[SpardaSon21]

I would make it an MMORPG.

Burn the heretic!

[IronForge]

LOL? You don't like MMORPGs? I'm thinking making it EvE in twitch based.

[The E]

What, a twitch-based accountancy game?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

[IronForge]

Think Freelancer. Which I'm actually posting in both boards at the moment now actually. Here and on discovery.

Anyway, think freelancer. Throw in the zods and shivians (why are vasudians called zods?) and conquerable bases. Eve's manufacturing system. Viola.

[Trivial Psychic]

Strategy-based game.

[übermetroid]

geomod!

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Strategy-based game.

There's an RTS in the works, but it looks like it'll end up like that pile of unfinished projects HLP has...

[Marcov]

FS1:

- Make the Lucifer 5,000 meters instead of 2,777
- Of course, make the Lucy flux cannon more realistic-looking
- Be able to fly capital ships (can be done with FSO though)
- Add a Shivan campaign! MWAHAHAHAHA! 

FS2:

- Since the Lucy is now 5 clicks, make the Colly 8 clicks
- Enough "all details concerning this is highly classified" for goodness' sakes, LET US NOW MORE OF YOUR F***ING UNIVERSE!" 
- Add a Shivan campaign! (again)
- Capital ship flying (again)

Actually, this thread can also be called "what improvements would you suggest to make FreeSpace more your choice" I thought this thread meant "how are you going to create FreeSpace singlehandedly" type.

[QuantumDelta]

FS1;
Fix multi problems.
Slightly decrease light-blob turret accuracy or projectile speed but increase rate of fire substantially,
Make missiles more accurate.
Change URSA primary banks slightly so that the side bank is a little more tucked in.

FS2;
Remove the massive damage tag from the entire game.
Make EMPs have a more significant effect on the player, and the AI.
Make Lamprey more effective on AI.
Make the Circe not redundant(lower energy usage slightly, increase shield damage slightly).
Make Piranha less useless.
Make Infyrno less useless.
Normalise all fighter missile alignments and change the gunports on the Seraphim to be less useless.
Make the colossus not **** (probably, give it beam strength roughly equal to the Sath's at all times, and significantly reinforce both the Colly and Sath's hulls).
Make the SoC arcs a little more substantial (more missions, more action).
Lengthen the entire game by another arc of stories leading up to the Knossos "closure."
Have an additional ending video showing the start of exploration of the stellar exhaust of the super nova at capella and the beginning of construction of the GTVA Knossos at Delta Serpentis.
Bump up the robustness of the network code (not that, I personally find it that bad).
Expand the multiplayer to incorporate more players.
And certainly I wouldn't allow anyone to touch the physics, not ever, crazy 'realism(rofl@realism of what people are expecting pilots to be capable of with their 'realistic physics')' people can burn in hell :<

[terran_emperor]

FS1
All of the Above
Restore the missing mission and Anti-Zod sentiments from the Alpha
Fix some bugged ship arrival cues- that Cruiser from Clash of the Titans for instance
Fix the slight plot error regarding A-1's "investigation of Lucifer in Antares" that never happened - It was the Eva you went after
More of the Lucifer dishing out death - With those missing cutscenes, it doesnt come across big a threat as its supposed to for me - To the Allies It's meant to be what the Master Chief is to the Covanent. ... that give me PLOT BUNNY! whole new theory on the shivans/Ancients
Completly Overhaul the Battle of Deneb - I once posted my vision of it
Bad ending cutscene - If Vasudan Admiral ever finishes his one we'll get this
Ribos Cutscene - wish Icey Brian would finish this
More about Lt MacCarthy

FS2
All of the above things
restore the collosus's final battle
Fix slight errors - Like briefing says a ship is one class, in mission it's a different one and ship arrival Cues
Make Clash of the Titans II even more epic by having a Shivan
Lvl Omega classified info given when you reach Rank Admiral - ie you get details on what the comms nodes are
Give the storyline dates like FS1 did
Give the Shivans their FSO weapons
Restore the cut weapons

You know, I think i once posted something like this a while back

[QuantumDelta]

Terran_emperor did you actually play FS1 originally (before SCP started up)?

[terran_emperor]

Yes i actually own the original game+Slient Threat. The Pre-SCP Lucy didn't scare me...The SCP one actually has teeth but there isnt enough of it to trully be terrifying. Hell I saw more of the Shark from Jaws than the Lucy. We need the Ribos Cutscene, the Bad-Ending and a massively expanded Battle of Deneb.

[Iranon]

Write more believable fluff. Most of it is frankly embarassing.
Make the missions less painfully scripted.
Modify weapons so they are balanced without abandoning common sense (as it is: imagine if someone built Maxim-toting gunships or dumbfire bombs)
Add some variety where needed. Why are GTVA and Shivans using the same warheads?
Slightly improve most FS2 special-purpose weaponry... they generally do to little/take up too much power compared to pure damage dealers

[Gamma_Draconis]

For both FS1 and FS2 and in order of importance!

1. Balance weapon load-outs better. Some of the special weapons are just useless and others are borderline useless.

2. Make FS2 ships tougher, stronger, and/or faster to establish an actual 20 years gap in technology. Ie. The Hecate should actually fit its tech room description.

3. Fix the Ancient's lore so they're more believable.

4. Give the Shivans FS2 weaponry in FS1. Yes, it might be ridiculous but that can be compensated for by having the GTA/PVN develop similar technologies. It's better than the Shivans suddenly showing up with the new stuff.

5. I want to see some old Apollo fighters, Athena fighter-bombers, and Valkyrie fighters during the early stages of FS2. I find it odd that there are no Valkyries flying in the fleet when the Perseus was just recently developed during the NTF campaign to replace the Valkyrie.

[Dilmah G]

Apollos and Athenas probably couldn't mount the Alliance's newer weaponry, though.

[Klaustrophobia]

but the herc and uly can?

[Dragon]

I'd introduce more realism and newtonian flight model.

[General Battuta]

I'd introduce more realism and newtonian flight model.

uuuuuuuuurgh 

[Spoon]

I'd introduce more realism and newtonian flight model.

It's a good thing you are not remaking freespace from scratch 

2. Make FS2 ships tougher, stronger, and/or faster to establish an actual 20 years gap in technology. Ie. The Hecate should actually fit its tech room description

I agree with this one. Look at the Seth and the Herc II for example. The Seth is how many years old by the time of FS2? The Herc II only outperforms it slightely