I apologize for the chaotic state the post is in, I’ll make it more orderly once I have the time. For now I am just adding any ideas as they pop into my head/I see them on the forum. Furthermore, please keep in mind, that I can only represent my own viewpoint or that of those people I frequently talk to. As such these are my own ideas to my own preferences. If I do not share an opinion in it’s entirety or think more discussion on the subject by third parties is warranted I will include a link to threads adequately discussing this issue. If you feel that an Issue which should be discussed has not been sufficiently covered, please feel free to point me towards threads discussing this idea and I will think about adding it.
1. HUD.
#1 Ability to colour and customize your own HUD to your liking (colour, sizes, transparency, positioning). Sometimes it’s horribly hard to see your crosshair when there’s lasers and plasmas flying around your ears.
- in battle,the mouse cursor sometimes blends in with the bloomy enviroments since it’s plain white,maybe add a negative color effect to it,make it stand out
Idea by MadMuffin in this thread.
#2 Target Indicators.
Same problem as above. You can easily loose track of your own captain, bomb carrier, and the stations you need to destroy. Might be solved by adding (easily visible!) indicators to the edge of your screen.
#3 Support Icon identification
Quote by Dracorean, post 16
… give out a unique Icon seen by allies for frigates with the ability active, maybe a white square with a yellow or blue outline, depending on if the frigate can restore shields or hull, green if it capable of both.
2. Ingame Voicechat.
Well that pretty much speaks for itself. Easier coordination in between teams.
3. Anti Spawncamping.
#1 Flexible spawnpoints
… for any mode except Combat Recon, Can be either timed, or changed according to an algorithm taking the amount of seconds it takes for a number of players to be destroyed after spawning into account. As for Combat Recon, Spawn should follow the captain.
#2
Using a similar algorithm as above, decrease/increase spawntime so you can’t get singled out upon spawn and keeping the game balanced
#3 Have a safezone where you can spend e.g. 30 seconds after spawn so you can regroup with other people and move out together, but can’t be attacked. Credits for this idea go to F4ker
4. Clearly defined set of Rules.
For ingame behaviour, not only chat. Currently it’s rather unclear what kind of behaviour is reportable and what isn’t.
5. Game modes:
#1 Dreadnought battle:
Although already planned by devs, my ideas on the subject as posted in this thread by Firelaser511
Ye that’s something I’ve heard a lot from people I’ve played with and I think it might be a neat idea. I mean we already had a dreadnought in PVE missions which could work as a model if the turrets were made usable and the rocket towers weaker. Additionaly maybe even have it similar to combat recon, a player could act like a captain and control some of the dreadnought turrets. This could work either with one turret at a time (to quickly switch between them seperate hotkeys like 1-0) or with a tactical overview of the map allowing him to designate targets and having the turrets fire at it (obviously provide a lot of cover so it wouldn’t be overpowered as well as a slow barrel turn speed). The tactical overview would also allow him to coordinate his team better. Additionaly he could be able to choose between a variety of buffs which range from wide range aoe or singular support to short range debuffs (similarily to how the frigates work atm only on a larger scale of course). These buffs could be used with a limited supply of energy, which can get recharged if the team completes certain objectives or depleted if the enemy team manages to complete other objectives (like destroying a generator or disrupting a set of power relays). Similarily if a team manages to complete their objectives they can slowly “dismantle” the enemy dreadnought by disabling buffs completely, reducing the effectiveness of turrets etc. Obviously point rewards would have to be vastly reduced for the dreadnought pilot with a point boost (similarily to captain) for leading his team to a victory.
This mode could be played in two ways:
- A battle with 2 Dreadnoughts and even teams. Here you could also have the dreadnoughts shoot torpedoes at each other which would have to be taken down by allied fighters/frigates, encouraging more teamplay
or
- A battle with an attacking team with more players and a defending team which get’s the dreadnought.
Due to the scale of the battle average gametime should be around 8-20 minutes tho so rewards would have to be adjusted accordingly.
While I do realize this mode would be the proverbial balancing HELL, I think it would make for an awesome addition to the game. Those are my thoughts.
#2 Team Deathmatch
I think this is necessary because a lot of people prefer trying to rack up kills over completing the objectives. Either include it in the normal match rotation or make it a seperate option in the lobby.
