Squad Leader Archive
Thread: If the Devs fixed or revamped SL, what would they need to fix or add?
Hmmm, if we gave higher defense bonuses to our squad we might be more in demand. Many players don't know we exist and are surprised to find out about the passive bonuses. Plus some of our abilities need a revamp, like the Morale one where we redistribute wounds, which isn't as useful without dots. I'd rather have abilities that increase our squad's action or give our opponents state effects or area effects. I also wouldn't mind weapon abilities similar to those of Bounty Hunter, which gives ability with all three firearms. PostCU you grind Squad Leader with a pistol but there are carbines and rifles available for Master Squad Leaders and it would be nice to have bonuses that apply to those.
It would be great to have a unique Master Squad Leader ability though, because right now Master just improves on things we already have. People have proposed things like letting us form larger groups, giving us a tank-like vehicle and giving us the ability to change others' faction status from combatant to special forces or on leave, and I think those are all excellent suggestions.
I love Squad Leader and have no plans to give it up. Some groups that I've played with look down on support characters but a lot of people appreciate the fact that I can give them lots of subtle assistance.
Allthought I would love all that stuff you just mentioned think about it......itll make us preety uber in pvp/base/pve stuff wed be like docs but just on the lvl of group wed be a recuiter a ranger and a uber group guy.....Love it but woah kinda much and yes the pistol thing should change completely I think leadership XP again would be cool ....A Leader leads some use SL for support I dont I use it to lead my group into battle make us onpar with other defensive ppl cuz we should be able to stand on the frontlines give us like stuff in BH some def stance thing and a few attacks make a SL not only for groups but for ...assaulting meaning let us be able to solo stuff easier. Ranger would be a great additon to SL in my opion. Itd compenstae for the lacking in both professions. Ranger/Sl +Mcombat+some healing would be awesome youd be able to fight heal and lead groups/solo something A recuiter/doc/support/combat squad leader would be too uber imo better then jedi lol tooooo uber would love it though get ranger camps group woundheals what was the other idea a cloak for groups from radar make them like a BH in power more bonuses portable recuiter lol think about it a group where in a pvp situation kept going overt anywhere itd be an unending swarm with woundheals for the group theyd never get hurt and if u made the SL onpar with other profesions then itd be sortof an unbalance more then it is now.....good ideas though as long as its not a nerf since we are beyond the point of the nerf then itd be cool
Killer305 wrote:
Ranger is in the desperate need of a revamp i think that they should join with SL cuz itd be perfect fit a ranger can solo anything they say and a SL leads groups . both allready in the system just gotta change the code change the pistol exp to either Leadership exp combat exp ranged exp..... or wep exp cuz there are melee Sl few but it can be done and ive heard of some on the forums would be cool to be melee but itd be kinda spread out in turns of points. Give our profession a unique faction rank.....Larger groups would be awesome i think 20 ppl would be cool since its what was done before . Think we should get duel armor or something either both assault and recon or battle i dunno a lot of things can be done thatd be awesome come on ppl give some input on what u want maybe we can make another petition or something hehe send it to soe/Lucasarts/Emperor lol i dunno give a list of things wed like to see done if all SLs over all galaxies does it we could get results
eeeh... No..
Rangers are Rangers... SL's are SL's.. Make each of them attractive to players, with their own merits.
Yeraze wrote:
eeeh... No..
Rangers are Rangers... SL's are SL's.. Make each of them attractive to players, with their own merits.
/SL Forever
AlienEntity wrote:
No. I am SL because that is what I chose, though I do have 100% respect for Rangers mind you. Had I wanted Ranger, I would've gone Ranger.
/SL Forever
/sign
Change the XP requirements:
Add passives for group accuracy and speed, smaller passives then above.
Add bonuses to FP and experience when grouped under a Master SL.
Make Form Up clear the states dazed, stun and rooted, but have a little bigger cool down to prevent spamming.
Make Boost Morale give bonuses to action and mind regeneration rates for 2 mins.
Fix Steady Aim so that it grants a small bonus to land "critical hits" on your target for 20 seconds.
Create an Improved Rally at Master SL that grants 160 to defense and 80 to accuracy for 30 seconds.
Fix the SEA on volleyfire and steady aim so that they increase the skills.
Either change Retreat so it grants bonuses to defense but lowers your accuracy or make it Charge! that grants bonuses to accuracy and damage but lowers defense. Allow the Squad Leader to benefit from this ability as well.
Give the SL a crowd control skill like stated in the CU docs:
Cover Fire: A small cone attack the SL uses to create a rate of fire hindrance on the enemy for 10 seconds. Does little to no damage though.
Added extras that would really benefit the grouping ability:
Group waypoints: Allow the SL to create waypoints that will show up on all party members wp monitors.
Radar jamming: Makes the entire squad disappear from the enemy radar. They aren't "cloaked" so if the enemy sees them in their LOS they would appear blue like neutral but could be attacked. This will break the group's cover.
Deploy LZ: The SL issues the command and a shuttle drops to get his/her men to or out of the battlefield.
Artillery Strike: SL issues the command and group members have 15 seconds to get out of the surrounding area. Group members will be able to tell by the flags marking the targetted area, much like the ones when placing a house. The damage is calculated on a fixed amount of energy damage and a bonus to heat damage x # of group members. The bigger the group, the more damage this causes.
Granting SF status: A squad leader who is SF can make others SF.
Platoons: Master SL can invite up to 4 other group leaders and form a platoon aka "raiding" party of a maximum of 40 players. The SL can then send system messages to all platoon members or individual ones and a new platoon chat is formed between the SL and other leaders. Also the SL can have the ability to modify a "Platoon name" that would appear under the character's name EG 3rd Marine Corps. Finally the SL would have the ability to check the status on all other groups by switching them with a key stroke.
There you have it, the SL revamp.
Loki_Ashaman wrote:If the Devs fixed or revamped SL, what would they need to fix or add?I think they would need to add either a Keg-erator or a large wine cellar to their offices, because if SL got fixed and / or revamped, most of this forum would probably be willing to send large quantities of booze to the Devs.
lol