[Mobius]

It's probably what everyone espects from a modern campaign, sure. Just saying that characters won't be handled as in character-driven campaigns such as BP, Transcend, Sync, etc. etc.

[General Battuta]

No no no it's not what everyone expects, this one expects Inferno to be awesome and totally and impersonal like FS2 retail was

[Mobius]

I don't think a modern campaign can be 100% characters free, though.

[General Battuta]

I most strenously disagree old bean I think that all approaches to storytelling are welcome

[Rampage]

If you really want to hearken back to the old days, then make the protagonist carry superpowered weapons and make him go up against swarm after swarm of Shivans and also have him nuke a Sathanas all while drinking tea.*

*It's not a bad idea; we may include a few gauntlet missions similar to those of FS1.  After all, what's more epic than having your Herc blow up a Demon on Insane difficulty all by yourself?

[General Battuta]

Rampage you are a pretty cool dude

* General Battuta hugs rampage

[Mobius]

If we really want that, then we will have to make capships easier to kill.

[SpardaSon21]

Just make Inferno the thing that required an entire new line of builds for FS_Open.  More ships, bigger lol-huge ships, and lots of pretty explosions.  I want to feel like I'm the main character in a Michael Bay movie.  No serious business.

[General Battuta]

mobius i want this to be you

[Mobius]

If we really want that, then we will have to make capships easier to kill.

Now that I think of it, gauntlet missions centered on Inferno's superbombers may be a good idea.

[Snail]

I hate how AoA came out and now everyone wants characters in their campaign, sometimes at the complete expense of the storyline. Some stories just aren't suited to having characters in them. Inferno is one of them. Sure you could adapt the story to include characters but it just wouldn't be Inferno any more as far as I am concerned.

[General Battuta]

I hate how AoA came out and now everyone wants characters in their campaign, sometimes at the complete expense of the storyline. Some stories just aren't suited to having characters in them. Inferno is one of them. Sure you could adapt the story to include characters but it just wouldn't be Inferno any more as far as I am concerned.

I completely agree with this. BP has the omg teal deers characters with feeeeeeeeeelings aspect covered, be something else. People will love you.

Inferno should only have spaceships not peoples

[Snail]

Characters only work if there is a point to them. If there's no point to having characters in your storyline (ie. they're just there to be there [and occasionally die in a vain attempt to elicit an emotional response from the player]) don't put them in. All they are is dead weight and drag down the quality of the story (and gameplay too if you have to keep guardianing them).

[Jellyfish]

Just make Inferno the thing that required an entire new line of builds for FS_Open.  More ships, bigger lol-huge ships, and lots of pretty explosions.  I want to feel like I'm the main character in a Michael Bay movie.  No serious business.

Seconded. Explosions, raves and huge ships make Inferno Inferno.

[MatthTheGeek]

Oh. I thought that's what made WoD WoD.

[Droid803]

No, WoD only had one huge ship.
And it isn't huger than a gigas even.

[NGTM-1R]

Oh. I thought that's what made WoD WoD.

The Hertak have nothing on the HUEG that was the Icanus/Icanus shipyard/Gigas/Dante/Nemesis/Solaris/Odin/fivedestroyersinonemissionomg.

[MatthTheGeek]

I consider everything larger than a destroyer as huge - too huge actually. Were it 6km or 500km.

[Mobius]

I hate how AoA came out and now everyone wants characters in their campaign, sometimes at the complete expense of the storyline. Some stories just aren't suited to having characters in them. Inferno is one of them. Sure you could adapt the story to include characters but it just wouldn't be Inferno any more as far as I am concerned.

I completely agree with this. BP has the omg teal deers characters with feeeeeeeeeelings aspect covered, be something else. People will love you.

Inferno should only have spaceships not peoples

And I completely disagree, and for a variety of reasons. Let me address the issue:

1) The decision to add characters to Inferno preceeds the success of Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius. We simply haven't added them because of AoA, as the team realized the benefits they ensure well before the BP obsession;

2) Snail, from your past experience in the Inferno team you should know how characters are used in Inferno. They aren't compatible to the description of the average BP character, not even a little bit.

3) Campaign featuring characters =/= character-driven campaign.
Featuring characters is one thing, basing the entire plot on their feelings and actions is a completely different matter. You'll hardly hear them talk about personal lives and I don't even think you'll get to know their names.  There's no need for unnecessary comparisons when it comes to this standpoint.

4) More in general, if you think Inferno should be a shoot-here-and-there mod with no strings or memorable plot attached, you're in the wrong place.

[SpardaSon21]

4) More in general, if you think Inferno should be a shoot-here-and-there mod with no strings or memorable plot attached, you're in the wrong place.

But that's exactly what INFR1 was!