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Low Pop idea.

Post by TopHatPenguin » 04 Feb 2016, 18:57

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): (Just going to state that any numbers or stats in this are not going to be "the real deal" they are just there to simulate what it could be like.) Basically for low pop rounds when it's say 3 vs 30 the aliens need some help, so I propose that when a round start's off like that aliens would gain a buff to health and armour throughout that round until either they have X amount of aliens or there is a lower number of marines left, so they went down to say 15 instead of 30 as an example.

When an aliens armour and health is buffed it could potentially come up with "your exoskeleton strengthens to handle the large amount of dangerous hosts" perhaps not so obvious but along the lines of that.

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- Round starts as a 3 vs 30
- Aliens gain a temp buff to armour and health until either there is X percentage less marines then when they started or when there are X amount more aliens.
- When the round would be considered even, numbers wise the aliens would revert back to their standard health and armour.
- If aliens are low(aka being 3 vs 30 late round as an example) on numbers still at X amount of time through (perhaps 1:30 hours or 2 hours) then they would lose their buffs.Alternately it could be done when X amount of aliens are killed out of the total aliens altogether. (Would probably work better this way)

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): Generally I would like to see if this fixes some low pop rounds from being marine stomping grounds or makes it generally more fun as a marine.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): I think I've covered most of the details above but if there is anything that is unexplained feel free to ask.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): Coding and alot of it, most likely.Not even entirely sure it's possible.


On a side note thanks to the members of dsay who also contributed to this :)
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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by MauroVega » 04 Feb 2016, 19:27

This would be nice and bad at the same time
Just 4 T3 with more armor and health,god the crushers

But for those low pop rounds +1
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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by TopHatPenguin » 04 Feb 2016, 19:28

MauroVega wrote:This would be nice and bad at the same time
Just 4 T3 with more armor and health,god the crushers

But for those low pop rounds +1
I mean in regards of certain xeno castes it could be adjusted that the more 'tanky' classes would gain less of an buff then say T1 classes.
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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by Nick123q23 » 04 Feb 2016, 19:39

Whenever the aliens start to equal the marines in number and die, they shouldn't be able to regain their low pop bonuses
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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by TopHatPenguin » 04 Feb 2016, 19:41

Nick123q23 wrote:Whenever the aliens start to equal the marines in number and die, they shouldn't be able to regain their low pop bonuses
Woops generally forgot to add that in give me a moment.
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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by qsleepy » 04 Feb 2016, 20:22

This would be pretty extensive to implement.
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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by Arachnidnexus » 04 Feb 2016, 21:32

I'd be more supportive of this if xenos didn't have access to Carriers during low pop. A 3v30 imbalance is sort of a weird issue that I don't think can be happily balanced by just scaling number buffs. Also a 33+ pop isn't really low pop imo.

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Post by Edgelord » 04 Feb 2016, 21:50

I consider myself a marine player when it comes to preference, but I think that the Aliens need more love.

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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by TopHatPenguin » 03 Jun 2016, 19:20

I mean this suggestion is fairly outdated now, however might as well see what you chaps think of it now.
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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by Joe4444 » 03 Jun 2016, 19:27

seems good just one problem...RIP any low pop survivor, May you hide in peace o7 +1

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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by TopHatPenguin » 30 Aug 2016, 18:14

This can be locked and moved as it's no longer relevant.
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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by Sarah_U. » 01 Sep 2016, 22:28

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But seriously, what about making an announcement or line of text to inform of state-change? It'd be great to know your stats (as a xeno) have changed before you realise during combat after a few hours of tedious plays.
ESPECIALLY since low-pop gets so much more desperate with less assistance.
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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by TopHatPenguin » 20 Jan 2017, 22:02

Probably not needed any more unless someone disagrees I think this post should probably be locked.
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Re: Low Pop idea.

Post by Snypehunter007 » 04 May 2017, 12:54

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