are no badass marines enrolled with TSF, that's probably why they're getting pummeled so badly
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it's not 'levelling' as in an RPG. the idea is that levelling only involves subtle changes to your appearance. only enough so that if people are actually looking at you; they might notice that your playermodel looks more 'seasoned'.
aside from distracting from the cheap 'clone' vibe, i figured it would also be pretty awesome to 'see' the good players on your team without bringing up the scoreboard... as well as the reward in itself for making your playermodel more badass-looking; in return for exceptional play being an MVP etc.
i think that's a good idea too, but both suggestions can exist simultaneously. people can buy and display their 'DLC' skins all the same. i still believe it would be nice to have some sort of system for breaking up the marine clones without having to pay, and basing the 'upgrade' on performance would be a nice mini-game for marine players.
Female marines and marines of other races? Yeh sure. But lower priority than other things one would hope.
i'm not sure how you 'selfishly' weld stuff or kill enemy harvesters.
if points are awarded for selfish play then the point system needs to be reworked.
You could basically just do the same thing in NS2 with a small icon next to a player's name (plus maybe a name for the ranks on the scoreboard, but that's visually busy enough already), but force the rank to reset as soon as the player dies. This is especially relevant for alien play as you generally want to keep a lifeform going as long as you can without losing it while at the same time racking up kills and doing damage. It would be a lot of fun for spectating competitive matches to shout out "oh NO that fade is doing so much damage up to [whatever] already and it keeps going!" etc. and could add a bit more theatrical flair to the already rather stellar match spectating system.
Anything beyond that is probably going too far. I doubt it would alter play too much to make people play too conservatively (lots of people are a bit too suicidal with their skulks anyway). I've never seen anyone try to play for a score/K:D maximizing strategy in public games before (beyond doing what they should be doing to win) and I don't think a cute little icon would change that.
SUPER MASTER SERGEANT SHOOTER SOLDIER TO THE EXTREME!
[INCLUDE BADGE ICON POPUP TO BLOCK YOUR SCREEN]
SO AWESOME
You forgot to mention the little silly musical drum solo that plays along with the icon, akin to how BF2 did it. With the commander congradulating you on your great work and everything.
Next in the works, Medals and Awards systems for max-ePeen status for bragging rights and macho-macho standoffs between gamer-jocks. Can't wait. *Sarcasm*
i was thinking more subtle and conceivable, and only when you meet 'gosu' criteria would you see the truely unique-looking visual upgrade. too unique and it looks even more like identical quintuplets.