Veteran Acknowledgement

[MgFalcon]

At some point in the recent past I remember Higby (or another member of the development team for PS2) saying that we, the Veterans, will have some sort of acknowledgement representing our past conflicts and involvement in the original Planetside. I am a little worried about this, mostly because I REALLY like flashy things and being noticed beyond everyone else... Now I'm not saying I want a supersuit or anything where I would have spikes and stuff shooting out like WoW armor or anything, I believe it would be preferable to many Veteran players to be noticed on a grand scale, but not to be pin pointed by enemy fire.

What I personally would like to see is a Giant Ass Cape, but in reality that would never happen; on the other hand something subtle like an achievement badge would just be too small and annoying to look for. What a reasonable suggestion would be, IMO, some bomb-ass shoulder pads, specifically designed to show our... importance and past wars we fought.

So until Higby, or T-ray, or anyone else from the dev team wants to fess up the glorious details about Veteran acknowledgements, please post your thoughts, ideas, or concerns. :)

[Graywolves]

I'm expecting to be mentioned in the backstory....


Nah I'd be content with a simple ribbon or something....



WHAT I REALLY WANT IS A MASSIVE TERRAN REPUBLIC FLAG I CAN WAVE AROUND AND PLANT ON TOP OF A BASE AND MOUNTAINS!

[Bags]

I imagine it will be in the form of a merit, or forum title, or something like that. Maybe an alternate weapon skin, or helmet, or shades.

[Aractain]

WHAT I REALLY WANT IS A MASSIVE TERRAN REPUBLIC FLAG I CAN WAVE AROUND AND PLANT ON TOP OF A BASE AND MOUNTAINS!

IM SOLD ON THAT! GIMMIE FLAG!

Id even buy that from the cash shop (But don't tell the devs!)

[Vash02]

Unique breast plate?
Whatever it is you better make it look bad ass T-Ray :)

[SKYeXile]

Mangetta cape.

[BuzzCutPsycho]

Veterans don't need any form of acknowledgement. Anything in a game that is completely impossible to achieve no matter how little the will be a turn off to players.

The only "acknowledgement" veterans should care about are their exploits from PS1 being remembered by the community in PS2.

[Sirisian]

I'm expecting to be mentioned in the backstory....
:lol: "The war was almost ended but during the final piece negotiations Graywolves shot and killed the NC ambassador driving the war further than it had ever gone... into the second war."

[Baneblade]

Veterans don't need any form of acknowledgement. Anything in a game that is completely impossible to achieve no matter how little the will be a turn off to players.

The only "acknowledgement" veterans should care about are their exploits from PS1 being remembered by the community in PS2.

Most players in PS1 don't even remember most of the exploits from years back and you expect that to transfer to PS2?

[Brusi]

Perhaps some cracked and broken looking armor that has been repair a few times.

A weapon with a scarf or duct tape wrapped around the grip.

[Sifer2]

Meh forget a stupid badge or something. Will probably be lots of crap like that in their cash shop. Just give guaranteed early access to Beta like they said they would in March lol.

[Traak]

Huge codpiece or brassiere. Instant recognition.

[Redshift]

it'll just be your 8 year merit transfered over imo, which is fine

[Senyu]

Veterans get special emotes. And we get classic helms, which are graphically redone helmets of PS1 as our option.

[morf]

I want an mcg that shoots a lasher orb every 5 or so rounds and can switch to pre-nerf jackhammer mode when ppl get close.

[Mastachief]

bring back the ANT bomb

[Infektion]

LOL! This guy said "I WANT A CAPE!"



I'd like a custom veteran watch from Tag Heuer delivered to my house personally by the hottest female staff of SOE, to lay it on my wrist and strap it in carefully, then I want them to proceed to fellaish me feverishly while I yell "SOE! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!" oh....

and a merit badge that drips blood from the enemies children, and boots that soak the ground with their tears.

[Draep]

I want an mcg that shoots a lasher orb every 5 or so rounds and can switch to pre-nerf jackhammer mode when ppl get close.

bring back the ANT bomb

Mind not littering on the forums?

[NapalmEnima]

Grizzled beards. Scars. Gray Hair. Cybernetic facial reconstruction.

Stuff like that. Things that say "They've been to hell and back. Now they're off to hell again, and they LIKE IT!"

