“We wanted to achieve a number of things with the Heroes system. Part of that was driven by the fact that we wanted to model the way real soldiers gain experience by giving players the ability to gain experience and capabilities. Part of it was driven by the desire to improve our matchmaking system to more easily match up players with other players of their skill level. And some of it was driven by the idea that we want to make a visual distinction between players of different levels.”

“Players can rank up in three ways–overall honor, class based rank, and per weapon proficiency. As you rank up your class you will get improved abilities and a better choice of weapons specific to that class. With the weapon proficiency, the more you use a particular weapon, the better you will get with handling the weapon. This affects things such as how well you handle recoil, or how quickly you reload.” Wilson adds that a player’s honor level will be a matchmaking component: “Really disruptive players will essentially get ‘negative’ honor and must play on ‘remedial’ servers with the other TKers and griefers until they learn to get along with the rest of us.”

Stalingrad has seen better days. She could use a backrub.
What appeals to me more is Tripwire’s approach to representing that rank in-game. It’d be incongruent in a serious setting give players tiger facepaint or a golden MP40 to show off their Hero status–instead, Wilson explains, you’ll begin to resemble a dusty, experienced trooper as you rank up. ”As you progress, your appearance in game will change subtly, from the clean, tidy recruit through to the battered, battle-hardened veteran. And for the players who make it to ‘Hero’ level, there will be some unique abilities and priority access to some weapons–including enemy weapons. In terms of variations–we’ll probably wind up with about six visibly distinct variations per class, so that the player looks more battle-hardened (as well as battle-worn) with each level. And the classes are visibly distinct from each other, carrying the gear relevant to their class.”

But being a Hero won’t simply grant cosmetic rewards, Wilson adds: “Heroes will also affect team members around them in game, reducing the effects of suppression when under fire and increasing the speed at which they can cap objectives, for instance. But, as always with RO, there is a counter to it: when the Hero gets himself shot, that will have an immediate and opposite effect on his team members around him. While they confer some benefits to their team, they also become a priority target.”

GGocelot a dit :
Parcontre, on risque pas tous de devenir des héros un jour ou l'autre ?

Brice a dit :
En tout cas, dans une partie, il ne pourra y avoir plus d'un héros dans chaque camp.