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Thread: Rangers scout ahead, but how?
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GTOfire
Sun May 30, 2004 11:08 am
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I wanted to sit and write a nifty proposal idea on spanking new Reconaissance skills for us, but I'm coming up empty 
So let me just throw the notion of 'Scouting ahead' into our group and see what we can get. It just seems to me that recon is something that would be a great way to define a Ranger in PvP, but I can't think of anything to put that into the game. As always, I'm sure a bunch of people will say to first focus on the important stuff, but we've already explained to the devs what we think is the important stuff, so what more can we do on that front?
back to the point, I'll brainstorm some ideas into the mix:
- interdependance with Squad Leader, a Ranger scouts ahead, whatever targets he sees, the SL sees, increasing the SL's radar and targetting range into 512m in one direction from the regular 128m.
- tying PvP Stealth into it, a Ranger in recon mode can not be seen.
- being in recon mode increases your radar range, targetting range and spawn-causing range to 256m.
Stuff like this can give a Ranger a better handle on spawns in the area, allowing it to be actually useful for a Ranger to leave his group in the HTFB while he scouts out the next area to hunt in. It can also make a Ranger useful in PvP groups, since having one do reconnaissance allows the squad leader to form a strategy based on what resources the enemy has.
So, who else has thoughts on this topic, I'm interested in hearing what the rest of us thinks on a subject that seems so essential in it's name alone, but has no meaning yet.
Nemo0
Sun May 30, 2004 4:33 pm
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I'd say that well implemented stealth would be a very good start. Increased radar range and such would be nice but might put too much of a strain on slower connections and take up too much server bandwidth (imagine if you could see the starport people while in the cantina in Coronet or something similar). As far as passing it back to the SL, the chat channels should suffice for now (not ideal but it should work well enough for now). Areatrack is similar to an increased radar as well. If only it forced spawns...
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