Commander Death consequences

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 08 Oct 2006, 02:07

For the love of God, TA's "when the Commander dies you end up with 20m/e max" is an archaic feature, PLEASE REMOVE IT.

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 08 Oct 2006, 02:10

Storage ftw ^_^

Crampman · Post by **Crampman** » 08 Oct 2006, 02:12

Am I the only guy who think that comm-less mods would be possible ?
The comm-gameplay is too TA-related, no ?

Of course, this is complex to set the commander system optionnal, with AI, by exemple...

knorke · Post by **knorke** » 08 Oct 2006, 07:04

I think its already possible to have, ie a building spawn as the first unit.
Just no mod does it at the moment...

danzel · Post by **danzel** » 08 Oct 2006, 07:43

1944 spawns a building at the start.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 08 Oct 2006, 09:16

So does GINTA but GINTA is so incomplete it doesn't count.

AFAIK the role of the commander is not necessary in Spring, you can e.g. flag all factories as commanders and if com ends game you have to destroy all factories.

Of course the ressource settings get in the way there since there's no way to prevent additional "commanders" from adding exactly that user-defined amount of storage. Can't set it to more or less.

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 08 Oct 2006, 10:08

SWS commanders are only essential for the early part of the game; we encourage players to play on Comm:Continues, and we ensure that factories and con. units provide enough storage so that if your comm goes, it isn't as catastrophic as it would otherwise be.

However, I can see for 1944 how it may be a problem, particularly if you go for spawning the commissar (a plentiful con. unit).

With regards to the commander gameplay, I think one of the reasons why most people have decided not to ditch it is because it's simply a clever game design concept. Same reason we'll still be seeing commanders in SupCom.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 08 Oct 2006, 17:43

AA's resourcing units (mexxes, geothermals, solars, tidals, etc) and builders all have some small amount of storage. If you lose your commander, you will still have something to work with.

Shadowfury333 · Post by **Shadowfury333** » 08 Oct 2006, 17:46

Wouldn't one of the big reasons for continued storage after comm death be to stop a division by 0, since that causes an infinitely long line in the resource bar?

SpikedHelmet · Post by **SpikedHelmet** » 09 Oct 2006, 18:36

I think the Commander is an ingenious idea, but I think having him as the "storage" for all of your e/m until you make storage yourself is silly. Obviously its easy enough to make every single other unit in the game a repository of some sort, but.. meh.

Lindir The Green · Post by **Lindir The Green** » 09 Oct 2006, 23:20

As with most things, it should be mod defined.

Soulless1 · Post by **Soulless1** » 10 Oct 2006, 04:01

Lindir The Green wrote:As with most things, it should be mod defined.

QFT

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 10 Oct 2006, 07:54

SpikedHelmet wrote:I think the Commander is an ingenious idea, but I think having him as the "storage" for all of your e/m until you make storage yourself is silly. Obviously its easy enough to make every single other unit in the game a repository of some sort, but.. meh.

he has those backpack thingies...

so it's not that silly

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 10 Oct 2006, 16:26

Heh, to quote the 40 reasons why TA is better then starcraft page:

"... Otherwise that marine better have mighty deep pockets!"

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Commander Death consequences

Commander Death consequences