A unique voice, perhaps by Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Emery (who you may know as the drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket. Yeah. HIM). Gunny Emery has done quite a bit of voice acting already, including some video game work, so this wouldn't exactly be foreign to him.

And it would be epic.

"WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION NUMB NUTS?!"

[SniperSteve]

Just bring back the hats from PS1. I loved the hats. :)

[CutterJohn]

Playing the previous version of the game entitles you to nothing in the new version. Cept for Hamma. He can have a cape.

[DviddLeff]

I would really like to see some visible recognition. As guys have suggested before something that shows that we are grizzled veterans of the Auraxis war; something like scarred faces, battered worn armour, merits, etc. Also really like the idea about having the old helmets as an option, feels very much like 40k's Space Marines.

Now maybe these same appearance options should be available to the masses after a year or so, once they have become experienced...

[Draep]

Playing the previous version of the game entitles you to nothing in the new version.

y

[Mastachief]

We may not be entitled to anything as VETs but after 8 years and £1600+ dollars with the hacking crap and the lost account details you would hope that to show goodwill they would do something.

[Crator]

Mangetta cape.

LOL, so what, the NC get a blue cape and red tights with flying abilities? Sounds like Superman to me :D

[basti]

Needs to be something that is really visible. I want the new guys to see how freaking long im fighting now.

[Crator]

What if our facial appearances were older looking then non-vets?

[CutterJohn]

We may not be entitled to anything as VETs but after 8 years and £1600+ dollars with the hacking crap and the lost account details you would hope that to show goodwill they would do something.

They are making PS2. I feel that is enough.

[Sirisian]

Needs to be something that is really visible. I want the new guys to see how freaking long im fighting now.
v-g-o-m-l (get off my lawn). Replace knife with a sword cane. :) I don't really want anything except the game. Never been a big fan of gimmicks. (Which is why cash shop aesthetics seems so silly to me). Not really why I play an FPS game.

[I SandRock]

I think it's stupid how in PS you can't put your 6th annual service badge on your display -_-
If they make merits much better visible than in PS1 and make it so its actually recognizable what it stands for to people I would be content with a 7 year veteran badge in PS2.
Or perhaps something added to the armor for original PS players only. Like a sexy hip pistol holder. Some sweet digital-screen-eye-patch. A different color shield (if shields give off color). A bad ass emote that shows you smoking a cigar like you're hannibal smith. But preferably a wrist-fired-mini-nuke.

[basti]

Something just crossed my mind. We now have a author doing all the story and stuff, and im guessing he stays around for quite a while (hopefully, a episodic comic for Planetside 2 would be absoluty awesome). If he really stays with us, then why not have us, the players and our outfits, be part of the backstory? That would truly be a great service for the vets, if we become part of the big picture.

[I SandRock]

What if our facial appearances were older looking then non-vets?

Yeah lemme be some scruffy looking grampa with a cool grey trimmed beard and a really old nasty voice. Get Clint Eastwood to record voice emotes for veterans. I'd totally dig that :p

Something just crossed my mind. We now have a author doing all the story and stuff, and im guessing he stays around for quite a while (hopefully, a episodic comic for Planetside 2 would be absoluty awesome). If he really stays with us, then why not have us, the players and our outfits, be part of the backstory? That would truly be a great service for the vets, if we become part of the big picture.

Ehh there's quite a few vets around I think that would require A LOT of incorporating :P

[none]

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[Crator]

Not certain I see this as elitism. I see it as a way for non-PS vets to identify PS vets. In turn they would be able to watch and learn from the vets.

[basti]

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Truth is, im not. I fought so many battles, killed so many men, destroyed so many tanks and drove over so many cloakers that i WANT THEM TO SEE IT! I WANT THEM TO FEAR ME! :D

[Baneblade]

SOE has a history of rewarding you in the sequels. I don't see why PS2 would be any different.

I personally would like to see Service Ranks. Earned the same way that the Annual Merits are.

Year 01 = Private
Year 02 = Private First Class
Year 03 = Lance Corporal
Year 04 = Corporal
Year 05 = Sergeant
Year 06 = Staff Sergeant
Year 07 = Gunnery Sergeant
Year 08 = Master Sergeant
Year 09 = Sergeant Major
Year 10 = Second Lieutenant
Year 11 = First Lieutenant
Year 12 = Captain
Year 13 = Major
Year 14 = Lieutenant Colonel
Year 15 = Colonel
Year 16 = Brigadier General
Year 17 = Major General
Year 18 = Lieutenant General
Year 19 = General
Year 20 = I STILL PLAYIN YO! (or maybe 'General of the NC/TR/VS')

[DviddLeff]

Hmm those are all command ranks, I would rather they were saved for people who actually lead rather than have just put the time in.

