Armedwithwings

I see you took this one step further and made quite an in debt analysis of the benefits involved.
At the very least,it's pleasing to know that i'm not alone in favor of such implementations!

Before we can start with the KO mechanic, here is a quick recap of the current death mechanic in Dual Universe
As death penalties go, financial loss, full body looting and location displacement are only beaten in harshness by perma-death (which thankfully, DU does not have).
Other MMOs have death prevention mechanics. For example, Guild Wars 2 has a weakened downed state where the player character can crawl back from the brink of death or get a last shot in before collapsing.  Albion Online and the future Chronicles of Elyria both have (sometimes) knock out states where the player character is incapacitated rather that outright dying.
 
Potential DU knock-out game mechanic
For massive damage, like from a ships gigantic cannon, or face-planting into a planet at 200+km/h, a instant trip to the resurrection node makes sense. In other cases e.g. small arms fire and not too far falls, instead the players avatar could be knocked out instead. 
While KO'd
The player cannot act or move. Potentially even looking around would be limited. The player always has the option to force a respawn.  The amount of time spent in a KO state could depend on many factors, such as damage taken, armor, skills, time since last KO etc.  The players avatar can be looted for a smaller subset of items they are carrying e.g. weapons held in hand. Potentially limited bloodshot vision. This aids in deciding whether to hit that respawn button or not. After the time is up (could be a 20 seconds to minutes) the avatar can get up again with minimal health and potentially a limited time debuff.  
Why a KO mechanic?
Incapacitation gives more options:  
A pirate boarding party that just wants goods, can incapacitate, take their pick and leave the tree to bear fruit for them again later. There is also a chance that friends may be near enough to protect the KO'd avatar and get them back on their feet. The player stays in the action a little longer (even if it is just to accept a coup de grâce from the enemy) Penalties (be it RP or with a reputation system) could be heavier for killing rather than incapacitating.  
Would you like to see a KO mechanic in DU? Do you have suggestions on how you would prefer it to work?  Comment below.
 
Edit: This thread also has some interesting suggestions for incapacitation:  
 
 
Further watching/reading:
DU Kickstarter Ask Me Anything (Part 3): https://board.dualthegame.com/index.php?/topic/10215-kickstarter-ama-event-third-last-part/
DU Devblog Ressurrection Node Mechanics: https://devblog.dualthegame.com/2014/10/10/resurrection-node-mechanics/
Albion Online KO/Death penalty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xk2VfcWvN8
Exploring MMO death mechanics: https://www.engadget.com/2014/01/15/mmo-mechanics-exploring-death-mechanics/
MMO Death Penalties: https://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/the-perfect-ten-death-penalties/ and http://massivelyop.com/2016/03/05/massively-ops-guide-to-death-penalties/

The picture above is a commissioned work made by Aetherios from The Aether organisation - Thanks Aetherios!
 
The Eldritch Nation (TEN)
 
Who are we? - A Nation of strong willed and ambitious people. We are a nation of opportunities for every citizen, a nation with disciplined soldiers. 
 
 
What can we offer? - To become one in the journey to totality, in our world every single citizen is an asset, every profession is important and we listen to everyone's wish for their preferred line of work. We can offer careers in exploration & colonization, research and development, building, mining, transport, trade, various military specializations and much more.
 
 
How to join? - It is really easy. Send an application through here https://community.dualthegame.com/organization/the-eldritch-nation join our discord which is listed below and ask for an official to present yourself to and then you should be set!
 
 
Where can you contact us? - On discord here: https://discord.gg/vjFA4UN (People you can ask questions are listed below)
 
Key Discord Users:
 
Civilian
 
-simpletech#8150 - Minister of Infrastructure & Regional Development
 
- Kazlir#6456 - Minister of Commerce
 
- Zedivann#9604 - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Runs National Security
 
- Quaken#8476 - Minister of Research & Development
 
- Michael#1112 - Minister of Military
 
Military
 
- Imperator#2402 - Head of National Space Forces
 
- DesertWolves#9261 - 
 
- Ajhkhum#0521 - Military Official
 
 
 
 
Who do you contact for diplomatic talks? - That would be me Zamaro/Zamarus, contact me in PM through discord using my discord ID Zedivann#9604. 
 
You can also contact me through PM on this forum board or leave your interest in a comment below. Thank you for reading. I hope to see you becoming one of us! If not, see you on the field ;-)

Damn, that looks nice.

