Poll: Bonus Ship Type ideas for the Vengeance expansion

[keith.lamothe]

Nominations from here.

To clarify, a "Bonus Ship Type" is one you can get with your original homeworld(s) pick and from an Advanced Research Station.  Most are fleet ships, but in the last expansion we added the first Bonus Starship and some of the above would fall in that category.  Remember that the AI can get these too

So let us know which of the above community-submitted ideas you like best   We have some ideas of our own that may make it in to the expansion too, we'll see.

6 picks per voter, I'll probably go with the top 5 or 6, depending on feasibility.

Thanks for your feedback

[Hearteater]

Don't know if you intentionally left it off (I wouldn't blame you ) or not: Plasma Collective Jet.  Can't for the life of me think of a better name.

[keith.lamothe]

Don't know if you intentionally left it off (I wouldn't blame you ) or not: Plasma Collective Jet.  Can't for the life of me think of a better name.

Even looking back through the nominations thread I can't find it, though I do remember you mentioning it somewhere else.  Anyway, added to the poll now

[TechSY730]

Some of the other commenters gave some "fleshed out" ideas for my high cap high ranged ship (http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=11389)
However, I'm not sure if those are "fleshed out" enough to deserve a nomination right now.

[keith.lamothe]

Some of the other commenters gave some "fleshed out" ideas for my high cap high ranged ship (http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=11389)
However, I'm not sure if those are "fleshed out" enough to deserve a nomination right now.

Rule of thumb: the more I have to work to find a suggestion, the less likely I am to find it

But I like the Sniper Laser Pod idea so I put it on the list.

[Hearteater]

Bah, too many good choices.  Initially picked 10, so I had to make some hard choices.

Picks:
Tunneler: A lot of interesting potential here on both sides.  I don't think it needs to transport any other ship types.  I think the limitation will hit the AI hard too, since we often can keep any AI ships out of our systems.  But not always.

Powerslave: Personal favorite.  It should attrition what it eats though, just so it can't get powered up and stay at max forever.

Cleanser: So I have a slight soft-spot for Paladins.  Mainly killing them, but that's a story for another time.  Anyway, thematically very interesting and the reason I picked it.  I'd like to see it bring a buff or minor repair to the table for when no zombies are present.

Vengence Fighter: Seems really interesting on either side.  Their deaths can save you in a bad situation, especially if you can just keep cranking them out (MRD maybe)...but man could a wave of them hurt.

Hydra Flame Thrower: I like the guy who suggested this one.  Trustworthy fellow.

Sniper Laser Pod: Can't help it, I really want to use them to as a "click-to-remove target" ship.  Seems a really good surgical answer to a lot of problems.

Runners Up:
EW Starship: Pretty interesting, I'd probably go for a negative attack boost on the enemy.  It could just apply a damage reduction to allied ships near it (negative attack boost for all incoming dmg on them).  But its a starship, and just less interesting than some of the other ships.  Just a touch too passive for my taste.

Mass TP Ship: Good idea, needs a little fleshing out.  I can see potential, but I think it's one of those ships players would use a ton better than the AI, and there were other picks that would be really strong on both sides.

Zenith Battle Ship: Potential to be nasty, but a little bland, and I'm not sure how important FF-immunity is on something that is slow and doesn't target structures much.  Just not enough mobile units with shields really.

PCJ: This submitter is on a roll, but he got beat out by other more interesting stuff.  Better luck next time.

[orzelek]

Ok this is a big one...
I guess it will wait for weekend for me to actually read all of that proposals and choose some.
I thing that 6 picks might not be enough. This list is quite long

[Histidine]

Damn, poll already? I knew I shouldn't have procrastinated on the idea I had lying around.

Oh well, next expansion!

(also lol at Super Carrot being seriously entered)

[Eternaly_Lost]

Ok this is a big one...
I guess it will wait for weekend for me to actually read all of that proposals and choose some.
I thing that 6 picks might not be enough. This list is quite long

Yea, It is a long list.

And well reading this, I recalled a Unit I suggested ages ago. http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=6138

Then again, I am not sure if a Unit that disable sheilds would be worth it or not. Certainly would be nice against Hybrids, but at the same time might be a little unfair against them.

[TechSY730]

(also lol at Super Carrot being seriously entered)

Why not? After all, there is the Pancake Golem suggestion.

[onyhow]

I vote Torp Cruiser and EW Starship...

[Kahuna]

Where's the Pancake Golem?! And y u no add my Space Tennis Ball Machine and Space Laser Sharks?!

[keith.lamothe]

The pancake golem wouldn't be a bonus ship type, it'd be a golem

[Toranth]

The pancake golem wouldn't be a bonus ship type, it'd be a golem

While "Bonus Golems" might be fun for the human, I don't think I'd want to see the AI unlocking those.

"533 AI 1 Golems, 2 Starships to Your Home Planet!  Game over in 01:42"

[keith.lamothe]

"533 AI 1 Golems, 2 Starships to Your Home Planet!  Game over in 01:42"

I'm sure you'd find a way to cheese them.  Or maple-syrup them, in this case.