Judge
13-09-03, 23:01
Ok, well this idea has been based on a few things that I have written before and it kinda brings them all together in one massive blob of ideaness.
Well basically I think that the sewer system in Neocron is poorly used and setup as it is. The sewers should be a maze where if you are not careful you could get lost for days before being able to reach the surface again. They should also provide secret entrances to the city and a way of getting round copbots if you know the sewers like the back of your hand.
First off are the newb cellars. They should have 5 levels ranging from roaches and spiders on the first level to those massive spiders that you only get in the wastelands atm, the ones which are two chevs, on the fifth level. All the level one sewer zones have an entrance from the surface and all the sewer zones are connected together on each level. So you would have about 10 – 15 (I think) level one sewers all connected, and then the same amount connected on each level down to 5. On the fifth level there should at two points be entrances to the main sewer.
Secondly is the main sewer: The main sewer should have a few entrances. First is the one that is in Pepper park 3 atm, which is like a manhole cover in the dark. Another two should be from level 5 of the noob sewers. The main sewer itself should then be on two or three levels, moving down with about 5-10 zones on each layer. There should also be varied ways of getting down and up to each layer, maybe two or three for each, so that it gives a maze like map. Another few entrances to the main sewer should be on the second level of the main sewer and should come from the aggie cellars in plaza, in those massive doors that are at the end of the rooms. They should lift up and you can then climb down a ladder into the depths of the sewers. This would be where the mutants and aggies would come from, as the main sewer is mainly populated by mutants.
All through the main sewer there should be small tunnels, or large bust up pipes that you can just about walk through, but which are in pitch black and need guns with flashlights on, or just flashlights on to get through, (kudos to Q) these would lead to the best levelling places (which would also be in the dark) in the main sewers but would cost you a slot on your gun…. is it worth it or not? By the third main sewer level you would be getting to mobs like hurlers and launchers, which would be scary as fuck when illuminated by flashlight. Some of the tunnels leading off the main sewer would also lead to areas outside of Neocron, or in the Outzone districts. These would be the secret entrances that people would have to search for if they wanted to get into Neocron stealth style, avoiding the stormbots guarding the entrances (They should also be put on guard around the smaller entrances to Neocron in the zones adjacent to the Neocron gates). One of the tunnels could even lead to Regant’s legacy…. Another cool feature would be that the lights on the second and third layers of the main sewer could randomly fail for a minute or two, as the city has priority to electricity.
On various layers of the mainsewer and even below would be some new Ops, which could be electrical generators for the city, or sludge recycling plants, providing “fresh” water to the city. Some of these Ops would even be in the completely dark sectors, imagine fighting an Op battle in the dark. That would be intense. Also near to the Ops would be zone borders which look like the cave entrances but are in fact apartment “lifts” (not actually lifts, just acting like one) which lead to apartments (basically caves) of varying size. All of which would be completely minging, glowing rocks, small streams of radioactive water, an ominous drip drip of water. Really cool stuff, imagine holding a small roleplay meeting down in an apartment like that, the atmosphere would be amazing. These apartments would be pretty much dirt cheap because… well….. they are technically shit. Not many cabs and that sort of thing. So maybe like 10 to 30K depending on size.
So basically the citizens of Neocron would have some more hunting grounds and Ops nearby, but like other factions they would be dangerous to get to and there would be few genreps down there, apart from the Op ones. Also levelling would be soooo much more interesting, with the danger of suddenly having to use a flashlight when the lights fail or to get through a narrow claustrophobic section which you never actually noticed before and have no idea where it leads to.
Anyway I don’t want to get too carried away, and I will if I carry on so I shall leave it at that. Please discuss.
Well basically I think that the sewer system in Neocron is poorly used and setup as it is. The sewers should be a maze where if you are not careful you could get lost for days before being able to reach the surface again. They should also provide secret entrances to the city and a way of getting round copbots if you know the sewers like the back of your hand.
First off are the newb cellars. They should have 5 levels ranging from roaches and spiders on the first level to those massive spiders that you only get in the wastelands atm, the ones which are two chevs, on the fifth level. All the level one sewer zones have an entrance from the surface and all the sewer zones are connected together on each level. So you would have about 10 – 15 (I think) level one sewers all connected, and then the same amount connected on each level down to 5. On the fifth level there should at two points be entrances to the main sewer.
Secondly is the main sewer: The main sewer should have a few entrances. First is the one that is in Pepper park 3 atm, which is like a manhole cover in the dark. Another two should be from level 5 of the noob sewers. The main sewer itself should then be on two or three levels, moving down with about 5-10 zones on each layer. There should also be varied ways of getting down and up to each layer, maybe two or three for each, so that it gives a maze like map. Another few entrances to the main sewer should be on the second level of the main sewer and should come from the aggie cellars in plaza, in those massive doors that are at the end of the rooms. They should lift up and you can then climb down a ladder into the depths of the sewers. This would be where the mutants and aggies would come from, as the main sewer is mainly populated by mutants.
All through the main sewer there should be small tunnels, or large bust up pipes that you can just about walk through, but which are in pitch black and need guns with flashlights on, or just flashlights on to get through, (kudos to Q) these would lead to the best levelling places (which would also be in the dark) in the main sewers but would cost you a slot on your gun…. is it worth it or not? By the third main sewer level you would be getting to mobs like hurlers and launchers, which would be scary as fuck when illuminated by flashlight. Some of the tunnels leading off the main sewer would also lead to areas outside of Neocron, or in the Outzone districts. These would be the secret entrances that people would have to search for if they wanted to get into Neocron stealth style, avoiding the stormbots guarding the entrances (They should also be put on guard around the smaller entrances to Neocron in the zones adjacent to the Neocron gates). One of the tunnels could even lead to Regant’s legacy…. Another cool feature would be that the lights on the second and third layers of the main sewer could randomly fail for a minute or two, as the city has priority to electricity.
On various layers of the mainsewer and even below would be some new Ops, which could be electrical generators for the city, or sludge recycling plants, providing “fresh” water to the city. Some of these Ops would even be in the completely dark sectors, imagine fighting an Op battle in the dark. That would be intense. Also near to the Ops would be zone borders which look like the cave entrances but are in fact apartment “lifts” (not actually lifts, just acting like one) which lead to apartments (basically caves) of varying size. All of which would be completely minging, glowing rocks, small streams of radioactive water, an ominous drip drip of water. Really cool stuff, imagine holding a small roleplay meeting down in an apartment like that, the atmosphere would be amazing. These apartments would be pretty much dirt cheap because… well….. they are technically shit. Not many cabs and that sort of thing. So maybe like 10 to 30K depending on size.
So basically the citizens of Neocron would have some more hunting grounds and Ops nearby, but like other factions they would be dangerous to get to and there would be few genreps down there, apart from the Op ones. Also levelling would be soooo much more interesting, with the danger of suddenly having to use a flashlight when the lights fail or to get through a narrow claustrophobic section which you never actually noticed before and have no idea where it leads to.
Anyway I don’t want to get too carried away, and I will if I carry on so I shall leave it at that. Please discuss.