Further thoughts on this by myself (Post 18) and others can be found in this thread by Ranor
Feel free to add your own suggestions and I will include them in the main post. Additionaly I will also add in ideas I see in other threads and like, so if you think there is a thread I might want to check out, please post a link. Constructive criticism is also welcome.
#3 Combat recon
Possibility to elect captain by majority vote as well as being able to decline the position in the beginning of the match. More in depth discussion on the subject can be found in this thread by bluecewe
#4 Detonation
- Bomb needs to automatically detonate after a certain amount of time.
a) reduces score pushing abuse by team which take possession of both bombs the entire game without moving toward the beacons, as well as ensuring a normal flow of the game, saving time and keeping it fun.
b) would also make the game more fast paced and in my opinion more interesting.
- Enemy Bomb Carrier should, similarily to the enemy captain, be constantly viewable/lockable to avoid strategies of people going out of sensor range and then sneaking to a station just to appear right in front of it making any kind of defense impossible. Additionaly having to target lock the carrier again every time he disappears behind an asteroid is somewhat tedious and makes it far too hard to take him down.
- 2 Bombs spawning apart in the very beginning as well as randomized spawn locations would also add a certain level of unpredictability and fun.
6. Ships
#1 More options to customize them, not only stickers. As for stickers, ability to move them around on the hull.
#2 Interceptors
- their modules are currently somewhat overpowered. Especially in battles like Detonation or Combat Recon, their ability to repeatedly lock down the same target over and over is too strong. Adding a temporary (3-5 second) resistance to recurring lockdown effects might solve this problem.
- Tachyon Cocoon
Using a Tachyon Cocoon shouldn’t protect you from one that get’s discharged before yours finishes. As it is right now, I’ve seen cases of jericho interceptor dogfights where one guy pops his cocoon and suddenly 2 others around also use their cocoon, making the first guys cocoon not only useless but also ensuring that he is disabled once his skill ends. I feel this kind of beats the purpose of the cocoon as an escape/mass cc mechanism, especially since it would be most effective right in the middle of a bunch of enemy fighters where you are bound to find enemy jericho interceptors. Further ideas on this can be found in post #9 and #10
#3 Guided Torpedo
Indicate on the HUD whether detonating a torpedo would damage a nearby ally or not. Furthermore, add a slight penalty for doing this. Currently far too many Guided Torpedo users, even in the higher Tiers, simply blindly shoot at their own people to score easy kills in a dogfight. Only a slight penalty because in some cases it can be a tactically sound strategy to sacrifice and ally in order to take out say 3 enemies or the captain/bomb carrier.
Penalties could like like this: 30 point deduction for hitting an ally (stacking, so if you hit 2 allies at the same time 60 point deduction) and 100 for killing an ally
My thoughts (Page 3, Post 58) on this matter in a more ordered fashion and in a little more detail can be found in this thread by ArqueiroX in addition to other people’s thoughts.
#4 Landing
Allow Fighters or Interceptors to land on surfaces and go into a “silent running” mode in order to ambush or shake off pursuers. Disable any modules or turrets while landed and completely disappear from sensors. Landing/taking off should take at least 1-3 seconds. Idea is a modified version of the one outlines in this thread by tysonxenajason
#5 Adjustable shield strength
I had an Idea you could add
it might already be out there but I haven’t seen it yet but it could be a module or something that’s on every ship that allows to you change the strength of the shield in certain directions for example like in star wars double front, double back and normal and things like that.
I thought this could work because the arrow keys currently do nothing I think so you could have them as shield controls. (Up arrow for forward, back for behind and side for all) Because I noticed the ship in the Open Beta trailer could do it so it would make sense if we could to.
-Firelaser511
#6 Movement
a) A small but incredibly useful thing. As it is I can only fly that ship backwards by pressing s which will send the ship in the direction it’s aft is facing. What I’d like is an option to fly straight back towards the screen no matter which direction your ship is facing. Also emergency brakes please.
b) Add a level of inertia comparable to Freelancer. More details on this here.
c) Quote by Ayced in this thread
Pressing and holding “Ctrl” lets you look around your ship.
However the guns will not align to where you are looking in that mode.
Sure, the guns shouldn’t be able to fire backwards on frigates etc, but I would like to be able to fly forward while firing to the left or right with only some of my many guns.
