Discuss Would anyone support a Mech based Rp? [PG-V]

[Disenchanted]

Well it was just an idea... would anyone support a Mech based R.P, not like zoids or evangelion. more along the lines of gundam wing/ gasaraki or Mechassult if anyone has played that game. I want to know because if people will support one ill post one in the Adventure Inn. Open to plot ideas and anything else ideas. It would be based in the future say year 3000/4000 sometime. The characters would be special forces like mech special forces, Ideas and help appreciated !

[Kenshin DX]

Yeah I would be intrested but can you explain to me how this RPG works?

[Disenchanted]

I was thinking along the lines of there would be three sides you could choose to be on say for a very simple example good, bad and a 3rd side mixed of both good and bad . You could choose from a light, medium or heavy mech. possibly land based, aerial or aquatic/ amphibious to add to the categories. I was thinking perhaps this could be team based. Say 3 squads of Mech?s going on missions fighting against each other.

There would be a story line say like the good are fighting the bad to gain control of their cities back and the mixed side is hindering both sides efforts. As I said before its just an example.

It was just an idea that I had and it?s really in the very early stages. If 3 sides it too confusing then 2 would do. It would be like you were actually in a Mech army, so whoever your squad leader was you?d have to listen to them. You couldn?t have any weapons you wanted as you?d be in the military and equipped on the situation of your mission. The 3 Mech classes would have their limitations of course for example the Heavy Mech?s could fire large missiles and cause heavy damage but very prone to over heating and weak against quick opponents. So it would be pretty even on that front.

I?m not sure if it would be chapter based or not. Anyways tell me what you think.

[Kenshin DX]

Sounds good. I think three sides fighting would work out. You could make each fight a seperate chapter. Just a thoguht.

[Disenchanted]

Ok this has been done in the past I am aware of that. I just looked through 100 pages of this sites rpgs ?.YES I actually looked through 100 pages?with an old computer?

My hard drive died so I had to re-write this. This is a basic out line of the rank structure and Mech?s ill add more to this as I can get my other much older computer working. Hopefully get some more people interested.

[U]Ranks:[/U]

[B]1. First Lieutenant
2. Captain
3. Major (these ranks in black would be who make up the special forces teams)
4. Lieutenant Colonel[/B]
[COLOR=Blue]5. Colonel (Team leader,commands The team in combat)[/COLOR]
[COLOR=DarkOrange]6. Brigadier General
7. Major General
8. Lieutenant General (these ranks in orange may not be needed)
9. General[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Green]10. General of the Army (Reserved for wartime only) [/COLOR]

This rp will work ?kind of? like a real army. When this gets started and if people want to sign up anyone wishing to be any rank above but not including Colonel will have to Pm me, especially if someone wants to fill the rank of General of the Army there will two maybe three poisons open for this. There are heaps of ranks in the army below First Lieutenant. But seeing as the participants will be ?special forces? I decided to have a cut off at first lieutenant. Besides the ranks are all the same across the bord except for the navy/coast guard.

This may sound complicated but once (if at all) more people get involved it should seem a little simpler.

the ?sides?: Ok so I was planning on having 3 sides for people to join (perhaps two).
1: Stag, 2: Arch, 3: Covert. Each of these ?sides? would have a set group of nationalities they pilots could some from. Each of these respective sides (lets call them governments) would have their own General of the Army whoever that may be. This General would tell the Colonel what to do who would in turn tell his Team what to do in the field in the rp. (This structure could change if it?s to complicated or time consuming)

This is not supposed to be a survivor. It would actually have a plot/story line to follow which would entail these teams to go on missions to further this plot to the final confrontation as such. (Like stop missiles launching to destroy the world or whatever as a basic example example).

Mech classes: very basic out line more will be added. (Pictures will be posted when I can find them)

[U]1: Mech: Light/Scout[/U]

High speed capabilities
Light/very little amour
Communication/ satellite hacking abilities
Adaptive camouflage abilities (limited)
Very little weaponry/ Mine laying/ trap abilities

[U]2: Mech: Medium/assault [/U]

Medium speed capabilities
Medium amour
Able to hold a vast array of medium weaponry
Shield capabilities (limited)
Able to change between weapons depending on the situation
[U]
3: Mech: Heavy/defense[/U]

Extremely limited speed capabilities (slow)
Heavy amour
Able to hold array of heavy weapons (missile pods, heavy machine guns, chain guns)
Shield capabilities (limited)
Prone to over heating and weak against faster opponents

Each team would be balanced for example, 2 scouts 3 medium mech?s and 1-2 heavys?. this would rule out any unfairness in the teams. Also the mechs would be equipped with weapons based on the mission they were to undertake. So there would be no whipping out of beam weapons whenever people felt like it.

