Teleporters

[richard14110]

Trucks and combat engineers should be able to build an object that allows a friendly unit to move to another area immediately. Using teleporters would strengthen reinforcements (backup allies) because they would have the ability to attack quickly instead of having to drive and/or walk to the destination.

Specific vehicles and cyborgs should be able to teleport. Teleportation is useful if there is a research artifact that has not been taken and if an enemy is close to it. Also, a teleportation unit can see more of the minimap by going to a dark, unexplored area.

[aubergine]

Why not just use transports?

[Rman Virgil]

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Speedy made a very complex mod called "AI Boost" about 10 years ago that included teleports among many other nifty new toys. Lot of fun, very creative. As an Addon it was great. Part of the core game - don't think so. Transports should remain stock, IMO.

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[richard14110]

Why not just use transports?

Teleportation is much faster and better than using a transport because:

1. There is almost no waiting time

2. Unlimited amount of units that can be sent to another area

3. Traveling to other places is possible even if the transport is destroyed

[NoQ]

Teleportation is much faster and better than using a transport because:

And now you need to also explain why it is worse. Because it won't be good if transporters become useless.

[Rman Virgil]

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Revealing you didn't ask about an actual WZ implementation of what you are interested in.
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[richard14110]

Teleportation is much faster and better than using a transport because:

And now you need to also explain why it is worse. Because it won't be good if transporters become useless.

In the future, teleporting should only work within the current map and cannot be used to arrive to another area. Transports would still be useful.

Transports: From one place to another

Teleports: Inside the minimap

[NoQ]

Well, gameplay on several maps at a time is only available in campaign. And, as you might have noticed, campaign will not be changed (we need to keep it close to the original).

[Rman Virgil]

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How about this little reductio ad absurdum scenario. The heck with teleporting units.... big waste. Just teleport bombs. Really streamline gameplay. Or better yet, use a teleport tech beam to transport your enemies forces to the bottom of the ocean. What an astonishing concept.

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[NoQ]

By the way, there's nothing wrong with teleporters.
Starcraft nydus channels work quite well.

[Rman Virgil]

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Yeah they work fine in a lot of games..... even in WZ as a mod. Core game, not so much. Unless it's core WZ 2250 werein Nexus and The Project join forces to fight off a reptiloid alien invasion from Tao Ceti bent on wiping out humanity and its tech creations off the face of the Earth to hack the planet into one gigantic, sweltering, Amazion jungle fully stocked with tasty critters for the aliens to hunt and feed on. Early on the aliens determined that humans just didn't taste good.

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Speedy made a very complex mod called "AI Boost" about 10 years ago that included teleports among many other nifty new toys. Lot of fun, very creative. As an Addon it was great. Part of the core game - don't think so. Transports should remain stock, IMO.

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