Voting is closed and the winning entry is Flipmaze by Ben Fargo
 
The voting thread and winning announcement can be found here: 
 
The DU Community in-game game idea pitch competition. Welcome to the DICE Den.
 
Note: Please keep discussions about a specific ideas in a separate thread, this thread is for entrants. (Putting this first so that it is hopefully read)
 
What is it? A DU community competition, here on the forums, where anyone can suggest an in-game game and then the community will vote for their favourite.
 

(Scribbles are welcome)
 
Rules:
The game must take place in playing field of at most 110x75 meters with a height of 50 meters inside Dual Universe (give or take a few meters) and should cater for spectators. A single post may be made per person detailing their idea. Keep it under a few paragraphs, enough to get the idea across. Pictures (even mspaint drawings) may be beneficial, but keep them few. While this is more a sales pitch than a complete design, if you feel inspired, just DU it. Entrants are free to make assumptions about DU combat and how elements work in DU, if relevant to their game. Working in groups is allowed but only a single person can enter the group's work here and win the prize. The competition is open to all that can post on these forums.  
Dates: Competition entries start on 1 February 2018 with last day for entries on 22 February 2018. Voting then starts on 23 February 2018 an will continue until 10 March 2018.
 
Prize: The winning suggestion wins a game key of their choice and DICE (https://community.dualthegame.com/organization/dice) will implement a prototype of the game and potentially add it to the roster of DICE games. The game keys can be chosen from: The Long Dark, Quantum Break, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, and Tomb Raider.
 
TLDR: Yo wazzup! I heard you like games so I want to put games in your games so make a game then I award you with a game in a game as well as a game that is not in the game. Kapish?
 
This competition is sponsored by Soarnir. Also feel free to drop by the unofficial DU discord (http://dualuniverse.chat/) and say hi.

Hey,it's been a while but i didn't forget about you)
Truth is i would have delivered sooner but got caught up in a different project...

I tried to keep myself as close to your guidelines as possible.
Please don't be shy to inform me if something is not to your liking and i will make the necessary improvements!
 

Alliances, terrorists, and spies to start off 2018. Here's your January briefing from Ark Central.
 
 
 

Hi everyone!
 
A new Devblog has been released on Territory Protection Mechanics: you can find it here!
As we plan to post now all DevBlog articles directly on the website, we will have one dedicated topic per Devblog.
Feel free to give your feedback in the present topic for "Our thoughts on Territory Protection Mechanics".
 
Best Regards,
Nyzaltar.
 

Emergent:
"in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent."
 
Emergent Gameplay: 
"Complex situations that emerge from simple mechanic interactions"
 
 
As many stated DU is NOT this first then that second...
 
Whilst a simple headline - like the one used above as an example - can lead someone to believe DU will be a building game first. You have to understand the whole in order to understand the meaning of what that headline means or is trying to portray...
 
 
So what does this mean?
 
Well, it means that during the first couple of months, maybe even years, the primary focus of the emergent gameplay maybe be building... and not in the sense that everyone is making it to be but as building (the process of creating - not physical items - but the emergent gameplay that will play the bigger part, of the later years of DU) the universe. You can't have warfare, politics, trade and pvp without having built the emergent player driven universe first. And sure, that building process can even entitle physical building of constructs as part of the building process of the "emergent universe". 
 
So again, while that headline in the website says "Building MMO" understand the context of it: DU is a "Civilization Building" MMORPG. What emerges from that... it is up to the players to decide when they interact with the simple mechanics of the game; trading, building, exploring and warfare. Who knows! Maybe it'll be more building of constructs, maybe the clashing of big empires and alliances, maybe it'll be a universe run by pirates full of pvp... The point is, we dont know what DU will be in the later years... we have to build that emergent universe ourselves and see what it turns out to be.
 
 
 
 
Cheers,
Comrademoco
 

The idea that im proposing here is that elements have a chance of breaking down the more they get used. So, every (arbitrary time) the machine gets used the chance of the machine stopping to function increases by a very small amount, but over time, the machine would become very unreliable, and it takes people with skills requirw to create the element to fix. Some benefits of this system would be: 
 
Nerfed automation: Due to parts breaking down, you cant just leave your fully automated factory alone 24/7 and "self contained" systems that tries to do everything will need large amounts of skilled personal to maintain. This allows expanded programming/automation capablities without disruption of balance. (And yes, I want to make Skynet, CaptainTwerkMotor)
 
Jobs: Spacecraft mechanics!
 
