06-09-2009, 09:22 AM
The only problem with the Planetside system is that in a faction game like we've been discussing, who's "friendly"?
You have 2000 orc faction and -2000 dwarf faction.
Jim has 500 orc faction and 2000 dwarf faction.
Is he "friendly"? On one hand, he is a hated enemy dwarf lover. On the other hand, he's in good with the orcs, as are you. Maybe he's a turncoat and his orc faction hasn't gone negative yet, but if you fireball him, do you lose orc faction?
I'm not sure how best to handle it unless you make you actually "join" the desired faction, so that we know for sure who is on your team and who isn't -- then we can do the Planetside system.
The only other way I see to do it is a "flagging" system. But flagging systems always seem to have loopholes... Flagging meaning Jim attacks you and now he's flagged as "enemy" regardless of faction.
You have 2000 orc faction and -2000 dwarf faction.
Jim has 500 orc faction and 2000 dwarf faction.
Is he "friendly"? On one hand, he is a hated enemy dwarf lover. On the other hand, he's in good with the orcs, as are you. Maybe he's a turncoat and his orc faction hasn't gone negative yet, but if you fireball him, do you lose orc faction?
I'm not sure how best to handle it unless you make you actually "join" the desired faction, so that we know for sure who is on your team and who isn't -- then we can do the Planetside system.
The only other way I see to do it is a "flagging" system. But flagging systems always seem to have loopholes... Flagging meaning Jim attacks you and now he's flagged as "enemy" regardless of faction.