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Re: LT update anticipation thread

Really anticipating the demonstration of the "freelancer" style piloting that Josh was raving about. Also keen to see if there are any visual developments in terms of mining or other AI activities. that freelancer style piloting was in since the beginning, i dont expect that we will see much differ...

Re: Hello All - and: How boring is LT going to be?

lobosan wrote:Could NPCs recognize/join other NPCs with like values to form gangs, clans, corporations, tribes, cultures, or even nations? "Clumping" of NPCs may create some outlandish sectors over time (sinks or sources of emergent behavior?) :D
well, this should happen, otherwise there would no factions form

Re: Hello All - and: How boring is LT going to be?

Just one last input. As I stated before, I seem to be the grand dad with my 50+ years of age. I think you will find you are far from alone here on the Limit Theory forums. There are those in their 60's who still have a passion for this genre and game play in general. :) Even the youngsters show a m...

Re: Hello All - and: How boring is LT going to be?

While there are undoubtedly multiple paths to the same goal, there's no guarantee all NPCs won't all choose the same path. However, I can think of two elements that might force a broader selection for the AI: 1) Disposition: an NPC could have a set of idiosyncratic values that model what that NPC "...

Re: Combat Drones & Why I Oppose them for Limit Theory

Putting more thought into this, I think there might be a more technical limitation for drones being in the game. Unless there is a cheesy mechanic to limit the number of drones that can be brought into an engagement, it would be far too easy to have more drones than lower-end PCs can handle. If we ...

Re: Combat Drones & Why I Oppose them for Limit Theory

Yeah, I guess the losing health part was like they were a timed weapon. Energy would make more sense. So rather than them gradually losing health, they could fight at 100% until their capacitor runs dry. It kept them from becoming a zerglike entity and just keep growing and growing until it could w...

Re: Combat Drones & Why I Oppose them for Limit Theory

Even today drones can do entire missions without the slightest input or output over radio. So brazillions of years from now drones instead say "%$#@ it ima just gonna shut down" because mama vessel aint talkin to dem no more? remote sensor support, target information, etc.. in space there is no hor...

Re: Combat Drones & Why I Oppose them for Limit Theory

because he spent all his volume Hardpoints on drone support systems instead of direct combat systems That is so much like EVE Online I want to throw up. Combat drones are combat drones. They are bad enough as is but now we are using EVE Online style modules to explain them? wtf? why is it EVE just ...

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