More Expansion Details

[ghost018]

Check the link:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/planetsidecorecombat/news_6073522.html

I actually found something useful in the official forums....who knew?

ghost

[Navaron]

October.

The caverns sound gay.

[Cease]

The main reason the caverns exist is to perpetuate the capture-the-flag gameplay brought on by the recently added lattice logic units, which revamped the way most bases in the game are captured.

So in other words. The LLU was thought up a while back, and was coming whether we wanted it or not.

[Navaron]

Originally posted by Cease
[So in other words. The LLU was thought up a while back, and was coming whether we wanted it or not.

NO WAY! SOE said that they'd leave it on the test server a long time and get our feedback on it first. There's no way they wouldn't listen to the community's wishes!!!

[SandTrout]

My 1 wish for the expansion=Me+baseball bat alone with SOE marketing exec. in a room.

[EarlyDawn]

But yet you'll still probably buy the expansion. :rofl:
Let's not crucify them just yet, see how they do in the next month. If they don't release any new content, kill em. If they don't deliver what they advertise or imply, cancel your account. But for the time being see what turns out.

[Smaug]

All I ask for as a cloaker is a new pistol just to mix things up.... but noooooooo. Oh well I usually only use boomers now anyways.

[SandTrout]

I think I'm just pissed that I'll never get my JAWA.

[Lonehunter]

...Due in October...
NNOOOOOOOO!!!!! My sig! My Promise! (http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12288&perpage=15&pagenumber)

Edit: [Nu]Endless, I hate you!

[Jaged]

Don't despair yet lonehunter. Remember how far GameSpot was of on the release date for the original game? I doubt that they will be right this time.

[ghost018]

Another thing to remember: Nobody is forcing you to buy the expansion pack. Those who don't will still be able to use the new vehicles and weapons [stated by PS Dev "CaterpillaR" in the official forums]. The only real reason to get it would be for the ability to venture into the caverns themselves. From what Gamespot has said, it basically sounds like a place to go locate upgrades and bring them to the surface more than anything else. I'm sure you'll find a reason to complain based on what I've just brought to attention, so enjoy.

ghost

[BigTexas]

From what it say in this Gamespot review, it looks like some of these new weapons and vehicles will only be available within the caverns and that they wont ever see the light of day.

Those new vehicles really look sweet, especially that new artillery vehicle. Finally , a mobile, deployable, artillery piece, thats what really caught my eye. The fact that the back door can only be hacked from inside, another addition which is although small, is going to make gameplay that much more tactical. I dont know what to think of this vehicle that can teleport players, but it sounds interesting, dont know if it will be anything but get a bunch of idiots shouting for a nerf though. The there is the ranks, and the medals, tis should have been in the game since day one, but one thing is still missing in my opinion, a huge battle flag that you can carry into battle, or maybe a trumpet that you could blow as you went into battle.

For some reason, I do believe that this expansion will come out in October, and I bet the new additions like Platoons and Lodestar will come out quickly as well, in what I believe is a futile attempt to revitalize Planetside and actually make some money off of it. Because as we all know, its all about the Benjamins baby :p.

[Trebor95]

lol Flail (artillery) pointed at the wrong base = Bannage :D

[kidriot]

lots of interesting shit

Objectives that take place away from the standard base capturing model will be added, and level titles and medals will also be brought to the game to distinguish players from one-another even further.

for one, that sparked my interest.

let's hope it's not only so much smoke in your asses

[Kaltagesta]

The special assault weapon will be the radiator
http://www.hunter-studio.com/images/radiator.jpg
THE DDDDDooooooOOOO00000OOOOOOoooooom!!!

--and--

Forseral will have a crystalline area with a large energy beam in the middle
http://www.student.smsu.edu/s/san232s/hardfunnypics/wtfdog2.jpg

WHY?

[MrVulcan]

argh.....

