Updated: Jan 22, 2004
- Jan 22: Change to /hide
- Jan 22: Change to CH bonus
Introduction
"The hunter stopped off at the local town for supplies. His weapon had needed repairs, and he needed to stock up on some steel for his traps. While checking the bazaar, he eavedropped on a couple of locals talking nearby about a reward. As thoughts of grand quests and riches had always piqued his interest as a child, the story the locals told engulfed him. Apparently a dangerous beast had been rampaging through the woods north of town for the last couple days, and the local authority had posted a reward for its destruction. Picking up his goods from the terminal he checked in at the city hall and registered his name in the hunt. The quest had begun."
The Ranger profession has had a turbulent life. Mostly incomplete for most of its existence, it has been the refuge for a hardy band of loyal players bound bent to produce a profession worthy of the name Ranger.
To that end, the concept of Outdoorsman has been put forth to solidify the direction that future implementations can follow. This design includes the creature-centric view that the developers envision, and expands upon the idea to include concepts that the community expect in a fully fleshed out profession, such as usefulness within the Galactic Civil War, and in the group atmosphere prevalent in a Multiplayer game.
The Outdoorsman is a wilderness-centric design, a survivalist able to live off the environment with ease and provide for himself and his colleagues using what he can harvest from the natural world around him. He is a keen observer of creature behavior and mannerisms, and during trials of mortal combat, he can use that knowledge to attack and evade creatures of all sizes and shapes. He is a ghost, a shadow that eludes the sight of all those that may wish him harm, but his skill does not extend into civilization, ending at the boundary of the wilds. He is a master of all manner of traps and gadgets that aid him during his journeys and tribulations. A master of his personal space, able to craft camps that grant himself and his friends a safe and uneventful slumber.
Conceal
"The hunter stopped... A fleeting shadow within the trees across the clearing had grabbed his attention. He drifted back into the bush, his presense masked from whatever lurked in the darkness. Was it his prey, or another ambitious hunter attempting to claim the prize for himself? A quick glimpse down reassured him that he was wearing his trusty ghillie suit. It was old and in constant need of repair, but it had proved its worth in those crucial first seconds of many a past conflict. If any other hunter was interested in making trouble for this ranger, he would be prepared for them."
In the vein of the wilderness-centric focus of the Outdoorsman, concealment should work on all forms of opponents while in a wilderness environment: creatures, humanoids, pets, and players.
(It is very important to the community that some measure of direct usefulness in the Galactic Civil War and Player versus Player conflict be granted to the profession.)
The outdoorsman has mastered the ability of concealment, using the native fauna to mask his presence from his enemies. The effect is far more powerful than the most skilled scent masking, and increases with experience. Against less intelligent humanoids, this ability masks his presence completely from sight, just as masking his scent does against the simpler creatures. With some skill, an outdoorsman is able to apply this effect to fellow travellers, so they too can reap the benefits.
- Possible Implementation:
- Against creature and humanoid NPCs, /conceal would work like /maskscent does against creatures, completely hiding the player from sight
- The command would use a camo kit specific to the current planet
- The effect can be applied on another player with the use of a camo kit
- Each creature or humanoid NPC that would normally attack the player
would check against the concealment
- The camoflauge skill modifier should dictate the chance of successfully concealing against an opponent
- An increased skill should allow the Ranger to successfully conceal against a higher level of opponent
- The success rate should be 99% at the Master against a CL25 opponent while laying prone and not moving
- It can enabled at the same time as /combatConceal, but not at the same time as /maskscent
- The skill would only have an effect while outside of a city region, allowing another civilization-centric profession (such as Smuggler, Commando, BH) to one day have a more high-tech approach to concealment for use in the city.
- The skill at Wayfaring I would have a greater success rate than using /maskscent at Master Scout
During combat however, a concealed outdoorsman is often forced to give his position away while returning fire. A skilled outdoorsman is able to put his concealment to work in this situation as well, making himself a harder to see target, and thereby reducing his opponent's accuracy. Because of the additional skill and knowledge required to evade an opponent's sight during combat, this effect can not be applied to colleagues.
- Possible Implementation:
- A command called /combatConceal available at Wayfaring II would work as a buff, decreasing an opponent's chance-to-hit the concealed player.
- This command would work on all forms of opponents: Creatures, Humanoids NPCs, CH Pets, Faction Pets, and Players.
- The command would use a camo kit specific to the current planet
- This command is not usable on other players
- There is no check per opponent as there is with /conceal, rather a command named /reveal allows opponents to remove the effect
- There would be a duration for the effect, similiar in length to /conceal
- The to-hit modifier would have to be significant enough to ensure that being combat concealed would be an worthwhile advantage during combat situations.
- It can enabled at the same time as /conceal or /maskscent, just in case the concealment fails and combat ensues
- Opponent pets (Creatures, Faction troopers, etc.) would also have the "to-hit" modifier applied to their attacks
- The skill would only have an effect while outside of a city region, allowing another civilization-centric profession (such as Smuggler, Commando, BH) to one day have a more high-tech approach to concealment for use in the city.
- The command /reveal available at Wayfaring
I can be used to reveal a specified target.
- When used against an opponent with /combatConceal, the chance of success should be based on a comparison of the two opponent's camoflauge skill.
- As /combatConceal does not have a check like /conceal, this skill would be used as the counter-command.
The art of camoflauge requires the knowledge of indigenous flora and fauna. An outdoorsman is able to produce camoflauge for an particular environment using gathered, native resources, with more difficult environments requiring more skill to master. A proficient outdoorsman should also be able to stretch the resources to produce more uses, or use that skill to produce a more efficient concealment.
- Possible Implementation
- Camo kits should have two experimentation lines:
- Quantity: Increases the number of uses available per unit
- Quality: Increases the "to-hit" bonus produced by the concealment
The outdoorsman has access to knowledge in the art of ghillie suit creation, the quality of which can improve the effect of regular camoflauge. With this suit, an outdoorsman is able to elude the gaze of opponents with greater effectiveness. The suit also provides a unique visual key for the profession.
- Possible Implementation:
- The suit would be Tailor made but only wearable by those players with the Wayfaring II skill
- Suggestion that it resemble a overcoat or cloak with an army camoflauge
pattern
- Wookiees should either be able to wear the same suit, or a special version made specifically for their species
- The quality of the suit would dictate:
- how much of a bonus to the "to-hit" modifier the suit would provide while using /combatConceal
- the chance of success while using /hide
- The outfit would need to be equiped to have activate the effect
- A camoflauge kit would still be required to initiate the camoflauge effect itself, the suit would only enhance the bonus
Should he so choose, an exceptionally skilled, concealed outdoorsman is able to incur a devastating first strike, damaging an opponent with a massively destructive attack, but in the process revealing himself completely. This would provide a strategic decision for the player: keep the benefits of concealment for the duration of combat, or go for a more powerful first strike in hopes of ending the battle sooner.
- Possible Implementation:
- The command can not be used in combat mode, and only while /combatConceal is in effect
- The command would initiate a 15 second timer, the first attack performed within that time would have the bonus applied
- If an attack is not performed within the timer, a conceal check is performed with the possibility of losing the concealment
- Whether the attack landed or not, the player would be lose the conceal effect and its associated bonus
- /ambush1:
- Available at Wayfaring II
- Would provide a 1.5x damage increase
- /ambush2:
- Available at Master Ranger
- Would provide a 3x damage increase
Finally, an outdoorsman with exceptional experience in art of concealment can hide from his opponent's view completely. Only while prone and without movement can such an amazing feat be accomplished. As all his concentration is engaged in silence and reducing movement, an outdoorsman in this situation would need time to regain his senses upon being revealed, and would not be able to attack on opponent until some time had passed.
- Possible Implementation:
- A command called /hide available at Master Ranger
- The Player must be wearing a ghillie suit to enact the skill,
restricting the commands use to Rangers.
- The quality of the ghillie suit dictates the chance of being revealed during the duration of the command.
- The command would immediately place the player into a prone position
- A 15 second wait timer would be initiated
- The timer would stop players from vanishing without giving opponents a chance to attack
- (Added on Jan 22, 2004)
- The character would vanish completely off radar and from the main window
- If the player performs any action, movements or otherwise, the player will be instantly revealed
- Upon being revealed a 10 second timer is initiated where the player is
unable to initiate combat
- If the player is attacked by someone else however, the timer ends and
the player can retaliate immediately
- A player can not use /duel while hidden or during the revealed timer. This way they can not bypass the timer by having a friend duel them.
- A player can not use /hide again until this timer runs out
- If the player is attacked by someone else however, the timer ends and
the player can retaliate immediately
- The command can not be performed while in combat
Tracking
"Continuing through the dense underbrush, he stopped and sniffed the air. The tantalizing aroma of his prey was wafting in from the south, his experience gauged the distance and determined the source was down within the dale beneath him. Glimpsing what had once been well used path at his feet, he proceeded down the slope and into the valley."
Locating the creature is the first step in hunting them. This can elevate the outdoorsman over all others in terms of hunting prowess. Since both creatures and humanoids leave tracks within the wilderness, it is perfectly feasible to track all forms of life. Since an Outdoorsman is just that, outdoors-centric, the skill should not work within the realm of civilization, namely towns. But within the natural world, a proficient tracker should be able to follow any form of being.
(Most of the community do not consider themselves the ultimate hunters, as other professions can deal more damage, and locating creatures is trivial within the dynamic spawn system)
A skilled outdoorsman should be able to track everything within the region. A tracker can pick up on the minutest detail, a broken twig, a stray print in the mud, and with increased skill is able to locate progressively more difficult quarry. With the absence of tracks to follow, the skill would be ineffective within town and simply not register beings within towns.
- Possible Implementation:
- The game's dynamic spawn system has a tendency to cause havoc with the command.
- To improve this situation, allow for /areatrack to track lairs, so we can find locations that have not yet spawned any creatures.
- Vehicles and Mounts move so fast, that the paltry distance initially provided for the skill is no longer sufficient when tracking players.
