War Games Gamemode#439
This post suggest a singleplayer and multiplayer war gamemode similar to Armored Core: V and Verdict day’s conquest mode that can work in tandem with some of my previous posts #269 (Mass Raids Gamemode). This can help broaden the variety of mission objectives and scenery as well as just be a new source of fun for the game, especially for people that have maxed out the devlopment trees and built their perfect Mass.
Here are some aspects that could be implemented:
A revamped or new map that could use hexes overlayed on top where the hexes which can group up to form small, medium and large sized regions. These regions would display information about their contents such as faction [Independent, WDF, Bandit or Quark], resources, strategic value or threat info.
Each hex region could be customised based on size and whats in them
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Small
Farms [make credits], mines [provides resources]. (These would be the most common hex)
Medium
Industrial [makes materials], outposts [void cancellers], generators [energy], artillery sites long range and ultra long range [sustain damage], ports [connect seperated territory]
Large
Headquarters [main faction base], military base [secondary bases], airfields [scout territory and bombing]
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The owner of the hex region could also customise the map layout from presets and defensive placement which could be turrets or AI personel like Mass and other drone vehicles. Owners can be determined by who captured the hex first or who did the most damage, ownership of hex regions could also be transferrable, most likely to players who are active and have resources to put into army and defense developments like in #295 [Mass Raids+].
Anybody in the faction can defend friendly hex territories as well as assist attacking hostile hex territories. This could be done up to 6 players, 3 attacking and 3 defending with additional personel Mass to fill in any open slots as well supporting units you bring along like more Mass and support drone vehicles which could be bought or constructed like in #295 [Mass Raids+] or #441 [Bots]. I figure the lobby would have a 1 minute countdown to allow for players to respond as I figure there would be many different lobbys present in a single frontline hex region game list.
Only hex regions along the frontlines which are constantly changing due to hex regions being constantly captured can be attacked. Although ways of bypassing enemy frontlines like helo dropping a elite Mass squad to do heavy damage from a orbiting rocket could be implemented as a constructable medium hex region facility which costs lots to build and use.
When capturing hex regions, they will have a total amount of health depending on size and any affecting upgrades from the hex region’s owner.
Small: 250000
Medium: 500000
Large: 1000000
In order to lower the health, players must do missions that vary in objectives and threat based on amount of max health it could lower, type of hex region as well defending player modifyers.
Missions that could be like #269 [Mass Raids] that could do a lot of damage, destroying enemy patrols that do moderate damage or attack a foward early warning system guarded by automatic turrets for less. Of course there should be missions to heal the hex region too like kill some nearby quarks, defend against quarks or AI Mass [bandits].
The war can be concluded in 2 ways, 1 faction has conqured the entire Earth or a update wipe. With it concluded, a debrief is shown that reveals player’s contribution to the war effort and what faction they were part of. Figure a global and faction chat should be added as well to go with it.
This gamemode would be only their for fun and a sort of endgame when people have gotten a good grip on combat as well as have a decent build.
post #204 [Empite-Like Game Mode] has a similar concept, check it out!
Feel free to comment your thoughts, this will be the largest and last of the 4 MR posts.
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