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Thread: A New Skill for BHs I invented...(FEEDBACK PLEASE!)
Message Edited by Soulcaster on 09-11-2005 02:46 PM
Message Edited by Soulcaster on 09-11-2005 04:15 PM
---Quinlan Stargazer---yes perhaps the name change can be used to falsify in-game trades, etc. Although sending a tell to the fake name would respond with the obvious "this player doesn't exist", so then again, maybe it would work.
Klemmbob, thanks for the feed back /rolleyes
Message Edited by Soulcaster on 09-11-2005 05:31 PM
I guess what made me come up with this idea is the cloaking jedi that i have been hunting for the past 36 hours. Everytime i come even close to him he cloaks and stays cloaked forever. Soooo, basically the only way to counter these "cloakers" once u attack them and fail, is to desguise yourself. And i think this would be a great idea and way to combat those cloakers.
Perhaps we could make this skill so it will last up to 5 minutes with a cooldown of maybe 15minutes before you can use it again? (combat would also break the name change). And also perhaps make it so that only your active Jedi mark (while online) is the only person that can see the name change.
Ie: You are sitting in the corner of a cantina, the jedi is watching the dancers. HE (the mark) sees you as a new name (perhaps one of maybe 50 possible names that SOE predesignates), while every OTHER player in the cantina sees u for your real name. So they would see me as Kryptis Soulcaster, while the jedi would see me as maybe Ben Kotal or some stuff.
Soulcaster wrote:
Ok so i've had this same mark for the past day now. I've tried killing him 3x and got close the last time, but he is a cloaker. And i can't believe how EASY it is for them to cloak, and stay cloaked ALL DAY LONG. It really is rediculous i think. I wont get into that though. So I have an idea that would be cool to implement into the game for BHs.This new ability is to Mask Name or possibly called Name Change. What this skill would do, is either completely erase your name over your head OR completely change your name to a random name. This way, when a mark ur stalking for the past 3 days sees you, he doesn't instantly know you are still after him. So you stalk him, making him unaware of your pressence.If SOE went with the "mask name" instead of the name change idea, then the jedi would not be able to target you until you initiated combat. So this way, sure it would be obvious that you have no name and are a BH, but this way he can't target and track you until you initiate combat.I personally like the name change skill idea better. And think it would be cool to impliment. Aslo with the name change skill, i think that once u initiate combat your real name comes back up, so the jedi really sees who you are then.What do you guys think of this idea? Its simple, not unbalancing, and unique. The name change would prevent the jedi's friends from stalking you and telling him where you are, you could get an image, design, change clothes and then change your name...it would be a whole cool new way to stalk jedi
Message Edited by Soulcaster on 09-11-2005 02:46 PM
Message Edited by Soulcaster on 09-11-2005 04:15 PM
i'm afraid there is really no need for this.
myself when i'm on my jedi i pretty much consider any dot a possible bh, not only that but i have player name tags removed in the option menu because it just looks crappy seeing all those names around when you load into i highly populated area, i just see guild and group member names and that only in a certain distance range. I also tend to recognize most of my friends and bh that have already attacked me by how they look, keep in mind that now with all the armors not everyone is dressed in comp armor. if i see someone come by in a set of ubese armor in a certain color sheme and he attacks me and for some reason i have to run like that cloaker did, the next time i see a player in that same armor and about that same size i will sort of know he is there for me.
there is other ways to recognize a player than just by their name. on my jedi i have not seen any other jedi dressed like me on the server so you can pretty much see me from a mile away.
on top of that there is also the whole thing that other people have said, like griefing, questionable trades and all that kind of things.
won't let me use html sniff sniffMessage Edited by Soulcaster on 09-11-2005 05:58 PM
Perhaps if this skill is implimented, the jedi could get their own force skill, that negates the name change and shows who they really are??? Maybe a level 4 Powersability, that is Force Scence or something of that nature. That allows Jedi to see through a falsified name.
Or perhaps Jedi can go to their own informants in certain locations that will prevent bounty hunters from using this skill for a while. That sure would add to the roleplaying of the game, and it is kind of realistic =)
I realize im starting to add too much content to the game, but i think these are unique ideas.
Message Edited by Soulcaster on 09-11-2005 06:03 PM
Maybe make it that it displays a buff icon while "undercover", for the fair trades.
Together with the removal of the /duel exploit it could be very interesting ^^
On a sidenote:
If i remember correct it was brought up at a fanfest that the DEVs imagine that a ID could "create" a fake ID for smugglers...
maybe that could be used for everyone, maybe with like 5-10 random names to select for the ID and a 20-30 minute duration
(and timer, so that you cant change your name in these 30 min,to prevent Jedi from getting a new name from a ID team mate every few minutes, so that the BH needs a new arakyd (bio-sig doesnt change ^^) )