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Lark of Serenity
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|  Posted: 2003-07-30 18:43
yes this is probably a dumb idea, oh well
alot of games have the ability to build Wonders. these usually offer special abilities to the group/person whos built them (such as increased mining production of a certain product, etc.)
soooo... itd be cool if DS had something similar.
wonders would be seperated into 2 groups, faction specific wonders, and all-faction wonders. Wonders would cost an enourmous amount of resources to research (plus some ungodly time span), and even more to build.
ICC faction specific wonders:
1. Plasma Shield; covers every planet in the systems its been built in with a shields thats equal to 200% shielding using regular shield gens. this would only cause shielding in THAT system, and since every wonder can only be built once (until its been destroyed), the plasma shield would only cover that one system
2. Artillery Base; a large, long range facility that can only be constructed in the 2 systems behind the home system. when its base on the planet is complete, it builds an orbital platform which begins contstructing massive Inter Steller Cruise Missiles (ICBM of the future). theyd start off firing at the most productive (mining wise) planets in the system closest to friendly borders, after that itd do the same to the home planets of either enemy faction, then shut down for a 72 hour rest period, and repeat.
itd be easily destroyed (especially the orbital platform). and someone could easily trick it by simply making a decoy planet in the home systems with a bunch of deep core mines. making it not nescarilly the best weapon ever.
UGTO specific wonders:
Chancellors Palace; a grand palace for the grand chancellor of the UGTO empire, itd have a faction-wide effect of A) making the capture timer of UGTO planets 2 minutes longer, and B) increase the attack ability of UGTO infantry in a system thats become friendly to UGTO. (basically the palace has the effect of increasing the patriotism of UGTO forces)
Black Research Base; after its construction is completed, UGTO controlled factories will get a few bonus weapons/armour/engines. these new weapons etc. will be *top secret* designs conjured or stolen by UGTO scientists (who, i understand, are a bunch of coniving evil maniacs. hoorah!)
such weapons would include an Acid Laser, a jumbled abomination of a chemical laser and a disruptor, and a Plasma Cannon, stolen from ICC research facilities, it fires several high speed pellets over a max range of 700 gu, these pellets would easily rip apart shields or armour, but are less effective against hull.
Kluth Specific Wonders;
Tribal Conferance Hall; increases the production/damage of all planetary objects in kluth space (the theory being all the tribes pool their knowledge through these lovely little meetings and come up with ideas to improve things)
Swarm Nest; produces several infantry for free that come out with a veteran status, the amount of infantry produced reduces slowly over time.
all-faction wonders would include various product-specific structures (wonders that increase infantry production, reduce the cost of a dreadnaught, make your deep core mines more productive, etc etc.)
all wonders would be easily destroyed (one or two mirv hits and poof, 2 months of research and building down the tube). however, having one on the planet ought to automatically increase the recharge rate of planet PD by a little so its chances of survivng are better.
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Sandals
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Joined: January 21, 2002
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From: Redmond,WA,USA
| Posted: 2003-07-30 19:25
those seem more like powerful buildings rather than "wonders"
DS isn't really oriented towards "wonders" anyways. EIther they'd be impossible to get or they'd be built everywhere eventually.
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Mystikal
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| Posted: 2003-07-30 19:33
ICC already has the planetary shield... isnt that one?
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Koda
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| Posted: 2003-07-30 20:06
Great idea, but not for this crowd. Let me help you visualize this Imagine, Square peg and round hole.
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| Posted: 2003-07-31 04:15
virtual reality check.... age of empires is not = DS
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Seraph
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| Posted: 2003-07-31 05:08
You fat fool
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deaddog
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| Posted: 2003-07-31 05:15
seems like a good idea but hey would take 10 years to implement
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| Posted: 2003-07-31 09:12
this isent black and wite foo
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| Posted: 2003-08-01 04:19
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On 2003-07-31 05:08, Seraph AKA Gogeta wrote:
You fat fool
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 i'm an ass eh?
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| Posted: 2003-08-01 04:20
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On 2003-07-31 09:12, The Jerk™[SG-1] wrote:
this isent black and wite foo
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yeah i know but sometimes suggestions get a bit off(ridiculious???... hard to explain what i mean....)
[ This Message was edited by: Fatfool on 2003-08-01 04:20 ]
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