Ascention Suggestion

[The Elemental]

I was doing some research on ascension the other day just for some fun and come across the fact that there is two ways of ascending in the Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis series. This got me thinking about StarGateWars and the way we ascend and how rather simple it is but also how boring it can be trying to reach it just one-way. I mean all you really gotta do is get 1000 G&R points and have the necessary resources and bam, your ascended. And then there’s the fast approach to ascending which really takes the fun out of the game.

Here are the two ways of ascending in the Stargate series just for a little recap for those that aren’t to familiar with it:

Spiritual Ascension
If one is pure of spirit (i.e. morally good), then meditation, often guided by wisdom left behind by previous monks, in the search for enlightenment, can lead to a direct Ascension when one gains complete wisdom, a fully opened mind, and has shed one's fears and attachment to the mortal world. This process is usually terminated with death, at which point the being Ascends, but it is also possible to directly Ascend while still alive (see the picture above). In the process of Ascension through meditation, many beings obtain the same supernatural abilities that users of the DNA Resequencer receive, including: telepathy, telekinesis, superhuman senses, speed, and strength, precognition, perfect health, the ability to self heal rapidly, the power to heal by touch, and the ability to use many parts of your mind and fully focus on something.

Evolutionary Ascension
Ascension can also be a physical process, as, in essence, Ascended beings are still strictly physical. A human who evolves the ability to use approximately 90% of their brain capacity can learn to Ascend without much trouble. This is related to the myth that people use only 10% of their brains, but some have explained this away by saying it means 90% of the neurons firing at all times, which would effectively result in a seizure in actuality. This form of Ascension again does not require the being to be good of heart.
There you go, those are the two ways of ascending in the Stargate series so now that I have that out of the way I will start explaining the point to this suggestion.

I have thought that we can introduce a new way of ascending to keep us a lot more busier cause I have often heard a lot of people being bored with ascending or don’t like the rumors about it. Well this idea should make it ALOT more desirable but not as easy to get through.

The current steps to ascending are pretty much the basic steps or if you want to call it, the Spiritual Ascension. Which is all good and well for the first few stages but gets harder with how much resources you need.

So here’s the bulk of the idea, what if we introduced a technolical way of ascending, by introducing new technologies to the list. But accessing these technologies won’t be cheap, a price will be paid of coarse, and the higher you go down this path the harder it becomes to ascend.

Example: you want to buy your first step to ascending in the technology path then you will have to cough up 50k UU, 50bill naq, 2k turns, RAW UP of 10,000+ and of coarse you must have 1000 G&R points. For every stage you go through this way the prices get higher and higher, they could double or even triple, it would really all come down to the current advancements you have on your account. (Haven’t come up with how this could work just yet)

What would be the point to this you may ask, well here’s the deal. When you ascend the current way you get a large amount of Ascended points to use in the ascension server and a bit of an increase to your main account with attack, defense, income, etc, but by choosing the technological approach you not only get the Ascended Power Points but also an extra boost to some of the stats that you work with in the ascension server.

How does this affect the main server others may wonder…well I guess it really doesn’t affect your main account all that much except for the fact that the next time you try and ascend it will cost you a whole bunch more.

Well I guess this comes to the end of my suggestion but if you have any other questions or would like to suggest something about this idea then please feel free to do so.

Kind Regards

The Elemental

[ksvisa]

Interesting....


Should be more ways to ascend!

[Juliette]

Great idea!
I'm interested in how it'd work ingame...

[R3B3L]

Example: you want to buy your first step to ascending in the technology path then you will have to cough up 50k UU, 50bill naq, 2k turns, RAW UP of 10,000+ and of coarse you must have 1000 G&R points. For every stage you go through this way the prices get higher and higher, they could double or even triple, it would really all come down to the current advancements you have on your account. (Haven’t come up with how this could work just yet)

The difference is what? Nothing is stopping someone ascending with these, and increasing the requirements themselves. Doesn't make much of a difference in my opinion, But the idea of ascending in different ways could be the start of something interesting.

[The Elemental]

Well the only difference is that by chosing the technological path you then get a nice increase in stats for your ascension account unlike what you already get which can be a real downer for some.

The reason i have decided i new way of ascending should be put in is cause this idea if put to the test will actually encourage alot of people to play the game to it fullest and actually grow rather then just have it all handed to them on a silver platter.

Like i mentioned with the first stage it wouldn't just require a large sum of resources it would also require you to have certain stats already in place such as having 10k UP (although this is more comman now but as mentioned already it'll just get higher and higher with every ascension), 12bill MS, spy lvl 24, etc... as you can see what i wanna aim for is making sure people play the game and earn their right to ascend instead of just sitting around for 3 weeks earning G&R points while they get resources off everyone they know.

[Zeratul]

how about, to make the current way less attractive to increase the g&r cost?

after all, the meditation and such takes a long time...


so:
technological costs 1k g&r + certain stats, increasing every time

spiritual costs less stats, but much more g&r... (maybe even as much as 5-6k?)

[ksvisa]

This thread and the one from here (New Technology): http://herebegames.com/StarGateWars/vie ... hp?t=78452 must be read together.

I did 6 ascensions. And is nothing interesting in ascending process. NOTHING. I have no reason to ascend again, like classical ascension. But I like to be able to buy ascension facilities (like main bonuses, ascending points, etc) without starting the game from zero. And... starting from zero is not exactly "starting from zero", because all the players that ascend (I did like this, and all people I know did this) transfers resources to another player, to be safe during the ascension time, and after this take the resources back.

And because of this, must be added a way to ascend without this trick... I want to be able to pay a price... and to get some ascending bonuses (in main or ascended server)

[The Elemental]

how about, to make the current way less attractive to increase the g&r cost?

after all, the meditation and such takes a long time...


so:
technological costs 1k g&r + certain stats, increasing every time

spiritual costs less stats, but much more g&r... (maybe even as much as 5-6k?)

well you got the right idea but i seriosly wouldn't suggest increasing the G&R points that much higher, it's long enough as it is to get 1000 points at 1 point per turn, that alone takes 3 weeks just to get.

Maybe we could divise a meditational way for the Technologys, that way it increase stats for your ascended being inself in the other server, and if you choose the Technology path for ascension then it increase productive stats instead. So you could be either a highly advanced being or a super UBER advanced account in the production area.