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News Credits: 226 · Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:46 pm

ahhh but that's forum based.

Game based we've never had a Mod tell us what to do. And I for one don't really like the idea of having someone telling me where I should be deploying my bots.

Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:16 am

i agree,i due like the freedom of deploying my TF's where and when i want,if a mod can make you due otherwise,then that is BS. it's your TF's you earned the XP,then you should decide what you want to due with them on your own. IMHO

News Credits: 226 · Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:29 am

It wouldn't be so much making you do it, but a "leader" would have to develop a strategy and work out what areas to attack, what areas to defend, and rally his/her troops to follow those plans.

Of course people don't have to follow those plans and could still deploy as they choose fit however it may be at the cost of the faction.

Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:35 am

Indeed Burn, being a leader you need to some authority, and that authority should come from being a decent leader, if they make the right calls we'll follow them pretty much, if they start shouting out non-sensical orders or policies the factions gonna start ignoring them pretty fast, for the most part the experienced players should eventuallly know what they're doing, and won't need to be spoon fed instructions, whereas the newbs probably need some guidance, and having some sort of leadery type dude to turn to is good

News Credits: 226 · Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:09 am

ahhh but like I said, we've never had them before and things have worked pretty good. :grin:

Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:12 am

Burn wrote:ahhh but like I said, we've never had them before and things have worked pretty good.

Well, things change....

News Credits: 226 · Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:24 am

Deadpool. wrote:
Burn wrote:ahhh but like I said, we've never had them before and things have worked pretty good.
Well, things change....

Yes they do .... but change also brings about adaption.

-edit-

For the record I don't oppose the idea of "leaders", i'd just like to see the community have a bit of a say and for the position to only be for a set period of time so other people can have a go.

Back to the purpose of this thread!

The EBC ... any chance it can be used to continue the games like Psychout and I are doing or will it strictly be for war purposes only?

News Credits: 5 · Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:38 am

Burn wrote:The EBC ... any chance it can be used to continue the games like Psychout and I are doing or will it strictly be for war purposes only?

The EBC has unlimited potential. Looking for ideas to expand it actually. It would be a shame if its purpose was isolated only to the map.

Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:23 am

Is there a more recent map than the one from the first page in mkall's post. That looks like it's the autobot/decepticon only map.

Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:38 am

sprockitz wrote:Is there a more recent map than the one from the first page in mkall's post. That looks like it's the autobot/decepticon only map.

Here's a link to the "Map Revisited" thread from Oct. 3:

http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewto ... 19579&sid=

News Credits: 5 · Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:15 pm

Lord Straxus wrote:
sprockitz wrote:Is there a more recent map than the one from the first page in mkall's post. That looks like it's the autobot/decepticon only map.

Here's a link to the "Map Revisited" thread from Oct. 3:

http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewto ... 19579&sid=

Still only has Auto, Decep and Quint. I haven't finished the map yet.

News Credits: 226 · Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:17 pm

Omega Sentinel wrote:
Burn wrote:The EBC ... any chance it can be used to continue the games like Psychout and I are doing or will it strictly be for war purposes only?
The EBC has unlimited potential. Looking for ideas to expand it actually. It would be a shame if its purpose was isolated only to the map.

How complex do you want these ideas? :twisted:

News Credits: 5 · Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:23 pm

Burn wrote:
Omega Sentinel wrote:
Burn wrote:The EBC ... any chance it can be used to continue the games like Psychout and I are doing or will it strictly be for war purposes only?
The EBC has unlimited potential. Looking for ideas to expand it actually. It would be a shame if its purpose was isolated only to the map.

How complex do you want these ideas?

They could get pretty complex. Wouldn't want to set up bot 401k's or anything like that, but functionality wise, there is ALOT of potential.

Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:28 pm

Just out of curiosity, is it possible for a sub-faction leader to also be the faction leader?

News Credits: 5 · Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:35 pm

Uncrazzimatic wrote:Just out of curiosity, is it possible for a sub-faction leader to also be the faction leader?

