the theme of the mod?, important decision #1 Options

[Team Black]

OK we've had several ideas, the most popular one being "What CNC3 should've been" - or "Scrinvasion", as others have called it. We'll decide on a better name later OK

It can be based off of things talked about on the Petroglyph forums.
If you didn't know, most of the ex-Westwood staff are now working in Petroglyph, including the ones who made Tiberian Sun.
There is awesome info here on the intentions of TS, before EA butted in, including some plans for CABAL and the Scrin. There were planned something like 2-3 expansion packs planned, that were cast aside for the crappy RA2 folly...
The information they gave is enough for a guideline, but there's more than enough gaps in to fill in with our own creativity.

Or it might be good have something entirely new and unique, but it'll be a lot more tedious to plan since there's no real guidelines, and anything is open game.
Not only that, but most 'unique' ideas are sometimes more cliche than ones that are borrowed from elsewhere - If our story is going to have an evil dictator plot world domination, we may as well use the Tiberian Universe anywho

Another idea is to have a star wars mod, but ehhh....

When I get a clear idea on what the theme should be, we'll proceed with the more detailed planning, like campaigns and unit concepts and stuff -
Right now there's a great deal of ideas already planned for the "scrinvasion" theme, so that's what I'm leaning toward.

But I want to hear what everyone else thinks. It is, after all, a community project

This post has been edited by Team Black: Jun 15 2007, 05:55 PM

[ChielScape]

Scrinvasion (fend them off in mission 1) -> GDI+Nod alliance (like FS) (missions 2-5/6) -> kane reappears with CABAL -> Nod tries to reunite with them, breaking the alliance with GDI (6/7-10/11) -> GDI wants CABALs tech for itself. (6/7-10/11) -> the faction played succeeds in securing CABALs tech and beats scrin. (11/12-14/15)
thats my 2 ct.

EDIT: mutants... err... forming temporary alliances with mutants is possible in many missions, for both GDI and NOD. If left alone they will attack both the scrin and the player. forming the aliance is done by completing their objective(s). their building and/or units will then be added to the players arsenal.
civillians are to be protected at all costs, for both GDI and Nod. they are both GDIs mission and Nods source of followers. protecting cities for a given period of time will add the civilian's building to your arsenal, from which you can buy infantry, some of which otherwise not available, for a relatively low price.

This post has been edited by ChielScape: May 21 2007, 02:50 PM