#7 Out of Combat repair
If you remove yourself from combat start a rapid auto-repair after a certain amount of time.
Example: I haven’t attacked, locked an enemy, used any module or been locked for say 10 seconds, I start rapidly repairing myself.
Reasons: Currently being bound to having a repairing frigate always close to you is tiring and ineffective, especially for people who are very flexible and move around on the map everywhere. This auto-repair would increase survivability of “behind-enemy-lines” ships without overpowering them since as stated, you are not allowed to be locked either. Do not implement on captains or in regular mode.
#8 Federation Frigates
As it stand right now Federation Frigates are vastly underpowered not only having a weak hull and shields but their special skill being somewhat weak in comparison… As such here are some ideas to improve their effectiveness without making them too strong.
- Increase drone health, as they can be taken down to easily right now.
- Increase effectiveness of Vanguard drones. Currently their repair is not only far too weak but since they also stop shooting it actually makes the frigate even weaker.
This can be done by
a) having the drones also heal damaged allies around the frigate
b) having them continue shooting albeit with lower damage The more ships have to be healed the lower the damage becomes.
c) increasing their kick-in point (e.g 75% hull or shield strength) or making their healing commence via re-activation of the special command module (as opposed to them disappearing) as well as buffing their healing rate (only on own ship)
Armada drones’ effectiveness should also be increased.
a) Similarily to the healing command by reactivating the module, toggling missile defence on or off would help in making sure that it can be used to it’s utmost effectiveness. After a missile has been deflected temporarily lowered damage and range.
b) increased damage and range as compared to Vanguard drones.
#9 Disintegrator (Empire Frigate)
a) Reduce maximum distance to 6-7km because as it stand now their vast range and incredible tankyness encourages players to stand isolated at around 10km distance from their nearest ally rendering any active modules regarding the team worthless.
b) Change damage to EM so they are a good support option for allied fighters while reducing their effectiveness against enemies not engaged in active combat.
c) subsequently slightly increase damage output (say 100-300 points max) so they aren’t completely underpowered when it comes to hull dmg
7. PVP rating F
on the loosing team highly-achieving players should also be able to get some points for the game. Even if the team lost they still did their best. Maybe change from a scaling point-system for the highest achieving winner team players to a system rewarding the most achieving players in the entire game.
Example:
Team A won. Position number 1 is Dummy1 with 3000 Points.
Team B lost. Position number 1 is Dummy2 with 3080 Points.
Now as it is at the moment Dummy2 of the loosing team would get nothing for his corporation even tho he actually did better then Dummy1 of the winning team. As such Dummy2 get’s 0 points, Dummy1 get’s 10. According to my suggestion Dummy2 would get 10 and Dummy1 8 points.
8. PVE and PVP Storyline
Although I’m sure this is already planned/a WiP I still feel I need to mention it here. A general Storyline, and a player feeling like he can actually participate in it, is a great addition to any game. As I imagine it, it could look somewhat like this:
The different missions can have a “Missions Summary” included in their loading screen, quickly outlining why the system is under dispute, and what the different factions are aiming for. In pve missions during ship select maybe an explanation, what happened after the previous round to result in the current one.
9. Natural interference
#1 Only a small thing, the sun-like thing in i’m not sure which map exactly, I think it’s either Pandora or Devil’s Jaw, should interfere with any sensors/guided missiles in it’s vicinity due to the high radiation it is bound to be releasing.
#2 A randomly occuring event where different systems of the ship loose efficiency due to a solar storm or something similar like that (could look like reduced shield strength, reduced sensor range etc). The credits for this particular idea go to Husker and uTonceig on this thread.
10. Lobby
#1 A pre-game lobby
enables you to see who your playing against and vote on a combat type/map. This lobby would appear after the matchmaking system has decided on both teams. Some measures would have to be in place to ensure that a player can’t just leave the game because he doesn’t like his opponents/the vote results and then hop right into the next matchmaking. Maybe just do it as it is right now with your ships being in battle until the game is over.
#2 Adjusting ship setup during queue
I was asked to add it by several people and don’t really object so it would be nice if you were able to modify ships etc while being queued.
#3 Contracts
Add a tooltip of sorts that can be used in order to quickly check what advantages/unlocks a certain faction will bring you.
