Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

From what I'm reading, its sounds more like TF can be used to make barriers that are impossible to cross, by placing objects or players in the area that prevent re-terraforming. Given the choice between making a barrier that can be destroyed or one that can't, of course designers are going to use TF because they want to make the best barrier possible. This is where there is a balancing issue, Impossible is too good but Walls aren't good enough.

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Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

Arga, additionally to that I think terraforming gives you the flexibility that could never be archieved with walls. You can make all sorts of layered walls and other "structures" and cover it with turrets in any way that comes to mind.

Beta wall units are a joke on Gamma setting so the wall has to be something completely new. I think unless the walls offer some other and better benefit over that, no-one will even start to use them.

Some of the features to beat terraformed walls:
- Faster and cheaper building
- Ability to place turrets on and next to it
- Ability to walk on the wall
- Different heights
- Siege mechanics

As you can see, that's probably years worth of coding coupled with engine rewrite.

Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

Well, sure making walls better would be one way. The other way would be to make TF less effective. Of the two, changing TF seems like it would be less resource intensive.

Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

Honestly, at this point.  The only thing Gamma is useful is being a "small" production base.  Resources there produce goods and ship them back to alpha.  I will NEVER again stockpile on Gamma.

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Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

Ville wrote:

Honestly, at this point.  The only thing Gamma is useful is being a "small" production base.  Resources there produce goods and ship them back to alpha.  I will NEVER again stockpile on Gamma.

True dis.

Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

Arga come back.

You know you want to.   tongue

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Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

Playing PK games creates enough bad blood between players without shifting/poor game mechanics fueling the fire.

Once Perp gets out of live-beta testing I'll think about it.

Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

Ville wrote:

Honestly, at this point.  The only thing Gamma is useful is being a "small" production base.  Resources there produce goods and ship them back to alpha.  I will NEVER again stockpile on Gamma.

(Shudder) Totally agree....

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Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

Did you finally unzip the pants on your head?

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Hell no, Pants On Head for life ***!

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Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

Inda wrote:

Gamma is an experimetn, we should live with it :S
So who go out Gamma he knows he can lose eveyrthing by a gamechange (thats why I didnt lost more assets never ingame).

But Devs probably should make a state "experimetn status" or "beta" !

I am not kidding atm. Devs pls go and think of it.

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Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

It was Indas fault.

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Re: Terraforming fix around gamma teleports

Dammit Inda.