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Website · by **Silver Wind** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:02 am

Enable the player to delete his/her TF when he/she wants to.

Actually, I think balancing the stats should be top priority since putting in just about any other feature beforehand -- at least, concerning the ones voiced thus far -- will only add to the mess that has to be cleaned up eventually anyway.

by **Aerrow** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:14 am

Silver Wind wrote:Enable the player to delete his/her TF when he/she wants to.

I don't know, I think that is a good point. I know I would mind having a few less mechs on my team right now and let me focus on a prime players.

-Aerrow

Website · by **Silver Wind** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:44 am

Aerrow wrote:
Silver Wind wrote:Enable the player to delete his/her TF when he/she wants to.

I don't know, I think that is a good point. I know I would mind having a few less mechs on my team right now and let me focus on a prime players.

-Aerrow

I only said that because it's rather annoying having to see that subject pop up from time to time. (Not trying to be a newbie-hater, folks, but I think there ought to be a warning of some sort on the character creation page about this.)

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeep?** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:45 am

Silver Wind wrote:
Aerrow wrote:
Silver Wind wrote:Enable the player to delete his/her TF when he/she wants to.

I don't know, I think that is a good point. I know I would mind having a few less mechs on my team right now and let me focus on a prime players.

-Aerrow

I only said that because it's rather annoying having to see that subject pop up from time to time. (Not trying to be a newbie-hater, folks, but I think there ought to be a warning of some sort on the character creation page about this.)

People just need to pull the lead out and realise that they can just stop using the character. It's not hard.

by **Aerrow** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:42 pm

First of all, Silver Wind, I joined this site and have been playing HMW for a month longer then you have. So before you start calling people "newb" you should pay a little more attention. :roll:

I know this has come up before and I still think it's a good idea.

Jeep!: Maybe some of us don't want to have to look at them just sitting there. Maybe some people would like to delete them altogether and focus on the ones they want to. Is that such a hard concept to get? sheesh.

Excuse the heck out of me for expressing my opinion folks I'll make sure it doesn't happen again. :roll:

-Aerrow

News Credits: 5 · by **King Henrik** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:52 pm

Stormwolf wrote:Bot-modes should reflect different types of subgroups.

We could do stuff like this:

Leader: Get a bonus on all stats. You can only have one leader class character.

Triggerbot/Triggercon: Firepower bonus + special blast attack

Headmaster: Intel + courage bonus (and nebulon attack special)

Targetmaster: Firepower bonus (and nebulon attack special). The bot's regular weapon slot becomes permanently replaced with a targetmaster gun, this gun can be upgraded by adding more stats to firepower and skill.

Combiner: optional bonus (from any stat) + power to combine.

Gestalt: Not really a class, but this is the combined form of the combiners. It is essentially a bot with the combined XP of its component members. Although the repair cost goest up with every member that gets damaged.

Powermaster: Strength bonus (and nebulon attack special)

Pretender: Endurance bonus + Pretendershell attack (spans a additional warrior in the game). The damage done to the additional warrior is also carried over to the owner TF.

Triplechanger: Unlocks the option to get a second altmode. Though all the tactics will be costly.

Quadchanger: Unlocks the option to get 3 altmodes. Though all the tactics will be costly.

Sixchanger: Get 6 altmodes. The most expensive class in the game. Though it could potentially bolster all available tactics.

this would be brilliant!

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeep?** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:55 pm

Aerrow wrote:First of all, Silver Wind, I joined this site and have been playing HMW for a month longer then you have. So before you start calling people "newb" you should pay a little more attention.

I know this has come up before and I still think it's a good idea.

Jeep!: Maybe some of us don't want to have to look at them just sitting there. Maybe some people would like to delete them altogether and focus on the ones they want to. Is that such a hard concept to get? sheesh.

Excuse the heck out of me for expressing my opinion folks I'll make sure it doesn't happen again.

-Aerrow

No one's singling you out, it's a question that crops up every other week and has done for years.

by **Tammuz** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:59 pm

no more discussing in my census thread!

aerrow, length of carreer, has nothing to do with newbiness, I played for over a year without really understanding the game at all(and thus spent most of my time at level 0) and not interacting with the HMW community at all,thoughout that entire time i was a newb, and some time afterwards until i became a regular of this forum, a well know character here, where everbody knows my name....

secondly there is a difference between a Newb, and a Noob,

thirdly she didn't call you a Noob or even a newb, she just is raising a point that many new people don't realise you can't delete bots and so a warning should be given that once you create a bot it is for life, and thus stop people creating threads for asking for it.

personally i'd like to be able to take spare slots off you, cos i want more characters.

by **Aerrow** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:10 pm

I know this topic has come up before. Same as other topics such as Targetmasters, Headmasters and Triple Changers to name a few. From my understanding those are supposed to be done in v2. Let's not forget auto CR chamber for missions. So why not this? Why not be able to sell a slot back for some extra energon? I don't get the big deal or why it would be so hard to program considering some of the other stuff that is in this game.

