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HCarbonic
5 years ago
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Extraction for Squadrons - MEMP/SEMP!

My friends, my comrades. Despite our best efforts we have lost our hard fought battle to introduce a new system for a new age - where more extraction maps replace the devs visionism. For this is where our devoted team at DICE fell short the hardest.

Fellow gamers, forumgoers. We have lost this battle. But we will win the war. 


But on a different battlefield

Together we can make a change. Together we can have extraction in squadrons. It is time to fight, and with the game still in development, we can fight hard and have an impact. Stand with me as we campaign for justice, righteousness and what extraction deserves. 

MEMP forever.

“This is Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (okay, who the heck leads us so who’s name do I put here?). I regret to report that both MEMP and Unmerging strike have fallen, with the dark shadow of the games content ending rising to take their place. This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving MEMP movement members: Trust in the force. Do not return to the Old Forums. That time has passed, and our future is uncertain. We will each be challenged. Our trust. Our faith. Our friendship. But we must persevere and in time a new hope will emerge. May the force be with you. Always.”

Oh, and some terminology for new MEMP gang members:

MEMP: more extraction maps please

SEMP: squadrons extraction mode please

Chicken Emoji: idk, I don’t really get it either 

41 Replies

  • HCarbonic's avatar
    HCarbonic
    5 years ago
    @EA_Atic Dev reply?! Extraction confirmed. 😉

    *hastily edits post* And what bump? I don’t see a bump...

    Other extraction threads, the biggest bf2 thread on AHQ: gets no reply
    5th post on squadrons extraction thread: dev reply. We did it boys.
  • Commander_Ney0's avatar
    Commander_Ney0
    5 years ago

    @HCarbonic It would be awesome to add extraction to Squadrons. 
    How do you think it would be added? The game looks like it will be primarily air-based combat, so I don’t see any clear way to add it. 

  • HCarbonic's avatar
    HCarbonic
    5 years ago

    Okay, as @Commander_Ney0 has pointed out I should probably say how this works

    It’s a 5v5, possibly more, but with 2 capital ships. Depending on who is attacking or defending shapes the game. Say the rebels are attacking. The rebels need to leave their capital ship, fly to the enemy ship, pick something up from inside the hangar (maybe information or something). After a sequence of 10-20 seconds while “information” “downloads” the Rebel can launch again and fight its way back to its ship. The Imperials need to stop it. Vice versa for Empire attacking. 

  • DarthN3fari0us's avatar
    DarthN3fari0us
    5 years ago
    @HCarbonic Well it would have to be an A.I. boarding craft, on top of that rather than it having to fly into a hangar there should be external dock points where the team has to defend the boarding craft (since, you know there's no trooper type mode whatsoever in this game) so the fun would all have to be had in the surrounding space.

    Even then, it would really require some work for balancing (especially with all the ways people will be able to kit out their craft) so justifying working such a mode into the game would be immensely tricky and I imagine the meta would be figured out in no time.
  • DarthN3fari0us's avatar
    DarthN3fari0us
    5 years ago

    Alternative thought as to how this may work, given what I've observed of the gameplay mechanics.

    I'm thinking a Reconaissance Extraction, based on the idea of a gun-cam taking shots of important systems on a variety of structures across the map (stations/defenses/capital ships)

    Rather than an A.I. craft that has to dock with a target that the teams protect/attack, one of the players is designated the Recon Specialist and it basically becomes a race to "snap" as many of the intel targets as possible and get it back to the ship.

    This way you're not constrained to one area of the map, while also having a sort of "Escort" objective for the rest of the team (think Capture the Flag without having to return the flag each time it's attained), the more intel points that have been "snapped" the higher the objective score at the end.

    No clue as to rewards at this point, but I think it would be a better alternative to what the OP suggested.

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