Squad Leader Archive

2 months ago i posted this here.. when I was SL. This is what I envisioned and wanted the SL skillset to be:

Movement Tree:

Box1 (5pnt box): Formations (only work when members have you on autofollow, that way group members have the choice of letting the SL 'puppet' them or not.): Wedge, Vee, Inline, Line Abreast, Diamond. (lasts until command removed by SL or until player /stopfollow)

Box2: Infiltration (only affects those in a groupformation): group is not detected in radar range until its inside 64m. Lasts 1 minute.

Box3: Concealment (onlyaffects those in a group formation): group invisible to radar at any range as long as group does not move. Any group member moving will be seen in radar until his movements stop. Lasts5 minutes or until SL moves (SL moving cancels thegroup effect)

Box4 (2pnt box): March(again, only affects those in formation): group members receive thesame terrain negotiation as thesquad leader has, as long as they are in formation.

Strategy Tree:

Box1: Waypoint Set: SL puts mouse in either radar or in the game screen, presses hotkey, creates waypoint that all group will see (if SL has no target) or creates waypoint for individual squad member (if SL has squad member targetted).

Box2: Satellite Uplink: SL gives whole group increased radar range out to 512m. Will show all player characters and existing in-game npc's (we all know some npc's just spawn in your face, but this will show those that are far away and have already spawned). Lasts 1 minute.

Box3: Fire Team Designation: SL has the ability to split group into subgroups of players. in SL's screen the individual players dissapear from his (and only his) group listing and are replaced by the person designated as leader of sub-group (aka, the first squad member to be assigned to subgroup) with a star icon next to his ham bars.. 1 star icon per member in subgroup.

SL then can just click on subgroup leader and issue an order to that subgroup only.. if no subgroup leader is selected then order goes to the whole group.

Box4: Rules of Engagement: Powerful PASSIVE SL ability that will pop a message in each squad member's screen (a-la system message) that will tell the group member the effectiveness of his equipped weapon vs what he has targetted.This will take into account target's resists and armor rating (for example, group member targetting armor2 creature that has 50% energy resist while having a 0 armor penetetration energy damage weapon: 'ROE: Cannot Penetrate Armor, Weapon 50% Effective against target').

Leadership Tree

Box1:Rally: Action-intensive SL ability,Removes all effects on group members. Bleeds,Stun,Blind,On Fire, Dizzy,etc. Can only be used every2 minutes.

Box2: Target Designation: Group members will see SL's target having a 'waypoint' light pillar.

Box3: Field Discipline: Mind-intensive SL ability, group receives increased primary ham bar regeneration (aka, constitution, stamina and willpower get +1000), lasts 2 minutes, does not affect the SL.

Box4: Hold Fire/Fire at Target: Powerful SL abilities, Hold Fire prevents group from ENTERING combat, Fire at Target makes group ENTER combat firing at SL's target. This does not work on group members already in combat or if SL is in combat. Group members lose the hold fire/fire at target command if they are attacked.

Tactics Tree:

Box1: Steady Aim: Makes group's shots be like if they were usingtheir own /aim command, but without taking a combat roundpenalty. PASSIVE ABILITY.

Box2: Volley Fire: *edited* Thulium's Volley idea is better. Have group fire at soft spot on target which will not be affected by armor or resists.

Box3: Cover Fire: Works just like the current volley fire, except that group fires at an area 50m around SL's target. Shots from group will cause a random effect on anything they hit: bleed,stun,dizzy,knockdown,blind.

Box4: Smoke Screen: SL lays a screen of smoke 100m long, 20m in front of him. Smoke severely hampers the ranged accuracy of everyone 150m near it (including group members).

and of course, add my SL be able to use multiple faction pets

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this i sthe best SL post iv ever seen this is what we need lets get our corispondent in here!

thanks

koringe of lowca

OH YAAA!!!!!

Now this is something I like!!!!

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I like!!

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Commissar Elowa

"May the rally be with you, as the Devs aren't"