Let's expand the Phantom Zone (pz)
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:40 am
Damm you BZFlag!!!!! I had to get up to post this idea otherwise I wasn't gonna get to sleep! hehehe
Anyways, the PZ flag has somewhat limited usage. Most of the time you either use it to travel to another point on the map easily, or your average campers(and you know who you are.... damm you ) will just sit there and 'come out of hiding' when a good shot becomes available.
Also, PZers are sitting ducks to tanks equipped with either super bullets or a shockwave flag. I propose to turn the tables a little bit, and also to make the alternate zone a little more attractive.
Let's take the planet mofo map for example. It has 8 small platforms around the edges and one big one in the middle. PZ acts very much like an oscillation overthruster flag in that you can move inside these map obstructions. What if the phantom zone held it's own world variant in it? So when you're in the phantom zone, you can jump on top of platforms that you can't see in the normal zone.
In order to turn the tables(and I know that the BZF devs may not like this idea) I think that tanks in the PZ should have it's own set of flags, controlled by the server owner of course, and there'd be a flag or set of flags only available in the PZ that would be just the opposite of the advantage that a tank with SB or SW would have. Maybe you could have a phantom bullet or phantom wave flag in there or something. An auto 'out of zone' flag that would put you back into the normal zone. Yes, that would mean that your tank would be holding two flags.
Maybe there'd be no phantom weapon that you could pick up that would take out users in the normal world, but I still think it'd be cool to see phantom tanks taking each other out with a phantom lasers or whatever. Especially for maps with high traffic it sometimes gets crowded. That zone is just itching to get used.
And for users in the normal world, a phantom tank sitting on a platform that's in the PZ, that tank would appear as if it's floating.(you're in the normal zone, you can't see the phantom platform)
The ability to carry two flags would add a whole new element to CTF. Take your team flag into the zone and hide it in there, blue team's base is in the zone, reds' is not. I'm just throwing the double flag idea out there to see what people think *shrug*, but having zoned platforms I think would add alot of new dynamic to the game.
Now that the idea is out of my head, maybe I can get some sleep! The nerve of you people keeping me up like this! lol
*EDIT* I had to edit this because the double flag thing is such a bad idea. That's what I get for posting have asleep, right? But it has gotten other people talking about it, which was the whole point.
Anyways, upon picking up the PZ flag, *that* is when you'd be put into the phantom zone instead of going to a teleporter. You'd pick up the flag, then you'd see a wormhole appear in front of you and then you're in the zone. the flag would auto drop until you picked up another flag.
Anyways, the PZ flag has somewhat limited usage. Most of the time you either use it to travel to another point on the map easily, or your average campers(and you know who you are.... damm you ) will just sit there and 'come out of hiding' when a good shot becomes available.
Also, PZers are sitting ducks to tanks equipped with either super bullets or a shockwave flag. I propose to turn the tables a little bit, and also to make the alternate zone a little more attractive.
Let's take the planet mofo map for example. It has 8 small platforms around the edges and one big one in the middle. PZ acts very much like an oscillation overthruster flag in that you can move inside these map obstructions. What if the phantom zone held it's own world variant in it? So when you're in the phantom zone, you can jump on top of platforms that you can't see in the normal zone.
In order to turn the tables(and I know that the BZF devs may not like this idea) I think that tanks in the PZ should have it's own set of flags, controlled by the server owner of course, and there'd be a flag or set of flags only available in the PZ that would be just the opposite of the advantage that a tank with SB or SW would have. Maybe you could have a phantom bullet or phantom wave flag in there or something. An auto 'out of zone' flag that would put you back into the normal zone. Yes, that would mean that your tank would be holding two flags.
Maybe there'd be no phantom weapon that you could pick up that would take out users in the normal world, but I still think it'd be cool to see phantom tanks taking each other out with a phantom lasers or whatever. Especially for maps with high traffic it sometimes gets crowded. That zone is just itching to get used.
And for users in the normal world, a phantom tank sitting on a platform that's in the PZ, that tank would appear as if it's floating.(you're in the normal zone, you can't see the phantom platform)
The ability to carry two flags would add a whole new element to CTF. Take your team flag into the zone and hide it in there, blue team's base is in the zone, reds' is not. I'm just throwing the double flag idea out there to see what people think *shrug*, but having zoned platforms I think would add alot of new dynamic to the game.
Now that the idea is out of my head, maybe I can get some sleep! The nerve of you people keeping me up like this! lol
*EDIT* I had to edit this because the double flag thing is such a bad idea. That's what I get for posting have asleep, right? But it has gotten other people talking about it, which was the whole point.
Anyways, upon picking up the PZ flag, *that* is when you'd be put into the phantom zone instead of going to a teleporter. You'd pick up the flag, then you'd see a wormhole appear in front of you and then you're in the zone. the flag would auto drop until you picked up another flag.