But to say she isn't trying to be a "newb-hater" doesn't portray a since of warm sentiment. How hard would it be to simply state "it has been talked about before"? A fact I was well aware of in the first place. A fact those people who talked to death Headmasters, Tagetmasters, auto CR for missions and all the other upgrades that have already been implemented or will be for v2.

Just because a person has a low post count doesn't mean that said person doesn't know what's going on in the game.

-Aerrow

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:21 pm

Aerrow wrote:I know this topic has come up before. Same as other topics such as Targetmasters, Headmasters and Triple Changers to name a few. From my understanding those are supposed to be done in v2. Let's not forget auto CR chamber for missions. So why not this? Why not be able to sell a slot back for some extra energon? I don't get the big deal or why it would be so hard to program considering some of the other stuff that is in this game.

Let me say it this way: It wouldn't be hard to program, it would have bigger leaks than Titanic!
For example: Your sister/mother/best friend/dog gets to your comp somehow, and finds your HMW page, and clicks on places they shouldn't and deletes your whole team you built for a long time. And, according to Murphy, it would happen once in a while.

by **Aerrow** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:25 pm

That's why you have the ability to log out.

-Aerrow

by **Tammuz** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:35 pm

if you want to discuss this please make a seperate thread and discuss it, i'm following this thread very closely so as to get an accurate picture of what people feel needs to be done with the game and editing my first post to track those results.

by **Aerrow** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:50 pm

Sorry Tammuz. Didn't mean to have this go on like it did.
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Back on topic then.

The ability to delete unwanted character slot for half the energon cost of buying said slot. You could have a few fail safe "are you sure you wish to proceed" type thing to eliminate any possibility of accidentally deleting a character. Something like a verification like what was used at one point to prevent macro users.

Also like to bring up the ability to rename you weapon to something that would better fit you character. Meaning that "Battle Blades" would still be battle blades and function as such but could be called whatever the user wants. Adds a little more uniqueness to your character much as re-coloring your alt mode does.

-Aerrow

by **Tammuz** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:00 pm

one means one, not two or three or four or any number other than one.

people just can't follow instructions can they.

by **Aerrow** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:03 pm

Apparently not. Again my appologies, T. :oops:

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeep?** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:05 pm

Aerrow wrote:Also like to bring up the ability to rename you weapon to something that would better fit you character. Meaning that "Battle Blades" would still be battle blades and function as such but could be called whatever the user wants. Adds a little more uniqueness to your character much as re-coloring your alt mode does.

I suggested this same thing a while back (before minicons came about) and in light of how the minicons worked, it should be perfectly feasible.

by **Tammuz** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:10 pm

discussion of Idea's for gthe game goes here

please don't klutter up this thread anymore.

by **devast8or** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:49 pm

v 2.0

-edit-
scratch that: i would be happy with a fully-functioning site minus the crashes. :wink:

(this would take care of several items)

News Credits: 2 · by **-Soundwave-** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:13 pm

I think the best would be a fully functioning game a well, be it repairing this one or bringing in the V.2.

by **Cooter** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:40 pm

How about being able to carry 2 weapons.
Of course it would be limited. for example say you can only access this with a skill level of 1. so you have a skill level of 1 and a firepower level of 3, you could only use 2 level one weapons or a lv1 and a lv2 weapon.or a skill1 weapon and a firepower3 weapon.
And it can only be for be for unmixed weapons nothing that uses firepower and skill together.
Its just an idea.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:59 am

Id like a game that didnt keep getting switched off...

What's the point in all that other shite if the game keeps getting turned off anyway?

by **devast8or** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:14 pm

Redimus wrote:Id like a game that didnt keep getting switched off...

What's the point in all that other shite if the game keeps getting turned off anyway?

Well, it may boost the level of participation in this forum.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:36 pm

devast8or wrote:
Redimus wrote:Id like a game that didnt keep getting switched off...

What's the point in all that other shite if the game keeps getting turned off anyway?

Well, it may boost the level of participation in this forum.

Yeah, for all of 5 minutes before we get bored of the forum with no point...

by **devast8or** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:49 pm

Redimus wrote:
devast8or wrote:
Redimus wrote:Id like a game that didnt keep getting switched off...

What's the point in all that other shite if the game keeps getting turned off anyway?

Well, it may boost the level of participation in this forum.

Yeah, for all of 5 minutes before we get bored of the forum with no point...