swoj
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Posted - 2005.09.09 17:46:00 -
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I skipped a couple of pages while reading this however there have been some great ideas so far 
I like the nebula idea, good possibilities there:
- Unstable gases could cause random damage. If you fire your weeapon, gas may explode causing damage of various types (hydrogen rich clouds could cause Thermal and Explosive damage, while iron particle coulds could cause EM and Kinetic, for example). Damage levels should be proportional to damage of weapon fired, so a destroyer trying to escape a BS may deter the BS from shooting him. However if there is a chance of random damage for the person being shot at as well, then this could offer other possibilities
- reduced visibility/sensor strength & range as people have already suggested, though what about radar distortion? Random chance that for a period a ship will appear to be in a different location than it actually is.
- EM related enviroments could have signal disruption, locking you out of communications (ie. you can't post to your corp or gang channel), also may prevent drones being launch as you are unable to communicate with them.
Some of the other ideas mentioned also got me thinking about player created enviroment conditions? Maybe have various types of Buoy that could be dropped by ships (size of buoy determining the strength and range, as well as the size of ship required to carry it). Have a support vessle carry a shield disruption buoy into a battle area and set it up (anchoring and activation times), then once active all ships in the area have weakened shield capacity. similarly, there will be other types of buoy that have other effects, suggestions:
- EM field. All impacting shots inflicy an element of EM damage as well as their normal damage
- Pulse generators. A gravimetric pulse generator would fire pulses that would echo from all ships, thus increasing the gravimetric radar signature allowing ships with gravimetric sensors to get a lock on ships quicker. Other pulse generators for each type. If you get too close to the generator, your locking ability get's fubared instead? Dread Pulse Generator?
That's all that came to mind (and stayed there long enought to make it onto the page  ) just now
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