Starting gear kits

[Rashad82]

Hello all!  I  am loving the game.

I had the thought that it might be interesting to offer the player the chance to start with certain pre-selected equipment sets, instead of the usual assortment.  A few of the many Possible concepts could be as follows:

Soldier:  player starts with the rifle, combat boots, military clothing, and some MREs, but little else.  Perhaps some skill ranking with the rifle.

Injured skier: player starts injured with no medical supplies, but ski jacket, gloves, boots, insulated pants, and ear wrap.

Chef:  starts with knife and some cooking skill, but clothing is very poor.

For balance on these “bonuses”, the usual player expectations of starting with bedroll or matches could be removed.

Thank you for consideration!

 

[deathbydanish]

I'd almost say that this idea would make an interesting game mode in sandbox, you pick a scenario like the injured skier one, you'd start out with the stuff you mentioned and for the scenario you'd have to complete thematically related objectives.

[Rashad82]

I think it gives a bit more character to a survivor.  Your suggestion of additional objectives I like!

[Fuarian]

I feel like some of these are too OP. 

[Rashad82]

Possibly Fuarian, but certainly someone smarter and more knowledgeable about game design than me could work with the idea.

[Prestermatt]

On 11/23/2017 at 8:38 AM, Fuarian said:

I feel like some of these are too OP. 

If you think of them more like Challenges (call them scenarios?), I think it is less of an issue.  Some variety for role-playing purposes.

[codfish107]

23 hours ago, Prestermatt said:

If you think of them more like Challenges 

For sandbox i don't really like the idea, but i do like the idea as more rpg esq challenges.

[private duksworth]

i feel like the choices for these different types are a good idea but the game is meant to be around will mckenzie and astrid one is a doctor and one a pilot so having diffrent set of skills than these two might be a bit strange maybe choosing the survival mode girl option could be like astrid she is better at medical practices and repairing stuff will could maybe carry more or chop wood easily. its a good idea but maybe having the army person idea is a little op. thats my 2 cents about the topic thanks for reading

[T.V]

And different paperdolls in Survivor Mod! ^^