Idea: Let us throw planets into the Sun!

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by kopig, July 15, 2014.

  1. kopig

    kopig New Member

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    Hello forum!

    So my idea is simple: let us throw planets into the sun as a last desperate effort to cause a stalemate!
    I would love it!
    Discussion on!

    Regards,
    KopiG
  2. tehtrekd

    tehtrekd Post Master General

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    Been discussed before. General community response is that it sounds cool but wouldn't be overly useful.

    Some developers seem to enjoy the idea though so for all we know, it might happen!

    My personal take on the subject is that it sounds pretty awesome and I even think it could have its uses, although they'd be insanely situational.
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  3. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    It's been discussed a lot.

    The consensus is that it would be cool, but not overly practical for normal gameplay.

    Hence, it's a low priority.
  4. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    this is funny.

    UBER listening to it's community would be a joke if in 1.0 PA you couldn't do that at all.

    it's literally suggested once a week!
  5. KNight

    KNight Post Master General

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    Uh-huh. I've still yet to have anyone provide a convincing argument for why this mechanic would be good for gameplay.

    Mike
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  6. garat

    garat Cat Herder Uber Alumni

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    From a gameplay perspective, this is not ideal. :) Stalemates generally mean a bad game. I think most players want decisive victories, even if they're close. Is that a bad assumption on my part?

    I love the idea of slamming a planet into a sun, but personally, wouldn't want to do it until it could have interesting gameplay implications (slam into the sun, trigger a large plasma explosion that in turn damages/incinerates everything in its path). Simply slamming a planet into the sun with no further effect just feels kind of boring to me, and like it doesn't accomplish anything, other than remove an asteroid from play. But of course, the expansion on the idea I think makes it more compelling is also a LOT more work. :confused:
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  7. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    I don't really care. I'm not personally advocating this.

    My point is simply that if it's demanded by 80% of the community then it should be in the game.
  8. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    that's a good one.

    how about, opponent owns whole planet and is comming to take you out but you've used your time to build Halleys rather than an army.

    You flee with Astraeus and wave opponent A and his massive army bye-bye.

    FUN
  9. KNight

    KNight Post Master General

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    Where are you getting 80% from?

    Mike
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    tehtrekd Post Master General

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  11. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    from it being suggested by a completely new person once a week on average sometimes even more often than that by a completely new person since alpha.

    that's a lot of people for the time passed. definitely more than the sum of the PA forum community's regulars.
  12. emraldis

    emraldis Post Master General

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    Perhaps flinging a planet through the sun could be an option, once variable impact damage comes around. You would build extra halleys on a planet, then you could send it through the sun, turning the planet into a fiery deathball, and make it do double the damage on impact or something. IDK. Just a thought.
  13. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    dude...

    sarcasm tag much?? nobody can tell here.
  14. tehtrekd

    tehtrekd Post Master General

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    That...
    That sounds SO F*CKING RADICAL.
  15. emraldis

    emraldis Post Master General

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    Nope. No sarcasm.
  16. KNight

    KNight Post Master General

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    So you mean at least 35,000 different people have suggested it?

    Mike
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  18. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    less actually, but I'm glad you realize now I wasn't too far off.
  19. KNight

    KNight Post Master General

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    Uh huh.

    Mike
  20. onyxia2

    onyxia2 Member

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    who cares? its cool :cool:

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