Exclusive Interview With Dave "SmokeJumper" Georgeson

[Squeeky]

It has just recently been brought to my attention, That Dave "SmokeJumper" Georgeson, PlanetSide's producer, Was interviewed by MOG a Massively Multiplayer Magazine. TO read the interview (and see some new images) you'll need to download the .pdf file here.



http://www.mogonline.com/pdf/mog1/planetside_preview.pdf

You'll need Acrobat Reader 5.1 Available from...

http://acrobat.com

Enjoy:)

Note:This may be "OFN" Since the interview took place in Oct. 2002, But i havent seen it and have heard nothing about it

[Jaged]

Nice!

[Saint]

Hmmmm nothing new, but nice spot.

[OmnipotentKiwi]

I liked the pictures :thumbsup:

I am not positive if this is official new information, but the interview specifically stated that crouching reduces the cone of fire. I know we all thought this intuitively, but I believe that was the first time it was stated officially.

[Saint]

It was never annouced officially, but think about it. Do they really have to tell you that kneeling down will make you fire more accurately. That is like saying flying a plane parallel to the ground is more effective then flying it straight into a lake... ehem Hamma, apparently you didn't get the memo. :p

:banplz:

[Jaged]

In bf1942, crouching/prone diddn't do jack for you aim.

[Big Bro]

Thanks for the link, man.

And Jaged, I beg to differ on your assessment of BF1942 game mechanics. You may not notice much of a difference if you are using the Assault or Medic MGs, but the sniper rifle has a noticeable difference.

Seeing the "cone of fire" reticle in some of the media clips I've watched, and knowing how movement affects that sounds like it will be a lot of fun. I'm glad they're doing it, and yes I agree that it makes sense. "Twitch" gamers may not like it, but if you take the time to line up your target, you SHOULD get some sort of benefit from it.

[NapalmEnima]

They've got an OLD vanguard pick, from back when it had a second 150mm barrel as a placeholder for the 20mm cannons.

Goofy lookin beast.

The footer says this article was published in 10/02, so it's not exactly fresh info. They hadn't even released the implant info at the time the interview was done.

Old. Interesting though, as kind of an evolutionary snap-shot.

[NCG JMan]

Wow. Nice. A 24/7 war....interesting. Who's going to be on watch at 3AM everyday :p Not me. It will be very difficult to hold a base when someone around the world is taking the base while your sleeping. We need to sleep sometime at least 4 or 5 hours a day...right? That will make it difficult for effective clan play. At least that's the way I see it right now.

[AeoNELiTe]

I think they settled that problem already, I forget where I read it but I believe they are going to have something so that isn't so easy.

PS: If it isn't impossible, me and my Euro friends will be on at 5 AM takin over THE WORLD! MUWHAHAH!

[PR24]

Originally posted by =NCG=JMan
Wow. Nice. A 24/7 war....interesting. Who's going to be on watch at 3AM everyday :p Not me. It will be very difficult to hold a base when someone around the world is taking the base while your sleeping. We need to sleep sometime at least 4 or 5 hours a day...right? That will make it difficult for effective clan play. At least that's the way I see it right now.

Time zones, not everyone lives in the same time zone ;)

[Subliminal]

Guys dont forget that the servers are in diff locations so the eastern server will likely have people in eastern time zones. Therefor at 3 a.m. Its gonna be pretty dead in the eastern server.

[Fire_Monkey]

Not in Europe and Asia. And if some people go and cature a bunch of bases at 3AM, in 9 hours, everyone will wake up and come sweep you away;)

[Big Bro]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought I read somewhere that SOE would have Euro and Asian servers. If that's the case, why would they play USA East/West/Central?

I have a feeling people will be on 24/7, but that only the hardcore PS'ers will be on late at night / early in the morning. Significantly fewer people, in any case.

[NCG JMan]

Originally posted by PR24
Time zones, not everyone lives in the same time zone ;)

LOL...I know...my point exactly. :p

Does anyone know what they did to fix this issue/problem?

[Zarparchior]

If you're worried about people capturing stuff while you sleep, don't. Chances are, they'll be sleeping too.

[OmnipotentKiwi]

Originally posted by =NCG=Big Bro
Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought I read somewhere that SOE would have Euro and Asian servers. If that's the case, why would they play USA East/West/Central?

I have a feeling people will be on 24/7, but that only the hardcore PS'ers will be on late at night / early in the morning. Significantly fewer people, in any case.

There will be Euro and Asian servers, but generally in other games these servers absolutely suck in comparison, so they play the US ones.

Also, not everyone lives on a daytime schedule. Plenty of people work and live differently, I am sure there will still be a fair amount of people on at all times.

[Destroyeron]

Originally posted by =NCG=Big Bro
Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought I read somewhere that SOE would have Euro and Asian servers. If that's the case, why would they play USA East/West/Central?

I have a feeling people will be on 24/7, but that only the hardcore PS'ers will be on late at night / early in the morning. Significantly fewer people, in any case.


Count on me to be up until 6 in the morning proecting my bases every weekend lol.

[oosik]

And then there are the Alaskans. Like me. East coast is 4 hours ahead of me, so 4 am east coast is midnight here. And east coast won't be that much different ping wise than San Diego from here. So my outfit will benefit from having some late-night troops kicking butt when they are sleeping. I intend to rack up some decent BEP hacking bases and other things. Should be fun. And then on weekends I can help out with the major attacks.

-CDL-Vauss