More Islands

[FlimFlamm 509]

There is all sorts of water off the coast that the game engine loads and can be occupied by players, but there is simply no reason for them to ever do so.

 

If boats ever get added and when planes get added, islands would represent the perfect places for groups affluent enough to afford boats or aircraft to build forts to defend against players and zombies alike.

 

The addition of the prison island is proof that it is doable, and a great example of the sort of content that islands can provide the context for.

 

Small rocky islands, medium forested or swampy islands, large islands with light houses and structures like cabins or communication towers. Some islands might have water, others might not....

 

There is a huge amount of room for additional islands of any kind and any size. By adding islands Chernarus can be expanded and made into a bigger place with very little effort on the part of the devs, and down the road players will use them to create all sorts of unique content.

 

So my only question is: Why not?

 

Don't you guys want to experience the 'water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink' thing?

Edited April 18, 2015 by FlimFlamm

[MadWookie 573]

I'm for the idea, but I'm still hoping they put in Utes like they talked about before the steam release.

[benji_milo 15]

Well, doing this would create an ogre kind of effect. EG... "rarrr im on my island! no player interaction! go away! RAWR!"

 

I've run into very little people in my hundreds of hours playtime and it would be a let down if 35/50 people on the server were just sleeping on an island... Perhaps keep the islands the same and make people fight for the few islands that there is?

[tiadashi 262]

@benji

 

 

Who needs an island for that reaction from players - I have been shot hundreds of times trying to "interact" 8P

Edited April 18, 2015 by tiadashi

[FlimFlamm 509]

Well, doing this would create an ogre kind of effect. EG... "rarrr im on my island! no player interaction! go away! RAWR!"

 

I've run into very little people in my hundreds of hours playtime and it would be a let down if 35/50 people on the server were just sleeping on an island... Perhaps keep the islands the same and make people fight for the few islands that there is?

 

Most of the islands would not have a water source on them, making indefinite habitation impossible (barring rain collection I suppose). Bigger more rare islands with water would be more contested, and if someone wants to live there forever then they better be prepared to do a lot of fishing.

 

If people want to live alone then let them, player interaction will force itself upon them eventually and perhaps to their great and delicious dismay.

Edited April 18, 2015 by FlimFlamm

[benji_milo 15]

Hmm, i guess so... If it be a hermit life for them, then yeah it would be alright, but for the idea of a team base building, I believe would get boring

 

Generally most people are violent and if they build a base, they most likely want targets to kill or defend against.

 

I dunno, it would need a specific target group, then ask the question, is it worth doing/making? (for the devs)

[FlimFlamm 509]

I've done ocean bases before. The worst aspect about them is getting stranded if your boat sinks or your aircraft runs out of fuel. For this reason they were best used as auxiliary bases for well off clans where aircraft and loot of high value was stored. Nobody likes to be forever alone and so while many people dream of island/ocean bases they often fail to recognize the required logistics of operating one and not being ye old hermit. The important thing is that we can dream, and some people will inevitably try it and have success.

 

Pirates man. Pirates... We need extra islands if only for the possibility of piracy.

[spartanxapathy 203]

I'm for the idea, but I'm still hoping they put in Utes like they talked about before the steam release.

 

Me too. Should be pretty far off-shore IMHO, but I would love to see them utilize all that ocean. There is a map in AllInArma that is Cherno and Elektro but the ocean is just a river with land on the other side, always thought that would be cool too, just turn the ocean into a river and develop more land down south.

[blackberrygoo 1416]

I love the idea of islands ! Ever since the prison island was added i felt like they should add a few more little ones. I think they should go even further and add maybe 1000 more meters or more of water to the south of the map so they could have a stretch of islands like the Hawaiin islands :) .

Edited April 18, 2015 by Grapefruit kush

[spartanxapathy 203]

Now that I look at this however... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/ArmA2_Chernarus_factbook_map.jpg

 

I think they should add Utes and extend out West to Miroslavl' and North to the edge of the Black Mountains... Oh man, that would be perfect for a map extension!

 

 

   Dear BI,

 

    Will work for a plane ticket, moderate food stipend, and a cot. Love working on terrain editing.

End of unofficial, somewhat joking, letter of consideration.

 

Regards,

    Apathy

Edited April 18, 2015 by SpartanxApathy

[pale1776 375]

Me too. Should be pretty far off-shore IMHO, but I would love to see them utilize all that ocean. There is a map in AllInArma that is Cherno and Elektro but the ocean is just a river with land on the other side, always thought that would be cool too, just turn the ocean into a river and develop more land down south.

That's actually from Arma 2s ACR DLC. I always wondered why the DayZ mod didn't use that chernatus model, it was so much more vibrant it seemed.

[spartanxapathy 203]

That's actually from Arma 2s ACR DLC. I always wondered why the DayZ mod didn't use that chernatus model, it was so much more vibrant it seemed.

 

Ah, thanks. Forgot which DLC it was added in, and yeah, it was more vibrant. Kind of a spring feel. I know there is a "Summer" version of Chernarus, maybe we will see that when the implement more of a weather/time cycle (maybe calendar would be more accurate)

Edited April 18, 2015 by SpartanxApathy

[FlimFlamm 509]

I would personally like to see all kinds of map diversity, especially weather and seasons.

 

I can foresee modders making 'hunger games' style maps that actually takes care of the initial setup and various missions and such. The more the better.

 

One of the really cool things that might happen is the maximum player limit per server might get raised, and the NAPF map might get modded in. It would take a lot of work but It would be so much bigger than Chernarus that it would fundamentally change how the game is played (on servers with that map).

Edited April 18, 2015 by FlimFlamm

[pale1776 375]

Well I mean all the work has really been done for BI in terms of seasons and islands.

We have Chernarus fall as it seems now, ACR had the spring/summer season and there's been a retexture for Winter Chernarus. There's not even additional bugs caused by them, its the sameap painted over.

I see the trouble with other maps but really. BI owns all work connected to Arma so just give the guys who retextured Chernarus like 5k or something and save time and actually money in terms of hiring the team to do it.

[FlimFlamm 509]

It seems like there is little reason they should not add in a bunch of islands to make use of the coast. They should do it if only to give boats a purpose...