- Increase the maximum range received at Master to 1000m in a progressively increasing system: Novice: 250m, Tracking I: 400m, Tracking II: 550m, Tracking III: 700m, Tracking IV: 850m, Master: 1000m
- A new tracking window should also be implemented to manage all this data.
- A List window with sortable columns for each of the items of data (Name, Range, Direction)
- To follow the vision, /areatrack needs to be disabled while within a town region.
- Players with /conceal enabled would not appear in /areatrack results
A sufficiently skilled ourdoosman should have the ability to follow the traces of a specific quarry. An ambitious tracker could even call it a mission of sorts. This skill would also flow into the realm of humanoids, and the ability to track a specific player through a wilderness environment. With the absence of tracks to follow, the skill would be ineffective within town. However against a sufficiently skilled concealed adversary, tracking would be far less effective.
- Possible Implementation:
- /track could work similiar to the destroy mission terminal system but without the cash payout
- Such a command would prompt the player to select a creature native to the region and then produce a lair or herd (a spawn with no lair) for that creature type in the vicinity.
- For players, the tracking ability would end at the boundary of civilization, displaying a waypoint only to the city itself, rather than a specific location of the target.
- If the target player is concealed, tracking would be based on a comparison of the target's camoflauge skill versus the tracker's tracking skill
Camps
"The night was fast approaching and weary from the travel the hunter decided to make camp for the night. The hunter fiddled around in his pack and pulled out the makings of a camp. With precision he erected a comfortable camp that fit his needs. A small defensive fence would keep the local animals at bay, and as he was in short supply of traps, a crafting station would aid him that regards. After a couple hours of toil, the hunter laid down on his cot and to get some much needed sleep. For tomorrow he would engage the beast."
What follows is a complete re-envisioning of the camping system, with an emphasis on flexibility and profession interdependence. The system allows for the flexibility to produce any focus of camp required by each profession involved, and pulls more professions into the mix to produce the more powerful versions.
(Even if the modular approach is not chosen, if should be understood that there is interest in having the functionality provided by the modules selected, and that should be considered in whatever system is chosen.)
The Proposal follows:
To ensure that the system still falls within the vision of the Outdoorsman as wilderness-centric, elements of camps that don't fall into the Outdoorsman perview have been allocated to other professions.
Camps have following inherent functionality:
- The ability to logout safely
- A default healing modifier of 0.5
A time delay would be added to the process of deploying a camp
- Such a delay is necessary to stop players from popping up fortifications as the enemy is rushing their location
- The deployment would fail if the player entered combat during this timer
- The bigger the camp, the longer it would take to deploy it
Experimentation lines on a camp schematic:
- Quantity: The number of times a camp can be reployed before it is used up
- Duration: The length of time a camp will remain deployed while still tended without automatically disbanding. At maximum experimentation around 2.5 hours
- As well it should be possible to select a color during crafting for the tents to add a feeling of flair and uniqueness
To provide the camp tender a degree of freedom for the camp owner
- The range from the camp a player can go before a disband occurs should be
extended to 500m, or whatever range is technically possible in the game system
- A message should be displayed if the player goes beyond that range
- A time limit of 10 seconds can be used to allow the player to move within range of the camp before it disbands
- A command called /changeTender can be used to assign
someone else to be the tender of the camp. From then on, it is that individual
that must remain within 500m of the camp to ensure that it remains active.
- The new tender must be of the same faction alignment as the camp owner
- The new tender is able to disband the camp
- If a gun or mine field is activated, the tender will receive a TEF and be attackable
- If the tender dies, the camp disbands
- However if the tender is revived within a certain time limit (say 30 seconds), the camp will remain deployed
- The original deployer of the camp:
- is still the owner and receives the experience when the camp disbands (as long as he is in range of the camp when the disband occurs)
- is not able to create another camp until the current camp is disbanded
- is still able to disband the camp himself if he so chooses
The camping system would be broken out into a series of modules that could be used within a camp crafting schematic to produce whatever type of camp is required by the player
- Each module/slot would have a Level associated with it and can only be used within a schematic slot that has a Level greater or equal to that of the module.
- Each module/slot is also assigned a Type of Generic,
Creature, or Humanoid.
- Generic slots allow for all types of modules.
- Generic modules fit in any type of slot.
- Humanoid and Creature modules must be assigned to a slot of their respective type.
The camp schematics
- For simplicity, the schematics will retain the same floorplan as currently defined, minus the crafting stations in the field bases. Visible modules would appear at whatever location within the camp the developers deem appropiate.
- Basic Camp Kit
- Available at Novice Scout
- No optional slots
- Multiperson Camp Kit
- Available at Survival II
- One optional Level 1 Generic slot
- Improved Camp Kit
- Available at Survival IV
- One optional Level 1 Generic slot, and One optional Level 2 Generic slot
- Advanced Camp Kit
- Available at Novice Ranger
- One optional Level 1 Generic slot, and One optional Level 3 Creature slot
- High Quality Camp Kit
- Available at Frontiering II
- One optional Level 2 Generic slot, and One optional Level 3 Creature slot
- Field Base Camp Kit
- Available at Frontiering IV
- One optional Level 2 Generic slot, one optional Level 2 Creature slot, and one optional Level 3 Creature slot
- High Tech Field Base Camp Kit
- Available at Master Ranger
- Two optional Level 2 Creature slots, and one optional Level 3 Creature slot, and One optional Level 4 Generic slot
- Standard Fortification Kit
- Available at Novice Squad Leader
- One optional Level 1 Generic slot, and One optional Level 3 Humanoid slot
- Rear Guard Fortification Kit
- Available at Tactics II
- One optional Level 2 Generic slots, one optional Level 2 Humanoid slot, and One optional Level 3 Humanoid slot
- Front line Fortification Kit
- Available at Tactics IV
- One optional Level 2 Generic slots, one optional Level 2 Humanoid slot, and One optional Level 3 Humanoid slot
- Command Fortification Kit
- Available at Master Squad Leader
- Two optional Level 2 Humanoid slots, One optional Level 3 Humanoid slot, and One optional Level 4 Generic slot
The camp modules
- As not all modules are created by the Ranger profession, the profession is listed under each module as to where the schematic would be located.
- A qualitive cost is assigned to each module to allow reader to gauge how expensive creating a certain module would be compared to the others.
- Entertainment Stage
- Module Level: 4
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Musician / Dancer
- Cost: Expensive (12)
- Description: A camp with this module is able to heal Battle Fatique with the aid of a performing Dancer or Musician
- Crafting Station
- Module Level: 2
- Module Type: Generic
- Profession: Artisan
- Cost: Cheap (2)
- Description: Adds a crafting station of a specific type to the camp
- Faction Network
- Module Level: 2
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Squad Leader
- Cost: Cheap (3)
- Description:
- Adds a terminal for faction purchases to the camp, and registers the camp on the Planetary map. The faction that is contacted depends on the camp deployer's faction standing.
- A camp with this module would only be deployable by a Faction member
- Medical Bay
- Module Level: 1
- Module Type: Generic
- Profession: Scout / Medic
- Cost: Cheap (1)
- Description:
- Increases auto wound healing in a camp, augmenting the default healing modifier
- Increases the HAM healing rate for creatures
- The module would increase the default healing modifier in an experimentable range of .05 to .25 (added to the default that would be 0.70 to 0.90)
- Veterinary Bay
- Module Level: 2
- Module Type: Creature
- Profession: Bio Engineer
- Cost: Moderate (4)
- Description:
- Enhanced version of the Medical bay that provides an increased HAM healing rate for creatures
- Adds a bonus to pet stims using in camps
- Hospital Bay
- Module Level: 2
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Doctor
- Cost: Moderate (4)
- Description:
- Enhanced version of the Medical bay that provides an increased wound healing rate for humanoids (Players and troop pets)
- Adds a bonus to doctor enhancements used in camps
- The module would increase the default healing modifier in an experimentable range of .25 to .45 (added to the default that would be 0.90 to 1.10)
- Small Creature Defensive Field
- Module Level: 2
- Module Type: Creature
- Profession: Ranger
- Cost: Moderate (4)
- Description:
- Suppresses aggressive spawns in the vicinity, and repels existing aggressive creatures.
- It adds a defensive bonus against creature attacks, if a creature does decide to cross the barrier.
- Large Creature Defensive Field
- Module Level: 3
- Module Type: Creature
- Profession: Ranger
- Cost: Moderate (8)
- Description:
- More powerful version of the Small Creature Defensive Field.
- Creatures crossing the field will have an Adhesive Mesh effect applied to them
- Small Humanoid Defensive Barrier
- Module Level: 2
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Squad Leader
- Cost: Moderate (4)
- Description:
- Suppresses aggressive humanoid spawns in the vicinity, and repels existing aggressive humanoids.
- It also adds a defensive bonus against humanoid attacks on group members, when a humanoid does decide to cross the barrier.
- In PvP, the bonus is applied to those players who are in the group of the camp tender
- Large Humanoid Defensive Barrier
- Module Level: 3
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Squad Leader
- Cost: Moderate (8)
- Description: More powerful version of the Small Humanoid Defensive Field
- Small Creature Pheromone Emitter
- Module Level: 3
- Module Type: Creature
- Profession: Ranger
- Cost: Moderate (4)
- Description:
- Increases the creature spawn rate within the vicinity of the camp
- Enables the camp to remain up during combat situation
- Large Creature Pheromone Emitter
- Module Level: 4
- Module Type: Creature
- Profession: Bio-Engineer
- Cost: Expensive (10)
- Description:
- Bigger version of the Small Creature Pheromone Emitter
- Used to attract larger game creatures
- Small Creature Offensive Hide
- Module Level: 1
- Module Type: Creature
- Profession: Ranger
- Cost: Moderate (4)
- Description:
- Provides an offensive bonus against creatures while the player is in the camp
- Enables the camp to remain up during combat situation
- Small Humanoid Offensive Parapet
- Module Level: 1
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Squad Leader
- Cost: Moderate (4)
- Description:
- Provides an offensive bonus against humanoids while the player is in the camp.
