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How to add more strategy in Crowfall
Hi Guys ! I was browsing crafting topics and had an idea to increase the number of strategic options... adding "scorched earth tactics" to Crowfall ! (haven't seen it, so sorry if repost).
For Crowfall, SET (Scorched Earth Tactics) shouldn't exactly be like in real life (set everything ablaze), so here is what i think could be implemented :
1) the ability to salvage parts of castles impossible to defend (ballistas, constructions,...). Hence
- we can punish the enemies, who will have to bring in materials to fortificate
- more convoys (and potential raid targets)
- reinjecting materials in an economy with finite ressources
- you can decide how to dispatch your forces in a better way
2) the ability to destroy storages (food, armors, weapons,...) when you lack the logistic to empty them. Hence
- an easy way to burden your opponent
- an opportunity for assassins/saboteurs to sneak in and destroy supplies
3) the ability to render parts of the map unharvestable. You don't burn and destroy (cool, but hard to implement), but you put like a "mist generator" (an object crafted that your team installs in a said zone) and every ressource in the mist can't be harvested for a limited time. Hence
- it is easy to implement, and avoids big losses of resources fire would induce.
- it forces player management of terrain, with patrols to ensure nobody is installing those generators
- it strengthens the importance of POI (quarry, sawmill) that can't be affected by the mist (or it would be to powerful)
- it allows for sneaky saboteurs to annoy the ennemy by installing generators in their lands
There are many ways to strengthen or weaken the effect of those SET.
Jan
Taking a Look at the Templar Resource
The final Crowfall Archetype to be examined for 2016 is the Templar. In a blog post on the official site, Mark Halash writes about the Templar's Powers and UI, starting off with a discussion and reminder about "minimum viable powers". From there, the article examines the history of Templars and the differences between Confessors, the liturgical/arcane part of the church, and Templars, the military/martial part of the same.
Jun
The worlds in Crowfall would be made of voxels
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Sep
The principle commodity for PvP in Crowfall should be the Player
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May
Interface Woes During Testing
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Jul
Crowfall Resource Nodes/ Harvesting Possibilities
This all sounds a lot easier than it actually is in the code but it makes a ton more sense than essence gathering, and floating resources popping around the resource node.
Jul
Vessels in the 'real world' of Crowfall
Non-destructive forms of killing such as poison or precision slicing and stabbing would probably become preferred methods of killing, as they would have a lower chance of producing damaged goods
