Do you feel the synergy?

[Optec]

posted on October 9th, 2010, 2:23 pm

Last edited by Optec on October 9th, 2010, 4:23 pm, edited 3 times in total.

Fleet Operations started as a mod years ago, with the modding possibilities that Armada offers. We had to map our ideas and gameplay concepts on what was possible in Armada and it was unavoidable to hit some borders sooner or later. Now, by the year of 2010, this situation has changed, as we spent the last years to develop a lot of functionality. The faction redos, while heavily influenced by the community, also include a lot of the gameplay ideas and concepts that we originally hoped for in the Beta1 and Beta2 releases. And now they are inbound! After a year of throwing out small posts about their development, the first faction redo, the Borg, will come in 3.1.4, together with a lot of general game mechanics overhaul.

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posted on October 9th, 2010, 2:33 pm

*Sniff sniff*

Smell that? Smells like the next Fed OP feature freshly rolled out of the production line...


Now, I like the idea. But for Feds only sounds kinda biased. We all ready know how much superuberopunkillablemegaownage power the Feds currently have. Yes I know the Warpin will be nerfe... ahem... tweaked. But I think this will just fill its spot.

If you have this for all races (maybe except for the Borg, but it might work canon-wise), I think it would be an awesome feature.

The Next Generation (pardon the pun) of counters! 

posted on October 9th, 2010, 2:36 pm

All factions get some new candy in the next patch Will tell more about that at a later point of time

posted on October 9th, 2010, 2:38 pm

This sounds HOT.  I can't wait!!! 

posted on October 9th, 2010, 2:39 pm

All factions get some new candy in the next patch Will tell more about that at a later point of time

Ooo... I like candy 

Ok then. Thanks for the post. Can't wait to hear what the likes of Borg/Rom/Dom will get.

posted on October 9th, 2010, 3:06 pm

Thanks so much for the update!

  It's always much appreciated to know what direction we're headed and to get a screenshot! 

posted on October 9th, 2010, 3:10 pm

hm this will be a nice feature to reduce spam of a certain type of ship encourageing mixed fleets.

posted on October 9th, 2010, 3:33 pm

Great idea guys!  Can't wait.

posted on October 9th, 2010, 3:47 pm

fleet ops will have "real" strategy for the very first time!

posted on October 9th, 2010, 3:48 pm

When I first played Fleet Ops, there were AoE attacks and they were really fun to use.  Sadly, as balancing went on, most of them were removed or damage-capped, until the BortaS is the only true AoE attack left.  If these new features allow you to bring back AoE damage and area buffs/disables in more balanced ways, I'm all for it!

...seriously, I want generix support frigates to have an area movement speed buff.  Like, really bad.

I look forward to your next post with baited breath.

posted on October 9th, 2010, 4:49 pm

Awesome  I wonder what the Dominion gets though

posted on October 9th, 2010, 4:59 pm

Awesome  I wonder what the Dominion gets though

I want to spam hyperspace artillery's 

posted on October 9th, 2010, 5:01 pm

Glad to see it out in the open 

posted on October 9th, 2010, 5:05 pm

Wow, really nice, Optec!

posted on October 9th, 2010, 5:56 pm

Lol Dominion special station: for 5 seconds, EVERY large-yard ship the player controls gets the HSA ability.