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Author Topic: (optional) Hardcore mode; If your ship explodes with you on it. Game Over!  (Read 1813 times)

TJJ

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I'm playing 0.7 this way, and I think it'd benefit from being an official feature.

It should be a super simple addition, and would add an extra level of tension (and sense of accomplishment!) to the campaign, even well into the mid/end game!

You could even have a retirement option (with associated presentation of lifetime accomplishments) after you've survived XYZ years in the command chair.
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BillyRueben

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Re: (optional) Hardcore mode; If your ship explodes with you on it. Game Over!
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2015, 01:58:47 PM »

Seconded.
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Re: (optional) Hardcore mode; If your ship explodes with you on it. Game Over!
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2015, 02:58:27 PM »

thirded

transferring command mid game suddenly becomes much more useful
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Re: (optional) Hardcore mode; If your ship explodes with you on it. Game Over!
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2015, 08:57:46 PM »

I wouldn't mind this if only so that it'd make deleting saves where I've screwed up massively more entertaining than just typing in Delete
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Re: (optional) Hardcore mode; If your ship explodes with you on it. Game Over!
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2015, 09:26:44 PM »

This sounds pretty interesting.  Just sort of a benchmark to end the game on - it doesn't really have an end yet, anyway.

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Re: (optional) Hardcore mode; If your ship explodes with you on it. Game Over!
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2015, 12:15:58 AM »

You're pretty much f**ked if you boot hardcore up, what with the new update being crazy punishing...

I like it.
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Re: (optional) Hardcore mode; If your ship explodes with you on it. Game Over!
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2015, 04:25:07 AM »

+1.

I have a plan to play it as RL after I get used to the update anyway.
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