Before i dump a bunch of time into this

[tcsoccerman]

I want to know what you all think of this. I'm not sure if this whole ssdev thing is still going, but I want to keep it quiet while getting some valid input and this seemed to be the best spot.

 

It is of course another zone idea. It seems like fun and that it would work in my head, but another person's views may find loopholes and problems.

 

Main idea: It is based off of star wars battlefront. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJTOduOWoNA . The important parts are the command points (one is being captured at 44 seconds in vide). Players are spawned at any one of the command points their team owns. If all command points are taken by one team, the other team cannot spawn, and the remaining players must take a command point (cp), or their team loses.

 

On top of all of this, each team only has x number of respawns. This means that each time a team member dies, your team loses a respawn. Once you reach 0, only the remaining players are your chance to win.

 

The winning team is the one that elimates all enemy players, either through taking all the command points, thus not allowing other team to respawn, or killing other team in that they have no respawns left.

 

Porting to continuum/my additions:There would have to be a few changes (imo) to port this to 2d continuum.

1.)In the video, you noticed that when players spawn they select the cp they want to spawn at graphically. In continuum, players would spawn in a safe completely out of the map and enclosed. From the safe there would be 5 portals for each cp that they could enter. Using ASSS regions, if the player owned the warper to the correlating cp, they would then spawn there.

 

2.)Because basing is so much fun, I thought it'd be a good idea to put the cp's at the end of a small base (see attached sketch). Pros: basing Cons: takes longer to get to cp and capture

 

3.)To add a little more strategy, a little bit of warping would be added. ?to would warp you to the relevant cp #, given that you own it. this can only be used when in a cp or in safe. Pros: more strategy, quicker movement b/w cp's, allows you to warp to an owned cp that is being taken by opposing team (there is a graphical radar of all cps. when a cp is owned it is a solid color of that team, when it is being captured or decaptured it is a blinking color of owning team). Cons: makes running easy.

 

I'm sorry if this is hard to understand, it is a little complex. I will attach the map i had worked out (just a rough sketch).

 

Do you think that this gameplay style would work?

 

Thanks for any feedback.

 

map:

 

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3649986/image0-4.jpg

Edited January 3, 2010 by tcsoccerman

[BDwinsAlt]

I think it would have worked a few years ago. We actually had a somewhat 3D zone back then. It still didn't last that long. I don't think it will really work that well. A lot of people make cool ASSS modules for zones (Command & Conquer/Pirates), but those zones really don't succeed. Maybe it's because of the difference in game-play, but it would be a bigger risk of wasting your time than a normal zone would imo. It looks cool to me, but the reality is just too uncertain. Maybe once we get a new client if we pick up more population it will work. BaK- might even be able to add some cool features that your zone might use that isn't in the orignal continuum client.

 

Oh yeah, if you did pursue this project (I would help if you decide to), then maybe add some more minifeatures to the map. It's kinda dull in some places. I suggest have different areas as stores. Like buy ammo at one places, buy reps and stuff at other places. It would be like a market place then.

 

Heatsinking missiles!

Edited January 5, 2010 by BDwinsAlt