Warframes In Space!

[AltusLive]

This game is very pretty graphically, and has a very wide variety of customization possible; but a possibly downside is that there isn't much variety in game play objectives. I wanted to present an idea to you just to be mulled over, that being the introduction of space warfare. Given that almost all of the missions take place on spaceships, it would make very little sense for there to be no concept of intership combat. With the introduction of it it would also give the opportunity for a large increase in mission objectives and of game play possibilities, both for solo and co-op.

First off, there could be the obvious missions of disable/destroy/get to objective X, which is simple and would be fun in itself, but would be a fairly narrow application of what is otherwise a very large area to work with. Cross over missions could include game play ideas like having to disable shields with your ship before being able to dock and go about a normal mission (the possibility to take out sensors while you're at it would also lead to very interesting game play), In reverse order you could need to destroy the generator from inside the ship, then get to the hanger, and use your ship to cause enough damage to the ship to make it go critical.

For multiplayer there could also be the option of having 1 person on board doing a mission, while another player is handling the ship from the outside (in solo the player would have to do both options individually but much like with sabotage missions with multiplayer you can micromanage).

Also, with space warfare it would give a great chance to show the difference between the 3 enemy races with the methods of counter fighters. Corpus would use many unmanned drones, Grineer would have interceptors, and the infected would respond much like the Zerg of Starcraft I would imagine.

The addition of sentinels shows that there is already a system in place for adding mods to something that is independent of your Warframe, and the ships could work in very much the same way. Have 2 or 3 be available, and handle them the same way the sentinels were handled.

Space warfare was a very good bonus in games like Star Wars: Battlefronts 2, and allowed for very seamless transition between space battles, and the normal style FPS that it had; and I personally think it would add even more for a game like Warframe that is already rich in graphics and compelling gameplay.

Edited May 3, 2013 by Ice232