A CALL TO SOLDIERS- New/Improve Nanos

[___________Vandegraf]

Ok all....lets give em hell.....well lets give em good ideas for improvements and New Ideas for Nanos....
I bet if we get enough solid stuff....we wil get some improvements....
Use you imagination....what should a soldier have....
I suggest some in another thread.....

1 - New: Give us a buff that speeds up Cycles time on special attacks(Burst, Fling, Full Auto)...not an insane amount...but a bit...a few seconds....(hmm i like that one)

2 - New: Maybe a new self only line of buffs for all Ranged Attack weops...5, then 10, then 20..... or Number 4 below....

3 - Improve: Make HP buff line about 75% as good as Enforcer Line...
Currently it is 43% equivelant at Nano Skill lvl of 160 in two areas

4 - Improve: Step up the Mastery line(self only or not)....similar to Meta's line...So we dont have to wait til sooo long to get a bonus to burst(and all others) other than 20 from General

5 - What about a stepped up crit buff too....

6 - Maybe a buff to change or add damage to a weopon....
Change Nove flow to Fire (damn thats an MA buff isnt it)

Granted some of these are stolen from other classes.....

And thats just off the top of my head....let get some good ones going...use our imagination......think of the A - team....well..maybe not....lets do it......

"Kill 'em all and let their god sort 'em out" NYC Hardcore.

[_______________Vapor]

Those sound pretty good to me. Although, I would like to have some buffs that other classes would like to buy from us. I rarely ever get asked for a buff, in some ways it nice, but In the long run I would rather have buffs that help my team mates more. Also, some that will make me some cash.

[____________Meligant]

Perfect example of what we should have:

An Init buff that takes up less then 49 NCUs for a good 150ish point buff for the whole team.

and my favorite nano idea:
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Savior!

This nano when enacted redirects all damage directed at the team to the soldier for a few brief minutes. It then can not be cast again for several minutes.
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[___________Vandegraf]

hmmmm.....
What would be in demand....lets think about that.....


- Nano similar to Wrangle....but Ranged Only..and slightly better.....would be in demand..

- And a similar Weopn Mastery line like a Meta Phys would be in demand as well

In Addition
- Make Attack Booster a Line that adds to Initiative as well as Atk rating....

- I think we should get a Rage/Bezerk Line as well.....
"Patriotic Insipration" or some such....similar effect to Rage line of Enforcers..... Increase Size and Add Insane amount to Ranged Skills(hmm not bad either)

[___________Vandegraf]

Hmm...Nice but.....the damage redirect....whew.....combined with TMS..hehe maybe....otherwise....you are asking for several visits to the Reclaim terminal per session...
Keep em Flowing...Nova Flowing..hehe

[____________Meligant]

Originally posted by Homerclees
Hmm...Nice but.....the damage redirect....whew.....combined with TMS..hehe maybe....otherwise....you are asking for several visits to the Reclaim terminal per session...
Keep em Flowing...Nova Flowing..hehe

hehe..that is how I saw it but you'd have to cast them back to back.

[Whiterrabbit]

i like the saviour thingy, docs would love you.
very good idea, and fits with the soldier image quite well, protecting the weaker members, etc.

if you get it tho, the enfs are gonna go mental.

[______________Pie314]

./me can see this turning into another debate on soldier ''uberness''. All people will do is whine about how soldier suck or other profession on how we are ''uber'' and should be nerfed

As soldiers, i don't think we need all these new buffs. Although I do think that some need to be changed a bit to more closely reflect their descriptions/requirements. As it stands now the only soldier nanos worth getting are Assault/Ranged Energy masteries, AT/OS and the shields. Every class has usless nanos and soldier should be no different. However i do think that we should be at least looked at as a profession by FC.

1) Our hp buffs- Raise them by 10-20% to at least make them half as good as essences. They don't stack with them anyways. Our top hp buff takes 720 bio/651 MC and only adds 405 hp. Whats worse is that our thrid best one takes 533bio/515MC and gives 416 hp!!!

2) AC line - Slighty reduced costs would be nice. I don't know too many soldier whohave 740 in MM JUST for 530acs

3) Taunts - get rid of them or make them work. Using the highest level one i couldn't taunt a master enforcer of my doctor to save his life

4) Phalanx -What can i say? lol.