I cant belive that they are creating an expansion so soon. I belive that everything in it should be free, weve already given them too much money, and have gotten almost no new content for it.

*no, the llu was an idea they had back when the game released, if you remember the 1st time the doc was posted about it it had a may (i think) date on it, so they planed to do that since the start.*

*also, i do not belive that 2 vechs are much of anything, there should be a new vech/weapon of the week, and a new map of the month/every other month*

I dont know about you guys, but i feel ripped off, and they will have to do a major sales job to get me to buy the expansion after ive already given them soo much money for so little return.

[Lonehunter]

The main reason the caverns exist is to perpetuate the capture-the-flag gameplay brought on by the recently added lattice logic units, which revamped the way most bases in the game are captured. The difference here is that each of the six caverns will contain an energy device. To capture it, you'll have to generate an empty container at an outfit-controlled base. Then you'll take that container underground to capture one of the energy modules, bringing it back to your base for a capture.
So, if your in an outfit you can capture these caverns?

Each device has a different effect. For example, one of the weapon module's features is that it will lower the time it takes for a player to reacquire a MAX suit after losing one in battle. Other modules will have an effect on vehicles, and there will also be fortifier, energy, and defender modules.
This sounds REALLY interesting

[EarlyDawn]

I doubt you can capture the caverns offic probably be more of a cap-the-relic thing from DAOC.

[Everay]

1 new wep and vech a week IMO is too much, for the gamer that is. anyways they said they hired more programmers and are hiring more, so youll get your shit "in a timely mannor" i think PS had a rocky start, many MMOs do

[noxious]

LOL a new vehicle/weapon a week. That is asking way much. Maybe you could ask that from an mmorpg where there are 100s of weapons, but here, the number of weapons and vehicles is a two digit number. And new maps every month? We can't even fill the conts we have now. We need LESS maps if anything. Just more variety per map.

[Vick]

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE FLOATING ZIP LINE THINGS OMGOMGOMGOMG.

This is the stupidest shit ever, but I will still buy it, and it sounds fun.

[MrVulcan]

well... ok a new weap/vech per week is too much for the gamer, but how about a 1 new vech and 1 new weapon per month?
*no, thats not asking too much if they work on it*

And I meant replacing the maps in game now, cycle them around, add more but keep the total number you can get to the same as it is now, just warp gates swap every 48 hours, etc

[Endless]

Originally posted by Lonehunter187
...Due in October...
NNOOOOOOOO!!!!! My sig! My Promise! (http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12288&perpage=15&pagenumber)

Edit: [Nu]Endless, I hate you!

I'll be willing to delete my sig, and I'm sure the thread can get deleted, if you buy the guys here at PSU, and me, the expansion.:p

[Lonehunter]

:tear:

[Biohazzard56]

anyone notice that small screen shot to the side of the page i think it was a new vehicle

[Katanaboy]

Originally posted by MrVulcan
argh.....

I cant belive that they are creating an expansion so soon. I belive that everything in it should be free, weve already given them too much money, and have gotten almost no new content for it.

*no, the llu was an idea they had back when the game released, if you remember the 1st time the doc was posted about it it had a may (i think) date on it, so they planed to do that since the start.*

*also, i do not belive that 2 vechs are much of anything, there should be a new vech/weapon of the week, and a new map of the month/every other month*

I dont know about you guys, but i feel ripped off, and they will have to do a major sales job to get me to buy the expansion after ive already given them soo much money for so little return.
I agree, we're paying monthy for supposed new content, and now we have to pay for more...new content. I think it wouldn't be too hard to implement these things slowly in monthly patches. I'm angry because of how much money they're trying to siphon off of us. I paid 90$ when i first bought the game (50 for the box, 40 for the game card). I'm going to have to pay another 40 every three months, and now i'll have to pay another 30 bucks for some caves.

...i need a job...

