Talk:Suggestions/8th-Jan-2007
Familiar Scent
| Timestamp: | --Swiers 19:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC) |
| Type: | Skill |
| Scope: | Zombies |
| Description: | This would be a "scent" skill for use by zombies, put under "scent trail", but also perhaps useful as a "crossover" skill for survivors seeking revenge on PKers.
The skill would create a new action type for the zombie- "Track Scent", usable for 1 ap. Track Scent would offer a pull down menu of targets to track. The potential targets would be characters (survivors and zombies) who were on the zombies contact list. If the target selected was within a certain minimum distance (say 5 blocks), using the skill would return a message detailing the direction, but with no distance indicated. If they were NOT within the minimum distance, using the skill would simply get you the message "You can not pick up the scent of (insert name here)." This may seem very powerful, and open to "griefer" abuse. However, using it to pinpoint a targets location would be very AP intensive.... |
Discussion
Its here in discussion because I know the current form is probably to powerful. The general idea seems sound; what would it take to make it work?
- Should targets only be MUTUAL contacts, as with cell phones? That would prevent you from tracking people simply after viewing their profile in (say) a bounty hunter list, and would basically make this into a "zombie cell phone"- in which case, the minimum range could be bumped (to 10 blocks) as zombies REALLY stink. Hell, you could also give the exact distances. Is there a "track horde" suggestion already with similar mechanics?
- Should it require physical contact within the last 24 hours? This would require the server to track who is an isn't a valid target on an ongoing basis. This version would still be useful to PK victims, but less open to general greifer use.
- Other ideas???
--Swiers 19:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
- Have you checked out Peer Rejected? I'm sure there are a lot of these uber-tracking skills there. --Funt Solo
10:39, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yes and no... peer rejected is organized only by date, and is a huge volume. I have tried various searches, but that's generally under or over productive. I've also just poked around at random, but nobody could (or at should) read the whole thing. Any specific suggestions? --Swiers 02:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