#4 Skills
Greetings! Thanks for the great game.
So, I have a suggestion regarding to skills. As we all know, skill bonuses apply to ships that has equal or greater Rank requirement. I assume this is to protect lower rank players from the accumulated skill bonuses of higher Rank players.
Here is my suggestion: This should be changed to Tier, rather than Rank. Lets take an example; At the moment, “Axe-X Type S” and “Axe-X” are two near identical faction ships, but one of them cannot get the Rank 3 skill bonus. Instead, both should get all the Tier 1 skills, as they are Tier 1 ships.
Rest stays the same though. A Tier 1 ship will only get skill bonuses of Tier 1, regardless of its rank. Tier 2 ships all gets bonuses from Tier 1 and 2 skills. And so on…
TL;DR: Skill bonuses apply on tier basis, rather than rank basis. Tier 2 skills should apply to all T2 technology. A Rank 5 (Tier 2) skill should grant bonuses to Rank 4 (still Tier 2) stuff aswell, so to speak.
full thread can be found here: http://forum.gaijinent.com/index.php?/topic/17611-skill-bonuses-applying-tier-rather-than-rank/
idea by lyravega
11. Squads
#1 A squad roster where a player can create a squad which can be seen and joined by all players who view the roster. This not only encourages the forming of squads and teamplay, but also reduces the amount of advertising that needs to be done in chat and reduces the time it takes to form one.
#2 slightly increased money/experience loyalty/reputation for flying in a squad. Also encourages teamplay.
#3 Squad leader needs more command functions like “fall back”, “regroup”, “target enemy”. Squad members need a way to respond e.g “Affirmative” or “Negative”
#4
Don’t ask for a license to create a 4-man squad. That is quite honestly ridiculous since this is a very important part of the game. Micro-transactions should be optional or only affect cosmetic changes.
12. Items
Here an idea by NTT posted in this thread by Loucher
Or just…
gray = mk1
white = mk2
green = mk2.5 (loot)
blue = mk3
purple = epic
Something that also bugs me about the game is that it uses Roman numerals and Arabic numbers inconsistently.
Item descriptions say T2 MK.III, but its icon has a II to indicate it is T2? why?
Which leads me to this:
If the game consistently used Arabic for Tiers, and Roman for Mk, then you could have the icons say 2-I, 2-II, 2-III and then the color change isn’t needed (altho it would still help when eyeballing the warehouse)
13. Clans
a) We need bigger Clan rosters. 150 is not enough by a long shot.
b) Clan upgrades (roster) should be open to contribuation by all corp member rather then having a single person pay it all. Add alternative method of increasing clan roster by paying in game money (obviously a vast amount, once again contributable by all members.
c) generally replace any GC paying options for corporations with Credits using a similar system as above with GC being valued at a certain amount of credits. If a corporation still decides to spend GC on their corporation, great but this should not be forced onto a vitally important part of the game. Micro-transactions should be optional or only affect cosmetic changes.
14. Forums
As I don’t know how much control Admins have over the Star Conflict subforum, I held off on posting this. But now it comes anyway.
#1 Give users the ability to delete their own posts.
#2 Indicate Super-Testers or GM’s coming over from the russian forums so that we know when information is reliable
This post is subject to change so check back often.
Changelog (as of 10.03.2013)
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Fused Detonation and Combat mode topics
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Added links
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Made some viewpoints more presentable
11.03.2013
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Fused all ship related topics under 6. Ships
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Fused Queuing and Lobby topics under 11. Lobby
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Added several Quotes
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Added topic 13. Items
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Added topics 14. Contracts and 15. Out of Combat repair
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Moved topic 15 to “6. Ships”
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Fused topics 14 and 9 to move them to topic “10. Lobby”
12.03.2013
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Added #8 Federation Frigates under Ships section
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Added 13. Clans
13.03.2013
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Added #9 Disintegrator under 6. Ships section
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Changed #6 Flying backwards to Movement and added b) inertia
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Added Quote under c) in #6 Movement
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Added b) in 13. Clans
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Added #3 in 1. HUD as well as 2 quotes
16.03.2013
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added 14. Forums
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added #4 Skills under 10. Lobby
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added c) under 13. Clans
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added #4 under 11- Squads
