Tech Levels for skirmish and multiplayer games

[CnC_Fin]

Subject:
Classic styled tech levels for skirmish and multiplayer games

Description:
As only seen in Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert and Tiberian Sun, tech levels can bring a lot of variety to gameplay. Here's an example of 5 tech level system:

Level 1: Infantry only, basic light vehicles (scouts, APC's, reource gatherers), basic base defenses, power structure, Barracks, Refinery (or equivalent) and Con Yard/Command Center, War Factory

Level 2: Basic tanks, radar structure, basic walls (sandbags, barbed wire, etc.)

Level 3: Advanced vehicles and infantry, anti-vehicle base defenses, better walls

Level 4: Aircraft, Airfields/Helipads, anti-air base defenses and vehicles, best technology, no superweapons

Level 5: Addition of superweapons and commando units

Positive Effect:
- Classic system
- Adds variety and fun factor

Negative Effect:
- In online games, most people might still play with level 5 only

Media:
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[GeneralSGJist]

So you want to structure each faction like this?

or you mean just option of limiting techs and units?

[Golan2781]

Kinda like such systems, it's quite some fun in SupCom to limit players to only Tier 1 and have them duke it out with basic stuff only. Depending on game complexity, C&C too might do well with not just tech levels but also other category locks, like Aircraft, Naval, Defenses, Superweapons.

[GeneralSGJist]

The concern with that is that then everything needs to be balanced on a level by level and unit by unit basis, and thAT makES some faction diversity just harder to achieve.

like if it was kw, and we limited 3 FFA nod players to T1, the vanilla nod player would be at a disadvantage.

[Beinrangel]

Great idea! :)
Definitly one of the better suggestions i seen here, totally agree on it.
The tech lvl option in Tiberian Sun was brilliant, i definitly hope we see the return of something similar in future c&c games.

[RightHandOfNod]

I like this idea. Even if there's not a full tech level selection, I would definitely like to see a toggle option for epic units and superweapons at least.

[Moongrave]

It could be even better if there was an ability for tier 3 units only or air warfare only or etc...

[stormgear]

I'm ok with this as long as you have the option to control it. Unlike what they did at cnc4 where you have to slug yourself out to get to lv20.

[WeedWhacker92]

I like the idea, gives players more choice as to what they would want to play with in a match.

Seeing as there are already maps out that only have infantry or tanks, I think that this would be well accepted as an option in skirmish & multiplayer.

It would be nice for a custom option along with the 5 tech levels, to be a catch-all for whatever players could come up with in unranked matches. (I.E. like gunships/helicopters only, along with basic vehicles, but all infantry and only defensive super weapons w/out support powers, or something of the sort)