- In PvP, the bonus is applied to those players who are in the group of the camp tender
- Enables the camp to remain up during combat situation
- Garage
- Module Level: 2
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Artisan
- Cost: Expensive (16)
- Description: A facility available to repair vehicles in the field. The repair would cost cash just as in town, and that money would go to the government.
- Evacuation Shuttle Beacon
- Module Level: 4
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Artisan
- Cost: Expensive (24)
- Description:
- A shuttle port that allows players to transport back to town.
- It would not allow players to travel to the camp however.
- A camp with this module would only be deployable by a Faction member, and usable only by members of that faction.
- The cost of this module should be sufficiently high that deploying such a camp would only be used in the most dire of circumstances.
- As this is an evacuation system, the patrons should not be too picky as to where they go. The shuttle should simply go to the nearest available town.
- Covert Detector
- Module Level: 2
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Squad Leader
- Cost: Cheap (2)
- Description:
- Works like a regular covert detector
- A camp with this module would only be deployable by a Faction member
- Rallying Point
- Module Level: 2
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Squad Leader
- Cost: Moderate (4)
- Description:
- Produces an increase in morale among the members of the tenders group who are in the camp
- Increases the maximum value of all nine attributes by a certain amount
- Biogenic Amplifier
- Module Level: 3
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Bio Engineer
- Cost: Moderate (8)
- Description:
- The tender can add chef and smuggler goods into the device to produce a enhancing effect on every member of the group within the camp.
- The buff would not be as powerful as ingesting the item directly.
- Camoflauge Netting
- Module Level: 4
- Module Type: Generic
- Profession: Ranger
- Cost: Moderate (8)
- Description: Applies concealment to a members of the tenders group while in the camp
- The following are offensive weapons available to faction members for use in encampments. Such weapons would work in the same manner as the AT-ST, working only in faction warfare.
- The turrets and mines would only engage opponents able to attack the camp tender, and would produce a combat TEF on the tender when engaged
- Small Arms Emplacement
- Module Level: 2
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Squad Leader
- Cost: Moderate (4)
- Description:
- Provides an active defense system for Aggressives to the camp tender
- Enables the camp to remain up during combat situation
- Machine Gun Nest
- Module Level: 3
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Weaponsmith
- Cost: Moderate (8)
- Description: More destructive than the Small Arms Emplacement
- Rocket Launcher Nest
- Module Level: 4
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Weaponsmith
- Cost: Expensive (16)
- Description: More destructive than the Machine Gun Nest
- Poison / Disease Aerosal System
- Module Level: 3
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Combat Medic
- Cost: Expensive (12)
- Description:
- The device renders poisons or diseases aerosol
- The tender can add poison or disease packs into the device and affect all agressives to the tender in the region of the camp.
- The effect would not be as powerful as having a Combat Medic perform the action himself.
- Mine Field
- Module Level: 3
- Module Type: Humanoid
- Profession: Weaponsmith
- Cost: Moderate (8)
- Description:
- An active defensive barrier with a set number of mines available working like a normal minefield
- Aggressives to the camp tender will be for a surprise if they stray into the camp.
- Enables the camp to remain up during combat situation
An outdoorsman is at home in the wilds. Able to make his home where ever he so chooses. But as with all mortal beings, his back is only so strong, and can carry only so much stuff. With that, an outdoorsman can seek to set up a central repository for his goods while in a foriegn environment, within which he can store goods that may come in handy during his expeditions in the vicinity.
- Possible Implementation:
- The concept of the stash is a buried container that can be used to store items while away from your bank
- The structure would require a use of a lot, as it would be permanent and follow the restrictions of other housing
- The storage limit would be minimal, perhaps 25 items
- The visual graphic in the game space could be a dirt mound with a flag to mark the location
- The stash must be deployable on all available planets
Traps
"The hunter sat down to consider his choice. Pulling a leathery leaf off a nearby sapling, he proceeded to chew at the bitter tasting vegetation, knowing it would provide him strength in the battle ahead. Opening up his pack, he rustled around and pulled out a couple of handy little gadgets that had worked on this type of beast in the past. He attached them to his belt and readied himself for combat. The beast was fast, and its pattern was erratic. It would not fall for a ground trap as other, dumber prey had done in the past. The hunter decided he would need to engage it the old fashioned way."
An outdoorsman has an arsenal of traps and gadgets at his disposal, to aid in bringing anything, from down the smallest mouse, to the largest game creatures.
(Ground based traps and different effects traps would help in differentiating the profession from its Scouting prerequisites)
Creature trapping extends to all forms of creature, whether they are wild or domesticated. To the outdoorsman, they are all the same. When an outdoorsman meets a creature under the control of an unruly humanoid, the effect is same as if the creature had been prowling the forest on its own.
- Possible Implementation:
- Allow players to trap Creature Handler pets with the same effect as wild creatures
- The Ranger however will not receive experience for doing so
That arsenal includes a variety of effects, from snares, to blinding flashes. The ability to produce effects on group of creatures at the same time is a chief advantage provided by the skilled outdoorsman. An outdoorsman understands what drives a creature, and with that knowledge, is able to lure individual creatures away from the herd using pheromonal scents and alluring sounds. His understanding of anatomy allows an outdoorsman to direct a disruptive attack against a creature's projectile control.
- Possible Implementation:
- Lure trap
- Available at Advanced Trapping I
- Creature is targeted and trap is deployed
- The targeted creature is drawn to the location where the trap was initiated
- Ultrasonic trap
- Available at Novice Ranger
- Creature that is targeted is unable to use a Ranged attack for the duration of the effect, as its glands are being disrupted by the ultra-high frequency sound
- Big Bang trap
- Available at Advanced Trapping II
- Creature is scared away like /WarningShot
- There should be area effect traps of all the scouting traps, including:
- Glow Net Trap:
- Area effect Melee defense debuff
- Available at Novice Ranger
- A large net is launched into the crowd, rendering everyone more vunerable to close range assault
- Radioactive Tracer Trap:
- Area effect Range defense debuff
- Available at Advanced Trapping I
- The trap renders a glowing radioactive particle cloud aerosal making all that come in contact more visible from afar
- Tracer Net Trap:
- Area effect combination Melee and Ranged defense debuff
- Available at Advanced Trapping III
- Deploys a net dusted with radioactive particles, both disrupting melee defense and increasing visibility to ranged attack
- Goop Trap:
- Area effect Phecnacine
- Available at Advanced Trapping IV
- A sticky goop is spread around the ground impeding the opponent's movement but not stopping them completely
- Festering Bile Trap:
- Area effect Stink bomb
- Available at Advanced Trapping III
- An obnoxious stench exudes from the trap and wafts into the faces of everything nearby dropping their defenses to state effects
- Glow Net Trap:
- Lure trap
During the heat of battle, crowd control is a pinnacle ability. With his superior understanding of how to herd and neutralize wild creatures, an outdoorsman? An outdoorsman is able to render a creature unconscious for a certain amount of time. However, the sleep is only fleeting, and any disturbance would immediately arouses the creature from its slumber. He also understands a creature's equilibrium and how best to disrupt that balance. This gives him the ability to knock his opponents off their feet.
- Possible Implementation:
- Bola trap
- available at Advanced Trapping I
- affects a single creature, performing a knockdown effect
- Tranquilizer dart trap
- available at Advanced Trapping II
- affects a single creature, knocking the creature unconcious for a duration of time
- any damage incurred on the creature will immediately awaken it, and it
will be none too happy
- This means to successfully use it in combat, combatants must peace out or risk an auto-attack immediately awakening the creature
- If a nearby creature is attacked that the dozing creature would normally assist, the sleep would be broken
- Shockwave trap
- available at Advanced Trapping III
- an area effect version of the Bola trap
- Sleeping Gas trap
- available at Advanced Trapping IV
- an area effect version of the Tranquilizer
- useful in unexpected situations where a spawn appears, catching a hunting party completely off guard
- Bola trap
The skilled outdoorsman understands how best to utilize the materials available, and can produce larger numbers of traps, or even longer lasting traps with that experience.
- Possible Implementation:
- Two experimentation lines
- Quantity: Increases the number of uses available per unit
- Duration: Increases the length of time the effect produced by the trap lasts
- Two experimentation lines
As the Outdoorsman extends his territory to larger and more difficult creatures, he must rely on more advanced technology to insure that his traps land successfully on target. With that idea, an outdoorsman's tool of choice is the Trap Launcher. Able to lob traps great distances and with greater accuracy than by hand, the launcher provides the ultimate tool for the aspiring hunter.
- Possible Implementation:
- A device called a Trap Launcher, created by the Weaponsmith profession
- Certification to use the device would be provided at Master Ranger
- Primarily the item would be used to improve the success rate of traps against higher level creatures, which is a large issue once a player reaches Master
- The quality of the device would affect the bonus to:
- Distance: increasing the range of a trap up to the maximum 64m
- Accuracy: increasing the chance of successfully landing a trap on a big game creature
- The device would lob traps at a faster rate than by hand, and could be used while moving
- The device would need to be loaded prior to operation with existing traps
An outdoorsman also understands how to set ground based traps which are far more effective than anything a normal hunter is able to muster. With this knowledge, an outdoorsman can create a variety of gadgets for whatever occasion may arise.
