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[SandSpider]

It's a simple idea that could add so much more realism and immersion to the game.

At the beginning of a team game, you start in the bay of a dropship with your teammates. You run through the boot up sequence, unhook from your harness in the side of the bay, line up with your team, the bay door opens, and you all jump out into the starting zone. Then the player takes control, and after a few more seconds, the game begins.

And for any map that has team bases, you start in a hangar in the base similar to the one in the old training level instead.

Respawning would be done as usual. Otherwise it would probably hurt the gameplay too much.

The above is a direct quote from Teljaxx, from my original post here:  https://community.pl...tart-each-game/

Edited by SandSpider, December 14 2013 - 03:02 AM.

[DerMax]

I love it. Props to Teljaxx.

[EliteShooter]

but the mechs are supposed to come off the base so ; we can have an intro with the team getting out of the garage !














AWESOME : but will never happen !

[hendman]

It sounds a lot better then being locked up in a blue cage.

[SeasonzTZK]

Me likes this idea

*Seasonz signs*

Edited by SeasonzTZK, December 14 2013 - 09:20 AM.

[Hijinks_The_Turtle]

We need this now!  I'd feel more like a mech pilot, because I the first thought I came up with in my first match was, "How the heck did I get here_"

[oeneg]

not a bad idea good thinking

[SandSpider]

An alternative idea is below.

Ok, I thought I'd add a story board to this thread to see what you all think of the idea and to give you something to go by.

First, we see a dropship, going fast over a generic Illal landscape.



Then we snap zoom in.



The camera goes through the hull and into the cockpit of your mech. This is when the boot up sequence starts.



During the boot up, we get an audio message saying something like, "Approaching drop zone, dropping in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1."

We get a green light and hear load mechanical noises then we star to fall.



After this, we hear and see our thrusters kick in, we land on the map, then the game begins.

Each team drops onto the opposite side of the map. The whole sequence takes about fifteen to twenty seconds.

In game re-spawning is done as usual.

Edited by SandSpider, December 26 2013 - 08:44 AM.

[Teljaxx]

*Ahem*

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!

[ShadowWarg]

LETS DO IT!

[nepacaka]

Yep!

One fuzzy bunny coward vote no! Who is this_ =D

Edited by nepacaka, December 29 2013 - 04:48 AM.

[camtheking20]

find him..

[TwentyFirstPilot]

camtheking20, on June 08 2014 - 05:45 AM, said:

find him..

Why you necro_

[camtheking20]

TwentyFirstPilot, on June 08 2014 - 08:28 AM, said:

camtheking20, on June 08 2014 - 05:45 AM, said:

find him..

Why you necro_

What the fuzzy bunny that mean

[TwentyFirstPilot]

camtheking20, on June 08 2014 - 02:39 PM, said:

TwentyFirstPilot, on June 08 2014 - 08:28 AM, said:

camtheking20, on June 08 2014 - 05:45 AM, said:

find him..

Why you necro_

What the fuzzy bunny that mean

What is necroposting_

[LoneWolf_Sierra246]

SandSpider, on December 14 2013 - 03:00 AM, said:

Respawning would be done as usual. Otherwise it would probably hurt the gameplay too much.

Since respawn takes a few moments anyways, perhaps instead of showing a "kill cam" show your mech in some kind of pod (like the EU charging devices) or you're just dropped from another dropship. But then we have to consider the mech re-choosing screen and everything ....

Otherwise, I love this idea! #Support!

[camtheking20]

TwentyFirstPilot, on June 08 2014 - 04:47 PM, said:

camtheking20, on June 08 2014 - 02:39 PM, said:

TwentyFirstPilot, on June 08 2014 - 08:28 AM, said:

camtheking20, on June 08 2014 - 05:45 AM, said:

find him..

Why you necro_

What the fuzzy bunny that mean

What is necroposting_

ooh sozz

[TwentyFirstPilot]

camtheking20, on June 10 2014 - 01:57 PM, said:

TwentyFirstPilot, on June 08 2014 - 04:47 PM, said:

camtheking20, on June 08 2014 - 02:39 PM, said:

TwentyFirstPilot, on June 08 2014 - 08:28 AM, said:

camtheking20, on June 08 2014 - 05:45 AM, said:

find him..

Why you necro_

What the fuzzy bunny that mean

What is necroposting_

ooh sozz

Yeah, no worries. It's usually better to make a new thread than to reply to an old one, so long as you suspect the information in the old one may be out of date.