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News Credits: 1 · by **Absolute Zero** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:38 pm

Tammuz wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:
Tammuz wrote:

those are two bloody good ideas.

With all the ideas I pull out of my arse, some are bound to be good. ^_^

best way to brainstorm there is

Ok... So.. I guess I'll get to work on that thread... Hopefully someone will sticky it and maybe make it a news article.

Like Me, Grimlock! on Facebook · by **Me, Grimlock!** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:56 am

I wouldn't mind a list under each alt that would give those Transformers who use that alt. Like, for the VW Beetle, list Bumblebee, Bumblejumper, Hubcap, I dunno. Whoever uses it. Makes it a little more... identifiable, I guess...? Easier to picture in your head for those confusing-looking alts. (I swear, one of them I thought was a headless brontosaurus for the longest time.)

News Credits: 1 · by **Max_Prime** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:55 pm

I'm sure this might be in here but 11 pages or reading is a little much.

I was thinking 2 colors on alts. Like the Corvette has the flame but its still blue. It would be nice to be able to have certain parts of an alt could be a different color then just the base color. Maybe not all alts but with some.

Like Me, Grimlock! on Facebook · by **Me, Grimlock!** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:39 pm

Max_Prime wrote:I'm sure this might be in here but 11 pages or reading is a little much.

I was thinking 2 colors on alts. Like the Corvette has the flame but its still blue. It would be nice to be able to have certain parts of an alt could be a different color then just the base color. Maybe not all alts but with some.

That would be cool, but might mess with the colour-changing function already in the game. Then again, might not.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:42 pm

I like the idea, but it is a reasonably large amount of work which is for so very little programming wise.

News Credits: 1 · by **Absolute Zero** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:57 pm

I would rather have higher detail alts then the ability to change their color.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:11 pm

That's two differnet problems there.

One is a problem of adding mainly to the programmign size, which whilst it will increase the burden of the game, it wond increase it much.

More detailed alts will produce a much larger data burden for the game, which would make crashes etc more likly.

News Credits: 1 · by **Absolute Zero** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:28 pm

ah know. its a pipe dream of mine. redoing some rorschachs into something more discernable would be nive too.

by **Carnosaur** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:51 pm

more slots for our guy's

by **Malicron** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:01 pm

I know it's been said, but I want the Quint missions back, even without the minicons.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:02 pm

Whiner-tron wrote:I know it's been said, but I want the Quint missions back, even without the minicons.

Hitting the lv. 8 judge sure would be a good xp boost now

by **Nickolai** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:01 am

A more or less compelte mission history for each bot would be nice. If that's too much, perhaps just purge all missions a month old?

Like steve2275 on Facebook · by **steve2275** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:30 am

Tammuz wrote:there's only 90 weapons in the game at present.

i still don't see why we need to have weapons that only one faction can have. i have no problem including beast weapons, but i don't see why beasts shouldn't be ablet to use non-beast weapons and vice versa.

because other than brawn and his 15 seconds of fame
no autobot has ever had the fusion cannon
:lol:

by **Tammuz** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:19 pm

doesn't movie ironhide have one according to his packaging?

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:56 am

Oh what the hell i'll throw some ideas out there.

• Upgrade page to be changed so it's like the XP calculator and you don't have to wait for a page to load with each upgrade.
• Tech specs based either the actual toy tech specs. Maybe give people the option of which era of tech specs they'd like.
• Tournament counter. Just plug in what you want counted and let it spit out the results. Save everyone having to count things up.
• Expanding on M,G!'s idea of alt details. More details for weapons.
• Challenge Pit - Of course
• A map of Cybertron!

Like steve2275 on Facebook · by **steve2275** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:12 am

Burn wrote:Oh what the hell i'll throw some ideas out there.

• Upgrade page to be changed so it's like the XP calculator and you don't have to wait for a page to load with each upgrade.

da

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:52 am

Burn wrote:• Upgrade page to be changed so it's like the XP calculator and you don't have to wait for a page to load with each upgrade.

I've been saying this for years!

Burn wrote:• Tournament counter. Just plug in what you want counted and let it spit out the results. Save everyone having to count things up.

I've got two minds on this, whilst on the one hand it'd make the running of tourniments a lot easier and more accurate, it would remove the ability to experiment in tournie format, and to be honest, part of the fun of a tourniment for me is doing all the counting and so on.
Also I'd be worried that it'd somehow cheapen tournies if we only have to flick a switch to run them, and cuase them to become too regular.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:08 am

Not be able to experiment different styles of tournaments?

Maybe if you're short sighted.

Obviously if people wanted to try a different style they still could. It's not like the tournament counter would be turned on for EVERY tournament.

by **Tammuz** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:58 am

those links Burn are some of the ugliest links ever.

Ideas = great
Execution = **** terrible

can we have uniform use of font, looks like every paragraph has a random selection of ariel or TNR or something else
but
come on guys, if you're gonna go for an uber secret squirrel type thing, go for a slightly less obvious url.

News Credits: 1 · by **Absolute Zero** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:33 pm

I didn't even notice the links there before... Why the hell don't we have those things? That would be fricken awesome!

Though.. The gun things kinda make me think of little sprites that we could see the guns on... that'd be pretty sweet too...

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:04 pm

Tammuz wrote:those links Burn are some of the ugliest links ever.

Ideas = great
Execution = **** terrible

can we have uniform use of font, looks like every paragraph has a random selection of ariel or TNR or something else
but
come on guys, if you're gonna go for an uber secret squirrel type thing, go for a slightly less obvious url.

And screenshot's which clearly state it is OS's team...

by **Nickolai** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:25 am

I'd like to be able to donate bots to new players, kind of like leaving free items in the donation area of Neopets where people can get free stuff. I've got one or two bots that did really badly since the start, and are at the butt end of the priority stick. I don't really have the time or inclination to level them anymore, and my team leader is almost at 3x their total experience which really kills my urge to give them any sort of life. They've got 5-digit experience already racked up though, which a new player would absolutely go bonkers over, I guess.

News Credits: 1 · by **Absolute Zero** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:36 am

You can always reset them and try again.

by **Nickolai** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:34 am

Absolute Zero wrote:You can always reset them and try again.

But, what a waste. I don't throw away what others can use, and be glad and thankful for, existent and material or not.

News Credits: 1 · by **Absolute Zero** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:03 am

Nickolai wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:You can always reset them and try again.

But, what a waste. I don't throw away what others can use, and be glad and thankful for, existent and material or not.

But they can't use them and the XP still stays, so you can reconfigure them however you want.