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Squad Aspect (slight)
Hokay, so.
One thing that has bothered me in the Border Skirmish mission is that when you're fighting an npc and an ally npc comes in a sprays constantly and this causes the enemy npc to fly backwards, running away and it takes longer to kill them. This means the allies do more harm than good. So this made me come to an idea to add an npc squad aspect to the game because I began to wish there was a command to call ally fighters off from a target. So my idea was that in Border Skirmish missions, maybe large Hive Skirmishes as well (20+) that every 5 or so npc allies there would be a squadron in the form of a group which you would automatically join but could leave, too, if you wanted a player only group or something. So the standard AI would be to follow you like a cargo run or something and attack your targets of npc's targetting you, so basically Itani squadrons would engage Serco squadrons in mini battles instead of a giant ffa/solo deathmatch. But then there would be a couple new npc-AI-interactive commands that would be either "All bitches engage my target!" or "GTFO MY KILLS A**HOLES!" (they go off and do their own thing, so then there would be another re-group command to counter that).
Of course, if this suggestion was accepted, I wouldn't expect it until like... two systems after Kourier. So, no stress >_<.
Discuss, ph3wlz vv
One thing that has bothered me in the Border Skirmish mission is that when you're fighting an npc and an ally npc comes in a sprays constantly and this causes the enemy npc to fly backwards, running away and it takes longer to kill them. This means the allies do more harm than good. So this made me come to an idea to add an npc squad aspect to the game because I began to wish there was a command to call ally fighters off from a target. So my idea was that in Border Skirmish missions, maybe large Hive Skirmishes as well (20+) that every 5 or so npc allies there would be a squadron in the form of a group which you would automatically join but could leave, too, if you wanted a player only group or something. So the standard AI would be to follow you like a cargo run or something and attack your targets of npc's targetting you, so basically Itani squadrons would engage Serco squadrons in mini battles instead of a giant ffa/solo deathmatch. But then there would be a couple new npc-AI-interactive commands that would be either "All bitches engage my target!" or "GTFO MY KILLS A**HOLES!" (they go off and do their own thing, so then there would be another re-group command to counter that).
Of course, if this suggestion was accepted, I wouldn't expect it until like... two systems after Kourier. So, no stress >_<.
Discuss, ph3wlz vv
The Kourier/Hiro-run bots used in Border/Hive Skirmish definitely do like to steal kills. Even worse, they'll come up and start attacking the bot you're shooting--and as the bots have some freakishly good sense of where the shots are coming from (I've seen them dodge shots from BEHIND) all this does is make your target jump around more, effectively making it take longer to kill the bots.
It would be incredibly badass if you were given a couple of wingmates in whatever Border Skirmish evolves into. (I think I heard the whole Deneb thang was going to be reworked.) Especially so if your experience translated into more NPC subordinates. Maybe at one point the TPG Frigates would follow your orders?
WTF is Hiro? Did I miss something?
Hiro is the upgraded deliverator ( http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/1/16035#202380 ).