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Badlands Battlezone

pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
in Galactic News Network [PC]
The Terran Empire, flush from victory over the Iconians in the Mirror Universe, is using technology from the future to open portals into the Badlands and stage an invasion of our universe!

Check out our new Badlands Battlezone coming with Season 11!

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  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    those pesky terrans... we just finished slapping the gods around and now our bearded twins are here... we need to slap them back home!
  • cuchulainn74cuchulainn74 Member Posts: 831 Arc User
    A fully level 60 Space Battlezone? Thank you kindly. I know where I'll be spending a ton of time between STFs and new content missions. Looks very promising!
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  • dirlettiadirlettia Member Posts: 1,632 Arc User
    Do you have to be 60 to get in or do we get scaled up if a lower level? Maybe min level 50 scaling us to 60 on entry.
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  • swamarianswamarian Member Posts: 1,506 Arc User
    The Empire has set up portal generators that need to be shut down, power collecting stations that must be deactivated, and forward bases with metaphasic shielding that must be destroyed.

    Engineer/Science/Tactical focused submissions like in the incursions?
  • svindal777svindal777 Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    So, the Terran empire crushed the Iconian's. Should have listened to Sela.
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    In the Terran rep blog it was said that the elite marks for the rep could be earned in the new BZ.
    Terran Gravimetric Inducers can be earned by participating in the Advanced and Elite versions of queues which reward Terran marks, as well as completing events within the Badlands Battlezone.

    However in this blog, it just states that we get the rep marks and not the Inducers. Was this just overlooked/not mentioned in this blog or did plans change?
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  • ssbn655ssbn655 Member Posts: 1,894 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    dirlettia wrote: »
    Do you have to be 60 to get in or do we get scaled up if a lower level? Maybe min level 50 scaling us to 60 on entry.
    I hope not. Thats is letting low level ships into a high level battlezone. There is no way they could carry thier fair share of the mission. Bad enough with some PVE as it is.
  • hip63hip63 Member Posts: 106 Arc User
    Cool! Me like dem Battlezones!

    hip63 :tongue:
  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    hip63 wrote: »
    Cool! Me like dem Battlezones!

    hip63 :tongue:

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  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    I'm certainly looking forward to it. I only worry about the lag like in some delta patrols with stars and junk in complex backgrounds and the undine planet killer area lag. Please no repeat of those.
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  • nyx219nyx219 Member Posts: 207 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    dirlettia wrote: »
    Do you have to be 60 to get in or do we get scaled up if a lower level? Maybe min level 50 scaling us to 60 on entry.

    This would be optimal, as the Voth & Defera Battlezones are level 50, but I highly suspect no.

    I'm rarely negative on content prior to release, but I foresee this being a dismal flop of a battlezone. I technically count the Voth Battlezone as borderline deserted, sparsely populated by ground DPS e-peeners. This is how the Badlands Battlezone will end up, you watch. Space DPS e-peeners' hostility to level 60s without uber-ships will drive others away after the initial flood of curious players.
  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    The voth ground zone has probably been the single most popular content in this game.
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  • robeasomrobeasom Member Posts: 1,911 Arc User
    Thought this season was meant to be geared towards exploration that was short lived seems we are back to warring but this time with our mirror selves
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  • neonchillineonchilli Member Posts: 35 Arc User
    is this available now? or another season 11 addition?
  • e1ime1im Member Posts: 63 Arc User
    Portals... again?! I mean, we sure didn't get enough portals in the last space battlezone. Which was about Undine portals.
  • jon1238jon1238 Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    sheldonlcooper wrote: »
    I'm certainly looking forward to it. I only worry about the lag like in some delta patrols with stars and junk in complex backgrounds and the undine planet killer area lag. Please no repeat of those.

    I agree.Devs,PLEASE think about playability vs looks every now and then.Judging from the screencaps,that bz's very pretty......But it's going to be a NIGHTMARE to play.Looks like you've got multiple layers of fog(certain areas of Delta ring a bell?In other words,UNHOLY lag),debree(extra lag),a bz(lots of other players all using skills/shooting=MAJOR lagfest),and who knows how many enemies(see players)......If it plays like the screencaps look,I can tell I'll visit it once then give up.I hope I'm wong.But if not,like I said,PLEASE give a thought to how well a zone/mission/stf/bz PLAYS as much as how it looks.

