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[Adoge]

In terms of a game, I believe that factions are an important part of the setting and story. Especially those that are unique.
Examples include:
ROTR's five factions: USA (Generalist), GLA (Subversive), China (Spammer/Horde), Russia (Powerhouse) and E.C.A (Cannon/Turtler)

The Paradox Mod: Allies (Generalist/Air Force), Soviets (Powerhouse), Empire (More elitist- bit hard to pin down), Confederate Revolutionaries (Subversives- good guy GLA.), Order of the Talon (Elitist/Powerhouse/quality), the Mediterranean syndicate (Cannon/Ranger), the Atomic Kingdom of China (more defensive in approach) and the Electrical Protectorate (Spammer).

I love unique factions and I wanted to create a thread where people could post their own faction designs in any universe they want.

They could be Post Apocalyptic Bandits, Cybernetic Purists, Dinosaurs, Alternate Dimension fascist super-maniacs with super tanks.

This post has been edited by Adoge: 24 Apr 2015, 8:37

[Adoge]

One idea that's been on my mind for quite some time, as a sort of creative thought exercise, would be a game about a renewed Korean war, set in a 2020s or 30s timeframe with modern day weaponry, but a bit of a futuristic twist to allow for some creativity and use of artistic licence. The gameplay would be most reminiscent of Company of Heroes, albeit on a somewhat larger scale. In short, the factions would be North Korea, with a sizeable but largely outdated army that has to rely on swarm tactics, indiscriminate firepower and a bit of guerilla tactics (essentially combining elements of ROTR's China and GLA), South Korea, which would be a defensive focused steamroller (imagine like the ECA but instead of high-tech protocol units, you get Russia-style steamrolling power towards the end), an American-led coalition force of Pacific nations (including units from Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines) which would be the generalist faction with a bit of an air force focus and a faction of Chinese special forces, who would play against type by -not- being a horde army and instead engage in guerilla/mobility tactics with advanced weaponry, the idea being that they initially support NK covertly, but later turn against them, all while trying to keep their own involvement as subtle and low-key as possible in order not to escalate the war whilst still protecting their own interests.

PS: Since this is a game design topic, I will move it to the Games Discussion

Disregard my previous post, I realised you covered it all

Another idea I had would take place in 2015/16 and diverge from the events of the late 1980's in which to a degree the USSR won the War in Afghanistan and the Union collapsed in 1995, instead of 1991/2. This meant that the U.S faced a far stronger Iraqi Army in Operation Desert Storm, leading to the formation of Basilisk, a NATO task force with a centralised command structure and multinational corps. They would operate many modern weapon systems such as the Panzerhaubiter, Leopard, Fennek, M270, Puma, Abrams and Euro-Tiger along with experimental weapons such as the F-35 and Elefant 2 Plasma tank hunter. As such they are a faction with heavier equipment that focuses more on brute force than technological advancements and speed. Their builder would be a Dachs 2, a modified version of the original Dachs engineering vehicle. Their buildings would be built from the ground up and take a while to build.

Basilisk would be facing off against Echelon, a secretive cabal of forces mixing PMCs, Cyberterrorism and the military-industrial complex. Echelon's units would be flexible, fast and long ranged, able to quickly and effectively deliver strikes or hack and disable enemy bases. They could also hire local military forces to combat Basilisk, allowing for more direct combat forces to protect their weaker units. Their arsenal would include a cheaper version of the Armata MBT, the O-4, a cannibalised version of the PL-01, the South African Super Hind and G-60 artillery piece. Their buildings, which are prefabricated, are deployed by a helicopter. They simply requisition the building and a helicopter flies to the command centre, which then allows you to deploy the building anywhere on the map.



This post has been edited by Adoge: 29 Apr 2015, 7:23