5) AT - For something that costs 33ncu and 493 in pm/si. +23 attack rating isn't much. Give it a 3% chance to crit like Take the shot or increase the attack rating. Would make sence that we could hit better if something was targetting for us.

Other then that nothing is seriously wrong. I think all the soldier concern is more coming from that we never hear from FC in any way saying that they hear us. We don't even have a top ten in our forums.

I think a word from FC regarding soldiers would put us at ease a bit. A tiny bribe like a decent soldier only weapon thats not impossible to obtain .(read: "The IMI Tellus TT sucks") It would be even better if it did enough damage so that we might actualy noticably outdamage other professions using guns would be nice.


FC IF YOUR READING THIS.... GIVE US A SIGN THAT YOU ARE ALIVE AND THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN IGNORED FOR 6 MONTHS



/me ends rant
/me sets yet more cookie traps for Cosmik in hopes taht some day i might actually catch him

[___________Vandegraf]

Coolness...not bad..
Also
Logically, having a Soldier in a group...the following should make sense....
Adn these are just suggestions...I am not saying all should be added....perhaps a few concepts considered....

- New: A Team Buff that Increases ATK Rating(hit vs miss) directly and Initiatives.....
Along the logic that a Soldier helps coordinate strategy

- New: A Nano that lets us summon specific weopons (need to think about specifics, and it is similar to Fixer nano i guess)
With the logic that a Soldier should have access to weopons being military and all....he is a damn Soldier...

[______________Takhai]

My lines:

Reload/Swap Reduction line:
Reduce the reload and weapon swap times by (#)%.
Boot camp Training - Level 25 approx requirements, 10%
Rookie Soldier - Level 50 approx requirements, 15%
Experienced Soldier - Level 75 approx requirements, 20%
Veteran Soldier - Level 100 approx requirements, 25%
War Hero - Level 150 approx requirements, 50%
Close Call - Level 200 requirements, 75%

It would fit the soldier idea, and it'd be pretty fair, I think. Dont you guys?

Special Buff lines:
Reduce refresh times, give tiny crit, add special skills - SELF ONLY, 30 minute duration at first.. 1 hour at level 100..2 hours at level 175+ ones
I dont know any names, but...
Level 30ish - 1% Crit, +25 to all gun specials(AS too), 5% reduction in refresh
Level 50ish - 2% crit, +30 to all gun specials, 10% reduction
Level 80ish - 3% crit, +40 to all gun specials, 15% reduction
Level 100ish - 4% crit, +50 to all gun specials, 20% reduction
Level 150ish - 5% crit, +75 to all gun specials, 30% reduction
Level 200 - 8% crit, +100 to all gun specials, 50% reduction

I dont think any of those would be overpowered..and I honestly think they'd make our class better. =)

[______________Sredni]

I for one would just like to see our nano line fleshed out. ATM we have all of 13 good buffs.

Assault Rifle Mastery
Long Ranged Energy Mastery
Total Focus (when we get it at lvl 150 or so that is)
Mirror's 1-10 (a very powerfull buff line, but also seriously flawed)

Every other buff we posses can be ignored without a noticable effect on the soldiers effectiveness. None of the others are really worth the ip to cast them.

[______________Pie314]

Originally posted by Sredni
I for one would just like to see our nano line fleshed out. ATM we have all of 13 good buffs.

Assault Rifle Mastery
Long Ranged Energy Mastery
Total Focus (when we get it at lvl 150 or so that is)
Mirror's 1-10 (a very powerfull buff line, but also seriously flawed)

Every other buff we posses can be ignored without a noticable effect on the soldiers effectiveness. None of the others are really worth the ip to cast them.

I think you missed a few. here is my list and im sure lots will agree.

Assault rifle mastery
Long ranged energy mastery
Riot controll (for swapping soldiers)
Offensive steamroller (higher level scopes)
Total focus
Automatic Targetting (sure it sucks but +23 attack is +23 attack. adds about 150 onto a crit and you need the nanoskills for the higher buffs anyway)
TMS line (can't count all 10 seperativly. Thats like saying an eng has 60+ good nanos[bots])
Reflect shield line (keeps your team alive. Especially a little punk called Runawayjim :P )
OMHH. (1/2 point. half like it, half dont)

that 8.5 usefull nanos

[___________Vandegraf]

some good Ideas from MD up there....

