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= Level Structure =

Commanders start at level 1 with their default weapon (which will be replaced at level 2) and the Vanguard economy module. Maximum level is 6.

At each level, choose three modules or module upgrades. Cannot choose/upgrade a particular module more than once in the same level.

= Weapon Modules =

Weapon upgrades are *not* mutually exclusive. (Optional: Choose at most 2 upgrades per weapon.)

Not all of the weapon options are meant to be exciting.

== Primary Weapons ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! Name 
! Damage
! Range
! AoE
! Special
! Upgrade Option 1
! Upgrade Option 2
! Upgrade Option 3
|-
! Beam Laser
| ★★★ || ★★ || || ★ (default weapon) || None || None || None
|-
! Light Particle Beam
| ★★★ || ★★★ || || || +Damage || +Slow || HPB Conversion
|-
! Shotgun
| ★★★★ || ★ || ★ || || +Damage || +Focus || +Slow
|-
! Riot Cannon
| ★★ || ★★ || ★★ || || +Damage || +AoE || +Fire
|-
! Heavy Machine Gun
| ★★★ || ★★ || ★ || || +Damage || +Accuracy || +Slow
|-
! Lightning Gun
| ★★ || ★★ || || ★★ (EMP) || +Damage || +EMP || Cone Conversion
|-
! Rocket Launcher
| ★★ || ★★★★ || ★ || ☆ (slow projectile) || +Damage || +Proj. Speed || +Fire
|-
! Flamethrower
| ★★★ || ★ || ★ || ★ (fire damage) || +Damage || +Width || +Afterburn
|-
! Grenade Launcher
| ★★★ || ★★ || ★★ || ☆ (slow projectile) || +Damage || +AoE || +Disarm
|}

== Secondary Weapons ==

Must go in the second weapon slot. (Limit to level 4 and up?)

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! Name 
! Damage
! Range
! AoE
! Utility
! Upgrade Option 1
! Upgrade Option 2
! Upgrade Option 3
|-
! Multistunner
| || ★★ || ★ || ★★ (EMP) || -Reload || +EMP || +Stun Time
|-
! Sunburst Cannon/Dgun
| ★★★★ || ★ || || || -Reload || +Damage || +Range
|-
! SLAM
| ★★ || ★★★★ || || ☆ (slow projectile) || -Reload || +range || +AoE
|-
! Cluster Bomb
| ★★ || ★★ || ★ || || -Reload || +Projectiles || +Damage
|-
! Concussion Shell
| ★★ || ★★★ ||  || || -Reload || +Damage || +Charges 
|-
! Hellfire Grenade
| ★ || ★★ || ★ || ★ (fire) || -Reload || +Afterburn || +AoE 
|-
! Terrabomb
| ★ || ★★ || ★ || ★ (terraform) || -Reload || +Terraform || +AoE 
|}

= System Modules =

Having acquired a module you can then choose which of the two upgrade paths to follow.

For example:

At level 2, we can choose any two of the seven modules. Choose Sensor Suite and Ablative Armor.

At level 3, we can do any two of:
 * upgrade Sensor Suite to Area Jammer or Drone Director
 * upgrade Ablative Armor to High Density Plating or Photovoltaic Plating
 * add a new module
 * add a new module

Say we upgrade to Drone Director and add High Power Servos. At level 4 we can do any two of:
 * upgrade Drone Director to control more drones or have more vision/radar
 * upgrade Ablative Armor to High Density Plating or Photovoltaic Plating
 * upgrade High Power Servos to Spider Legs or Tank Chassis
 * add a new module
 * add a new module

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! Name 
! Description
! Upgrade Option 1
! ...followed by:
! Upgrade Option 2
! ...followed by:
|-
! Jumpjets
| Jump like Recon com, longer cd/shorter range?
| Impact Distributor (damage on landing)
| More damage OR -cooldown
| Superjump (+range)
| ++Range OR -cooldown
|-
! Sensor Suite
| Increase vision and radar range.
| Area Jammer
| +Jammer radius OR +vision, +radar
| Drone Director (several drones)
| More drones OR +vision, +radar
|-
! Ablative Armor
| +HP
| High Density Plating (++HP)
| ++HP OR +HP, +HP/s
| Photovoltaic Plating (+HP, +E/s)
| +HP, +E/s OR +HP, +HP/s
|-
! High Power Servos
| +Speed
| +Speed (or something else)
| Spider Legs (all-terrain) OR +Speed
| Buoyancy Tanks
| Hovertank Chassis (hover pathing) OR +Speed
|-
! CarRepairer's Nanolathe
| +BP, +Brange
| Lazarus Device (+BP, Rez)
| +Brange OR +BP
| Lathe Overclock (+BP, burst BP ability)
| +BurstBP OR +BP
|-
! Autorepair System
| +HP/s
| Nanite Sheath (+HP, +HP/s)
| +HP, +HP/s OR ++HP/s
| System Reboot (remove status effects, long cooldown)
| +HP/s, lower Reboot cd OR ++HP/s
|-
! Vanguard Deployment
| Place Vanguard module in separate structure
| Personal Cloak
| Area Cloak OR lower E cost
| Personal Shield
| Area Shield OR stronger shield / faster regen
|}

= UI Mockup =

Alternatively have modules chosen in a UI like the current system, but some window like this is probably good to see "what is the current status of my com".