[Talek Krell]

Hmm those are all command ranks, I would rather they were saved for people who actually lead rather than have just put the time in.
+1

[Bags]

How about:

Sargent Major Second Sargent of Master Shooter Person to the Extreme Sargent Major

???

[Graywolves]

A Sergeant Major is a really really really high NCO rank....

[Mirror]

Staus should be based on kills not this time played nonsense.

Once you reach the 150k or even the 100k mark you can call yourself a veteran.

:bouncy:

[Aractain]

Errr... No.

Status should be based on how much time you spent shouting CHAARRGGGEEEE and running into glorious battle! Kills are for the selfish and the selfish are the enemy of the people.

[Zulthus]

All the veteran acknowledgement we "deserve" (:lol:) is given to us with early beta access.

[Talek Krell]

A Sergeant Major is a really really really high NCO rank....
But is it higher than Sargent Major Second Sargent of Master Shooter Person to the Extreme Sargent Major ???

[Graywolves]

But is it higher than Sargent Major Second Sargent of Master Shooter Person to the Extreme Sargent Major ???

I don't even know where to begin with that....

[Hamma]

Playing the previous version of the game entitles you to nothing in the new version. Cept for Hamma. He can have a cape.

yay! :lol:

[Baneblade]

Hmm those are all command ranks, I would rather they were saved for people who actually lead rather than have just put the time in.

No they aren't all command ranks.

[Captain B]

I'd rock out with a cape and codpiece. Srsly, though, having a big trench coat over your shoulders like a cape for vets and/or commanders specc'd out would be tight. Of course, then I'd need a cigar and buzzcut, and infiltrate Vanguards into bases...

[Captain1nsaneo]

I don't even know where to begin with that....
Here let me help you: Duty Calls - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7r9RqWBdl8)


Captain B are implying that you're some sort of tactical genius?

As for a reward, just let me keep using the really old character model with a low polygon count. That or a beard that's more/less white depending how many years you played.

[Captain B]

Captain B are implying that you're some sort of tactical genius?


"Quick, get inside before the enemy aircraft arr-what the fuck?!"

"Such an accomplishment to outflank us in our own base with a gunship would require a level of tactical geniu-"

http://www.planetside-universe.com/potd/potds/dscytherulez_3fe125be09c8a.jpg

CREEEEEEEED!!!

[Talek Krell]

A couple of outfit mates and I stole a prowler once and gallavanted around the continent yelling that. :D

[Graywolves]

lmfao, I never saw that before.


I'm all for being called Sergeant Sergeant Master Sergeant of Extreme Sergeants to the Max!!!

[Senyu]

Trench coats would be cool for leaders. Definitly see it for NC and making it look like the Imperial Guard from 40k

[I SandRock]

Something I'd actually like is say 1 day earlier access for veteran players, mainly so we can join the same server together from the start easier.

That means I also want server name WERNER back in business for Europe! :P


Another thing that came to mind is exclusive last names. Wouldn't it be awesome if PS players were the only players with last names ;)

[Captain B]

Trench coats would be cool for leaders. Definitly see it for NC and making it look like the Imperial Guard from 40k

Yes. Get the spec and then buy the leader-specific upgrades like any class will get their own (assuming) class-specific cosmetic changes.

I'd totally drop money on a great coat "cape" and a tricorne hat. Give me my flak armor and some Reavers and ARRRRRWAY WE GO!!! BOARDING ACTIONS AHOY!

[Aractain]

Trench coats would be cool for leaders. Definitly see it for NC and making it look like the Imperial Guard from 40k

TR gets to look like the imperium of man, thanks! NC get to look like the Tau. (And VS get to look like Dark Eldar with all their purple EMO tech).

[Captain B]

TR gets to look like the imperium of man, thanks! NC get to look like the Tau. (And VS get to look like Dark Eldar with all their purple EMO tech).

"For the Greater Good!"