Indeed a select few of the nanos we have are most certainly useful....but most are as you say...worth ignoring...and I don't think that should be the case...
The nanos you mentioned are good....but need to be stepped up every so often....not just a one time mastery and bam thats it....

I would be nice if it were like the Meta Phys line of Nanos skill buffs...
Mastery, Infuse with Knowledge of...etc....
There is definitely alot of room for improvement......
Homerclees is my 38( I think) lvl Enforcer...and I have no qualms about his Nanos.....other than I dont have the points for em

Soldiers need some minor nano tweaking or revamping

[___________Zeroshift]

You guys did see this thread right?

http://forums.anarchy-online.com/sho...threadid=23123

It has tonnes of good ideas for new nanos.

[___________Zeroshift]

I have seen many people suggest the soldiers get a line of nano buffs similar to the agents, except for every weapon...

... I don't think soldiers should though. Just from a roleplaying standpoint, if the soldier relied on so many nanos for enhancement then they wouldn't be gun toting grunts anymore.
The beef of the soldier is, and ways should be, his armor, guns, and utilities.

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That doesn't mean the soldier can't get some new and interesting things... Here is what I would give the soldier (Ideas of my own, mixed with those of others):


Last Stand
Attack: 1.4
Recharge: 4
Duration:
QL 30 -- 20 seconds.
QL 70 -- 40 seconds.
QL 120 -- 60 seconds.
QL 150 -- 90 seconds

Description
Self casted. If the soldier dies while this nano program is running it will trigger a high yeild nano explosion within his/her NCU, dealing massive damage to all nearby hostiles.

Damage to all enemies within 15 meters:
QL 30 -- 1000
QL 70 -- 1500
QL 120 -- 3000
QL 150 -- 5000


Total Sacrifice
Attack:Instant cast.
Recharge: 8

Description
A line of "take one for the team" nanos. Dealing massive damage to you, but regenerating the health and nano of your teammates.

Damage done plus healing and nano given
QL 80 -- 2000 damage to you, 1000 healing and nano to the team.
QL 140 -- 4000 damage to you, 2000 healing and nano to the team.


Martial Law
Attack: 5 seconds.
Recharge: 20 seconds

Description
Heals target friendly guard.

[i]Healing[i]
QL 70 -- 25% health healing.


Triple Phalanx
(This replaces the old Phalanx, remaining the same QL)

Description
Increases the AC's of all soldiers in the team by 150 points.
Thus, if you have a team of six soldiers all running this program all six of you will get +900 to your AC's.


Nano stim boost
Attack: Instant cast.
Recharge: 5 seconds.
Duration There are four versions of this nano, lasting between 10 and 40 seconds

All nano skills are shutdown for the duration of this formula

This nano skill is locked from use for 15 minutes, 13 minutes, 9 minutes, and 5 minutes depending on the QL of the nano (QL 40, 80, 120, and 160)

Description
Injects a neural stimulant into the soldier, increasing; damage, attack speed, run speed, evades, and health for a limited time.
However this is very experimental and unstable in nature, causing the soldier to gradually lose effectiveness for the duration of the forumla

Skill gain, time of decay, and duration based on QL (it would take too long to list the stats for all 4 nanos in the line, so I will just give the sats on the QL 120 version.)

QL 120 -- Heals 1500, All Initiatives +200, Damage +100, All Evades +200, Attack rating +200, and Runspeed +300

--You will start to steadily lose your bonuses every second after the forumla has started.
--After 10 seconds has pasted you will be were you were before you activated the forumla...
--Your attributes will not stop dropping when they return to normal, they will continue to drop for another 10 seconds, returning to normal when the forumla ends. This gives the forumla a total duration of 20 seconds

After about 20 seconds your stats should look like this:
Health -1500, -200 to all evades, attack rating, and initiatives. -300 to runspeed, and -100 to damage.


Drill instruction
QL 40 and QL100

Description
Decreases the reloading time of any weapon by 20%(QL 40) , or 60%(QL 100)

[___________Vandegraf]

Nice Ones Zero....
Last Stand is cool...eventhough you have to die...
I was also thinking of a Nano the involved Stims...makes sense...
And Drill instruction is excellent....just what I was thinking...but not only Reload/load time...
but Special Attack(Fling, Burst & FA) recycle time as well....
Phalanx definitely needs to be Tripled....
coolness
Adn that is a good post also....lets keep it crankin