 Level 2: Lightning Gun, Sensor Suite, Ablative Armor
 Level 3: +EMP damage, Drone Director, High Power Servos
 Currently choosing Level 4: Sunburst Cannon, Jumpjets, Drone Director +

[[File:Aqua_commpanel2.png]]
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-= General Comments =
-Certain combinations of weapons and modules (especially Dgun and Jump) are quite problematic. The existing commander system deals with this through chassis. A future system could address the issue with chassis (potentially requires lots of models), arbitrary exclusion pairs (messy) or chassis-like exclusion patterns. The following uses the third option but could be easily modified to be like the first.
 = Level Structure =
-Commanders start at level 1 with their default weapon (which will be replaced at level 2) and the Vanguard economy module. Maximum level is 7.
+Commanders start at level 1 with their default weapon (which will be replaced at level 2) and the Vanguard economy module. Maximum level is 6.
- Level 2: Primary weapon and two modules
+At each level, choose three modules or module upgrades. Cannot choose/upgrade a particular module more than once in the same level.
- Level 3: Two modules
- Level 4: Weapon and two modules
- Level 5: Two modules
- Level 6: Three modules
- Level 7: Three modules
 = Weapon Modules =
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 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
 ! Name
-! Limitation
 ! Damage
 ! Range
@@ Line 75: / Line 65: @@
 ! Upgrade Option 3
 |-
-! Multistunner || Engineer only
+! Multistunner
 | || ★★ || ★ || ★★ (EMP) || -Reload || +EMP || +Stun Time
 |-
-! Sunburst Cannon/Dgun || Guardian only
+! Sunburst Cannon/Dgun
 | ★★★★ || ★ || || || -Reload || +Damage || +Range
 |-
-! Disruptor Bomb || Recon only
+! SLAM
-| ★ || ★★ || ★ || ★ (slow) || -Reload || +AoE || +Slow
-|-
-! SLAM ||
 | ★★ || ★★★★ || || ☆ (slow projectile) || -Reload || +range || +AoE
 |-
-! Cluster Bomb ||
+! Cluster Bomb
 | ★★ || ★★ || ★ || || -Reload || +Projectiles || +Damage
 |-
-! Concussion Shell ||
+! Concussion Shell
 | ★★ || ★★★ ||  || || -Reload || +Damage || +Charges
 |-
-! Hellfire Grenade ||
+! Hellfire Grenade
 | ★ || ★★ || ★ || ★ (fire) || -Reload || +Afterburn || +AoE
 |-
-! Terrabomb ||
+! Terrabomb
 | ★ || ★★ || ★ || ★ (terraform) || -Reload || +Terraform || +AoE
 |}
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 Say we upgrade to Drone Director and add High Power Servos. At level 4 we can do any two of:
   * upgrade Drone Director to control more drones or have more vision/radar
-  * upgrade Ablative Armor to High Density Plating or Hull Down mode
+  * upgrade Ablative Armor to High Density Plating or Photovoltaic Plating
-  * upgrade High Power Servos for more speed or buoyancy tanks
+  * upgrade High Power Servos to Spider Legs or Tank Chassis
   * add a new module
   * add a new module
-'''The Jumpjets, Nanolathe and Advanced Targeting module groups are mutually exclusive.''' A commander which takes the Jumpjets path is "Recon-type", a commander which takes the Nanolathe path is "Engineer-type" and a commander which takes the Advanced Targeting path is "Guardian-type".
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
@@ Line 138: / Line 122: @@
 | Superjump (+range)
 | ++Range OR -cooldown
-|-
-! CarRepairer's Nanolathe
-| +BP
-| Lazarus Device (+BP, Rez)
-| +BP
-| +BP, +BPrange
-| +BP, +BPrange
-|-
-! Advanced Targeting
-| +Range
-| +Range
-| ++Range -Speed or +Range
-| Charge ++Range when still
-| Better charging OR +Range
 |-
 ! Sensor Suite
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 | High Density Plating (++HP)
 | ++HP OR +HP, +HP/s
-| Hull down mode, -HP
+| Photovoltaic Plating (+HP, +E/s)
-| Reduce activation time OR +HP, +HP/s
+| +HP, +E/s OR +HP, +HP/s
 |-
 ! High Power Servos
 | +Speed
-| +Speed
+| +Speed (or something else)
 | Spider Legs (all-terrain) OR +Speed
 | Buoyancy Tanks
-| Water regeneration, buoys faster OR +Speed
+| Hovertank Chassis (hover pathing) OR +Speed
+|-
+! CarRepairer's Nanolathe
+| +BP, +Brange
+| Lazarus Device (+BP, Rez)
+| +Brange OR +BP
+| Lathe Overclock (+BP, burst BP ability)
+| +BurstBP OR +BP
 |-
 ! Autorepair System
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 | +HP, +HP/s OR ++HP/s
 | System Reboot (remove status effects, long cooldown)
-| Lower Reboot cd OR ++HP/s
+| +HP/s, lower Reboot cd OR ++HP/s
 |-
 ! Vanguard Deployment
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 | Area Shield OR stronger shield / faster regen
 |}
+= UI Mockup =
+Alternatively have modules chosen in a UI like the current system, but some window like this is probably good to see "what is the current status of my com".
+ Level 2: Lightning Gun, Sensor Suite, Ablative Armor
+ Level 3: +EMP damage, Drone Director, High Power Servos
+ Currently choosing Level 4: Sunburst Cannon, Jumpjets, Drone Director +
+[[File:Aqua_commpanel2.png]]