JuicyDeath said:
why do you need premade recruit? If someone will decide to play as warrior, he will create a character with high str and agi.
And being soldier you can't trade or do normal quests. But you can have weapons from battlefield. Too bad you can't have armor. So why you need to pin player to any troop tree or ranks? Let him level as normal - gaining exp from killing and general's trainer skill.
Make a big penalty for deserting/rebelling/ets. And you have a soldier... As you: gained high enough level/served in army long enough time/done quest/ets you can leave and do what you want. Like soldier contract is over. Or stay in army... or become a lord...
If you want rank, i see 1 reason for it. Higher rank - better quests (if you still going to make quests). And ofc some people will enjoy being SERGANT or smth like that )
opinion noted JD, but it's not like I'm making the player do anything, the idea for adding bonuses (just like the my daddy was) was originally designed for the code we had in place, it wouldnt allow the player to gain weapons/horses if they do not have the stats, I don't know about you but I'm ex millitary and if your in the millitary you can't be a horseman without being part of the horse regiment, or the archers or fodder (auxillieries) with out being assigned to those regiments ect.
We had a talk (devs) then I decided to ask people through the poll, I'm not here to make a historical masterpiece , I'm here to make the player feel like they are in a Lords company, the grunts, in the thick of it.. so they can be the guy with a ****y sword who sees a shiny one on the battlefield and grabs it , or sees the powerful Lord and his knights fly by and crash into the enemy, he either honors him or despises him, the player can dream up anything they want.. and yeah there will be quests.. more for those who would really in a 'more' realistic world deserve them. So all in all the whole 'troop tier' idea is about immersion as well.. it's about imagination ... but on a good note we are currently adding a feature to not let people rank until they can handle the weapons/shield/items need. Also we are concidering not removing the weapons. But to balance that, bring in a 'broken weapon' code that after some time the weapon may break, leaving the reason for scrounging the battlefield or going on vacation. If it was solely up to me I'd make it so your relations don't change when on leave .
Anyways after I've written my novel ...I'll get to the point.. lol. Premade doesnt mean click here to be a soldier, it's a new line in the "My dady was" , "As a child", "When I grew up" and "my reason for leaving home", but please not this may or may not be a new addition to the OSP part of the code. Need something 'unique' as part of the standalone.
I'm going to change the poll a bit, people get the wrong idea... sorry kids no supa soldja!
Thanks ALLOT for your input JD!
it is well respected and noted.