- Possible Implementation:
- The ground based mechanism have no functionality themselves, instead they are used as containers that deploy the traps contained within them when a creature approaches
- The slots available in the schematics are available to fill with existing traps to produce whatever effects the Ranger may desire within his concoction
- Using a Lure within a ground based trap requires that the player target a creature before deploying the trap, and the creature will be drawn towards the combination trap
- If no Lure is used, the ground trap remains until either detonated
normally by a creature or until the player leaves the area
- An unlured trap should provide a significant bonus to the success of the trap effects, to compensate for the effort involved in setting the trap itself and getting to detonate successfully
- Ground based traps can not be dropped during combat
- Basic Ground Trap
- Available at Advanced Trapping II
- Contains 1 available slot for a trap effect
- Improved Ground Trap
- Available at Advanced Trapping III
- Contains 2 available slots for trap effects
- High Quality Ground Trap
- Available at Advanced Trapping IV
- Contains 3 available slots for trap effects
- Exemplary Ground Trap
- Available at Master Ranger
- Contains 4 available slots for trap effects
Live trapping is a skill available to the best of the outdoorsman. The ability to trap a baby creature and transport it unharmed to a prospective buyer makes the skill a profitable one. The outdoorsman does not have any knowledge in controlling the creature once it is released however, simply the ability to store and handle the creature while in stasis.
- Possible Implementation:
- A creature container can be used with the /capture command available at Novice Ranger to capture a baby creature and store it within the player's datapad
- A player's Trapping skill would determine the CL of baby creature that player could ever hope to trap
- The only option available for the creature would be to release it, returning it to the game space so that a Creature Handler can attempt to tame it
- Using the datapad would limit the number of creatures a Ranger could
collect for transport
- The limit would increase in skill: Starting with 5 at Novice and increasing 2 for each branch of Advanced Tracking and 3 more for Master
Combat Bonuses
"Raising his rifle to his shoulder and gauging the wind from the rustling of the leaves, he took aim at its neck to ensure a quick kill. The shot rang out and an eruption of birds filled the noon day sky. Time stood still, as the creature jerked at the sound and then slowly tumbled to the ground. The hunter pulled a goo trap from his belt and let it fly in the direction of the body. He knew all too well that some beasts were keen enough to play dead. The hunter pulled out his knife and rushed toward the body, ready to make the killing blow. But, as he had suspected, the beast was only nicked. The beast jumped to its feet as the hunter approached, but the goo on the ground slowed its retreat. Realizing flight was impossible, the beast turned to face the hunter, ready to makes its stand."
(This is in line with the ultimate hunter philosophy, with the idea that the profession should be able to hunt creatures better than other purely damaging dealing professions (such as Commando))
An outdoorsman has studied the behaviors and mannerisms of the creatures around him for a long time. With that knowledge, he is able to predict the actions of creatures as if he could read their minds, dodging or parrying away with ease.
- Possible Implementation:
- Associate a Dodge bonus with the Creature knowledge skill that is only used while being attacked by a creature
As well, his experience with creature anatomy provides increased knowledge of vunerable spots within his opponents. Such vunerabilities can be exploited by a sufficiently skilled outdoorsman during the heat of battle to inflict increased damage.
- Possible Implementation:
- The Creature-to-Hit bonus should work for all forms of weapons, not simply ranged weapons
- The Creature Knowledge skill can be used to define a bonus to the damage
incurred on creatures
- An increasing bonus on attacks up to a maximum of 1.25 at Master
- As well, on occassion a critical hit could be incurred, providing a 2x
damage bonus to the creature
- The percent chance of such a critical hit would increase as more Creature Knowledge is accumulated
Harvesting
"He "felt" its action before the creature pounced, and with a quick parry his knife found itself embedded within the soft palate of the creature's throat. The finalilty of the hunt filled the hunter with pride, the beasts head would make a grand trophy to trumpet his victory. Making sure to spare the head for later, the hunter worked the body, removing first the hide, then the meat, and finally the bone, knowing they all would provide a pretty penny at the town market. He then cleaned off his knife, stowed his prize, and sauntered back into the forest."
An Outdoorsman has an inate understanding of the natural world and the experience to utilize what the environment provides to its maximum potential. Being a creature-centric profession, the outdoorsman should be incredibly more proficient at harvesting over a Master Scout.
(Considering that most outsiders consider this to be out primary forte, the profession should be significantly better at harvesting than the Scouting profession)
A sufficiently skilled outdoorsman should be able to harvest all the resources off a kill. We have significantly more skill and know how to avoid wasting the other types of resource. This would provide a unique avenue for increasing the harvest rate rather than a blunt increase in quantity per harvest.
- Possible Implementation:
- Two harvests per corpse at Tracking II, and all three possible at Master
A outdoorsman should also be possible to impart his wisdom to fellow group members while harvesting. With a outdoorsman in the midst, everyone's harvest rate should be improved due his knowledge.
- Possible Implementation:
- While in a group, a Ranger increases the Harvest quantity of each group member.
- With multiple Rangers in the group, the more skilled Ranger provides the bonus to the group.
With increased skill in harvesting, a outdoorsman is be able to change a ugly corpse into a work of art. With a skillful cut, it is possible to produce a trophy from the greatest kills to display the hunter's prowess to the world.
- Possible Implementation:
- Implement the ability to /harvest trophy on specific big game creatures for which trophy art is available, and increase the trophy selection as art becomes available
With regards to foraging flora products, we should have access to a more diverse selection of buffs items, having the experience to locate more advanced and more portent herbs.
- Possible Implementation:
- Increase the number of locatable herbs and limit finding herbs to certain levels of the harvesting skill.
A highly experienced outdoorsman can also get more from less, so we should be to divvy up foraged herbs into more usable portions. Meaning we should be able to receive more than one use per herb. We do not feel this will impede on Chefs as they are able to experiment and provide specific foods, while foraged goods are completely random.
- Possible Implementation:
- Allow foraged herbs to come in increasing stack sizes associated with our skill level.
The leisurely sport of fishing fits perfectly into an Outdoorsman forte. We have skill with the rod and reel, and are able to catch fish more often. And once caught our skill in harvesting should extract more usable meat off the catch.
- Possible Implementation:
- The addition of a fishing net schematic at Tracking I that increases the catch rate over a regular fishing pole, but works in the same manner as a fishing pole, requiring user interaction
- Increased harvesting skill should increase the meat produced from filleting a fish.
Creature Affinity / Terrain Negotiation
"More than ten days out from the town, but only a single days walk from his home in the hills, the hunter decided to check in at home before proceeding back to town to claim his reward. Upon arriving, he was greeted by his faithful steed, a long time companion during his travels. It nuzzled his arm and he scratched behind its ear, producing a gleeful barking that always made him feel welcome. Inside the home he slept soundly, surrounded by his most prized possessions and the triumphs of his journeys from all over the worlds. In the light of the morning sun, he saddled up his steed and expertly galloped off towards town."
An outdoorsman has an affinity with creatures, having a creature-centric role in the world. They are accomplished riders and have knowledge of creature behavior that can be used to improve upon handling ability.
(Many Rangers would prefer another use for Terrain Negotation over the crawling speed increase. And since we are a creature-centric profession, we should have advantages while using domesticated creatures as well)
An outdoorsman is an accomplished rider. Able to use skills while mounted, and control a mounted creature with great proficiency. An outdoorsman is be able to coax his mount to ride faster and for longer than other less skilled riders
- Possible Implementation:
- Ranger should be able to use /areatrack while riding to search for quarry without dismounting.
- /gallop should last for a longer period of time while a
Ranger is on board and should travel at a faster speed
- The increase would be based on the Terrain Negotiation skill
As an outdoorsman, a lifetime of study into animal behavior allows for a better understanding of creatures than city folk have. With that knowledge comes the ability to handle creatures better.
- Possible Implementation:
- +1 CL level at Novice, +1 for each level of Tracking, +1 at Master, for
a total of +5 CL over the regular level
- (Changed on Jan 22, 2004)
- +1 CL level at Novice, +1 for each level of Tracking, +1 at Master, for
a total of +5 CL over the regular level
Outdoorsmen live their lives in the out of doors, and have learned the fine arts of traversing the natural world. Climbing hills is a breeze for even a novice outdoorsman, but forging rivers requires the skill of a master. A sufficiently skilled outdoorsman is even able to swim at a frantic pace for a limited amount of time.
- Possible Implementation:
- An increased swimming speed as the Terrain Negotiation skill increased
- Burst Run should continue upon entering water, and should produce a faster swimming rate.
Summary
"The hunter tied his steed up at the front door, picked up his trophy, and meandered into the city hall. His face was full of cool exhilaration, as he stared into the local townpeople's faces. They were all staring at the gargantuan head stuffed under his arm. With admiration and relief, the mayor doled out the reward, hefting the trophy over his head for all the town to see. The mayor then turned to offer the hunter an invitation to a celebration in his honor, but as quickly as he had entered town, the outdoorsman had vanished back into the woods, back... home."
The Ranger community contains a special breed of player. A group of individuals willing to fight for a defining vision for their profession, against all obstacles that may face them. This preceding treatise is a compilation of ideas and concepts brought forth by dozens of members of the community, and endorsed by many more. It is hoped that the gravity of this situation is not lost on the reader, and that the designs within this document may one day form the solid backbone for the future of the Ranger profession.
Thank you for reading.
Good Hunting.
N'Raas
Correspondent for the Ranger Profession
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State of the Profession (Mar. 01 / 2004)
(Items on this list are neither officially acknowledged nor denied)
Color Reference
- Grey: New to list or changed from last version
- Yellow: Ranger Top Issue
- Red: Will be Affected by Future Changes
- Magenta: Officially Announced / On Test Center
Overview
- The concept of the Ranger has been quite contentious among the forum
members.
- There are those that wish a profession along the lines of the Wilderness
Ranger: The ultimate outdoorsman
- This position follows the initial design of the profession.
- There are those that want to pattern the profession on the Military
Ranger: Survivalist and Combat specialist
- This position follows the Antarian Ranger ideal from the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
- There are those that wish a profession along the lines of the Wilderness
Ranger: The ultimate outdoorsman
- These views allow for a wide range of what should be the top priority for
the profession. But most arguments boil down to two sides:
- PvE: As the majority of players tend towards engaging the games creatures, a great many suggestions have been made to improve our proficiency in this area
- PvP: But there is a vocal contingent that want far more effectiveness in the GCW, as once a player achieves Master, there is little available in the profession to directly aid in this end game.
- In the end however, we are all interested in fleshing out our quasi-complete profession with skills that benefit all sides.
