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Richard LeMoon:
As pointed out in another thread, gold coins (War Chest) is boring, and seems pointless with the amount of points getting dumped in by deploying. So, what if we could spend those coins elsewhere?

A suggestion was to be able to spend them on going up a tech tree. I personally find this distasteful and not fitting with the game at all. There was a very good reason leveling tools was dropped like three day old roadkill.

So, what could we spend those bucks on? I have a few small ideas, and one REALLY BIG one. Let's start with the small ones.

1. One-off specials. These are like special abilities, but you can only use them one time. Then they vanish until you buy it again. So, Consumable specials. Unlike normal (heh) specials, these can be off the wall crazy.

2. Temp buffs. Ya, I said I don't want buffs on a tech tree. Well, this would be off a tech tree. Similar to consumable specials (Ultra Specials?), these would only last one match. More HP, faster fixing, etc.

3. Escorts. No, not that kind. Buy AI ships that will follow you around and shoot your pilot targets.

4. Gambling. What I win, I keep. What you win, I keep. Double those coins, or lose em all.

5. Banking. The safer way. Allows you to get more money than your War Chest holds. Save it for a rainy day.

Now for the BIG one.

The plan right now is to make Faction ships and guns unlockable through Faction progression. So, sort of a small tech tree. Not a bad idea for your Faction ship. The problem is that you need to progress through ALL of the factions far enough to get all of the ships and guns. This sets sour in the stomachs of many a diehard Faction member. How do we get around this?

We steal ships.

Yes, folks, you heard that right. You want that shiny new Crusader? You are going to have to go full Grand Theft Airship. Now, the factions are not going to sanction these actions, so you are going to have to fund the mission yourself. You take your coins and spend them to unlock a special map and mode, 'Raid'. Select the faction you want to relieve of a ship or weapon, and gather a team. 'Raid' is basically a super hard 'Infiltration' on a (hopefully) night map. Get in, wreck things without getting killed, and get to the shipyard. Then something fancy happens. Your ship explodes, and your crew is on the new ship! Too bad it has dummy guns in all its bays. Looks like you are going to run for it and hope your allies can cover your tail...

If you survive, the ship is yours from now on. Of course, that is just you. Now you have to return the favor for each of your crew members.

Unarmed Civilian:
Why not melt it down and use it as ammunition? It's denser than lead. Or trading for dyes.

In all seriousness, the temp buffs sound the best to me. Like buffing the hull armor to give it passive regen or something.

Solidusbucket:
I want to spend it on more moonshine.
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And escorts.

Schwalbe:
Yeah, let's make our own Alliance.

With moonshine. And escorts.

Ava Gatling:

--- Quote from: Richard LeMoon on January 12, 2017, 10:28:26 pm ---
3. Escorts. No, not that kind. Buy AI ships that will follow you around and shoot your pilot targets.


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I support this whole idea. Especially this. Specifically this. This.

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