An idea for combining RTS and FPS together:
IDEA 1: An FPS/RTS where a team of many players (around 16-32 maybe?) battle each other to destroy the enemy base. The catch is that one player is the "commander" or "overlord" of the battle. He will see the battle like a traditional RTS, while the rest of his team will see it like a traditional FPS game. The commander would be able to see everything that the guys on the ground could, so he would basically get to see all the players on his team. He would have information like health, ammunition and location on every player in his team. Likewise, if a player on his team spotted an enemy, he would see it. This means the commander will know where the majority of enemies are, and be able to plan accordingly. He will be able to select players like a traditional RTS and right click on the map to set a waypoint for them. It would then be the players job on the ground to follow the orders like a good soldier and do whatever it is the commander wants him to do. For example, if the commander selected soldier 1 and right clicked on the ground, soldier 1 will get a waypoint labelled "move." If the commander selected soldier 2 and 3 and right clicked on an enemy, both those soldiers would get a waypoint labelled "attack" (the waypoint will continue to update itself on the enemy location for as long as a player has sight on the enemy).
You may be thinking, "what will give the soldiers on the ground the will to do what the commander sets him?" Good question. If a soldier successfully completes a task set by the commander, he will gain rank points. Because this is a team game at heart, all players involved in the action that successfully complete the task will gain the same amount of points, but they will not be split. For example, say completing an order to kill an enemy gives 50 points. If one player is ordered to do it and does it, he will gain 50 rank points. If 5 are ordered to do it and 3 actually go and help in completing the task, then those 3 will get 50 points, while the other 2 will get none. This encourages teamwork, while preventing point farming (obviously some orders like moving will not give any as that can be exploited) Other orders, like repairing something on the field, will give points based on the health repaired, and not on the order itself, to prevent point farming. Players will be able to spend points on weapons, vehicles and other things to give them the advantage.
To prevent balance issues, everything will have a disadvantage to it. So for example, a jet fighter will have high mobility and good weapons, but the jet will be hard to fly and be prey to anti air. Again, things like this will encourage commanders to get the players to scout properly so they know what is going to hit them (perhaps players can gain points for gaining intel from the enemy, like finding an air base). So to buy a jet will require an airfield, which can be destroyed by the enemy players or countered by making anti air.
The game will also have territories to capture, which will give the commander points. The commander uses points to build buildings, and purchase weapons so friendly units may purchase them (the reason players on the ground have to purchase them again is to prevent commanders from buying a weapon that is advantageous in the current situation and having all players use it at once. Weapons will be salvageable from dead players so they can be used again, but only come with so much ammo, so protecting weapons could be a viable tactic as it saves points). Commanders will also be able to invest in tech, giving the team more flexibility and power, as well as enabling typical RTS tactics like rushing.
Games will last around 30 minutes to an hour. Players will also be able to make teams and play against other teams, giving the game a competitive scene. Finally, the game will feature a voting system to see who gets commander, so organised teams can give the commander to the best person, or a new team can decide on who they want to be a commander.
Yes, it is a massive game idea, but how awesome would this be? What do you guys think?
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