Topic: Mk3 bot idea

Inspired by Drakhar's post about carebears. (http://forums.perpetuum-online.com/topi … carebears/)

As we all know, a sandbox game needs carebears to work and one thing that carebears like are shiny expensive toys. Here's and idea.

Different "specs" for mk3 bots.

For example. When you upgrade a symbiont mk2 into mk3 you can choose between different "specs".
Harvesting spec would bonus harvesting and cargospace, support spec would bonus RR and shields, MPC spec would bonus terraforming.

To keep things interesting a riv mk3 would have similar but different specs. Mining spec for mining, support spec for energy transfers and eccm maybe, MPC spec with bonus to constructing.

Basically any number of specs can be added overtime, Once the choice is made it can't be reversed.

Re: Mk3 bot idea

Like subsystems in EVE?

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Re: Mk3 bot idea

:cough: Hybrid Robots :cough:

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4 (edited by Karism 2012-07-05 23:56:59)

Re: Mk3 bot idea

I'd kinda like to see mk3 bots have kinda like a mix between rigs from eve and Class Mod from borderlands, a unique 4th slot type (one or two), which gives a few bonuses which are geared towards a certain specialisation, just an idea.

Could even make it so that it functions as either an addition or replacement to the original bot bonuses, and are modified based on robot control levels.

Maybe change the colour/patterns on a robot based on it's spec, and have them for sale in energy credit store if that is ever going to be added.

Re: Mk3 bot idea

yes ok mk3 bot a variant of stuff we already got,
possibly with enough reactor and cpu so i can fit on it all modules i want.

but why not complety new bot and a new class?
Assault e-war
Mech Hauler
a big new class more than HMech for industrial and 3 faction

6 (edited by Lahha 2012-07-06 01:34:43)

Re: Mk3 bot idea

Harlock wrote:

yes ok mk3 bot a variant of stuff we already got,
possibly with enough reactor and cpu so i can fit on it all modules i want.

but why not complety new bot and a new class?
Assault e-war
Mech Hauler
a big new class more than HMech for industrial and 3 faction

Well. Devs don't really have the resources to make new bots in large quantities so this is would be relatively easy way to add more content. Ofc new bots would be nice too and imo the next expansion should have atleast one or two.

Re: Mk3 bot idea

I don't know why we're discussing Mk. 3 with the whole glider-class kind of implied in the works :-)