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Suggestions / Interrupting hostile fleets who are in combat
« on: August 14, 2016, 04:05:41 PM »
In this situation I'm hostile to both factions, and I have more than enough firepower to beat both factions...
but I can't attack them because they are attacking each other.
I know Alex has said he's not going to be implementing 3 way combat, so I have a (somewhat complicated, but i think reasonable) solution to this. Give the player the option to interrupt the enemy fleets in combat, then the both fleets get to make a choice:
... or you can be a little more nuanced and give the player the option to interrupt both, or go after just either one, which looks like this:
This feature is also important because of bounty hunting. If I am after a bounty and another fleets gets to my target first, this allows me to chase them off. It also creates a situation where disputes between neutral or hostile factions crop up over a target. ("That's MY bounty!!!")
Personally I think it would be better to let 3 way or even 4 way fights happen, but if the game isn't amiable to it, or if you figure it would be too much of a mess, then, meh. Here's an alternative.
but I can't attack them because they are attacking each other.
I know Alex has said he's not going to be implementing 3 way combat, so I have a (somewhat complicated, but i think reasonable) solution to this. Give the player the option to interrupt the enemy fleets in combat, then the both fleets get to make a choice:
... or you can be a little more nuanced and give the player the option to interrupt both, or go after just either one, which looks like this:
This feature is also important because of bounty hunting. If I am after a bounty and another fleets gets to my target first, this allows me to chase them off. It also creates a situation where disputes between neutral or hostile factions crop up over a target. ("That's MY bounty!!!")
Personally I think it would be better to let 3 way or even 4 way fights happen, but if the game isn't amiable to it, or if you figure it would be too much of a mess, then, meh. Here's an alternative.