Tailor Archive
Thread: Flight suits, Squadrons and Ranking Uniforms
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Kirranas
Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:01 am
#1
I have been thinking a lot of late about how the role of a tailor could fit into the GCW and the JTL. I have come up with a few interesting ideas. Well see what you think I am sure I am not the first to come up with these ideas but I could not see any other posts so here goes.
Jump to Light Speed.
Ok ships in JTL are split into 3 camps rebel, imperial and others. I am sure a lot of the action will be P v P basically guild to guild warfare and maybe on a larger scale. Well my idea would see the players able to create squadrons either rebel or imperial or others in much the same way you have guilds. I expect the squads will form around the core of a guild but it could include 2 or 3 guilds.
As a part of this each squadron chooses a side (rebel, imperial) a squad name (players choice) squad number ( choosen from a list of number left) a colour for the squad (players choice) and squad icon (selected from a deafult list). When your part of the squad your ship is listed with its icon and squad number and name when in space.
Now the interesting part is the players in squad can request using faction points a scheme to have their uniform made. The scheme is then passed to the tailor who for a free makes the oufit. We could use the current flight outfits however its only fitting these suits should carry the squad badge on the front, the squad ID on the arms along with the faction badge. Even better would be to have the name of the pilot printed on the back.
Jump to Light Speed Bio Jumpsuits.
I dont know a lot about JTL yet but from what I have read its a profession and therefore must require skills to be learnt, in which case they can be skills to be improved. This is where the tailors could come into their own helping out players skills. The Bio tissues will still be made Bio engs in the same way as currently but only flight tissue can go into the flight clothes. We could do this by adding a new flight material component a bit like syc cloth. I am going to take a while guess at the type of skills required.
Pilot Skills,
Speed ++
The effect of this Bio element is to improve the G-force handling of the suit enabling the pilot to avoid blacking out. The net effect of which is the ship can upgraded with a better Max speed.
Up to + 10 Ships max speed
Manoeuvrable ++
The Bio element in this suit improves the the flexability of the suit giveing the pilot a better freedom of movement. This improves the ships control and turning speed.
up to + 10 ships Manoeuvrablility.
Combat Skills
Power Damage. ++
The suit is Bio enchaned to cope with the heat of battle it enables the wearer to concentrate in combat targeting the enemy ships vital areas. The net of effect of this suit is to increase the pilots damage output of his ship.
up to + 10 ships damage.
++ Hull Points.
This bio addition makes the suit tougher the pilot can withstand more damage before he ejects the craft the net effect is the crafts hull points are increased
++ 400
Please the above plus figures are just guilds i have no idea of the true skills or points system.
GCWand Uniforms.
The plan is that only tailors can in future make the uniforms either rebel, imperial or the new hutt faction (I say new but it was suppose to be in at the start of the game). The ranks would be split into 5 different groups from the lowest rank to the highest, each group would have their own uniforms and colours for each side. Players can by schemes from the faction personal which with the tailors help can be made into outfits to wear.
The catch is the higher the uniform the more complex items are required to make it, however these will form part of the tailors mission. A non combat base mission to collect items from various people around the galaxly a bit like the arty missions we have now. Of course its not just the players that can buy the uniforms anyone can buy the schemes with FP so tailors can use them in advance for the players. However of course you must be the right rank to wear the outfit.
Medals and Awards.
Players will also be given awards these will also appear on the uniform. (a copy of the imperial colour badges) These can only be made by tailors. When a player completes a given task, (think of the current badges) he or she is given a scheme for that award this can then be made by a tailor. When the award is dragged across the uniform they are wearing at the time the award is added.
This could also apply to the flight suits they could have awards for kills etc I suggest not all kills but go up in groups of 10 say.
I think the ideas here would add a lot to the game not just for tailors but for the players to, it would give them something to take pride in. Consider walking into a bar to find 20-30 pilots say aroudn in their flight suits, comparing kills, into squads fight break out etc. It to me at least sounds like it could be a lot of fun and not to hard to add from Sony's point.
What do you think ?
Bajonett
Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:19 am
#2
Nice Ideas.
Already there are Pilot suits in game.
But the Uniforms would be lovely.
In DAOC, you can have your Guild Symbol on
Clothes.
As JTL will be based on player reaction (Twitch),
there is no huge need for Attributes. I think, the
Skill Trees will be just certificates, for pieces of
Weapons, Equipment and ships.
And Yes, i hope for some new gear to wear in JTL,
and Yes, i hope for "Flight Sqadron PA´s".
But then, i hope for the correct skirt for the Metal Bikini.
Got a Frustration howl to see them on a female Bothan
Thug NPC.
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