  • obsidianballsobsidianballs Member Posts: 28 Arc User
    As it says nowhere that this comes with season 11 in the blog, does that mean this is in game now?
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  • magfrostmagfrost Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    lan451 wrote: »
    In the Terran rep blog it was said that the elite marks for the rep could be earned in the new BZ.
    Terran Gravimetric Inducers can be earned by participating in the Advanced and Elite versions of queues which reward Terran marks, as well as completing events within the Badlands Battlezone.

    However in this blog, it just states that we get the rep marks and not the Inducers. Was this just overlooked/not mentioned in this blog or did plans change?

    It will probably be similar, if not a complete copy-paste, to the Undine battlezone where when you complete the large objectives (my guess, the space stations), you will be rewarded with the Inducers, Dil, and Marks.

  • bioixibioixi Member Posts: 764 Arc User
    Lets hope is not an undine battlezone clone.
  • cidstormcidstorm Member Posts: 1,220 Arc User
    Battle zones always had the best potential to be amazing but never delivered. Until the space ones get randomly generated maps and objective points it will just be another place to slave away for an hour before the one time bonuses wear out and it becomes a waste of time. 4 or 5 control point types would also go a long way in reducing the repetition.

    Did you make it lvl 60 only because you were worried about "exploiters"?
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  • hip63hip63 Member Posts: 106 Arc User
    deaftravis05 wrote: »
    hip63 wrote: »
    Cool! Me like dem Battlezones!

    hip63 :tongue:

    I shall search for you and hunt you down and destroy you!

    Not if I destroy you first!

    (But hey it's PvE not PVP so I don't really think either senario is going to happen, lol)

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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    repetitiveepic wrote: »
    lan451 wrote: »
    In the Terran rep blog it was said that the elite marks for the rep could be earned in the new BZ.
    Terran Gravimetric Inducers can be earned by participating in the Advanced and Elite versions of queues which reward Terran marks, as well as completing events within the Badlands Battlezone.

    However in this blog, it just states that we get the rep marks and not the Inducers. Was this just overlooked/not mentioned in this blog or did plans change?

    Huh? Read what you quoted out loud.

    What I quoted is from a different blog. I was asking because in this blog it states:
    Completion of objectives in the Badlands Battlezone will award new Terran Empire marks, used for advancing through the Mirror Universe Defense reputation. Additionally, participation awards expertise and dilithium.

    It doesn't mention the Inducers, which is why I was asking if it was just overlooked or if plans changed and we won't be getting them from the BZ now.
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  • keletteskelettes Member Posts: 488 Arc User
    Yaay instead of Undine quantum singularities, we get to close Terran portals with large guns! :smile:
    But the guns appear to be Cardassian this time, instead of Klingon.

    Entire Terran starbases phasing in? Let me guess -- 3?
    Can't wait X))
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  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    kelettes wrote: »
    Yaay instead of Undine quantum singularities, we get to close Terran portals with large guns! :smile:
    But the guns appear to be Cardassian this time, instead of Klingon.

    Entire Terran starbases phasing in? Let me guess -- 3?
    Can't wait X))

    Don't forget, after we destroy the Terran Starbases, there'll be a few minutes to get to a 'rally point' before we have to fend off waves of Tholians for five minutes.
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  • dragnridrdragnridr Member Posts: 671 Arc User
    If the BZ provides the Inducers like the Undine BZ provides Injectors, I'll jump on this like warp trails on Nacelles. If not, then the marks had better have a significant increase to make up for the loss of Inducers.
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  • antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    Cool, I've always liked the Undine BZ, so the similar mechanics but different enemies will be fun.
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  • darleathdarleath Member Posts: 50 Arc User
    I can see a lot of awesomeness... and unfulfilled promises.
    Where are our mirror selves? Might we see ships from the Mirror Universe generated from our teams? That would be cool (until my mirror self hits 150% defense... that would NOT be cool XDDD).

    As for the variation, I would have preferred to have "several" battlezones, each one with a part of the battle going on... but that would push a lot of people to the easiest and fastest one to earn marks.

    I also hope we will have a "forward base" somehwere in there, like the Omega task force. While having a transwarp would be incredibly convenient, there is DS9 and Defera close by, so...
  • deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    hip63 wrote: »
    deaftravis05 wrote: »
    hip63 wrote: »
    Cool! Me like dem Battlezones!

    hip63 :tongue:

    I shall search for you and hunt you down and destroy you!

    Not if I destroy you first!

    (But hey it's PvE not PVP so I don't really think either senario is going to happen, lol)

    hip63 :tongue:

    i'll just blow myself up beside you :)
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