A elemental 2 pipedream

ELemental underground, the mob facitons

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Goodmorning all,

I was thinking about spy and diplomacy and all that, and got thinking what about black markets, under the table trades. . .  What if the game had an organized crime family that extended beyond borders, and why couldn't the leader of this mob be a channeler.  A channler that instead of claiming land and making cities, enters cities made by others, and organizes thier ciminal underbellies, making thier own criminal racket, demanding 'protection money', and generally being Mob-y. 

I know, no chance for game 1.  but I was just thinking it would be cool.

Robbie Price

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Isn't that just like that horrible pirate mechanic in Sins? Good god no, maybe for a mod I guess, but I would never want to be forced to play with that kind of system...

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Well, I am assuming that they would be more complex than Sins pirates (mainly becuase it's hard not to!), but you have a point: these guys could get very annoying, very quickly. Plus, I don't really feel that a massive, organized criminal organization has a place in a fantasy setting where vast portions of the land are still wild and information (at least in theory) flows slowly.

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

well informations flows at the speed of spells, if the mob boss is a channler. 

and i wasn't thinking so much of priates, or raiders, who directly attack stuff,  more a de-centralized faction that syphens off a portion of proffits from any town they are established. most if not all of thier actions would be Covert/infiltration spy like in nature. 

but it would have to be done well, and is not a realistic goal for elemental 1,  just a fun thought.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

why no chance for game  1?   I mean, at this stage its safe (especially for fans) to talk about pretty much anything.   

 

However, bare in mind:  There may be expansions to this game.   (There is already talk  about pushing some of Boogiebac's dungeon features to a possible  expansion) so if its something this game  could use, but its a fairly major feature overhall, it could still be  in  Elemental 1.   It would just be "Elmental: Shadows of the Cataclysm" or something like that, the expansion to War of Magic.