xeno's zone ideas!

[FreakyQueen]

armor
i cringed when i heard this.. armor!?.. maybe light armor. but giving people a practical 20,40,50? more hp in terms of damage absorption.. MAYBE if it -

significantly- slows them..
here is my idea for armor. yes, you cant buy it in the store so you cant say 'we have a new item', but its a good idea:
alpha: stay alive for enough time and you get armor? i honestly dont like alphas 'no victory'.. why not have victories? gives the game some closure, and a

actual sense of victory / defeat. otherwise, winning team top 6 players gets armor+10. if you can get victories: armor+15
deathmatch: winner gets armor +20
zone wars: top 6 players, including all sides (or top 3 for both sides if your lazy to code it), get armor +10
ilricia: top 6 players on both sides get armor +10
HOW ARMOR WORKS:
it absorbs slight damage. carries over with respawning and ending games / switching servers. max is armor 40-50. (i think 50 is too much, 40 is good)
when you get hit: armor takes 5 damage from the player damage. meaning: if you get hit with a gun that does 5 damage, your armor absorbs it all INTO THE

ARMOR HP. NOT DAMAGE REDUCTION. its quite a simple system, ive made much more complex.. but it works. you take 20 damage, armor takes 5 your hp takes 15. if

armor is reduced to 0, remaining damage hits hp. just like the bike. though.. maybe 5 damage is too much. 3 damage maybe? ah, 5 is fine..
if your going to use armor = +hp or something, MAKE IT SLOW YOU DOWN.
either way, if armor slows you down it should be equippable (weather you get it from victories or buy it).

(updateanother idea for armor
fast classes cant use armor
slow classes arnt slowed down
medium classes are slowed down
armor: gives you the damage reduction as talked about above. available to buy for anyone (maybe only paid accounts?)
why its not cheap: it slows you down. so you get armor, but are slowed down unless your already moving at crippled speed (defender etc)
equip and unequip from the armor section in the inventory

electron in ilricia:
hey, why not make this paid only? (only in ilricia)
how about if you buy a electron, it has X charges (uses) or lasts until the end of the game, for 40 cash, any class. i know some classes have this built in,

leave that. but itd give people something to buy (if they arnt that class) and paid only, well, there ya go. thats worth buying, stopping vehicles..

proximity mines:
ok, so theres 'mine detectors' to 'balance' this.. .... but if im running (walking as a slow class) then someone attacks.. i gotta use both slots to fight them, and hope i dont hit a mine. and they dont have to worry about mines.
how about: mines only hit vehicles!



ammo and money:
running out of ammo is not a terrible thing. it takes a bit to go back, but you think 'cool, im low on ammo cause i was fighting so much. kickass!' and the

+20 ammo and whatnot.. is just not worth it.
how about: double ammunition if you buy the double ammo item. it works until you die OR use a teleport to go TO the dropship (not from, so if the game ends

you can enter the battlefield again and your ammo resets to the double amount, reward for winning.)
should apply to energy weapons as well (like guns that have 50 shots then a quick reload or whatnot / the dh18)
in terms of bullet guns, should increase total ammo not clip size. NOT clip size. (imagines dual aprippers with 12 bullets.. or appirces dual with 16.. bwa..

or single appirces with 32.. heh)

making money:
would someone post the formula for this? making money for 0 exp people is not nesisarily bad or good.. anyways

rank =.. rank?
so with rank you can use swords.. and the beam
beam
DARKSIDE NEEDS BEAM (paid account) OR TAZEBOMB (money) TO FIGHT THE SPEEDERS. maybe your trying to make it only for paid accounts.. it looks like bad design

though. yes i know mechs can hit speeders.
about rank, whats it good for? people going 'hm, a general.' ok, so some weapons.. ....

messages:
when the kill messages appear, i think itd be nice if it showed the name not account. or both. (or maybe you can customize this in the options menu, which or

both. maybe for paid accounts only = adjustable. the pm restriction is a good idea.)

ranks:
might have already said this but,
the first place for each team in alpha and ilricia should have a different symbol underneath them, and anyone on the top 6 list should have a different

symbol as well (if they arnt first place).

some think the appirces is too good.. i dont think so, just hold your distance and dodge the stray shots. but it might be. thats another discussion. repeat:

ANOTHER DISCUSSION

flamethrower:
getting on fire for being hit is not cool. with the limited ammo, people only aim for the shots they KNOW they can hit (ie, the person is on fire/ in a

stationary bike / team chatting, fighting someone else) cause its so risky to have it drawn. i know, its a good weapon, having people get hit (and thus

halted) over time is nice.. but getting on fire yourself is.. just annoying. its kinda funny though, if you keep it make more ammo. heck, make more ammo

anyways. or just use the doubleammo item.. MAYBE flamethrower double ammo should be a seperate item. yeah thatd be good.

combat knives

running out of throwing knives is NOT COOL. unlimited is knife. a backup weapon is cool, but it shouldnt be a crappy weapon.

so those are my ideas.
a lot of stuff to change, but it shouldnt take more than a day to change everything if you use them all.

man, i should get paid for this (buy me a paid account anyone?)

-xeno

(nymomonster on zone)