Ok so this is what I came up with more will be added when I can. Let me know here what you think and if you?re interested. Btw girls can kick butt in combat too, this isn?t restricted to men. Just letting you know


[COLOR=Navy]EDIT: Mechs; ok here are some example pictures i found on the net. im using these so you can get an image in your head as to what these things look like as i said above more Mechassult like than anything else. i was going for 'realism' here when i found these. (click LINK)

Light/scout: [URL=http://www.3drt.com/3dm/walker/m-walker-03.jpg]LINK 1[/URL]
[URL=http://www.3drt.com/3dm/walker/m-walker-02.jpg]LINK 2[/URL]

Medium/Assult:[URL=http://www.3drt.com/3dm/mech/mech02_03.jpg]LINK 1[/URL]
[URL=http://www.3drt.com/3dm/mech/mech02_01.jpg]LINK 2[/URL]

Heavy/Defence: [URL=http://www.3drt.com/3dm/drop-ship/ds-03_05.jpg]LINK 1[/URL]
[URL=http://www.3drt.com/3dm/drop-ship/ds-03_01.jpg]LINK 2[/URL]

Ok so thats what i was looking for in the way that these mechs would look like. Imagine them with milatary camouflage.[/COLOR]

[Lilt]

[font=Comic Sans MS][size=2][color=royalblue][b]Good luck with getting a Mech RP together, Fox. It sounds like you're making it more like Mech Assault or something. If it was more like Gasaraki, I'd probably join. Well, at least you inspired me. Someone needs to do a Gasaraki style RP.[/b][/color][/size][/font]
[b][font=Comic Sans MS][size=2][color=#4169e1][/color][/size][/font][/b]
[b][font=Comic Sans MS][size=2][color=#4169e1]Thanks. ^__^[/color][/size][/font][/b]

[Kenshin DX]

[QUOTE=Lilt][font=Comic Sans MS][size=2][color=royalblue][b]Good luck with getting a Mech RP together, Fox. It sounds like you're making it more like Mech Assault or something. If it was more like Gasaraki, I'd probably join. Well, at least you inspired me. Someone needs to do a Gasaraki style RP.[/b][/color][/size][/font]
[b][font=Comic Sans MS][size=2][color=#4169e1][/color][/size][/font][/b]
[b][font=Comic Sans MS][size=2][color=#4169e1]Thanks. ^__^[/color][/size][/font][/b][/QUOTE]

Yeah I agree with Lilt someone should make a Gasaraki RP. You have some really great ideas Fox but Im not into Mechassault. So im out. I hope this goes well for you.

[Disenchanted]

*sighs* well thanks for the initial intrest guys. if one of u does make a gasaraki style rp be sure to let me in on it.

V_Fox

[4lphons3]

I think Mech Assault is more realistic, but I'm not sure that the public likes realism for RPs... =/ Just my 2 cents really. I like Mech Assault, but I also like many of the other mech games and anime. So really, my idea would possibly be to make our own mechs? I'm sure there are great artists on this forum ^^ But as for this Mech Assault-like RP, I'm out. =/ Good luck tho =D

[Deadpool]

Mech rps are good, but are extremely hard to keep them going. I can say from expeirence on that, I have made three and only the last two even started but they are really hard to keep the flow going. But who knows, you might just do what I couldn't. Tell me when you put it up or if you need help.

[James]

[font=franklin gothic medium]I was writing up a mech-based RPG some time ago and I still have all the original information here on my computer if you are interested.

The gist of it was basically that there were different Orbital Frame training schools all over the world (think of the Gardens from FFVIII) and that they would compete in global competitions. The actual design of the Orbital Frames was probably closer to something like Zone of the Enders. However, each school came from a different region of the world and their OF designs were reflected by their nation. So you'd have one school that was close to the ocean and their OFs could travel underwater...or you'd have one school that was in an industrial setting and their OFs would have heavier weaponry (but would be heavier and a little slower).

The story was to revolve around a female trainee and her relationships with other students from all over the world. I hadn't really developed the backstory, but I [i]did[/i] create specific information about all the regions and what types of OFs they produced (including actual numerical stats for each type).