Economics
- As most of the equipment we produce can only be sold to Master Scouts or other Rangers, there is little demand outside the profession.
- Our mainstay is the same as the Scouts: Harvested Resources. In this area, we would love to excel far beyond the Scouting profession, but at the moment most rangers don't feel the harvesting skill is sufficiently different from our Scouting brethren.
- With the addition of /areatrack, many have found a new avenue for income, though the skill is still far too limiting to solely rely on.
- In general, there does not seem to be much complaint regarding monetary issues, except from other professions who consider our prices too high to bear.
Interdependence
- Being Rangers most of us enjoy our independence and fight fervently to ensure that we stay one of the most independent professions.
- However, it is in the best interest of game as a whole to have some interdependence, and several Rangers find it odd that polymer was removed from our camps, leaving only traps with resources that we can not supply using our own skills.
- On the whole though, we love our freedom from other professions, relying on others only for weapons, armor, and healing.
Bugs
This section lists known issues with the current implementation of the system
Camps
- Issue with Ranger camps not actually repelling
aggressive creatures
- Request for deployed camps to inhibit new agressive spawn points from forming near the camp
- Issue with Field Base and High Tech Field Base healing radius not being large enough to contain all the chairs deployed
- Camps are insurable for some reason, and therefore get
added into the cost when using Insure All
- Most rangers agree that camps should not decay, and therefore do not need to be insured
/areatrack
- Issue with not locating creatures that are a certain
distance aways, namely around 100 to 130m.
- We suspect this phenomena is the effect of the spawn system not adding creatures to the environment until a player approaches.
- Issue with the vertical plane. Namely problems using it on mountainous terrain
- Issue with Transport Shuttles and Droids being listed in the animal tracker
- Issue with extreme sparseness or complete absence of spawn outside of a certain radius around towns.
- Issue with /areatrack not picking up lairs that have
not yet spawned any creatures
- This is a rather irritating issue that limits the commands usefulness away from the more travelled areas
/conceal
- Issue with travelling disabling /conceal, and once on
the other side /maskscent can be used to reenable the /conceal
functionality.
- There have been reports that doing this will invalidate concealment, such that creatures no longer check against it. This bug appears to continue until the user uses /conceal again (rather than /maskscent), or they log off long enough for their character to be unloaded.
- Reports of some Gang Member NPCs ignoring /conceal
entirely, and attacking concealed players without breaking concealment.
- There are occurrences where extremely poor faction rating with a gang may be impacting concealment.
- forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=ranger&message.id=13682
- There are occurrences of Humanoids aggroing at a distance of 64m with or without the use of /conceal. Possibly the NPCs are aggroing before /conceal is being checked.
- Issue with creatures attacking without checking
/conceal or /maskscent beforehand
- This has been noted with greater frequency since the November Publish
- Issue where lair defenders (creatures spawned near the end of a lair's life) will attack nearby players who are not engaged in combat, without checking conceal beforehand
- Issue with not receiving any Wilderness Survival Experience for crafting Camo Kits
- Issue with concealed group members being attacked during combat even if they succeeded in concealment and did not initiate attack
- Issue where a non-ranger can not remove /conceal that was applied to them, because they do not have the ability to use the /conceal command itself
- Issue with attempting to apply /maskscent after /conceal wears off normally. Rangers receive a message stating that /conceal is still active.
- Issue with immediately applying /maskscent after /conceal breaks. Apparently the /maskscent acts like /conceal (checking against humanoids) for the remainder of the session.
- The issues described above may be causing a "invalid concealment", where the state is shown as active, but none of the creatures check the state.
- The wrong message is displayed when /conceal wears off... You receive the /maskscent message.
Traps
- Issue with using a trap and not receiving any feedback at all (neither success nor failure mesages)
- Issue with the last trap in a stack tending to fail more often than the others.
- Issue with traps not working in Caves.
- If experience is the concern, then perhaps the answer would be to not provide any experience for traps thrown in caves
- Certain traps can be used over and over again, on the same creature, without any delay, for continuous experience
- Issue with image of the "Throw Trap" action remaining in the Combat Queue window, even after the trap has been thrown
- Issue with /clearCombatQueue not removing unperformed "Throw Trap" actions from the queue
/forage
- Issue with receiving a "Inventory Full" message when
your inventory still has space available
- Re-added after reports that the issue still occurs
/examine
- Issue with certain animals not displaying all the
examine data available at the viewers skill level.
Posts regarding Resistances being missing for instance- Removed because no longer think it is a bug
- Other posts about seeing the resistances but nothing
else
- Suggestions that this might be a latency issue, and waiting for a while longer may workaround the problem
- Issue with BE clones not displaying their Special Attacks properly
- Issue with BE clones not displaying their Difficulty Level properly
Harvesting
- Issue where you accidentally harvest a non-existing resource (hide off a Hermit Spider) by using /harvest hide, and after that you are not allowed to harvest the correct resource.
- Issue where the group harvesting reduction does not
disappear after leaving the group
- There are reports that creatures killed after disbanding from a group still produce the reduced harvest
- The reports seem to revolve around Creature Handlers and their pets, as they tend to group/ungroup more often
- Issue where /harvest meat will
attempt to harvest a nearby player with the name that starts with
meat (Such as say Meaton)
- The issue probably exists with /harvest bone and /harvest hide, there just aren't many players with names that start with bone or hide
Skill Experience
- The experience caps are apparently still set to pre-patch values, and were not adjusted with the increased Scout experience requirements
Gameplay
This section outlines the main complaints regarding each system. Possible solutions are listed in the Wishlist.
Traps
- Traps are not effective against higher level creatures
- Trapping skill has no usefulness in PvP or the
Galactic Civil War
- Traps do not work against Creature handler pets
- Traps can not be used against humanoids or other players
- Traps have no experiment lines available
- There are too few Ranger specific traps
- Throwing traps is too slow
Tracking
- Tracking does not have sufficient range
- There is no ability to track creatures that have not yet spawned in the game system
- The tracking window is not user friendly enough
- Tracking can not be performed while mounted
- Tracking can not be run completely from the command line
- Tracking does not have sufficient use in PvP or the Galactic Civil War
Creature Combat
- There are not sufficient bonuses to make a Ranger stand out from other combatants in the creature combat arena
- The Creature-to-Hit bonus is not applied to melee fighters
- The Creature-to-Hit bonus is not applied to special attacks
Camps
- There are not enough reasons to deploy the higher level camps, as most tasks can be done better by droids.
- Camps disband in combat
- Camps tie a Ranger down, tending the camp, while his group is able to fight
- There are no experiment lines available for camps
- There are not sufficient uses for camps in PvP and the Galactic Civil War
Harvesting
- There is not enough difference between a Master Scout's harvesting capability, and that of a Master Ranger
- Corpses vanish too quickly for ranged fighters to completely harvest their kills
- The harvesting skill should be used in other arenas, such as filleting fish, and milking
Camoflauge
- /conceal is not sufficiently more useful than /maskscent, considering the resource cost of kits
- /conceal does not provide sufficient feedback once a Ranger maxes out Scouting experience
- /conceal has no effect on humanoids
- /conceal has no impact on PvP or the Galactic Civil War
/examine
- /examine is missing information on creatures that players would like to see
/forage
- /forage is lacking in useful foragable goods, namely more potent buffs
- With the changes to chef foods, foraged goods are much too filling considering the duration of their effects
- Foraged goods are not found in sufficiently large enough stack sizes
/rescue
- /rescue does not work well enough to actually be useful
Terrain Negotiation
- A crawling speed increase is not considered a sufficiently useful skill for an elite profession
- Terrain Negotiation should provide some benefit to mounted travel
- Swimming speed should be affected by the Terrain Negotiation skill
Fishing
- Though not a Ranger specific skill, Rangers would like enhancements in this subsystem
- Ability to pull in more fish at a faster rate using specialized equipment
- Ability to fillet more meat off fish than other players
Wishlist
This section lists various proposals and requests to solve issues related to a system, or enhance the system for greater appeal.
Traps
- Request to use traps on Creature Handler pets (receiving no exp for doing so)
- Request to experiment on:
- Quantity of uses per trap unit
- Duration of effect of a trap
- Request to display the effective ranges and duration of effects for traps on the /examine window for the items
- Request for a macro command for throwing traps, such
as /throwtrap bonespur
- The primary element of this request is the ability to choose the trap type on the command line.
- Request for all traps to have HAM icons, so other group members can see what is currently in effect.
- Request to be able to throw traps faster
- Several Rangers have also noticed that speed of trap throws may be tied to the default attack speed of whatever weapon the player is carrying
- If this is true, would it be possible to change it?
