A Serious Synergy Supersizing
I have been talking with my guildmates about doing a huge overhaul of the synergy system in the game. We think that, in addition to improving existing faction synergies, other synergies should be added as well.
These synergies would provide small buffs for placing 2 or 3 toons on the same squad in addition to any faction bonuses they may already receive. Perhaps examples will clear this up:
Darth Maul and Savage Opress on the same team receive a "brothers" synergy and gain 2% health up. Again, in addition to any bonuses they might get for a sith leader bonus or UA.
Han and Chewie gain a "comrade" bonus that grants them both +3% critical chance
Poggle and Nute get an ally bonus of +3 armor.
Luke, Biggs, and Wedge receive the Red Squadron bonus, giving +2 speed if 2 are on the squad, and +3 if all 3 are together.
Leia and Han receive a romance bonus of...etc.
I'm not suggesting these exact bonuses, but these synergies with these kinds of small bonuses would be a lot of fun.
My guildies and I discussed the possibility of releasing a set # of synergies and letting us find them by testing different squad combinations.
We even talked about giving negative synergies for putting enemies on the same team like:
Leia and Tarkin get the "you blew up Alderaan" debuff, granting each one -3% max health.
This would add a TON of interesting factors to the game. What do you guys think?
EDIT: After reading a lot of comments, it seems fit to mention that I do not think it likely at this time that this feature will be added to the game. HOWEVER, The primary reason for having a forum of any type is the exchange of ideas. This post is about ideas, and I would appreciate if you could all keep the whining about the unlikeliness of implementation and also about the number of existing and potential bugs to a minimum.
These synergies would provide small buffs for placing 2 or 3 toons on the same squad in addition to any faction bonuses they may already receive. Perhaps examples will clear this up:
Darth Maul and Savage Opress on the same team receive a "brothers" synergy and gain 2% health up. Again, in addition to any bonuses they might get for a sith leader bonus or UA.
Han and Chewie gain a "comrade" bonus that grants them both +3% critical chance
Poggle and Nute get an ally bonus of +3 armor.
Luke, Biggs, and Wedge receive the Red Squadron bonus, giving +2 speed if 2 are on the squad, and +3 if all 3 are together.
Leia and Han receive a romance bonus of...etc.
I'm not suggesting these exact bonuses, but these synergies with these kinds of small bonuses would be a lot of fun.
My guildies and I discussed the possibility of releasing a set # of synergies and letting us find them by testing different squad combinations.
We even talked about giving negative synergies for putting enemies on the same team like:
Leia and Tarkin get the "you blew up Alderaan" debuff, granting each one -3% max health.
This would add a TON of interesting factors to the game. What do you guys think?
EDIT: After reading a lot of comments, it seems fit to mention that I do not think it likely at this time that this feature will be added to the game. HOWEVER, The primary reason for having a forum of any type is the exchange of ideas. This post is about ideas, and I would appreciate if you could all keep the whining about the unlikeliness of implementation and also about the number of existing and potential bugs to a minimum.
