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Offline olskool2

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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2008, 01:01:14 AM »
Some sort of attrition system needs to be added. As the amount of players increases, individual skill decreases and team work (or ganging  ;) ) skills increase. Bases can really be captured too fast and are too small for the amount of planes and GVs attacking them.

I.e. Small, Medium, and Large cities with 2, 3, and 4 airfields each, respectively. Add in 1 or 2 GV bases, and make it a type of capture the flag game. Where you have to hold certain sections of the cities with GVs. This would encourage much, much more creative and fun fights incorporating all true tactics.

I've also wondered if we could add in the capturing of territory and having to defend while waiting a set time for an airfield to actually be built there.

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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #16 on: October 31, 2008, 10:50:56 AM »
Good Idea  :aok
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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #17 on: October 31, 2008, 03:24:33 PM »
OMG! Yes! Love this idea.  :aok  :rock  :salute
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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #18 on: October 31, 2008, 03:38:40 PM »
I really like the idea of the very large city and/or factory complexes.  Along with that, I think the buildings within those strat targets could use some variations to get them "blow'd up".  Make some buildings 100lbs, some 250lbs, some 400lbs, some 500lbs, and maybe even some 750lbs.  If the heaviest of bombers can rake a path a half mile long instead of dumping all of their ords in a concentrated place... then lets do it.  Just how often do we see a hvy bomber carpet bombing an airfield to level it?  We dont, they just hit the hangers and an occastional strat.

The defense of these cities could be very diverse as well.  I think the addition of 5in (or similar AA proxi fuse guns) throughout these complexes in addition to a whole host of manable ack and auto ack would make attacking these targets suicide if done alone.  Obviously, an airfield or two nearby so defenders can up the 109G-14, Fw190D-9, and any other interceptor would be nice, too (and no, not the Me163, that thing should be regulated to a single field, IMO).

With all that being said... I think there should still be some strat targets through the map very similar to what we currently have.

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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #19 on: October 31, 2008, 04:17:20 PM »
A tangible strat-factory system would be a source of contention that would create good fights.

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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #20 on: November 02, 2008, 11:00:05 AM »
Great idea. It would be nice to have a strat system that actually had some effect beyond what it is now.  There would still be room for the short attention span folks, but this would open up new opportunities for those that want to think more strategically.
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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #21 on: November 02, 2008, 11:03:40 AM »
Good Idea. Add some bridges too :rock

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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #22 on: November 02, 2008, 12:19:07 PM »
The countryside needs towns & such to break up the miles & miles of emptiness we currently have.  A small town every 10 miles or so would give it a more realistic look.  We've had the objects for towns (from CT) in the Terrain Editor for quite some time now.  We just need the go-ahead from HTC to start using them in new terrains.
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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #23 on: November 02, 2008, 12:21:52 PM »
The countryside needs towns & such to break up the miles & miles of emptiness we currently have.  A small town every 10 miles or so would give it a more realistic look.  We've had the objects for towns (from CT) in the Terrain Editor for quite some time now.  We just need the go-ahead from HTC to start using them in new terrains.
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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #24 on: November 03, 2008, 01:58:50 AM »
   I like the idea of buildings having different levels of structural integrity. Say the factories may need a little more punch to put them down.  Anything to break up the long green ride would also be an asset.  Everything is green, even the water.
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Re: Game play improvement wish
« Reply #25 on: November 04, 2008, 12:34:41 PM »
I really really like this idea  :aok
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