Two Year Anniversary

[KIAsan]

We are also looking forward to PlanetSide�s two year anniversary, which is just over a month away on May 19th. We are working on some goodly stuff for that, but well, if you are an avid reader of the PlanetSide forums, we�ve probably already spoiled the surprise already, so I�ll just stop there.

For those of us who are not avid forum readers, can one of you "avid" Official forum readers clue us in as to what's coming for the 2 year anniversary?

[GraniteRok]

I saw mention of something available at an equipment terminal... new weapon is apparantly in the works... maybe that then?

[Phaden]

I didnt see what they are talking about, But i would put some small money on more favourites for 2 year vets. They had talked about beiung able to do that, just not having the time atm before, so i thats my educated guess

[DropShipEdward]

a stripe on the arm and a "suprise" at the equip term for the 2 year folks

http://psforums.station.sony.com/ps/board/message?board.id=psdiscussion&message.id=544669&highlight=2+year+merit#M544669

[Kam]

Damnit, so the rest of us who are nearing two years get nothing?

[Black]

i think a new uniform change is in effect as well with 2 years

[Warborn]

It was a surprise at the equipment terminal and an updated veteran merit which Sam said was to be in store for the two year vets. I would doubt if they'd give a new weapon out for two year people, as there are balance considerations about that. It'll probably just be something cosmetic, something you can hold but not really use. Or maybe they are in fact planning to make a weapon that only two year guys can use, who knows. Seems unlikely though.

[Phaden]

i really dont think its a new weapon, as psides whole draw is a lvl 23 can be killed by a lvl 1

[DropShipEdward]

if you caught the thread when it started they started thorwing out the idea that the suprise was more loadout favs, and does seem to be a logical choice


i'd settle for more freaking vech loadout favs, i got so many vechs and only 5 loadouts, me sad :mad:

[Phaden]

I think it would be really useful in general to have more favs. An Advanced play knows there are times for every weapon, and if you have more than MA and HA, you can possibly fill all the combinations.

As for vehichles, same thing, def needs more as well.

Part of me is psyched as ill get them soon on one character, but other part of me is sad that the rest of the characters i have will be much longer and that other people will be missing out, if this is indeed what they have planned.


Also a tidbit, on of my outfit members asked dev about oshur staying up, and they said no comment. So maybe the event has the ability to either bring back old oshur, or keep it gone forever? That would be awesomely interactive.

[DropShipEdward]

always loved oshur, got my first kill there in beta(smashed TR MAX with gal nose) but now that i'm a tanker i think i'm starting to have mixed feelings about bringing back oshur full time, it would just be another ish which is the 2nd worst tank driving cont, imho


/troll on

[mechaman]

I think it would be really useful in general to have more favs. An Advanced play knows there are times for every weapon, and if you have more than MA and HA, you can possibly fill all the combinations.

As for vehichles, same thing, def needs more as well.

Part of me is psyched as ill get them soon on one character, but other part of me is sad that the rest of the characters i have will be much longer and that other people will be missing out, if this is indeed what they have planned.


Also a tidbit, on of my outfit members asked dev about oshur staying up, and they said no comment. So maybe the event has the ability to either bring back old oshur, or keep it gone forever? That would be awesomely interactive.

if they were to bring back the old oshur then I'd hope they would keep the weapon restrictions on it. Those MA only battles were fun.

[hex222]

noooooo, ecxtintion is my fave

[Phaden]

I think personally it would be a waste to get rid of the BI entriely. That was alot of time to code and build, and some of them are really fun. I think they should go back to the event conditions, where each was a battlefield of a specific variety; Deso for tanks, Extinction for air o think and so on. That was a blast.

[Firefly]

No no no - what they said regarding Oshur was, they need to upgrade the servers to support another zone. BIs wouldn't go away - Oshur would return as another zone. IE an additional continent.

Screw new favorites and weapons - we need a GOOD expansion. My vote's on the naval expansion.

[Phaden]

Not to be combative, but the planet owuld have to re-align itself back together to allow an ocean are. Plus all the Mini Oceans you see are individual to the servers, your crafts will die off, and that would be a major overhaul to link all the servers for free movement between them.

[Firefly]

Yeah because adding a warpgate that sits on the water is impossible.

[Electrofreak]

I figured they are just making a new merit for 2 year vets, and a new weapon for everybody.

I have a TR that I don't play much anymore who will be a 2 year vet come August, but my main character won't be a 2 year vet until next March because I didn't create him until 8 months into playing PS.

[Phaden]

Look i wasnt trying to be a dick. Im saying drving from Cyssor's rivers to another cont would be impossible at current status, i said nothing about a new area being created impossbile. And as for the WG to each, yeh thats fine, as long as this new area is waterfilled. And what sort of terrain would there be, as an open ocean would be pretty boring. Wait until something comes then blow it up. And yes capturable towers and stuff would be good, but there wouldnt be trees, mountains and varied terrain.