[New MOD idea] “ICBM mod”

Fromlastout2Fromlastout2 ✭✭
edited March 2022 in General

It’s idea for a mod, it would fire ICBM type of strike neutralizing portals in radius range (kilometers, hundreds or thousands of kilometers. It’s very rare, can be given 1 shot ( on shot to shot basis ) or it could be set on portals with daily or weekly strikes. It could be, that you have to have 4-5 portals near each other in group, so you can set up “ICBM mod” . And all supporting portals, have to be very close, with proper mods, levels and updates.


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  • What's the need that this would be solving?

  • It’s the level of technology and evolution of technology, it can be done in game. Like “civilization” game.

    People would have to organize, for combined actions, even if you live remotely, you would participate in actions. Like, from Montana you could assist people in New York. But it has to be a lot of work to set it up. Also more global, you would be more involved globally, supporting actions from USA in Brazil local actions, or from USA to Asia.

  • ToxoplasmollyToxoplasmolly ✭✭✭✭✭

    I imagine this'd be about as much fun as getting hit by an ICBM in real life — which is to say, it'd be no fun at all.

    As a rule of thumb, Ingress is about visiting and interacting with portals in person. Spooky action at a distance requires more justification than "civilization game," a term I've never heard applied to Ingress.

  • TheKingEngineTheKingEngine ✭✭✭✭✭

    Do you know real people in Japan especially in Osaka sometimes would receive "potential ICBM missile" warning? Introduce a new design by cloning a term that has negative impression in real life does not sound good.

  • EvilSuperHerosEvilSuperHeros ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yeah, no. Go outside, take a walk around where ever and play the game. What you propose isn't playing the game. If you are on the side getting dominated, there is plenty to do to start to take back an area.

  • Fromlastout2Fromlastout2 ✭✭
    edited March 2022

    Perringaiden wrote: “But the concept of neutralizing thousands of portals across a continent without any way for those affected players to defend, is basically a way to ensure that people quit.”

    Actually i was talking about neutralizing 1 portal at a time from thousands kilometers away, but you are right, it could be 1 kilometer radius, also you can have a deffensive mod that protects a radius of , lets say, 2 kilometers from strike. I was thinking, about how players could participate in the events thousands killometers away, and also combined actions, have to be accented. For further game development.

  • 1valdis wrote: edited March 7

    “If you wanna capture a portal, you need to get to it in real life.

    If you wanna neutralize a portal - guess what - you need to get to it in real life.

    This shouldn't change.”

    Big issue with that; you can charge portals remotely with keys, also drones can hack remotely. So the game is not only in person. Also important is that, it should be very rare, expansive option, used in big combined operations. Also new idea, where , lets say 3 people of some higher level together have to build and operate it. Not just one. I think people don’t get the idea clearly, and comments too harsh. It’s just further game development, without development people have to burn their own portal to put some new mod on! How insane is that? How many years wait to fix that?


    LuoboTiX wrote:

    “Introduce a new design by cloning a term that has negative impression in real life does not sound good.”


    Wrong !

    ICBM is not offensive, it’s the name of technology, that you want to put in the game. Plus it’s a codename, you can call it differently. Also Jarvis virus, can be offensive to people who had virus. Come on, we have to be more mature anout names.

    “Yeah, no. Go outside, take a walk around where ever and play the game.”

    Wrong! Charging , drones done remitely! I’m talking fute developmen of, with people, more global, game has to be ready for that, like EVE online had 10000 people event record, it would be one of weapons, plus it”s very rare, not with everyone.

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  • DSktrDSktr ✭✭✭✭

    Let's imagine. If "icbm-like" mechanic is theoretically in game then there should be kinda air defence mechanic too. Maybe this icbm can destroy a portal only to 5%/15% etc so fully charged Portal will stay alive,and also should warn eg 10 minutes before hit. Anyway i think its too imba and kills the spirit of the game "if You want to neutralise - go there".

    The only two mods i'd like to see and use(when this conflict ends ofc,it's not so funny to play with air raid sirens as an ambient) - would be:

    1) Matryoshka. Maybe modification to LA/VRLA/SBUL to throw few underfield links.

    2) Firewall. With some chance (50%?) defends a Portal against flipcards.

  • HosetteHosette ✭✭✭✭✭

    Have you considered the potential abuse vectors for this? How would you protect this from bad actors?

  • TheKingEngineTheKingEngine ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, it's offensive. It's not appropriate to use term "ICBM", not to mention that I do not encourage introducing design involving any sort of "remote attack capabilities". I don't want my portals to be attacked by someone on another continent.

    Plus regarding virus....we have an AFK agent here returned to the game long after COVID breakout and he instantly found that his code name "immunity" was deprived and asked compulsively by Niantic to do a change (at least that's what I've heard).

  • Finally I get what he means with ICBM. I couldn't imagine which Ingress weapon this is, but it's not an Ingress weapon.

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