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Wed, 06/15/2011 - 10:56
Archon's picture
Archon

Seeing Gremlins and their technology level Ive always though its weird that they dont put it to better use, like for example they have the genius and craftiness to be able to build the formidable Mecha Knights we fight so often, also theres the Demo Gremlins who used timed bombs and the Scorchers who use flame throwers which can also shoot blaster shots at later tiers, on top of this King Tinkinzar is meant to be a complete genius and master inventor.

Now if you look at it from the Gremlins point of view, they have a working "empire" I guess you could call it, theres lots of them, they are an obviously industrial race who need minerals and resources logically. Then one day, out of nowhere a huge alien space ship crashes onto their planet (Thats when us the Spiral Order arrive) We, as this alien threat start to encroach through possibly their clockworks and territory killing countless amounts of them with our far more advanced weapons and armor (in some cases) and to them this would be an alien invasion. Realistically in a case such as this any industrious race would be forced to research and make better and new weapons to fight back and so I had some ideas for some new gremlins and gremlin tech that would logically do fit into their WW1/Steampunk theme they have going...the following names aren't anything solid, more to give an idea.

[Gremlin Rocket] = A Gremlin in much the same soldier uniform and helmet as the Gremlin Demo, they carry a near comically over sized bazooka across their shoulder that pretty much fires a single unguided Rocket Puppy rocket, they might fall over comically every time they fire the weapon off.

[Gremlin Officer] = A Gremlin in much the same soldier uniform and helmet as the Gremlin Demo, they carry a large and heavy riot shield with which they may randomly block or when triggered, rendering them invulnerable to all frontal damage for the duration. In their other hand they have a gremlin version of a blaster/pistol that shoots off a tightly bunched burst of 3 projectiles, which are the same that Gun Puppies and Scorchers can shoot. Their strategy would be to be mobile as possible at range blasting shots at players, and when players get to close they will shield block and try to retreat ASAP.

[Mecha Crusader] = A larger more powerful variant of the Mecha Knight, it would pretty much be a Goblin tech version of a Trojan, but with a more tinker twist to it, like a spinning attack which launches a circle of Goblin Demo timed bombs around it for eg. or something like that..or maybe it could throw its huge sword/wrench at a player, which is attached to a chain on its arm, which it then pulls the weapon rapidly back to its hand, any sort of thing like that.

[Steam Tank] = These are large Goblin steam tank that would essentially be considered a mini boss much like the Tortodrone was or maybe a possible boss. They would be highly damage resistant, maybe the exposed boiler and engine on the back of the tank would be its weak spot while the rest of the body is invincible. It would have 2 sets of weapons, on the forward hull itself is a large stubby cannon barrel which pretty much fires a large bullet projectile just like a Magnus gun fires on its charge up, and in much of the same fashion as the Magnus's charge shot, it has an AOE effect on impact that has a high stun effect, player knock back and will most likely hurt...a lot! This attack though is a rare one that doesn't fire off to often, and the whole tank needs to rotate its body to aim at a player.

Its secondary weapon is a turret on top of its hull which is both a flame thrower similar to the Scorchers, it also has an alternate attack where the turret spins and fires off dozens of blaster projectiles (same as a Gun Puppies) in an expanding spiral much like an old school arcade boss. The special feature is that this turret turns independently of the steam tanks body, meaning while the tank is chasing down one player, the turret on top can be aiming and firing at another player, and is capable of firing while the whole tank is on the move. Much like the Tortodrone this is an enemy you wouldn't want to fight alone (It would still be epic fun though) but instead with a group, admittedly it is a lot slower then a Tortodrone, though it might be able to pull off a decent and terrifying charge attack, with its engine stacks emitting huge puffs of black smoke and sparks as its been temporarily supercharged or something.

Maybe King Tinkinzar could roll around in his own personally modified super steam tank as a possible boss battle.

Thats all I had so far, but yeah Goblins can make pretty advanced combat robots, multi-shot flame throwers and timed bombs, I wouldn't put bazookas or steam tanks beyond there technological capacity.

Plus thinking up stuff like this is fun, so any input or ideas is cool, maybe think up some of your own to, the developers do read forum posts so who knows what might result from such idea sharing.

Wed, 06/15/2011 - 11:56
#1
Fly18
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Good

These are good ideas and I believe that the gremlin family should really be extended since they are kind of like the main antagonists.

Wed, 06/15/2011 - 15:36
#2
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Wfawwer
DARK TEMPLAR CHEST

DARK TEMPLAR CHEST BUMP!

sorry, i had to.

Wed, 06/15/2011 - 15:55
#3
OnmyojiOmn
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Gremlin maps and danger rooms

Gremlin maps and danger rooms are a large part of why gate construction is broken right now. They're just always the same, regardless of stratum theme. Scorchers and Demos need additional varieties with attacks that are suitable to the theme they're in. Rather than going into a cold map and encountering nothing but Scorchers that inflict fire status, you should see Ironclaw Freezers or whatever with cold attacks.

Wed, 06/15/2011 - 22:53
#4
Archon's picture
Archon
OnmyojiOmn that also a great

OnmyojiOmn that also a great idea, you totally made me imagine a volt Scorcher armed with a electric generator back pack with old school telsa coils poking out all over it with spark effect, big long power cord plugged into this bulky tesla electo gun that shoots out a short ranged sustained lightning steam, just a shock version of the flame thrower attack.

Different elemental themed Scorchers like that would be sick!

Also man goblin Demos laying down cold status bomb traps and fire one much like our cold and fire bombs would be cool to fight, and a good challenge =D

Wed, 06/15/2011 - 23:43
#5
Zargulis
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I endorse these ideas.

I endorse these ideas.

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