- The Trap Launcher request in the Wishlist could be used to solve this issue
- Several Rangers have noticed that disarming Minefields
does not seem to get any easier at Master
- Request that minefields be easier to disarm as Trapping increases
- Request that Dizzy work on
creatures
- There are reports that creatures are unaffected by the Dizzy effect when knocked down
- Modular Ground Traps
- The ground based mechanism have no functionality themselves, instead they are used as containers that deploy the traps contained within them when a creature approaches
- The slots available in the schematics are available to fill with existing traps to produce whatever effects the Ranger may desire within his concoction
- Using a Lure within a ground based trap requires that the player target a creature before deploying the trap, and the creature will be drawn towards the combination trap
- If no Lure is used, the ground trap remains until
either detonated normally by a creature or until the player leaves the
area
- An unlured trap should provide a significant bonus to the success of the trap effects, to compensate for the effort involved in setting the trap itself and getting to detonate successfully
- Area effect ground traps would have a larger effect radius than thrown versions
- Ground based traps can not be dropped during combat
- Basic Ground Trap
- Available at Advanced Trapping II
- Contains 1 available slot for a trap effect
- Improved Ground Trap
- Available at Advanced Trapping III
- Contains 2 available slots for trap effects
- High Quality Ground Trap
- Available at Advanced Trapping IV
- Contains 3 available slots for trap effects
- Exemplary Ground Trap
- Available at Master Ranger
- Contains 4 available slots for trap effects
- Request for Trap Launcher
- Created by the Weaponsmith profession
- Certification to use the device would be provided at Master Ranger
- Primarily the item would be used to improve the success rate of traps against higher level creatures, which is a large issue once a player reaches Master
- The quality of the device would affect the bonus
to:
- Distance: increasing the range of a trap up to the maximum 64m
- Accuracy: increasing the chance of successfully landing a trap on a big game creature
- The device would lob traps at a faster rate than by hand, and could be used while moving
- The device would need to be loaded prior to operation with existing traps
- The device would allow players to fire traps without having to stop moving
- A user would not need to equip the device to use it
- Request for Lure trap
- Creature is targeted and trap is deployed
- The targeted creature is drawn to the location where the trap was initiated
- Request for Ultrasonic trap
- Creature that is targeted is unable to use a Ranged attack for the duration of the effect, as its glands are being disrupted by the ultra-high frequency sound
- Request for Big Bang trap
- Creature is scared away like /WarningShot
- Request for Glow Net Trap:
- Area effect Melee defense debuff
- A large net is launched into the crowd, rendering everyone more vunerable to close range assault
- Request for Radioactive Tracer
Trap:
- Area effect Range defense debuff
- The trap renders a glowing radioactive particle cloud aerosal making all that come in contact more visible from afar
- Request for Tracer Net Trap:
- Area effect combination Melee and Ranged defense debuff
- Deploys a net dusted with radioactive particles, both disrupting melee defense and increasing visibility to ranged attack
- Request for Goop Trap:
- Area effect Phecnacine
- A sticky goop is spread around the ground impeding the opponent's movement but not stopping them completely
- Request for Festering Bile
Trap:
- Area effect Stink bomb
- An obnoxious stench exudes from the trap and wafts into the faces of everything nearby dropping their defenses to state effects
- Request for a Bola trap
- affects a single creature, performing a knockdown effect
- Request for a Tranquilizer dart
trap
- affects a single creature, knocking the creature unconcious for a duration of time
- any damage incurred on the creature will immediately
awaken it, and it will be none too happy
- This means to successfully use it in combat, combatants must peace out or risk an auto-attack immediately awakening the creature
- If a nearby creature is attacked that the dozing creature would normally assist, the sleep would be broken
- Request for a Shockwave trap
- an area effect version of the Bola trap
- Request for a Sleeping Gas
trap
- an area effect version of the Tranquilizer
- useful in unexpected situations where a spawn appears, catching a hunting party completely off guard
- Request for Corrosive trap
- The effect is that targeted creature's armor rating is set to None for the duration of the trap
- Request for Enrage trap
- The effect is that targeted creature immediately attacks whatever is nearest to it (another creature or a player)
- This could be used by Ranged fighters to force the aggro back to melee players during group combat
- Request for a Baby Creature Trap
- A creature container can be used with the /capture command available at Novice Ranger to capture a baby creature and store it within the player's datapad
- A player's Trapping skill would determine the CL of baby creature that player could ever hope to trap
- The only option available for the creature would be to release it, returning it to the game space so that a Creature Handler can attempt to tame it
- Using the datapad would limit the number of
creatures a Ranger could collect for transport
- The limit would increase in skill: Starting with 5 at Novice and increasing 2 for each branch of Advanced Tracking and 3 more for Master
- Request to use traps on Humanoid NPCs and Players at
the Ranger level.
- Alternatively, create new traps in the Scout profession that affect humanoids, and then let the Bounty Hunter have the more advanced humanoid traps
- Request for anti-turret traps
- The effect would be to "gum" up the works on the turret disabling it for a period of time
- Request for a trap usable by Creature Handlers (but created by us) that could be used on target creatures to improve taming success
Tracking
- Request for the command to allow the user to input the
target type on the command line
- The command would work like /areatrack animal, /areatrack people, /areatrack players
- Request for /areatrack all at the
Master Ranger level
- The tracking option would list both Animals and Humanoids in the same list for easy lookup
- Request to increase the range of the command to
1000m
- However in order for this to be useful, a greater increase in the dynamic spawn rate would need to occur at a greater radius around the player
- The inclusion of fast transportation in the form of mounts and vehicles requires that at the very least Player Tracking be increased in range
- The progression could be: Novice: 250m, Tracking I: 400m, Tracking II: 550m, Tracking III: 700m, Tracking IV: 850m, Master: 1000m
- Request to be able to use /areatrack while mounted
- Request for a /track command
- /track could work similiar to the destroy mission terminal system but without the cash payout
- Such a command would prompt the player to select a creature native to the region and then produce a lair or herd (a spawn with no lair) for that creature type in the vicinity.
- For players, the tracking ability would end at the boundary of civilization, displaying a waypoint only to the city itself, rather than a specific location of the target.
- If the target player is concealed, tracking would be based on a comparison of the target's camoflauge skill versus the tracker's tracking skill
- Request that targeted player receive "You are being stalked by a Ranger" system messages during the course of the tracking
- Request that the skill be able to spawn high level
"rare" creatures
- A player would only able to spawn such creatures on occasion, perhaps using a long delay timer between uses.
- Perhaps the Bloodhound proposal could be used to facilitate the tracking of "rare" creatures.
- Request for a "trail" while following a
target
- Suggestions include a trail on the ground to follow, like the /find available in town, but with animal prints
- Another idea would be a waypoint system. Once a
player reaches one waypoint, another one appears that is closer to the
target.
- After following a series of waypoints, the player would be directed to the exact location of the target
- A simple approach would consist of system
messages that appear while tracking a target
- Messages would be like: "Target is to the West" ... "Target is to the South"
- The messages would continue until the player locates the target, or reachs the spawn location
- A possible suggestion is to link the skill to the
High Tech Field base
- The idea is that a high tech tracking device in the camp enables the ability
- Request for a Spawn Point tracking option in
/areatrack. This way we can track lairs which haven't spawned any creatures
yet.
- The option would list off the current lairs / herds in the area, providing the name of the creature that spawns from each lair
- Request for the /areatrack results to be display in a
Sortable List Window
- The List window would have separate columns for Name, Direction, Distance
- Clicking on the header for the column would toggle between ascending / descending sort order
- Resizing the window would increase the size of the List portion of the window, rather than the height of the Mesage portion
- Request for a Refresh button on the list window, so once a player has traversed a bit of distance they don't need to reselect their choice of track.
- Request that players with /conceal enabled would not appear in /areatrack results
- Request for trained Bloodhound creatures to aid in
tracking
- A creature could be trained by a Creature Handler to increase the Tracking skill of its master
- The bloodhound pet would increase the range of tracking, due to its more acute senses
- The enhancement would only be available while the creature is called
- A fetch command could be used to
locate "rare" creature spawns
- The command would send the creature off to "locate" a rare creature selected from a list
- The command would require a Creature Handler to train the command
- There is a chance that the creature might be killed during the search
- The command could only be used occassionally, as the bloodhound needs to rest after the exertion
- Request for a Droid Module that performs the same action
- Request for a Pet tracking option
- Request for a Droid tracking option
- Request for a /MakeFalseTrail
command
- When used, /MakeFalseTrail would save the current position of the Ranger for later use
- If another Ranger attempts to track the player, there would be a chance that the tracker would be directed to the saved position instead
- The false trail would eventually dissipate and need to be refreshed
- Request for binoculars.
- Having the item equiped in the necklace slot would increase the range of /areatrack
- The item itself would be created by Artisans
- Request option to toggle off the Stalking message
- Request for the Hunt Master title to be changed to Tracker
Creature Combat
- Request for the Creature-to-Hit
to:
- apply to melee attacks
- apply to special moves
- apply to the trap success rate
- affect Creature Handler pets (if it doesn't already)
- Request to associate a Dodge bonus with the Creature knowledge skill that is only used while being attacked by a creature
- Request for an occassional critical hit to be
incurred, providing a 2x damage bonus to the creature
- The percent chance of such a critical hit would increase as more Creature Knowledge is accumulated
- The Creature Knowledge skill can be used to define a
bonus to the damage incurred on creatures
- An increasing bonus on attacks up to a maximum of 1.25 at Master
- Request for a Studied Creature
system
- A player would choose a creature to study, and after killing a certain number of the creatures (50-100), the player would receive an accuracy and damage bonus against that creature
- Each level of Tracking would increase the number of creatures that can be studied at any one time
- A creature can be "unstudied" to free up the slot
for a different creature
- When this happens the bonuses are lost for the old creature, and the kill count for the creature would be reset to zero
- Request for a command that can be used to increase
damage against creatures for a certain duration.
- This /SkilledStrike command would provide a bonus to the damage of the next couple of attacks against a creature
- Request for a group Creature combat bonus
- Request a bonus against creature poison and
disease
- Perhaps a reduced chance of receiving poison or disease from a creature
- Or a reduced duration for the poison or disease once infected
- Request for a /feignDeath that works only against creatures
- Request for a skill that reduces the chance of a Death
Blow
- As the skill increases, there would be less chance of a creature performing a deathblow when the Ranger is incapacitated
- The effect would only work if /maskscent or /conceal are enabled. The reason would be that the creature could lose track of the player once he stops moving.
- Request for the ability to craft Weapon
Powerups
- The effect would be an increase in the damage to Creatures
- The powerup would be usable on any type of weapon
Camps
- Request for the foliage to be removed for the duration of a camp deployment. Large shrubs and such can occassionally obscure the control box or campfire
- Request for the Field Base to have a Weapon Crafting Station rather than the Food Crafting Station
- Request for High Tech Field Base:
- To not disband during combat. The name of the camp
is Field "Base" is it not?
- Many rangers would enjoy it acting as a center of operations without having to sit on their duff and watch the others in the group fight
- To remain deployed as long as there is one player in the Ranger's group within the perimeter
- To heal Battle Fatigue with the help of a Dancer or Musician
- For the roof of the base to stop rain
- Be able to play HoloChess (Dejarik) on the High Tech Field Base's chess board
- To sit/lay down on the cots in the High Tech Field Base
- Request for an option during crafting to choose the type of crafting station that is created
- To have a terminal which provides Explore missions.