It's possible. But could be a conflict of interest and definitely isn't giving everyone a chance to be "leaders".

Really the main purpose of the subfaction leaders at this point is to mod the subfaction boards. What you guys do, elect or decide in your own subfactions is up to you. (Other than the fact we have to keep our content PG-13).

Faction "leaders" will be more symbolic and may have other duties such as making final desicions on items your faction purchases with its money (the faction commanders may be the ones that click the button on purchasing turrets, shield, etc.).

Hopefully we will have term limits on all positions and give most players a chance to "lead". We've had alot of newbie activity lately and that is going to get much, much bigger once the new game comes out.

Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:38 pm

Omega Sentinel wrote:
Uncrazzimatic wrote:Just out of curiosity, is it possible for a sub-faction leader to also be the faction leader?
It's possible. But could be a conflict of interest and definitely isn't giving everyone a chance to be "leaders".

Really the main purpose of the subfaction leaders at this point is to mod the subfaction boards. What you guys do, elect or decide in your own subfactions is up to you.

Faction "leaders" will be more symbolic and may have other duties such as making final desicions on items your faction purchases with its money (the faction commanders may be the ones that click the button on purchasing turrets, shield, etc.).

Hopefully we will have terms on all positions and give most players a chance to "lead". We've had alot of newbie activity lately and that is going to get much, much bigger once the new game comes out.

I realise that it could be a conflict of interest, but I honestly can't think of anyone besides Burn who posts regularly in the Decepticon forum and isn't an RDD member. Since Burn hasn't stated that he'll stay con we may not have any other candidates.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:40 pm

Uncrazzimatic wrote:I realise that it could be a conflict of interest, but I honestly can't think of anyone besides Burn who posts regularly in the Decepticon forum and isn't an RDD member. Since Burn hasn't stated that he'll stay con we may not have any other candidates.

That's cool. Since the subfactions are in the process of getting "officialized" it shouldn't be as much of an issue as it would have been before.

Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:58 pm

Omega Sentinel wrote:They could get pretty complex. Wouldn't want to set up bot 401k's or anything like that, but functionality wise, there is ALOT of potential.

What about the idea of(or is it already being done) that since its a bank, having savings accounts for players?

News Credits: 5 · Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:19 pm

raphaelprime wrote:
Omega Sentinel wrote:They could get pretty complex. Wouldn't want to set up bot 401k's or anything like that, but functionality wise, there is ALOT of potential.

What about the idea of(or is it already being done) that since its a bank, having savings accounts for players?

It's possible. What would be the purpose of it though? Just to get interest?

Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:24 pm

how about a safe place to keep your money (plus generate interest) because then you could have the possibility of having energon stolen or lost in the game

News Credits: 8 · Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:26 pm

Knight Hawk wrote:how about a safe place to keep your money (plus generate interest) because then you could have the possibility of having energon stolen or lost in the game

meh. I dunna like that idea. Other than the occasional Kremzeek I mean.

Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:27 pm

Omega Sentinel wrote:It's possible. What would be the purpose of it though? Just to get interest?

Not sure, but the intrest is what i was mainly thinking. The intrest rate could be fairly low though. i dont know, was just a random thought i had while still half sleep after waking up lol.

Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:52 pm

raphaelprime wrote:
Omega Sentinel wrote:It's possible. What would be the purpose of it though? Just to get interest?

Not sure, but the intrest is what i was mainly thinking. The intrest rate could be fairly low though. i dont know, was just a random thought i had while still half sleep after waking up lol.

Or, you could have decent interest rates, and have all the interest go to helping that players faction, instead of to the player.

Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:27 pm

How about commanders being able to donate to the faction fund? There might be a point where a team is decked out to the full extent and there isn't any way that the commander can help out. The idea of a personal back account wouldn't be good unless you just say that is where our energon is stored at as well with any excess weapons we may have.

Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:16 am

Just a suggesstion for V2, would it be possible to have two colour palettes for your alt-mode instead of one, I want to try and add a little more variation to my characters and I find myself restricted to just one colour a lot of the time?

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