SE:StarFury Screenshots!

Perrin · #1 January 17th, 2003, 04:04 PM

I hope this is not a subscription game. But it looks like it is going to be.

David E. Gervais · #2 January 17th, 2003, 04:13 PM

What do you mean by "a subscription game"?

Growltigger · #3 January 17th, 2003, 04:14 PM

I dont know what subscription game means but I must admit to hoping that SEV would do a few 3d things, like the system and movement being portrayed in 3D, and maybe the ships to?

I still want message delays to be built in, ie it takes time from one of your ships sighting an enemy fleet for that message to get back to your homeworld so that you can issue new orders to a fleet etc but this is just one of my previous ongoing rants!!

Perrin · #4 January 17th, 2003, 04:42 PM

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Originally posted by David Gervais:
What do you mean by "a subscription game"?

You know pay to play. The game itself costs like $20 and you get 1-3 months free. After that it costs so much a month to play. There are several of these games out there right now. Such as EverQuest, Dark Space, Shattered Galaxy, etc. They have a persistent universe. The subscription is to provide funds for maintaining multiplayer servers and updates.

[ January 17, 2003, 14:43: Message edited by: Perrin ]

David E. Gervais · #5 January 17th, 2003, 04:50 PM

Right now we (the fans) are not even sure if it will have 'multiplayer' so I can only guess... and my guess would be that 'No' this will not be a subscription game, but rather a stand-alone game.

Cheers!

[ January 17, 2003, 14:51: Message edited by: David Gervais ]

Ragnarok · #6 January 17th, 2003, 05:19 PM

I would have to agree with David on this one. I don't think Aaron would do the pay to play idea. Of course I could be wrong but I just don't see him doing that.

Wonder how hard it would be to set up your own mission... That would be cool for modders to set up some missions for others to play. But I imagine it would be hard to do and hard to put in so that ones could mod that aspect of it.

I'd also have to say that I'm sure that Aaron will make it so you can play a normal game without the missions.

Growltigger · #7 January 17th, 2003, 06:23 PM

If Aaron is reading or ever reads these Posts, I do hope he can tweak SEV so you do have communication lag.

I used to play Starfire the board game and one of the best bits for me was the interface between orders and communication. Unless one of your ships had somehow got a message to your command and control centre that an invading fleet from the Horrible Empire of Wubbya the Woothless was attacking your outer systems, you couldnt just merrily intercept it with the 6th Fleet on the pretense that "hey, they were going to that system on maneuvres"!! - you had to work out how long it took the message to get back home (depending on how it was sent as light speed transmissions couldnt get thru warp points) and how long it took your orders to the fleet to get to them...

the other thing I would like would be survey and scanning rules, in order to decelerate the time it takes to plant colonies and find warp points, how'sa about your science ships having to survey the system for planets, planet type and then warp points so that it takes a few goes....

more realistic, more fun

just MHO