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Idea [Class Idea] Pirate

Discussion in 'Capture the Flag' started by Shawn_, Dec 21, 2015.

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  1. Shawn_

    Shawn_ Playing CTF and making maps since 2012

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    I made this class idea a while back in Discourse. I'm posting it again because it got a lot of positive feedback. If you recognize this idea, make sure to at least rate it if you're too lazy to post any feedback. Thanks! :smile:

    Class Idea: Pirate
    This class is mainly intended to be offense-based.

    Armor
    Black Leather Cap
    Iron Chestplate
    Black Leather Pants
    Iron Boots

    Inventory     Ex: Item (Item Name)
    Iron Sword (Pirate's Cutlass)
    Bow (Pirate's Cannon)
    Spawn Slime Egg (Spawn Parrot)
    Compass
    Class Selector

    Class Abilities
    Cannon:
    Pros:
    - A projectile is shot like a dispenser shoots a fire charge.
    - A TNT explosion will happen if the fire charge hits a block or entity.
    - This TNT explosion will knock players back
    Cons:
    - This fire charge will only be launched if the bow is fully drawn back. Otherwise, a message will say "Your cannon needs to be fully charged to shoot!"
    - The fire charge will explode after traveling 20 blocks.
    - The TNT explosion will only give half the damage of a normal TNT explosion

    Parrot:
    Pros:
    - When you right click the spawn egg, a bat (parrot) will appear.
    - You will become the bat and you are able to fly around and explore the whole map.
    - Right clicking the spawn egg again will send you back to where you were.
    Cons:
    - The parrot can only be used once
    - A player dummy will be left where you were when you spawned the parrot, allowing enemies to kill you.
    - Your parrot cannot take any damage. If it does, the bat immediately dies.
    - Your inventory will cleared of everything but the spawn egg and compass.
    - You cannot damage any enemies when controlling the parrot

    Lots of feedback would be appreciated! :grinning:
     
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    #1 Shawn_, Dec 21, 2015
  2. Altered10

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    Armor looks nice and unique, and it is not OP at all. +1

    I like the idea of a raiding/seige class, a class that, well, puts an area under seige, like a flag-room for instance. The cannon does a very good job at that, and it is fairly balanced. +1

    As for the parrot, I do not really see much use for it other than scouting. It needs to be either completely overhauled, or tweaked to be made more useful than just checking out the map. +0

    Overall Rating: 4.5/5

    Formatting/Organization suggestion: Your pros are pretty much just class explanations, so I feel that you should either make another section for each item for pros/cons, or just rename the pros to Explanations.
     
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    #2 Altered10, Dec 21, 2015
  3. Daveeeeeeeee

    Daveeeeeeeee Well-Known Member

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    Parrot op for flag capturing?
     
    #3 Daveeeeeeeee, Dec 21, 2015
  4. Altered10

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    I don't think he meant the parrot to be able to steal a flag, but we'll see what he says about that.
     
    #4 Altered10, Dec 21, 2015
  5. Shawn_

    Shawn_ Playing CTF and making maps since 2012

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    Yeah, you're right, it's not meant to do anything else but to look around. It's more for planning out strategies e.g. looking at the defense.
     
    #5 Shawn_, Dec 21, 2015
  6. lasertagfighter

    lasertagfighter Well-Known Member

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    Op parrot... It distracts the enemy flag carrier and try's to kill it, but cannot hit it. :grinning: jk
     
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    #6 lasertagfighter, Dec 22, 2015
  7. HOTWEEABOO69

    HOTWEEABOO69 Member

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    r u high
     
    #7 HOTWEEABOO69, Dec 23, 2015
  8. 1337Noooob

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    I'm not sure what to think of this class. It's definitely interesting, but I'm not really sure how everything would mesh together. The idea of Parrot espionage is cool, but I don't think it'll actually be overly useful. In CTF, you can generally guess that a Defense will have certain classes in certain positions. Usually, a Pyro and Medic are in the flag room, for example. A parrot feature would probably be better used as a defensive feature, to Scout out Attackers or recoverers (Like an Assassin), but that goes against the design of this class being offensive (The cannon could be a good tool to clear out crowded rooms, for example).

    The idea of an information advantage is very cool but I don't think it would work in MCCTF. The important things you need to know about are the defensive setups (which is usually a pretty cookie cutter pattern), the flag carrier (which the compass does a good job of finding), and the positioning of big or dangerous targets (like Instakilling recovery classes, Ninjas, etc.), which I guess the Parrot can help with. I think the Parrot should be tweaked a little bit, either being a less important factor of the class or being buffed to be less gimmicky. It's a great idea, but it just needs work.

    I have no qualms about the rest of the class, besides the fact that I made a suggestion for a class called Pirate as well [emoji14]

    The Cannon is basically a less annoying Pyro's Bow, which could have some use in crowd control, and the Sword/Armor seems fine, maybe a little on the weak side. Does the class get Steak? That might be helpful.

    So yeah, those are my thoughts. Adjust how the Parrot works. For now, +0
     
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    #8 1337Noooob, Dec 24, 2015
  9. ACE_BLUE2

    ACE_BLUE2 Sup'

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    Good idea! I 100% agree with @Alturia10 . Unfortunately, I don't think anymore classes are being added for right now D: . @Shawn_ , do me a favor and save this class concept for the future so we can get it added =D
     
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    #9 ACE_BLUE2, Dec 29, 2015
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