- Request for the flags to change to show faction affiliation when the camp deployer is Overt
- Request for a vehicular repair station
- The repair station would work just like a city garage, requiring a payment of cash to the system
- For the convenience, the repair pay rate would be higher than the city garage
- Request for a waypoint that is displays the camps
current location on the planetary map
- The ability could be toggled
- The option would be available for all players (it already exists for Overt faction players)
- To not disband during combat. The name of the camp
is Field "Base" is it not?
- Request for a stash
- The concept is a buried container that can be used to store items while away from your bank
- The structure would probably require the use of a lot
- A player could have as many as they have lots available
- In order to compensate for being able to have any number of stashes, the storage limit should be minimal... Perhaps a volume of 25
- The stash should be deployable on an advanced planet
- The graphic in the game space could be a dirt mound with a flag to mark the location
- Request the ability to fish from within a camp without
having to deploy the camp in the water
- Namely it would be nice to be able to deploy a camp near enough to shore to fish and camp
- Request for some resources to be recovered upon manually disbanding camps (automatic disbands will lose all resources)
- Request for a more modular approach to camp
crafting
- The proposal is available in the Outdoorsman proposal
- If the modular system is not possible, consider
implementing the ideas behind each of the modules
- Increased Healing rates for CH pets and Faction pets
- Creature spawn suppression in addition to repelling existing creatures
- Defensive bonuses against creatures while in camps
- A camp that increases the spawn rate around the camp
- Offensive bonuses against creatures while in camps
- A camp that does not disband during combat
- Defensive bonuses against humanoids
- Offensive bonuses against humanoids
- Ability to mass apply buffs on everyone in the camp
- Request that the healing modifier of camps be applied to natural HAM damage recovery on Creature Handler pets and Faction pets.
- Request to be able to use a camoflauge kit in camp
crafting to produce a planet specific camp
- Doing so could have several advantages, such
as:
- Increasing the creature repelling ability of the camp
- Applying a /conceal effect on all players in the camp
- Make all the players within the camp invisible to players outside the camp
- Request for this effect to change the visual of the camp, perhaps by changing its color to match the native flora
- Doing so could have several advantages, such
as:
- Request the ability to cook foraged goods while in a camp to increase their potency
- Request for bigger campfire in the higher level ranger camps. The current one is apparently not impressive enough.
- Request for the direction your character is facing to determine the direction of a deployed camp
- Request to customize the color of a camp during crafting
- Request ability to set a camp as private so non-group members do not receive benefits from the camp.
- Request for a permanent, planet specific,
hunting cabin:
- Creatable and deployable only by a Master Ranger
- Can not be redeeded and moved, only demolished
- Should be buildable on Advanced planets
- Should heal Battle Fatigue like a regular house
- Requires Maintenance and the use of a lot, like a regular house
- Allows for storage of items, and the possible placement of a Vendor
- Only one of these buildings could be deployed at any one time
- The schematic could require some subcomponent made by architect to promote class interdependence
Harvesting
- Request to allow more time to harvest off corpses
before they vanish
- Rangers have noticed a distinct increase in the speed of corpse decay, and many now consider it too fast
- The issue is more prevalent during group harvesting, as the corpse tends to decay very quickly after the first player harvests
- Request for the ability to harvest multiple resources
off a single corpse (up to all 3 types at Master Ranger)
- Many Rangers consider the inability to fully utilize the corpse to be wasteful and unrangerlike
- Two harvests per corpse at Tracking II, and all three possible at Master
- Each subsequent harvest from the same creature would
harvest progressively smaller stacks
- First harvest would provide 100% of regular harvest amount
- Second harvest would provide 60% of regular harvest amount
- Third harvest would provide 40% of regular harvest amount
- Request for Harvesting to affect the
amount of harvest received for:
- Milking a creature
- Filleting a fish
- Request for a harvest bonus for all group
members
- While in a group, a Ranger increases the Harvest quantity of each group member.
- With multiple Rangers in the group, the more skilled Ranger provides the bonus to the group.
- Request to add rare loot to creatures that only
Rangers can find.
- Request for a /harvest Trophy that would produce various creature goodies to celebrate the kill
- Items such as Teeth necklaces, Trophy Heads, Hide Rugs, Skulls have been suggested
- Request that the 60% group harvesting value be
improved if a Ranger is in the group
- The improvement could be based on the Ranger's skill level...
- 62.5% at Novice, 65% at Skill I, 67.5% at Skill II, 70% at Skill III, 72.5% at Skill IV, and 75% at Master
- Request for Milking to provide Scouting experience for successful collection
- Request for a /CollectMilk command that can be hotkeyed
- Request for ability to determine resource attributes
on a corpse before harvesting with a command
/AssessResource
- The ability would provide a list window with the appropiate resource selections available on the targeted corpse (meat / hide / bone)
- Once a selection is made, a player would receive the /examine window for the chosen resource
- The player would not receive a physical resource, only the information regarding its attributes
- The ability could be used multiple times to receive the data on the other available resources
- The information could also contain whether harvesting the resource would produce a Fat, Medium, Skinny result
- The attributes consist of items such as Overall Quality, Unit Toughness, Potential Energy, etc
- It has been suggested that the amount of data displayed would expand based on the level of the Creature Knowledge skill
- Request for a /group harvest off to turn off the 60% harvesting rule and revert to the earlier rule set
- Request for poison components to be harvested off
poisonous creatures.
- These items could then be applied to existing weapons to produce a Damage Over Time effect.
- Request to loot tissue components off creature
corpses
- Similiar to the current medical, weapon, armor components that can be looted off NPCs
- The tissues would be replacements for BE created components
- More powerful creatures would, of course, drop better tissues
- Request for Creature Harvesters in the form of
traps
- Work like Mineral harvesters.
- Possibly have a large footprint to keep from having large farms of them around hot spots.
- Would use a lot, like a personal harvester
- A small hopper, perhaps max of 2000
- A slower harvesting rate than a regular harvester
- Schematic is available at a high level in Trapping, perhaps Trapping IV or Master Ranger
- Players would use an innate ability to locate animal migration patterns, much like the Survey interface.
- Request for the "migration patterns" (hot spots) to change on a regular basis (more often than the resource itself). Possibly every 2-3 days.
- Hunting Knife
- If a Hunting Knife were equiped during a /harvest, the harvested quantity would be increased
- Artisans would make the Knife, and the quality would improve the harvested amount
- The Condition of the knife would wear down with each use
- Request for ability to predict when a resource will
shift
- A Ranger would be able to gauge when a resource is going to shift by observing the creatures that drop the resource
- Perhaps a day countdown on the /examine window
Fishing
- Request for the harvesting skill mod to increase the amount of fish meat filleted off caught fish
- Request the ability to craft fishing lures that can used in place of bait.
- Request for a Fishing Net that would "net" more fish per use, but still require user interaction just like the fishing pole.
- Request for a Fishing skill mod that improves a players chance of catching a fish
- Request for tiny amounts of Battle Fatique to be "healed" during a fishing session
- Request for fish traps available at Trapping II
- These would operate like mineral harvesters
Camoflauge
- Request for the players under the
/conceal effect to evade Imperial Crackdowns while in the
wilderness
- The Rangers feel that both the Smugglers and our profession can provide protection against Imperial enforcement without stepping on each other's toes
- Ranger protection requires the use of a camoflauge kit, but can be broken at anytime removing any protection. Camoflauge would not work against Shakedowns in town.
- Combined with the Smuggler's innate bonus, both effects would provide ultimate protection while in a wilderness environment
- Request for a success message when a conceal check
succeeds
- Once a Ranger caps out in experience, they no longer receive the tell tale experience gain that shows a check was performed
- Request to be able to use the /conceal and /maskscent commands while mounted
- Request that the success rate of /conceal be increased to 99% against an opponent of difficulty level 25
- Request for grease paint graphic on your character when /conceal is active
- Request for a /combatConceal
command
- Available at Wayfaring II would work as a buff, decreasing an opponent's chance-to-hit the concealed player.
- This command would work on all forms of opponents: Creatures, Humanoids NPCs, CH Pets, Faction Pets, and Players.
- The command would use a camo kit specific to the current planet
- This command is not usable on other players
- There is no check per opponent as there is with /conceal, rather a command named /reveal allows opponents to remove the effect
- There would be a duration for the effect, similiar in length to /conceal
- The to-hit modifier would have to be significant enough to ensure that being combat concealed would be an worthwhile advantage during combat situations.
- It can enabled at the same time as /conceal or /maskscent, just in case the concealment fails and combat ensues
- Opponent pets (Creatures, Faction troopers, etc.) would also have the "to-hit" modifier applied to their attacks
- The skill would only have an effect while outside of a city region, allowing another civilization-centric profession (such as Smuggler, Commando, BH) to one day have a more high-tech approach to concealment for use in the city.
- The command /reveal available at
Wayfaring I can be used to reveal a specified
target.
- When used against an opponent with /combatConceal, the chance of success should be based on a comparison of the two opponent's camoflauge skill.
- As /combatConceal does not have a check like /conceal, this skill would be used as the counter-command.
- Request for a damage enhancing command:
- The command can not be used in combat mode, and only while /combatConceal is in effect
- The command would initiate a 15 second timer, the first attack performed within that time would have the bonus applied
- If an attack is not performed within the timer, a conceal check is performed with the possibility of losing the concealment
- Whether the attack landed or not, the player would be lose the conceal effect and its associated bonus
- /ambush1:
- Available at Wayfaring II
- Would provide a 1.5x damage increase
- /ambush2:
- Available at Master Ranger
- Would provide a 3x damage increase
- Request for a a command called
/hide
- Available at Master Ranger
- The Player must be wearing a ghillie suit to enact
the skill, restricting the commands use to Rangers.
