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My Tremulous GPP mods.
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Devices that do large-area damage #34

Open ppetr opened 12 years ago

ppetr commented 12 years ago

For a lot of build points (let's say 500) each team could construct a device that would destroy a big area of a map. It would take several minutes to build, at least 2, so that the other team has a chance to break out and destroy it. Maybe building it should be announced to both teams?. This would make camping games end faster (and more interesting too).

If destroyed before being finished, it would do only much smaller damage (or no damage?).

Starting it should cost let's say 100 BPs and the rest of BPs should be drained gradually as it is being built. Whether it is activated or disarmed, the build points consumed would be returned to the build point queue.

For humans it could be a nuke device - a large bomb that wipes out all players and buildings in a large radius. Suggested bulding name: Nuclear bomb.

For aliens it could be "a research for a virus" that would infest human buildings in the area. It could make turrets target other human buildings and players, perhaps medi-stations to poison humans etc. It could be contagious so that an infested building infect other nearby ones. Suggested building name: Nanovirus chamber.

ppetr commented 11 years ago

The new buildings should be available at newly introduced Stage 4.

ghost commented 11 years ago

I'm suggesting you not do research. Research is more human-like. Aliens don't really build nanovirus chambers, more like "infestation" would be a better name. Chamber implies you know, metal, etc. Just "Infestation Colony" or something, I think would be better.

ppetr commented 11 years ago

Good point. Actually I named it infestation for myself, I just wanted a better name for the building.

ghost commented 11 years ago

Also, I think making turrets "infected" might be a bit unrealistic. ( I don't think aliens write computer viruses.) You might could say it infects the humans nearby and makes them seem like aliens instead to the turrets.

Or it could cause everything in range to lose power, and poison humans in range. Maybe an acid cloud or something?