Shadowstrike
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Post by Shadowstrike on Jun 20, 2017 19:06:48 GMT
Hello everyone, it has recently been brought up that a number of players would like to expand the forums with more planets. At first I considered simply opening up a poll and then allowing players to vote yes or no. I do feel however that players would then be entering the poll unaware with some votes being made before they had the opinions and facts of others available to them. As such this thread is to discuss the pros and cons of a reboot as well as ways it could be done, before a poll is created at a later date.
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Post by Shadowstrike on Jun 20, 2017 22:00:08 GMT
Suggested planets
PvP focus - Player versus Player, NPCs are rare and largely unimportant. Archon - Desolate wasteland, dangerous especially to larger forces creating small scavanger styled groups searching for the plentiful resources underneath. Earth - Robots in disguise. Small OC centered cells.
PvE focus - Player versus Environment, NPCs are plentiful and are a focus of these roleplays. In most cases the NPC factions while be controlled by the staff. Aquatron - Autobot and Decepticon forces try to recapture Aquatron, defeating the Quintesson invaders and releasing their Aquatronian prisoners. Nebulon - Autobot and Decepticon forces try to gain the favour of Nebulon's controlling faction, or help a faction gain control.
Hybrid - A mixture of the above with large NPCs but still having a focus on player versus player. Cybertron - War for Cybertron if we're honest. Dabola (or really any suitable canon planet) - Decepticon controlled planet with a minuscule Autobot resistance. Large Decepticon army including NPCs versus a small OC centric Autobot army. Elba - Prison planet (canon location of Garrus 9, possesses a large number of prisoner NPCs originally from both factions)
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Post by Gearchange on Jun 20, 2017 22:06:41 GMT
I'd like to raise Velocitron and Beest for Consideration too.
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Post by Shadowstrike on Jun 20, 2017 22:12:31 GMT
I'd like to raise Velocitron and Beest for Consideration too. Why those planets though, I understand they've featured in canon but what would our OCs be doing there. What makes them different from other possible planets in a way that's fun?
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Post by Dashside on Jun 21, 2017 21:59:08 GMT
Personally, if a reboot of any sort were to occur (hard or soft), I'd vote in the favour of Expansion. For a while, TFG has suffered from being crammed into a single area, that being Earth, and despite having multiple regions, there isn't much difference in them from a Roleplay perspective. Whereas other planets would have entirely different environments, and unique backstories and plotlines - such as the suggested war on Nebulon, with the Cybertronian factions influencing those on Nebulon.
As for planets, I've already had a hand in suggesting them, and I'm perfectly comfortable with the array of current suggested planets. With two of each type (and the bonus PvP planet - Earth), it seems to have a good balance of not being too compressed or having too many planets, which would allow plotlines that arc over different worlds to flourish better.
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Post by Feedback on Jun 24, 2017 17:18:39 GMT
I'm down for expansion so long as we can have some planets planned and a form of organization for it all.
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Post by Shadowstrike on Jun 26, 2017 14:01:43 GMT
Any other opinions/suggestions for the planets I have suggested?
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Post by Shadowstrike on Jun 28, 2017 11:31:32 GMT
Poll is up now.
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Post by ShadowZone on Jun 28, 2017 16:05:06 GMT
If the expansion happens, I second the motion for Velocitron to be added to the list.
It is a location i could see interest into exploring, both for its unusual, speed based culture, as well as possibly for plots that could either bring the war to it and explore the reactions that a society, which had not exactly been focused on anything but their own world, would have towards an outside threat or just explore the place itself.
It has potential ,at least in my eyes.
Probably the prison planet would be interesting but, which faction would it serve, or both? Unrest and new recruits could be easily collected from these, as.. prisoners are more swayed when freedom is the bargaining chip.
I don't have an opinion on the others, but I would certainly keep Earth. It still has much to offer, especially if played well and it has other 'alien' species to content with.
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Post by Graphene on Jun 29, 2017 13:36:29 GMT
I second the motion for Velocitron, and would point out more of the benefits to that location being added to the RP.
In IDW comics (MTMTE, specifically) writers poke fun at their own lack of use of Cybertronian alt modes. Here on the forums, that's not so big an issue, and people transform and use their alts more often than is shown in the comics for sure. But to add Velocitron would give greater opportunity for use of alt modes, in addition to all of the previously mentioned parts. Sure, it could be argued that Earth already has plenty of locations where use of alts is beneficial. But none of them are as enrichening an experience as an entire planet of roads and speedways, and all other manner of sci-fi race tracks we might be able to concoct. Velocitron would be a great environment to actually put fast characters' greatest advantage to use, or even just to bring some fresh combat environments to the table. (One thing's for sure: Cybertronian raceways have much more fun to offer than generic, fragile man made roads.)
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Post by Shadowstrike on Jun 29, 2017 22:59:22 GMT
This poll will be closed either on monday morning or when either vote reaches 15 votes.
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Post by Whirl on Jun 30, 2017 8:48:43 GMT
*muses*
Remember, the best plans are the simplest ones. Less can go wrong with them.
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Post by Carnisaur on Jun 30, 2017 15:27:35 GMT
Hmm..can we expand to Eukaris and Caminus?
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Post by Shadowstrike on Jul 2, 2017 21:35:11 GMT
Due to the gaping difference in votes it has been decided to close now at 13:1 in favor of for. In other words the expansion has been approved. At current the planets that while be used are Earth, Cybertron, Velocitron, Aquatron, Archon, Nebulon, Debola and Elba. It is unlikely other planets while be added but not impossible at a later date.
As a further notice, the reboot poll while now be opened.
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