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General => Feedback => Topic started by: Woo_Hoi on April 10, 2008, 12:09:11 am

Title: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Woo_Hoi on April 10, 2008, 12:09:11 am
For human , can build a box , could be 3bps or change.
With hitpoints. Players can build other structures on top of it .Reators,repeaters,turrets,spawns..etc can build on top of it.
Another box can build on top of a box.
The size of this box is a bit bigger than a turret, about 1 turret can be build on top of 1 box.
dretches can crawl on it, aliens can jump across it if it didn't build too tall, or chomp to destroy the boxes.

ofcourse, if aliens want, there maybe similar structure for aliens.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: David on April 10, 2008, 02:53:24 pm
Would allow access to places that mappers assume humans can't get to without a jetpack, and as such require lots of the maps to be redone.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Amtie on April 10, 2008, 09:15:12 pm
Trem 1.2 is gonna come out. Then i assume maps would have to be redone anyway (location inserts in teamchat, etc).
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: doomagent13 on April 11, 2008, 04:35:29 am
A similar idea is already being looked at, where boxes would be added via layouts to create some more variable gameplay.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Bajsefar on April 11, 2008, 07:01:15 am
I am for this idea, simply for the sake of diversity and flexibility..
what would happen if the box with a turret on it was destroyed?
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Taiyo.uk on April 11, 2008, 07:15:43 am
Turret takes damage and falls?
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Dracone on April 11, 2008, 11:08:40 am
Well, this would take the fun out of making unhoppable bases.  :'( But I guess it shows a little bit of promise. Would make for some rather different bases.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: blood2.0 on April 11, 2008, 11:16:49 pm
could you stack box upon box?
 
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Taiyo.uk on April 12, 2008, 05:06:59 am
Read the first post.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Shadowgandor on April 12, 2008, 02:41:04 pm
Would be a funny thing to add in a mod, but I can see it being 'overpowered' :P
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Lakitu7 on April 13, 2008, 07:12:57 am
Oh god, I so thought this was going to be another trainwreck topic about the server list.

I don't think the balance would work out, but it is a unique and not-ridiculous idea; I'll give it that.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Rabbitt on April 16, 2008, 01:11:40 pm
I can already see it now:
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Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Divmax on April 16, 2008, 01:42:35 pm
First, you have to find a way to stack them all up.
Second, just keep suiciding into every box. Eventually the RC will be low enough to be jumped on and you won't get hurt by the rets as you are high up.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: techhead on April 16, 2008, 08:12:00 pm
Basi walks up to reac and happily sits on top of it, munching away.
Also, a nice sniping target with few ways to block, plus its hard to repair.

Also, boxes aand other destructible items have shown up in many other threads.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Draikonz on April 21, 2008, 03:04:02 am
That would be quite interesting.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Revan on April 21, 2008, 02:43:31 pm
I can already see it now:
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kewl!
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Paradox on April 27, 2008, 08:38:05 pm
Hmm, humans waste all their bp building a huge tower base. Aliens come and chomp down the blocks, one by one. Humans die.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: googles on May 10, 2008, 06:19:43 pm
I have been thinking of this..and i would really like to make a kind of mod for this, if i do it will include everything said in the first post :)
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: ChaosSquirrel on May 14, 2008, 08:10:47 pm
This idea is pointless, and will no doubt be abused to no end if it is implemented. However, greater human building flexibility (on the walls, anyone?) would be welcomed (I think) by most players.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Bajsefar on May 14, 2008, 11:19:42 pm
Could it be hard to mod? I'd like to try this atleast.
If it's not hard to mod, and someone's willing to do itm, why not try? It's the best way to prove if something is a good idea or not.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: googles on May 15, 2008, 12:57:12 am
Could it be hard to mod? I'd like to try this atleast.
If it's not hard to mod, and someone's willing to do itm, why not try? It's the best way to prove if something is a good idea or not.

Its kinda done :\ iv added it to my portal mod, i didnt like the stacking part either that is way to unbalancing, they are a human version of cades now :)
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: ChaosSquirrel on May 15, 2008, 07:21:00 pm
Honestly, as a human player, I could appreciate these. But, as an alien, I would kill them and the dev team that made them. Really, I could go either way, but they would be a **** nuisance.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Amtie on May 17, 2008, 05:23:21 pm
I'd love them. They could be used as miniature barricades.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: ChaosSquirrel on May 17, 2008, 09:22:36 pm
I'd love them. They could be used as miniature barricades.

That's why I'd hate them! Actually, I usually play as humans, and this could backfire. As in, stuck. Badly.
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: Amtie on May 17, 2008, 11:58:44 pm
Providing they are small enough (maximum turret size?), humans can jump over them. Unless the builder builds a whole wall of them, in which case he/she'd be on crack and would build a retarded base without the boxes in the first place (e.g. node spam, no 'rets).
Title: Re: Suggestion: Boxes
Post by: ChaosSquirrel on May 18, 2008, 10:09:47 pm
Providing they are small enough (maximum turret size?), humans can jump over them. Unless the builder builds a whole wall of them, in which case he/she'd be on crack and would build a retarded base without the boxes in the first place (e.g. node spam, no 'rets).

True. Very true. But you know that it will encourage such behavior. Like shotguns in Halo. Except Trem is so much better.