[ghost018]

No, you're paying for six new continents. All weapons and vehicles will be availible to those who don't expand.

ghost

[Endless]

Another thing, all the pictures/concepts of the new vehicles/wepaons so far look nothing like anything else in Planetside currently. It'll be interesting to see how they change the overall look and feel to the game.

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by ghost018
No, you're paying for six new continents. All weapons and vehicles will be availible to those who don't expand.

ghost
It's not 6 new continents.

[ghost018]

Sorry, "battle zones". I thought I would make it easier for this person to understand what he will be buying.

ghost

[Smaug]

My impression is that they are like mini-continents. Either they will have one big giant base so that you can cap the thing and have the benefits or I would imagine like 3 bases in the cavern or something. It will be nice for a change of pace. It was sort of getting stale to me, just going to hossin and solsar and pwning the TR and VS daily.... heh heh heh.

[Flammey]

Personally, I paid 75 bucks canadian for my PS game, and after only 2 weeks of play, I feel that it is well worth it. I've not even read about the expansion yet, except to hear about new vehicles, and possibly weapons. I do so hope for new weapons. One anti Vehicle weapon is not enough, I need more MOre MORE!!

My only beef with PS is that it will never end. My thought is that soon there will be too many br20/cr5's. I don't know about you, but I don't mind it if the servers were reset every so often so that everything and everyone can start nice and fresh. I know what you'll say, that "My character is soo high in level, that it would suck if they did that. I'd cancel my account." Yeah, well, think not of yourself, but of all the underlings. The noobs, and the people that make character mistakes. I don't care if I have to start over, if everyone else is. Next time I would know what certs to choose from the outset, instead of picking and then forgetting to learn new ones. It would be like a brand new war. Make new friends, meet new people, start new outifts. How many outfits are there now? hundreds? thousands? To what purpose? What do they do? How is anyone who started months after the release to make the PS score board now? I do a lot of killing for only being on a few short weeks, only being able to play 4 or 5 days a week, how am I able to get on that score board when the top 10 guys have thousands of kills more than me?

Flammey - Emerald

[ghost018]

It was a royal pain in the ass getting to CR5 because, at the time, I didn't have a reliable Outfit to squad with. I had squads of maybe 3 or 4 Outfit players including myself and the rest random people from the Sanctuary who don't like to listen. I'd hate to have to do all of the work over again. If one is looking for a fresh start, try creating a new character or playing on another Empire. I've got an alternate New Conglomerate character that I dig up when I get bored. Sure, it may not reset the Leaderboards, but I've yet to see a person's worth judged by those anyway.

ghost

[SweetTater]

Heavy changes to the experience system are coming, and some very specific changes to bases--back doors will eventually be able to be hacked only from the inside, for example--are also in the works. I wonder what kind of changes to the experience system they will make. Hopefully they will make it so its almost always better to be in a squad.

Back door that can only be hacked from the inside sounds really neat. I'm curious how long the door will stay hacked. Will someone have to stay by the back door the entire time rehacking the door so people can come in?

[KevSlider]

hmm, I talk to that gamespot reporter online sometimes. I'll ask more questions about it next time he's on. He probably won't answer though.

[Smaug]

Resetting chars wouldn't be too terrible in my perspective. Even though I have a br20 cr4 atm I wouldn't be too outraged. Though I know some people would. What they will likely do is just add more ranks, like one time make you be able to go to br 25, and then increase it more, as more people reach those ranks. However if they do reset chars there is no reason do destroy the current outfits. Some outfits are highly organized and have a nice community in themselves.

[Demdadar]

Isn't very soon for an expansion ? I'm happy about the plans in Core Combat , i hope they fix the crashes before they launch it , if not i'm not spending more money on them :p

[Happy lil Elf]

I'll buy it if I'm still playing. If they don't fix the memory leak that causing my machine to go apeshit every 5-15 minutes I don't know that I'll still be playing though. I've put up with it for two months now and having to restart my computer is becoming just a wee bit tiresome.