Non mafia, Battle Royale Style'd Game sign up

[Thermal]

see! i knew it! i knew there'd be stuff i'd get wrong

story changed

and fools? beefy says that a lot too

I'm looking to recruit 3 more players, so any other players interested to join is welcome to do so!

you know if each person has one faction each it could work well considering how many of us there are, what is there? (baring in mind i dont have soulstorm and dont know the 2 soulstorm races nor if there are more on dawn of war 2 either)


Space marines
Chaos marines
Orks
Eldar
Imperial Guard
Tau Empire
Necrons
(soulstorm 1)
(soulstorm 2)

that makes 9, pretty ideal don't you think? If we can all agree on a faction that is.

[TheFlax]

Imperial Guard/Space Marines/Sisters of Battle are generally on the same side, unless you find a wacky excuse for them fighting it out. That wouldn't be really fair would it? I'd actually prefer less faction (I assume taka has planned for 4 at the moment) but more players in each factions to make for a bit of teamwork and combined arms tactics.

[taka]

You are correct TheFlax

I didnt want to have too many fractions because it would be confusing for me to do, and i wanted this to have a little "mafia" feel to it, hence the role equivalent

There will be at least 4 () factions. If i can get 1 more player then it would be great and the game balances out. if i can get 2 more, then there deffinately will be other faction.

This way, players can contact each other AFTER i have given them the right to do so (as you will need to identify who is on the same team as you, after in-game contact). and from then on you can decide what to do.

I'm going to have an example unit selection in a bit, along with how the battle system will work with example. just ironing out the balance issues atm

[taka]

I used a unit that's not going to be in this game as an example for squad choice.

When I send you a pm, you will get either 2 or 3 Unit types to choose from (depending on how many i can do)

Heres the example:

Battle Sister Squad

Number of units in squad:
10 (10 hp per unit, 100hp in total)

Weapon Selection:

Bolter:
Ranged: 2
Melee: 2

Heavy Bolter:
Ranged: 4
Melee: 1

Flamer :
Ranged: NA
Melee: 4

*Damage is per unit when weapon is equipped. Ranged is 1 of the 8 adjacent square, melee is the 1of the 4 adjacent squares.

Ambush SKills:
5/10 (50% chance)

Active Traits:
When equipped with Bolter, Special ammunition selection of:
1x Metal Storm Frag shells - +2 damage per unit
2x Stalker Silenced Shells - Ambush +25%

Passive Traits:
Can move 1 square when full squad, 2 squares when ½ squad
Sight Range: 2 squares
+10% damage when fighting Chaos Heretics (any weapon, attacking and defending)
+10% damage when defending with Heavy Bolter
Flamers cannot be used in jungle (you’ll burn the whole jungle down!)

This is just an example of some of the things you MAY get in the finalised selection choice

Now I will move on to battle calculations

for the sake of the example, i'm gonna use battle sister vs battle sister

Example of damage calculations:

Attacking squad 10 units equipped with bolter, ranged, using one time only Metal Storm Frag Shells=
10x(2+2)= 40 damage to enemy HP

Defending squad has heavy bolter, 40-10%= 36

Defending squad is taken from 100hp to 64 hp (7 units).

Defending Squad 7 units equipped with heavy bolter, ranged=
7x4 = 28 (+10%) = 31 damage to enemy HP

attacking squad is taken from 100hp to 69 hp (7 units)

Final results:

Attacker 69hp 7 units
defender 64hp 7 units

Of course when a Battle does happen, I wont be giving you all that gibberish. But i'll tell it through the write up. and then give a final result.

I've Also Updated the battle mechanics bit on the info thread

[TheFlax]

I'm confused about one thing here:

Defending squad has heavy bolter, 40-10%= 36

Where does this -10% come from?

Edit: Nevermind, its the bonus for being in Defense, right?

[taka]

erm, actually my bad i changed something and forgot to change that

but yea, think of it as.... the defence bonus

[TheFlax]

erm, actually my bad i changed something and forgot to change that

Aha! So I was right in finding that odd.

but yea, think of it as.... the defence bonus

Now don't try to pull a fast one. What does this -10% really come from?

(You don't have to answer that if its supposed to be a secret or something.)

[taka]

i was actually going to give Heavy Bolter a -10% damage when defending, but it didnt really make sense, because devastators were good at dishing out damage, not reducing damage. therefore i decided to change the heavy bolter to +10% damage

I've got a lot of my ideas down on word already, so once yoyoma finishes the map, we can pretty much start this game

[TheFlax]

Am I correct in assuming that better armored troops will have more hit points to represent they are tougher? (Eldar, Orks and Guardsmen have very poor armor saves compared to say, Space Marines.)

I don't think I have any other questions a part from that. I'm geared up and ready to play as soon as its ready!

[taka]

that's one thing im not exactly sure of yet, but I will probably balance it out with "more units" in the squad

eg

Space marines = 10 units, 10 hp each = 100hp
guardsmen = 25 units, 4 hp each = 100hp

thats just an example, its not confirmed, and im not sure if the guardsmen are even in yet

i also need to take into consideration of attack per unit, so more powerful units may be few in numbers, but have more hp and higher attack, whereas weaker units may have more units but lower hp and lower attack.

also, not all players will have 100hp

[TheFlax]

I'll trust in your judgment.

I'd be curious of seeing the mechanics after the game, if you're willing to show me your hard work. If this game goes well and you want to do another, I'd be very interested in helping out.

[taka]

It would be great if this was good enough for a sequel, but it seems that the theme has probably put a lot of people off

the mechanics of the game is pretty much very battle royale - only modded to suit the theme. I've also thrown in some extra ideas like actually letting you customise your own character and stats. but i kinda had to do my own battle mechanics because im not sure how it worked over at BR games

at the moment, im considering whether to throw in wargear too...

after the game, i'm more than happy to spill the beans on mechanics and everything

[Thermal]

Very nice, I recommend the 4 original faction, if you have orks and both marines confirmed, then you might as well have eldar too, I like eldar

[taka]

I'm Preparing the PMs for squad selection, be ready to receive a pm from me soon.

edit

forgot to say that game will not start yet, just getting the peparation work done so i can start straight away after the map is done

[TheFlax]

How soon is soon?

[taka]

sorry

i've been working on it all night, i'm currently finding balancing out very difficult atm. ive done all the choices for the known 3

im currently still working on one, which will be done "soon"

pms will go out before i go to bed, its 4:12am here in england lol

[taka]

PMs Sent

Please Make your confirmation ASAP

AND DO NOT REVEAL YOUR FACTION/ROLE. NO PM'ing EACH OTHER YET!

Thank you all those playing

taka

[Yoyoma1910]

Hey everyone. I'll be joining in on this event.


Hope you all enjoy the map.

[taka]

let's Welcome Yoyoma!

and Game Starts When Pms are out.... within the hour!

[TheFlax]

Alright!!

Thanks for the map Yoyoma!

[White_eyes:D]

I am gunning for you Yoyoma

[TheFlax]

For all you know he could be the same faction as you.

[White_eyes:D]

Better to assume he's hostile.....

[taka]

Pm and Game start very very soon. i've done them all pretty much, just tidying up the pms

[TheFlax]

[taka]

i think this thread can now be locked mods