- The quality of the ghillie suit dictates the chance of being revealed during the duration of the command.
- The command would immediately place the player into a prone position
- A 15 second wait timer would be initiated
- The timer would stop players from vanishing without giving opponents a chance to attack
- The character would vanish completely off radar and
from the main window
- If the player performs any action, movements or otherwise, the player will be instantly revealed
- Upon being revealed a 10 second timer is initiated
where the player is unable to initiate combat
- If the player is attacked by someone else however,
the timer ends and the player can retaliate immediately
- A player can not use /duel while hidden or during the revealed timer. This way they can not bypass the timer by having a friend duel them.
- A player can not use /hide again until this timer runs out
- If the player is attacked by someone else however,
the timer ends and the player can retaliate immediately
- The command can not be performed while in combat
- Ability to experiment on:
- Camo kits should have two experimentation lines:
- Quantity: Increases the number of uses available per unit
- Quality: Increases the "to-hit" bonus produced by the concealment
- Request that aggressive Humanoid NPCs, with which the player has +5000 faction, only attack when provoked
- Request for concealed players to not be listed on the /areatrack listing
- /maskscent can be used on vehicles to gain experience
without any risk to the player
- /maskscent and /conceal should be disabled while riding a vehicle
- But both skills should still be available for use while riding a creature mount
- Perhaps no experience for using the skills should be provided while riding
- Request for concealed Jedi be more difficult for Bounty Hunters to track
- Request for /conceal to be able to
impersonate one of the local creatures.
- They would appear as a creature on the main window.
- Overt players would only be able to impersonate aggressive creatures, sa that their red radar dot would not stand out.
- Once attacked, the concealment would break.
- If attacked by a player who would not normally be able to attack the player, combat would not initiate, but concealment would still be broken
- Request for a Ghillie Suit
- The suit would be Tailor made but only wearable by those players with the Wayfaring II skill
- Suggestion that it resemble a overcoat or cloak with
an army camoflauge pattern
- Wookiees should either be able to wear the same suit, or a special version made specifically for their species
- The quality of the suit would dictate:
- how much of a bonus to the "to-hit" modifier the suit would provide while using /combatConceal
- the chance of success while using /hide
- The outfit would need to be equiped to have activate the effect
- A camoflauge kit would still be required to initiate the camoflauge effect itself, the suit would only enhance the bonus
- Request for an Area Conceal
Kit
- This would be another craftable item that would take an existing camo kit as a component
- The effect would be to conceal everyone within a certain radius, or everyone in a group
- Request that the HAM icon for /conceal be changed to something other than the /maskscent icon
- Request when another player concealed by the Ranger is revealed, that a System Message is sent to the applier stating such
- Request for the ability to /conceal self without a camo kit once a Player achieves Master
- Request for /conceal to work against Faction Turrets
- Request for invisibility against other players with
the ability to move
- A command named /sneak would hide the player's position on radar and the main window while the command is in effect
- A player could only sneak while prone or crawling. They would be instantly revealed if the player stood.
- If the player engages in combat, the concealment would break and the player would be revealed.
- When the player is moving via crawling, the chance of detection would increase.
- The closer an opponent is to the sneaking player, the greater chance of detection.
- The faster an opponent is traveling, the lower the chance of detection.
/rescue
- There are concerns it does not work often enough to be useful. Perhaps a better chance of success, or lower mind drain so it can be tried more often.
- Request for a system message to be displayed to the target of /rescue, so they know when to /peace and run away from their aggressors
/examine
- Request to display the bone resource
- Request to display the Social Assistiveness of a creature
- Request for information regarding what exactly Ferocity actually represents
- Request to list the Health/Action/Mind values (we can see the values via the Target Window, so why not list them)
- Request to see the Armor Piercing level of a creatures weapon, if any is available
- Request to see the type of creature living in a lair upon examining the lair itself
- Request to display the speed of a creature (so we can know whether we can outrun it using burstrun)
- Request for a Save button that saves the text contents of the examine window to a file on the users machine
/forage
- Request to reduce filling on foraged goods
- Request for additive components for food crafting that could be foraged
- Request that the number of locatable herbs be increased, and more powerful herb be limited to certain levels of the harvesting skill.
- Request for increased potency in foraged buff
herbs
- Many Rangers have requested herbs that heal damage
- Items with greater HAM buffing would have a healing effect when used
- Request for an increased stack size for foraged
items
- With the randomness involved in foraging, an increase in stack size as skill increases would be a benefit
- Request that /forage provide Wilderness Survival experience on success
- Request for herbal medicines
- That cure Bleed, Dizzy, Blind, Stun effects
- That would reduce the duration or damage incurred by Poison / Disease effects
- These herbs would be single use / non-stackable items, to ensure that a Doctors multi-use kits would still have a use
Terrain Negotiation
- Apparently we only receive +95 of the skill at the master level. Could we get the remaining +5 at Master?
- Request for an improved normal swimming speed
associated with Terrain Negotiation
- Burst Run should continue upon entering water, and should produce a faster swimming rate
- Request for the skill to have some effect on
Mounts
- Perhaps a faster /gallop or a longer duration, or a shorter downtime between gallops
- Request for Group Terrain Negotiation, similiar to the Squad Leader
- Request for an improved normal run speed be associated with Terrain Negotiation
- Request for a skill modifier to reduce the downtime between burst runs
- Request for Skis for use on those snowy mountain slopes, perhaps even snow shoes for quicker navigation over snow.
Misc.
- Are there any Explorer terminals on Dathomir?
- Hunting Missions
- Many Rangers do not consider the payout for Hunting missions to be worth the effort, and have suggested possible changes
- The terminal would dole out a Explore style mission for a rare type of creatures
- The system would set up a number of spawn points where these creatures would appear, but not inform the player as to the exact location
- The mission would give a general search area for the player to search
- If a player passes near one of these points, the target creature would be spawned
- A player would only need to kill one of these creatures to succeed in the mission
- Request for a Thumper system
- The device would be set up on the ground, and user
would set it to lure a particular type of creature Upon activation, the device would increase the spawn rate of
the specified creature type in the vicinity The
device would have a experimentable duration More
experienced Rangers would be able to set the Thumper to lure bigger
creatures
- Request for Ranger specific quests
- Such quests such as Track and Kill the legendary beast would provide Ranger specific schematics (new camps, or traps) or new stuff entirely
- Pack Animals
- Many Rangers have requested more storage room. This suggestion appears to be the most intriguing.
- The creatures could work like Storage Droids, with an inventory for storing stuff
- A Creature Handler would need to train the specified creature to enable the ability
- Request for a tailor made saddle bag
- Such a bag would be used on a creature trained as a pack animal to produce the storage capacity
- The saddle bag would be restricted to carrying only resource containers
- Request to have a bonus to the Creature Handler Level
over the +10 available for non-CH characters.
- +1 CL level at Novice, +1 for each level of Tracking, +1 at Master, for a total of +15 CL without any CH skills
- Custom Bestiary Information
- Request to add custom notes that could be assigned to a particular creature
- The database could be stored on the client side to reduce server congestion
- This registry could also contain statistics on the creatures (such as the number killed)
- Request to be able to trade this text information between players in game
- Request for a Resource Marketing system
- The consumer side:
- A consumer looking for a particular resource locates a market terminal
- The user would select a resource off a list of currently spawned resources (similiar to the list on the Survery device window)
- The user would choose an amount for the order
- They would then pay the cash payment in
advance to place the order on the market
- If the payment were not paid in advance, there would be the possibility of a player reneging when the order is fulfilled, thereby causing serious headaches
- Once the order is fulfilled, the user could retrieve the stack from the terminal
- The supplier side:
- A supplier could read up on currently available orders via a market terminal
- They would acquire the correct resource in the required amount they would fulfill an order
- Once all the resource is collected, the user would deposit it all at once at the market terminal.
- They would then receive the prepayed payment, and the consumer who set up the order would receive an email
- Such a system would allow consumers and suppliers greater flexibility when buying or selling resources
- The consumer side:
- Request for server wide bulletin board system
- The Message board could be used for sharing resource quality information or simply to chat about the weather
- Request for a /coax command to force the next wave of a lair to spawn quicker.
- Droid Helper Modules
- There is some interest in the community for droid modules that can augment our various skills
- Such a Ranger Module would perhaps:
- Increase the range of /areatrack (as noted in the Bloodhound proposal)
- Allow us to scan creatures for resource quality
- Store a small database of resources qualities that have been previously harvested for quick reference
- Allow a player to see the Faction, Guild, Title of players found via /areatrack
- Environmental Effects
- Effects such as Sandstorms and Rain storms should have some impact on the character
- Suggestions include:
- Damaging any players who are not wearing certain protective clothes
- Damaging the clothes of players who are wearing certain protective clothes
- Players within camps would be protected from these effects
- Players reduced to walking speed while in the midst of a storm
- Accuracy should be reduced during bad weather
- An suggested alternative to damage was to incur
state effects on unprotected players
- Effects such as Blind, Stun, and Knockdown during raging storms
- Request that certain regions be marked as "Dangerous". These locations would incur damage during storm conditions for unprotected players.
- Request for a /delve command
- The command would be used to determine whether a creature is carrying any special loot
- Indigenious Peoples Affinity
- As Rangers are less invansive in the environment during their travels, the local native population are more amiable to a Ranger's presence
- Minor faction for the natives of a planet slowly increase while a Ranger is travelling on the planet
- While the Ranger is not on the planet, minor faction would slowly decrease back to zero
- Request for a cloaking field device
- The effect would be similiar to camoflauge
kits
- Either complete invisibility
- Or some form of to-hit effect
- The device could work like a Personal Shield Generator, with each check against the device reducing the condition until it breaks
- Possibly the device could be incorporated into existing camo kits as a component produced by another profession
- The effect would be similiar to camoflauge
kits
Color Reference
- Grey: New to list or changed from last version
- Yellow: Ranger Top Issue
- Red: Will be Affected by Future Changes
- Magenta: Officially Announced / On Test Center