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Thread: when when when will there be
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Bugman671
Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:13 pm
#1
Ranger terminals for big critter hunting. It can’t be hard. Just use the dam Bounty hunter system?
Phenix1050
Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:32 pm
#2
Read the outdoorsman 2.1 proposal (under the genius' sticky at the top). there, I detailed an entire system of Big Game Hunting. As to whether it'll actually happen, your guess is as good as mine.
ShyGirl
Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:47 pm
#3
Bugman671 wrote:
Ranger terminals for big critter hunting. It can’t be hard. Just use the dam Bounty hunter system?
Interesting... I must have missed it. Even though I have nothing against the idea, I just don't understand why we need Ranger Terminals?
What is it a terminal can do, that we can't ?
I mean... if we want to hunt for big critters, don't we already know where to find them? 
I'm all ears.... pls elaborate 
Temujin23
Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:57 pm
#4
I'm with shygirl on this one. I loathe running missions.They're fine for faction, but when I hunt, I only hunt wild spawn far outside of the 'mission zone.' I'd rather track my own prey; I don't need a terminal to tell me where to find it.
al-djinn'i
ShyGirl
Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:08 am
#5
I'm afraid our Bothan friend has taken one too many Guinness' 
I have read the Outdoorsman v2 once before but I can't recall reading about terminals. I guess, I just ignored it because it didn't matter then.
I have read the Outdoorsman v2 once before but I can't recall reading about terminals. I guess, I just ignored it because it didn't matter then.However, it does matter now.... and the reason it does, is because we are so utterly neglected. So, are we to get some love form the designteam in the future, I rather have other issues resolved/enhanced than adding"mission terminals" for something we can naturally do without them.
Well well, I guess I have to re-read the Outdoorsman v2.
I still love our Irish Bothan, though 
Phenix1050
Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:29 am
#6
Me thinks you're the one who's drinking too much, Shygirl. THe Hunting Missions were the FIRST item in the Outdoorsman 2.1-- here's the blurb about them.
Hunting Missions
A good hunter knows that hunting doesn’t always begin with a lair of creatures that are ripe with high quality resources. Oftentimes, there is a single creature that has gotten out of hand and must be dealt with as quickly as possible. It takes a true hunter to muster the dedication and skill to track down a single mobile, hostile and dangerous creature. Rangers are proposing a new mission type to be Ranger-exclusive in much the same way that Bounty Hunter mission are exclusive. The mission structure would mimic in many ways the formula of BH. Since Rangers are, by nature, wilderness hunters, these would be animal missions rather than humanoid targets. Rangers would also use their unique skills to find their targets, adding versatility and function to the skills we have now.
Rangers as a profession are a rather faceless profession. Many professions have unique missions structured to their skill set. The only mission types that Rangers can call their own is the Explorer terminal and these missions are often underpaid "go-here" missions or overly difficult "kill-this-many-creatures" missions. Rangers, as the supposed masters of the wilderness wish to have a new mission structure based around the concept of Big Game Hunting. Similar to BH missions, but utilizing the Rangers skills (namely /areatrack) to find and kill large and rare critters.
Possible Implementation:
- New tab on explorer terminals, titled "Big Game Hunting"
- Three skill levels allow for the skill allow for harder missions
- At Novice Ranger, missions that are close to town. A static NPC in all dev cities would provide the approximate location of target, Ranger would have to use /areatrack to find this animal.
- At Field Bioscience II, the second level missions become available. These are farther away from the player and move faster than the first level ones. There is no specific area given by the NPC, only a general direction (i.e. "NE of Kaadara")
- At Master Ranger, the third level mission is unlocked. These are interplanetary missions and the Ranger receives only an area of the map to look in, such as "Eastern Dune Sea"
- Mission Targets would have names like "rabid creature" to differentiate the target animal.
ShyGirl
Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:36 am
#7
Phenix1050 wrote:
Me thinks you're the one who's drinking too much, Shygirl. THe Hunting Missions were the FIRST item in the Outdoorsman 2.1-- here's the blurb about them.
I need another drink.....
/signalsToBartender;
/yell A double shot of milk please !;
/pause 20;
/muble I still don't like the terminal idea....
Phenix1050
Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:42 am
#8
quit your mumblin' girl.
ShyGirl wrote:
/muble I still don't like the terminal idea....
ShyGirl
Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:44 am
#9
ROFL
Phenix1050 wrote:
quit your mumblin' girl.
ShyGirl wrote:
/muble I still don't like the terminal idea....
Temujin23
Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:48 am
#10
Well, as long as somebody has had one beer too many. If I wanted to hang out with a bunch of teetotaling prudes, I'd take up combat medic.
al-djinn'i
Phenix1050
Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:50 am
#11
Temujin23 wrote:
Well, as long as somebody has had one beer too many. If I wanted to hang out with a bunch of teetotaling prudes, I'd take up combat medic.
al-djinn'i
ZING!!!
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