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[ParadigmShifter]

I've been mulling over a way to balance gameplay as soon as the far superior Clan tech first arrives. And, (Granted this might be a bit much) I believe I may have found a way. Many people have stated that a possibility would be to run matches 12 v. 10 or 12 v. 8. But how about if when an Inner Sphere player is killed, they can elect to become a "Commander" of a Dropship, dropping in additional Mechs or support. Hell, maybe even make it an option to start the match as such. I remember a similar system was implemented in Battlefield 2, where the "commander" had access to firing artillery as well as having a map of their team on the battlefield. I'd love to hear what you guys think.

[Orgasmo]

You have commander position. Open up your map and there is a "Take Command" option at the top left hand corner.

[ParadigmShifter]

But I mean as far as making it exclusive to the IS and adding a few other options. My bad, i probably should have elaborated a little more

[Alvor]

Interesting.

As far as Clan balancing, it can very simple.

For Clan players just give negatives (Cbills & Exp) for "claimed target" assists, and force lock a single "unclaimed target" once they begin shooting.

This will force players to fight Clan style.

[ParadigmShifter]

I'm not quite sure what you mean, Alvor.

[Steven Dixon]

Alvor, on 19 February 2013 - 11:22 PM, said:

Interesting.

As far as Clan balancing, it can very simple.

For Clan players just give negatives (Cbills & Exp) for "claimed target" assists, and force lock a single "unclaimed target" once they begin shooting.

This will force players to fight Clan style.

That was how I figured they would do it

[Blackfire1]

Then you need to go read up on Clan warfare and tactics.

[Steven Dixon]

The devs have talked about how support things like airstrikes and artillery would be modules that Commanders use, I wouldn't be against this only being used by IS commanders, and add in a system like Alvor mentioned to try to recreate Zelbringen. Plus give IS units a higher tonnage and/or more units. Of course this is all a long way off we still need far more details about how clans will be implemented.

[Alois Hammer]

AtlasTitania, on 20 February 2013 - 06:07 PM, said:

I'm not quite sure what you mean, Alvor.

It has to do with the game's backstory, and the Clanners' culture, and how they fight in a fairly rigid honor-based "call your target and duel them" manner.

The sort of thing one should know when trying to figure out how to balance them against the Inner Sphere.

[ParadigmShifter]

Alois Hammer, on 21 February 2013 - 06:25 AM, said:

It has to do with the game's backstory, and the Clanners' culture, and how they fight in a fairly rigid honor-based "call your target and duel them" manner.

The sort of thing one should know when trying to figure out how to balance them against the Inner Sphere.

Haha I completely understand THAT. I just had a bit of trouble figuring out that that's what he was referring to Idk what I was thinking.