Ivan Tesla
Minmatar
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2010.11.26 04:04:00 -
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Ok no idea if its been mentioned here (I know I should read the posts.. will later) but missions attained on stations don't really need to all be conducted on the station. You pick up a mission (in bar/NPC corp office/whatever) that is off station - your transported via a Corporation/military transport/warship - and, depending on whats the mission, the transport/umbilical doors open up in the instanced location and start your mission.
eg, you visit an WIS agent in his Federation Navy Office (which has windows overlooking navy issue ships) and he offers you a mission to assault an "up until recently" secret Angel station. You accept the mission and go to the airlock doors just around the corner a mere 5 seconds away. You got in through the doors, there is a console between airlock doors for changing anything you need to change before leaving, then activate a second door which loads the mission (load screen or something pretty, little animation showing travel and troops/yourself preparing for mission) -
..now the mission loads to a prep screen, pick your weapons you want to use (to you get a pick of military weapons because its a Fed Navy office mission or you just pick through your own weapons? nfi, lots of options) then click 'start' :) Your now in 3rd player view again (wish it was 1st though for missions :S walking and showing off your clothes is great for in station no missions) and you rush out with the troops you have with you (say a squad of 12? and maybe a heavy drone mecha..more would be nice) and start shooting all the Angel security & workers in sight  Work you way to the command section of the station, slaughter all their command staff - capture the station command, and get a choice of shooting him, spacing him, capturing for interrogation and/or randsom or just letting him go.
..or you just go in solo, cloak fight it all the way to your mission objective. Plus getting in the front door of the mission hangar start point - it may be locked, you may need to burn through (takes a while), hack through, use a angel dog tag or the enemy may open the door and come to you shooting :)(think Mount & Blade/Fallout 3 in space)
I think I'd prefer heavy combat with lots of fellow troops around you - even if just NPC... but the missions would be a lot cooler with fellow pod pilots.
So WIS can be anywhere - just have to have a nice transition from point to point. How bout that airlock door opens up to a shuttle, takes you down to the planet the station orbits, lands close by to a rich playboys mansion whom ****ed off the wrong station agents associates.. take out the body guards, (leave the staff alive?) knock off the bikini babes or capture and sell off in the WIS slave trading section or the WIS station? (slave auctions awesome :) .. then kill the playboy as required by agent details heh. This WIS could be so awesome... better than any FPS out there!
I hope any of this was useful
Sorry if this has been mentioned already about offstation WIS missions? Probably has.. |