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« on: July 19, 2009, 10:12:46 PM » |
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Alright, folks! Here's the skinny on vehicles as it currently stands!
We plan to have horses, mechanical animals, horseless carriages, boats, airships, rocketpacks, and possibly ornithopters as personal conveyances.
However. When you "summon" your personal vehicle (whatever it may be) you're actually spawning a physx object that can be player controlled.
This means that players can ride with you on an airship or boat, or in the passenger seat of your car. We're currently looking into the applications of players fighting NPCs and other players from the vehicles themselves. Ideas such as weapons mounted on the vehicle itself, for example. But this also leads to some intense and interesting PvP battles.
For example. Let's presume that two guilds are "At War" with each other. They agree to fight at a certain locale, load up onto a pair of airships, and fly to the locale. Far enough from guards to avoid random interruption. Twelve players are riding on each airship while the ship's owners pilot their way to the site of the battle. Halfway there, one guild gets a bit itchy and some of the members us their rocket-packs to fly over to the other ship and start attacking people. Bam. Instant mid-air ship-to-ship combat.
Vehicles themselves will have several stats of their own. Including Durability, Maneuverability, and Speed. Pilots are the only class with inherent personal buffs which effect the vehicles they are currently in control of. This means that a Pilot with the appropriate talents can fly a ship or drive a car faster and more precisely than another character.
Once summoned a vehicle will remain in existence until it's owner unsummons it or all players have left the vehicle and the owner is offline. The Vehicle's owner can choose to allow up to 4 alternate pilots while the vehicle is summoned. These players can take over piloting duties at any time the owner of the vehicle isn't behind the wheel. The owner, however, can unsummon a vehicle at any time, whether piloting it or not. This avoids players "Stealing" someone else's vehicle.
-Rachel-
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Duralumin
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2009, 11:18:27 AM » |
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Sounds very interesting.
We plan to have horses, mechanical animals, horseless carriages, boats, airships, rocketpacks, Shermans, and possibly ornithopters as personal conveyances.
Trying to fix that for you.  |
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Axeral
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2009, 09:06:01 AM » |
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The owner, however, can unsummon a vehicle at any time, whether piloting it or not. This avoids players "Stealing" someone else's vehicle.
great because don't you just hate it when someone jumps you and steals your clockwork pony? |
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2009, 09:15:50 AM » |
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*sniffles, tears welling up in her eyes*
When I was six... I begged my Dad for a pony.... *sob sobs*
-Rachel-
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2009, 09:50:52 PM » |
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*sniffles, tears welling up in her eyes*
When I was six... I begged my Dad for a pony.... *sob sobs*
-Rachel-
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2009, 03:19:21 AM » |
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Whee Vehicles! ^_^ this is definitely going to be something I want to poke at and mess with alot! Whee Anna the Airship Pilot!! Woot!! hehe As for combat with vehicles, and 'tween ships and boats and the like, sounds awesome!! Though they should probably be held to the same attack standards as players, or at least share the flagged status as the owner. Meaning that some random Meanie can't just blow me outta the sky when I'm trying to zoom around the skys!!
Oh! OH! OOOOOHHHH!!! Also we should totally be allowed to name our vehicles. Yups...So we can have cool names like HMS Skycutter, instead of things like Anna's Skyship.
Oh....also Steampunk + me hyper = probably not a good combo but still fun non-the-less!
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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2009, 03:29:08 AM » |
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I must say, vehicular combat is definitely something that I'm really excited about.
Hmm. Name your own vehicles. I have an idea brewing...
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Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, the post above reflects my personal views or beliefs and not those of the developers.
Especially if it comes to in-game stuff.
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« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2009, 01:59:10 PM » |
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Again, I'm mostly excited about the roleplaying and immersive potential. I'm already planning out having guild meetings and headquarters in a secret airship base, hovering somewhere over the distant mountains... Anna, I suppose if we see an airship zipping across the sky in random directions and hear a faint, manic shriek of glee coming from above, we'll know who's piloting it.  |
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« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2009, 01:11:40 PM » |
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....Your daddy told you that you'd have to dig through a lot of poo to find a pony! Besides, there wasn't room in the garden for a pony...what with the obstacle course he had set up.
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« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2009, 01:58:38 PM » |
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Ladies and gentlemen, I present my own Mother's first post on the forums! Treat her very nicely.
Love you, Mommy!
-Rachel-
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« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2009, 10:59:21 PM » |
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D'aaaaw.
I'll probably be slapped for this one day...
/strikes a Buddy Christ pose
Welcome Mama Steam!!
It may be even years off, yet I can already feel the slap of my impending doom.
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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2010, 09:50:05 AM » |
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and water ?
you need something to travel ocean depths with, sail around the islands in sea... or pond... i just love water transport...
but an air-filled balloon will keep me on the surface too...
yes by the way, will there be water to swim in the game?
would be fun if privateer could sneak to a group of enemies through a pond or over a river,
when guilds were at war for example they could block off a bridge and you could swim over the river then
water gives a lot of new aspects to the game... and if there were means of on water transportation ...
like a small steam driven boat with mounted weapons on it...
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« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2010, 01:14:55 PM » |
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Well with the Frisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean just sitting there.... well... I won't make promises but...
Potential.
-Rachel-
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« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2010, 05:44:39 PM » |
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Pirates are ALWAYS relevant. Although in this case, they'd best fit the pulp adventure theme, particularly in the SE Asia region if we have one.
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