Possible idea for a new epic AT
By
CommunistPenguin,
Posted on: 2009-03-30 14:56 in Suggestions and Ideas
Pretty sweet! It reminds me of the Duplicate Boy-type ATs that get suggested from time to time. Unfortunately, the balancing and structural issues that cripple that suggestion also apply to this one... it would require a lot of time investment to create, and quite possibly be easy for players to abuse even so. Keep in mind that salvage and the like can still be farmed -- a significant increase in demand often yields a significant increase in supply shortly down the road. (Or it would, in a free market, which we come pretty close to in this fictional game. Corporate capitalism sucks.)
Of course, I don't expect to see much done with the coming storm for a couple years at least. So who knows what'll've happened by then, structurally to the game?
To be fair we would then have to make archery and assault rifle characters purchase ammo. Then no one would play those power sets anymore.
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Pretty sweet! It reminds me of the Duplicate Boy-type ATs that get suggested from time to time. Unfortunately, the balancing and structural issues that cripple that suggestion also apply to this one... it would require a lot of time investment to create, and quite possibly be easy for players to abuse even so. Keep in mind that salvage and the like can still be farmed -- a significant increase in demand often yields a significant increase in supply shortly down the road. (Or it would, in a free market, which we come pretty close to in this fictional game. Corporate capitalism sucks.)
Of course, I don't expect to see much done with the coming storm for a couple years at least. So who knows what'll've happened by then, structurally to the game?
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Balance wise, I was thinking somewhere around human form kheldian for attacks and def. In other words, nothing special, but not terrible. The real balance would be what powers are given to the set to craft, and how many charges each power gets.
Origin wise, i was thinking tech and magic.
Jay Doherty: Yes, there was this one night that I was ready to go home but had to drop the browns off at the super bowl before I left for home. While on the throne it hit me. I stayed for a few more hours and that why we have the pain pads in the game.
So here is the idea... A tinkerer style character. The set is based around various crafted powers. Players could go either melee, or ranged, or a combo. Balance could be designed around how many charges, or the length of time a power works. So your standard attack power, say "pistol" would get alot of charges, and it would be relatively cheap to craft. But something more powerful would be much more limited. Say crafting a robot pet or somesuch, you would only get 5 charges per craft.
Initially, you would start off with a choice of two attacks. A club based attack, aka pipewrench, or a laser pistol attack. These would be slottable like any other.
The rest of the powers you unlock would be a set of craftable powers. Perhaps have two versions of the at, either def& buff/melee&ranged or Melee&ranged/def&buff. Moreover, you would only have a certain number of powers you could have crafted at a time.
The idea of the AT, is extreme versatility, at the cost of finite use. You can make a katana & pistol/debuffing character, but you have limited uses for your powers, so you must choose wisely which ones to take.
the craftable powers themselves would be a wide range of powers as they appear in order from other sets and such.
Moreover, since these powers are crafted, they would require salvage to make. So if a particular power combo became extremely powerful, market forces would encourage players to find new combinations, as that salvage would be much more expensive and hard to find.
Story wise, it could fit with the coming storm. Kinda like reverse kheldians. This new at would have craftable powers that are available that the new mobs in the coming storm are vulnerable to.
Just brainstorming, feel free to tear it apart.
Jay Doherty: Yes, there was this one night that I was ready to go home but had to drop the browns off at the super bowl before I left for home. While on the throne it hit me. I stayed for a few more hours and that why we have the pain pads in the game.