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Alastair · 07-04-2003, 10:40 AM

Time-seeker missiles

It's probably more interesting if you can actually see backwards in time, and shoot at the blur indicating where your victim _will_ be.

Hmm... my first reaction was like "bah. That's just a funkier way to implement a teleport spell".

But in fact, with the right setting, it could become a very powerful concept.

There's the notion of success or failure (you try to shift into a desert, but mis-manage the heat and end up in a laval pit), and a whole skill-set related to this sort of travelling. And it doesn't necessarily have to be limited to "think the destination" in terms of locations - for some, thinking in colours, for instance, or smells or sounds (depending on class? race? school? whatever) could add a completely new dimension to the game.

Now the question remains whether that would be actually fun to play... But these are just a few rushed stray thoughts of mine.

07-04-2003, 10:40 AM	#3
Alastair Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 120	Time-seeker missiles It's probably more interesting if you can actually see backwards in time, and shoot at the blur indicating where your victim _will_ be. Hmm... my first reaction was like "bah. That's just a funkier way to implement a teleport spell". But in fact, with the right setting, it could become a very powerful concept. There's the notion of success or failure (you try to shift into a desert, but mis-manage the heat and end up in a laval pit), and a whole skill-set related to this sort of travelling. And it doesn't necessarily have to be limited to "think the destination" in terms of locations - for some, thinking in colours, for instance, or smells or sounds (depending on class? race? school? whatever) could add a completely new dimension to the game. Now the question remains whether that would be actually fun to play... But these are just a few rushed stray thoughts of mine.