Unfortunately my Internet connection is going to be very questionable over the coming month, but I've always wanted to collaborate with someone on that particular RPG idea. Right now all the data is just sitting in a text file on my computer doing nothing. So it might as well be used. ^_^[/font]

[Disenchanted]

I?m very interested! id love someone to help and collaborate with thank you both for your offers James and RogueAcholic, I?m a big fan of Mech?s and id really love to see a Mech rp actually succeed. I?ve never heard of Zone of the Enders but I looked it up and got familiarized with it. So I now know what your talking about. Your original idea sounds good. Im returing to school soon from our end of year break so i'll be slow in posting and what not.

Cant wait to see how this goes. Thankx again. ^__^

[Starwind]

If your thinkin garmy style behind this or giving some kind of military structure, I have a question. Where are the NCO's(Non-Commisioned Officers) in your ranks. In case your not aware of them here they are.

E1- Private

E2- Private

E3-PFC(Private First class)

E4- Corpiral or Specialist

E5- Sargeant

E6- Staff Sargeant

E7- Sargeant First class

E8- First Sargeant or Master Sargeant

E9- Sargeant Major

E10- Command Sargeant Major

E11- Sargeant Major of the army

If you need me to be more specific just ask. I will go with Rogueacholic on tis, I worked with him beofer so I remeber how hard a mech RP can be to maintain. this'll take some work but it looks promising.

[4lphons3]

If it's Zone of the Enders style, count me in then! I'll do my best to help, as I have played the Zone of the Enders games before, PS2 and GBA alike! ^^ Are you allowed to pick what type of mech you use?

[Sora]

I'm actually quite dissapointed that nobody would have been interested in a Mechassault type RP. That would've been fun, but it seems to me the idea stays the same and the name changes and everyone's back in, so either way. James has a good idea going, it sounds like a real console game from what I'm getting from it. As for what you originally posted, Illusion, I despise the idea of "a good versus evil" thing. Nobody just says "Alright, I'm evil." Everyone thinks what they're doing is "for the best", if it is or isn't is irrelevant, people always try and do what they think is right. For a gangster that kills someone because they killed his friend, he still thinks it's the right thing to do, though in the majority of society's moral values, it's totally wrong. (Sorry about that, I just feel it's really important to the feel of an RPG not to have "good" and "evil". Perhaps extremists and not so much, but never good versus evil.) Anyway, if the site can keep me active this time (I'm really trying) then I'd totally be for a collaborate Mech RPG of James and yourself.

[Disenchanted]

It wouldnt have been a good v evil per se tho it may have come across that way. more like free for all everyone against one another (the three sides agsinst one another all for different reasons). But i do believe that James and my self could possibly get a good rp going when i get to talk to him.

And to answer your question before [B]4lphons3[/B]. I think that you would get to choose your own or at least choose what it looks like and its capabilties, we'll see what happens k?

This rp wouldnt just be mech battle after battle as per james idea it is a school.

I appreciate all intrest so far!

[Random]

A-MAN-NAMED-DA....lol, sorry, Illusion, I couldn't resist.

Anyways, this seems like an interesting idea. I'll gladly help you out, girl. If no help is needed, then I'll just sign-up! When you start it, reserve a spot for me, kk?

As for the "good vs. evil" thing, I have to agree that it's a bad idea. However, I do like the idea of each group being from a different School, as per FFVIII. What I'm picturing is a kind of Zoids thing going on, but Amanda-nized...lol, Amanda-nized. Funny word.

Anyways, Illusion, you have my full support, as always, and expect me to be there when this little shindig starts!

~.^

~Ex

[Deadpool]

Hey good vs evil is bad. I already tried that and it doesn't work. The school idea sounds interesting. Another question I have is what kind of mechs are we talking about here cause there are several varations.

Gundam
Phantom Crash
Mech Assualt
Zoids
Armored Core
Transformers

There are others that I haven't listed but Knowing what kind would be good to know.
If you need anything just ask me,Starwind, or one of the others. I will help you out to the best of my abilities

[Disenchanted]

I think james said that his idea was based around Mechs "Zone of the Enders" style

[U]like [URL=http://www.tradelair.com/TL_walls/Game_Wallpapers/zone_of_the_enders_002.jpg]this[/URL]
and [URL=http://wallpapers.duble.com/2/Anime%20Game/Zone%20Of%20The%20Enders/1.jpg]this[/URL][/U]

But i cant see why we cant have variation in the mechs. I love the look of the Armored Core mechs, but i think people will be able to "specify" what they want (as in personal preference) without making some mechs overly powerfull than others.

I still dont have much detail on the school idea as i think james net connection isnt verry good but i will do my best to keep all thoes intrested up to date with this.

Thank you for all the help and support with this guys !! :animesmil