SE4 by Committee Multi-Poll #1

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Puke:

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Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
This is mostly applicable to Generals who will be on the front lines fighting.

good lord, I dont think you will even catch a self respecting Colonel on the front lines fighting, much less a General. They have lots of OTHER people of LOWER ranks to go out and do the dieing for them.

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That's a good point. if we have the crew quarters serve as cargo space the General would likely remain on a non-transport ship with the fleet so he doesn't end up getting dropped onto the planet itself during the firefight. Otherwise teh General is going to be the shortest lifespan of the various units.

Perhaps the general would be attached to the group of troops involved in the battle and would survive as long as some of the troops do. THat might be tough to account for with a special avatar though.

Geoschmo

[TerranC]

I don't believe that the P&N mod nor devnull mod is really up to this kind of game.

I feel that Proportions would be best for this "real-life like" game.

Edit: Post 800!

[ December 17, 2002, 21:32: Message edited by: TerranC ]

[Suicide Junkie]

Oh wait, you mean if ministers die on a planet. OK. Heh. Heh. Got it. I thought a minister died when voted out. Ok.

For the mortal players, they will use a Troop as an avatar in game. If the avatar dies by any means, then they have died.

good lord, I dont think you will even catch a self respecting Colonel on the front lines fighting, much less a General. They have lots of OTHER people of LOWER ranks to go out and do the dieing for them.

It was just the first term for a "military fighter-leader person" that came to me and sounded good.
You could make your Character be any rank you please.

That's a good point. if we have the crew quarters serve as cargo space the General would likely remain on a non-transport ship with the fleet so he doesn't end up getting dropped onto the planet itself during the firefight. Otherwise the General is going to be the shortest lifespan of the various units.

Quite possibly. The generals will be gaining experience, though, and may become quite powerful.
They will also be loaded Last, so they drop Last, and tend to be hit Last.

[geoschmo]

[quote]Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:

They will also be loaded Last, so they drop Last, and tend to be hit Last.

If we are sure that works then it would be fine to have them in action. Then they would only die if the entire invasion were destroyed.

Geoschmo

[Suicide Junkie]

I don't believe that the P&N mod nor devnull mod is really up to this kind of game.

I feel that Proportions would be best for this "real-life like" game.

I didn't originally add it because I thought it would be too slow for an already slow commitee process.

[Arkcon]

How about someone who wants to be the intel minister? I don't normally use lots of offensive intel against the AI, but I might covert recon a planet to see what's there or insurrect a troublesome (or valuable)ship. It would be useful for someone to direct these functions.

[Suicide Junkie]

Well, I've just tested it, and the savegames made in 1.82 don't open in 1.78.

So you'd have to use screenshots, stories and spreadsheets to find out what's going on.