TobiWahn_Ke...

@Davroth

Making weapons dependent on research does not require changes in hardpoints (and should not in our case). Changing this will have a great impact on the balance and capability of ships but will enable us to fine tune many a thing. As for 0.43, I won't do any of those. I've now adapted my Database to enable the user to specify research for weapons (for now only capships, frigates and Planetmodules)

Iis it even possible with Fighters? And how do Starbases behave if used instead of fireConstraintType "StarBaseUpgradeLevel"?

Couldn't you just make the StarBaseUpgrade itself dependent on technology?

It wouldn't make much sense to build beam emitters onto a starbase, before you know how to build beams.

Small misunderstanding there. I know it's possible, it was a suggestion packed up in a rethorical question.

Man I should stop using such figures of speech, when there is no speech present to emphasise how it's meant by tone of voice...

Looking back, a "Why don't you " would have fitted better than a "Couldn't you " as well.

Does this mod come with its own intro movies?

All,

I'm looking for possible ideas to use as ship or structure abilities for the 6 major races. The Narn and Centauri in particular are devoid of abilities at the moment though all the races have plenty of holes yet to fill. Please post to the forum and if they seem to fit a need and can be shoehorned into the game engine we'll give it a go though it may take awhile as I'm only averaging about one ability a week at the moment.

Darvroth

Probably not very imaginative, and haven't played as Narn or Centauri for a while but here goes...

Could the "Mass Drivers" tech unlock a cap ship ability of the same name? It would be impressive if the "meteoroid control" effect for the Advent starbase could be re-worked so that cap ships fired a hunk of rock at the planet's surface.

I may have found uses for "Couro Prido" and "Thenta Makur".

The former though applied (in the series) to troop invasions of the surface, and as the Centauri have a siege bonus with Mass Drivers, then a second siege bonus seems a bit OTT.

I suppose you could bend it's purpose for fleet combat, eg give a Centauri frigate/cruiser the Cielo's Embolden ability or the Advent's "Amplify Energy Aura" to provide a weapons boost to nearby friendly ships, eg something along the lines of "Couro Prido :- Elite officers execute the Empire's finest combat tactics...".

Thenta Makur could be an ability a bit like Subversion (Antorak Marauder), but instead of sabotage it could lower allegiance/resource income of the targeted planet, eg "Thenta Makur : leading members of the planet's government are assassinated resulting in political disarray". This drop in allegiance + cultural presence of your hostile fleet + your culture may cause the planet to revolt.

Possibly re-work Advent Martyrdom for a Narn scout/light frigate and call it "End the cycle of pain", when such a vessel is heavily damaged it rams a hostile ship, may be give it additional damage if it hits a Centauri capital ship (if possible) as those would be what an embittered Narn would really want to get.

Slightly off-topic, but with the Rebellion around the corner, I'm wondering if some of the TEC Rebel's tech could be re-worked & applied to the Narns, eg Truce Amongst Rogues, etc.

It would give the Narn an early advantage to expand, and would fit in with their less scrupulous dealings with the Raiders - does anyone want buy a Centauri ion cannon?

I still have the Centauri scout (Covran i believe) on my to do list. Life has just been kicking the snot out of me.

I like that, I've always wanted to include the Thenta Makur.

Where can I buy one? I'd have a few applications for a paingiver. Politicians come to mind

TobiWahn,

I think I can do either of two approaches to the Narn Thenta Makur. The first is to have a tech grant an influence projection to the Narn trade stations (think Psi influence cannon) that would decrease the influence in a station by a set amount. Ideally the relations to that faction would be a consideration in the targeting but it could either be random or a dedicated expensive structure with a long cool down.

The second way would be a ship ability that would decrease a capital ship level or xp (which would be a stand in for the assassination of a senior officer).

Thoughts?

Would really love that!! Doing this to a titan-class ship in rebellion would be hell

Don't think that would be good. The Narn assassins guild has no direct influence, it is a mere tool used by the wealthy to dispose of their enemies.

Don't think this is possible. Nice idea though.

If the league ever becomes it's own race, giving the Brakiri ships the ability to generate income (like the Vasari Loyalist capships) would sound like a good idea, since the Avioki is mainly a large trading vessel coopted for battle. Maybe coopting the "colony pods" ability of the Vasari starbase as a levelup ability for Avioki.

For the Shadows you could try to make a version of the jumppoint disruption that was seen in "The long twilight struggle". The battlecrab could hit the target with a short-lived debuff that destroyes (or severaly damages, if outright destruction is too overpowered) it, if it tries to jump.

The Vorlons, having manimpulated the younger races to see them as something akin to gods, could have a version of the Advent superweapon to represent their manipulations. You could argue that a Vorlon is going to the planet and shows his "true" (i.e. angelic - which isn't true at all) form, thus converting the onlookers to the Vorlons side.

Would it be possible to change the TEC armistice ability to apply only to pirates and neutrals? If yes, this could be used to represent the Narns willingness to cooperate with pretty much anyone who can afford it. Maybe add in some earned money while the ability is active (dependent on how many neutral ships are in it's radius).

As for the Narn ramming: The only Narn I remember doing that on TV was a fighter. Maybe a version of the TECs magnetice that let's your own fighters crash into the enemy ship, rather than the enemies?

The Humans, if they still are in need of abilities, could get the "bonehead manouver" which allows them to blow up a jumpgate, creating a large and devestating explosion, damaging friend and foe alike.