magna mandaloe Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 I though most of the Ideas in my brain Like Gauntlet Battle Cruiser. Most were not from Sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge2211 Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Uh, dude, Dreadnaughts have been a part of the Star Wars universe for a long time before you thought of including them in your Empire at War mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slornie Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Garm Bel Iblis... will this be when he was part of the Rebel Alliance, if so he wouldnt have his dreadnaughts... since he collected them after he separated from the alliance... also... i was under the impression that by the time of the Thrawn Trilogy he had 6 dreadnaughts... and that they were all involved in the battle with the Katana... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Anarch Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 If Bel Iblis makes it into the game it will almost certainly be post-Endor. It makes no sense to add a hero in the expansion pack that concentrates on the ESB/RotJ time period and then insert a character as he was before even the events of the original campaign. And since the Empire is getting another hero with his own spaceship (Thrawn) then it's a good possibility that the Rebels will get one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrawn Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Good point about the spaceship heroes. I wouldn't mind Iblis having a Dreadnaught running around. It would pack a heck of a punch. Perhaps it could be a pair of them or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoiuyWired Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Well, one would not be too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrawn3.14 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Thrawn will make an excellent addition to the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth MD Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 He would, but what "special abilities" would he have?-the same for the other heroes....I would hate it if Bel Iblis could "summon" a dreadnaught in the middle of the fight and kick the s*** out of the imps.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Anarch Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 They both will probably give some sort of bonuses to the ships involved in the battle, like Tarkin and Fleet Officers do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slornie Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Garm Bel Iblis will probably have some sort of bonus that allows his ship to use ion cannons to temporarily knock out a opposing ship... Admiral Thrawn will have some kind of all round tactical modifier for his fleet... like utilise cultural blindspot... or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonFizzle07 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 This is fantastic news!! Thrawn is a magnificent character. Arguably the most tactically brilliant commander in Star Wars history (arguably because of Ackbar, bel Iblis, Farlander, Kre'fey, Antilles). What a fantastic choice. bel Iblis as well is a totally excellent character addition. Brilliant and independent tactician. Someone mentioned a Mon Calamari frigate. I'm guessing that'll be the MC-40 we see in the X-Wing games (the Lulsa) and NJO Balance Point (the Poesy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge2211 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 One of the developer interviews mentioned a "Mon Calamari frigate." We weren't given a specific designation, but I'd expect it to be smaller than the MC-80 and have some interesting special ability or interesting weapon loadout (perhaps like a Rebel version of the Acclamator). Thrawn is...well...er...okay, I just re-read the original Thrawn trilogy, 'cause I thought, what the heck, it's summer and the last time I read those was like in fifth grade. Having him in Forces of Corruption is somewhat un-canon since at this time period he's supposed to be zipping around the Unknown Regions of the galaxy, but I'm okay with that since Empire at War theoretically spans the whole galaxy. His special ability will probably be either a general tactical modifier a la Fleet Commanders, Mon Mothma, and the Emperor; but it could also be some specific tactic that could be triggered like Admiral Ackbar's concentrate fire ability. However, I must say I really don't like Thrawn that much as a "tactical genius." The art thing is a bit too hokey; and the way Timothy Zahn wrote Thrawn was to make him seem smart just by having him know things he couldn't possibly know. That's not really plausible. Okay, the blasphemy has ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonFizzle07 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 No, it's not blasphemy. I'm actually much the same about Thrawn. I don't see him as the God that most Star Wars fans seem to. It's true that he was very much a Master of fleet combat, but I disagree when I hear him called THE master. In my mind, Ackbar was THE master. if you've read New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way, Ackbar's strategy at the Battle of Ebaq 9 was absolutely amazinng. Also, Admiral Kre'fey's work in several campaigns as well as Bel Iblis's cold hard rational thinking during the defense of Coruscant in Star by Star were oustanding. And, in a tip of the hat to your username, if you've read Allston's two NJO books, Rebel Dream and Rebel Stand, General Wedge Antilles was a complete genius in the defense of Borleias. Thrawn was good, no doubt, but no god. Ackbar was easily his equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slornie Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 its all relative really... depending upon who has what ships, where they are, how they are working, etc... i mean Thrawn was an excellant commander, but i agree that there were many others of a similar calibre... also, wasnt there one in the dark nest trilogy who beat the thrawn simulations... i dont want to get into a debate about whether fighting a simulation of thrawn is anything like fighting him in person... but this shows that it is silly to call thrawn the master of startegy and tactics when there are others who are just as good... all that aside... i quite like the idea of thrawn being able to use species are to understand their physhe... it adds new depth to him as a character and as a strategist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonFizzle07 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Yeah, the Dark Nest admiral is a Bothan, Bwua'ua or something like that. Very arrogant but less so than most Bothans. Defeated all the Thrawn simulators every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Anarch Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I always assumed that that Bothan admiral, Bwua-something, beat the Thrawn simulator because he cheated. He is a Bothan, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonFizzle07 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 You know, I never even thought of that *SPOILER ALERT: DARK NEST SERIES* - - - - - - - - - After the way his fleet was routed at the Murgo Choke, he definately doesn't seem to have the tactical savvy of Thrawn at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpElite Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Cool! Another space hero for my Imperial fleet! Muahahahahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoiuyWired Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Is it the Bothan dude whose name sounds like "failure" and who is vitality challanged after the nutcase attacks on the Liberty City?> If so yeah he is quite a cheater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpElite Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Is it the Bothan dude whose name sounds like "failure" and who is vitality challanged after the nutcase attacks on the Liberty City?> If so yeah he is quite a cheater. I think his name is Fey'lyea or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpElite Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Glad to see I'm making an appearance in the game:D I shall now be able to control you, Thrawn! You will do what I wish..... Muahahahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slornie Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Having him {Thrawn} in Forces of Corruption is somewhat un-canon since at this time period he's supposed to be zipping around the Unknown Regions of the galaxy, no... he wasnt in the unknown regions at that time... he returned to the them after the battle of Hoth... according to his page on the star wars databank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Sith Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 You mean when he was commanding the Grey Wolf, and fighting Zaarin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slornie Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 er... probably it mentioned something about him fighting Zaarin before going back to the unknown regions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrawn3.14 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 beat the Thrawn simulator because he cheated QUOTE] Would this simulation happen to be named "The Kobayashi Maru"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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