Logistics: Militaries and companies will need logistics trains to maintain their equipment. With logistics comes a entirely new aspect of operations. This also can be used as a substitute to survival mechanics. "Amateurs talk about tactics, professionals talk about logistics." 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Actually no. I'm not downplaying building at all, i'm saying that all major features both building and PvP isn't above one and another at all and players will have to solve every situation in the game with their own brain. What has been advocated is for PvP to be secondary to building and with that ways of protecting the building element from the evils of PvP. Vastly different

Hey,it's been a while but i didn't forget about you)
Truth is i would have delivered sooner but got caught up in a different project...

I tried to keep myself as close to your guidelines as possible.
Please don't be shy to inform me if something is not to your liking and i will make the necessary improvements!
 

Hope everyone has had a happy holidays and a nice New Years. This sketch is the best I've got at the moment, when it comes to colour scheme, we said we'd like it to be a sort of dark grey/with some dark red and white mixed in. It'd be nice if it had a metallic shine to it, to make it look more like an emblem/insignia. 
 
https://www.upload.ee/image/7841425/11111111111111111111111.png
 
Let me know if anyone is willing to help out!

Willing to pay? I’m sure there are good enough folks to do it without pay. Hope you find your man though. 

Hey,it's been a while but i didn't forget about you)
Truth is i would have delivered sooner but got caught up in a different project...

I tried to keep myself as close to your guidelines as possible.
Please don't be shy to inform me if something is not to your liking and i will make the necessary improvements!
 

Hi everyone, 
A Devblog is coming (very) soon about griefing protection (and more info about the differences between Secure Areas and Non-Secure Areas).
 
@Hades:
There will be only one Secure Area (around the Arkship)... at the beginning. More can be discovered later by the players, once the game will be officially launched.
 
@Captain Jack:
To answer the question of your first post in the thread
If the forest is located in a Secure Area, yes it will be totally possible to be in this kind of context
That's the whole point of having Secure Areas in the game.
 
Best Regards,
Nyzaltar
 

Big losses is part of a player driven universe. If you put hundreds of hours into one house you better protect it well or build it strategically because people will be able to and should not be prevented from destroying it if they are capable to. You took the risk and you will have to protect it and if destroyed bring consequences to your own capabilities. 

Kind words but frankly the pleasure is all mine.
Carrying the outmost respect for TEN,it's been a real privillage being able to make even a minor contribution.
Hat's off to you @Zamarus and to every other member in Eldritch Nation,walk tall!

Will you be one of us? 
New trailer. All credit to @Armedwithwings for providing us with this awesome material

I'm not really sure how Cargo Containers will affect a ship's Stats tbh.
Depending on the ammount of stored cargo,will the weight of the container increase?
And if it does,would these weight variables affect a ship's overall thrust capabilities?

My submission for Novawrimo 2017
 
 
Authors Note: Beware, i have taken a liberal approach with punctuation by using it to set tempo/pace for how you read certain events. It's also written from a third perspective as if filming a movie.
Pic below is just inspiration in hindsight to match the picture in my mind

Hope it will entertain some of you!
 
Novawrimo 2017 - Black and Teal by Zamaro.pdf

Since i couldnt't find any happy new year thread in here ...
 

 
 
Surely we all have an interesting, hopefully funny, sometimes maybe exhausting, somtimes enlightening year behind us. Regarding the development of the game ... and maybe even regarding the developmet of ourselves.
 
May the new you year fulfill all the promises of earlier years ... and those we didn't even dare to dream of yet.
 
2018, here you go, it's your chance to do it right!
 
And ours of course.  
 
 

Why not post your preliminary sketches, and ideas (colors, and themes), and see what people run with?  I’m not a design specialist, but sometimes do a thing for the heck of it, but I’d like to know your direction before taking a stab at a design.

From December going right into the new year, more community-shaking events throughout Dual Universe, among them more pre-alpha, a DU film, and organization meltdowns. Here's what you need to know from Ark Central.
 

Don't forget folks - Dual Universe FM is still running strong 24/7.
Through your support and contributions,we aim to be the best community driven Radio Station inside Dual Universe.
We are taking submissions of all types of content, and anyone who has music/shows/podcasts/commercials/whatever is welcome to submit content that will be broadcast on the station.
This includes recruitment advertisements from ANY organizations (must be safe for work). 
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Stay tuned on Du-Radio.com - Keep on Rocking!