Despite our roughly morally similar philosophies, Aractain, I must say I am insulted. Don't take this personally, because it isn't about you, but relating a bunch of shotgun-wielding, Vanguard-driving rebel fighters to Roswell aliens who got stuck in Japan during the anime boom is a transgression I cannot allow to pass unpunished. I will find you and stab you, sir.

[Aractain]

Fine be Chaos then. IDC!

Ungrateful.... Cologo.... greedy...

[Senyu]

TR spaase marines

NC Orks (you just weld whatever you find together for armor....)

VS Tau


Which brings in a bit from another topic

the Good (VS) the Bad (TR) and the Ugly (NC)

[Captain B]

Fine be Chaos then. IDC!


This is impossible. We have...

METAL BAWKSES!!!

Also:

-Imperialistic TR have cloaks. That'd rock.
-NC get the coats. 'Cause.
-VS suck.

...but seriously, VS could get like hooded robes/mantles or something. The whole cultist thing would look badass, admittedly, for their leaders.

[Itsme]

why not a gold medal attached to your armor. Something like the Distinguished Service Cross Medal .

I would realy like something shiny :D

[Captain B]

It would be neat to get something, even if it's little like that, for being a veteran. I'm sure there will be added trinkets you can attach/wear. I'm guessing it'd be pretty easy for them to accomplish this task.

[Senyu]

Maybe stripes or marks on the shoulder pad for ever year you played PS1?

[Crator]

I got it, a patch to wear on your uniform (whereevery you want to put it) that says "PS1 Vet! Huuhaaa!"

[I SandRock]

Or a voice emote that goes "GET OUT OF THE WAY ROOKIES!" in a scowling voice :P

[Captain1nsaneo]

Eyepatch

[RedNex]

Eyepatch

Snake Plissken ftw

[HELLFISH88]

I'm expecting to be mentioned in the backstory....


Nah I'd be content with a simple ribbon or something....



WHAT I REALLY WANT IS A MASSIVE TERRAN REPUBLIC FLAG I CAN WAVE AROUND AND PLANT ON TOP OF A BASE AND MOUNTAINS!


THIS!

Wait, no! NEW CONGLOMERATE FLAG! NEW CONGLOMERATE FLAG! It's too late? Fuck. Well this is going to be awkward.

[SKYeXile]

I think Vanu veterans should get the option to be Vanu, offcourse we would have increased, health and mobility and stamina.

[Captain B]

I think Vanu veterans should get the option to be Vanu, offcourse we would have increased, health and mobility and stamina.

You will become invincible, immovable, and unwavering like the Vanu. You will become... a tree.

[Bags]

You will become... a tree.

Fluttershy - I***39;d like to be a tree - YouTube

[Captain1nsaneo]

You will become... a tree.

Just think of the Kill Death Ratio!

[Lonehunter]

I'd just like to see something cosmetic. Something you can't buy or earn, only inherited from a PS1 subscription.

[LostSoul]

I want the ability to spawn as BO ;)

[I SandRock]

You will become invincible, immovable, and unwavering like the Vanu. You will become... a tree.

Ent!

[Synnoc]

No capes! Do you remember... Thunderhead?

They should give veterans backpacks. An homage to the days when they dropped.

[Talek Krell]

No capes! Do you remember... Thunderhead?Would still make a cool option. Maybe like part of a dress uniform.

[Bravix]

Give me a PURPLE backpack full of cookies and I'll be happy.

[GeeWizz]

A couple of taunts especially made for vet's and some rugged old armor (an overlay over the existing ones perhaps. But not only a merit, a little badge or something like that, that wouldn't begin to recognize the loyalty that we veterans feel towards the game.

[DDSHADE]

At some point in the recent past I remember Higby (or another member of the development team for PS2) saying that we, the Veterans, will have some sort of acknowledgement representing our past conflicts and involvement in the original Planetside. I am a little worried about this, mostly because I REALLY like flashy things and being noticed beyond everyone else... Now I'm not saying I want a supersuit or anything where I would have spikes and stuff shooting out like WoW armor or anything, I believe it would be preferable to many Veteran players to be noticed on a grand scale, but not to be pin pointed by enemy fire.

What I personally would like to see is a Giant Ass Cape, but in reality that would never happen; on the other hand something subtle like an achievement badge would just be too small and annoying to look for. What a reasonable suggestion would be, IMO, some bomb-ass shoulder pads, specifically designed to show our... importance and past wars we fought.

So until Higby, or T-ray, or anyone else from the dev team wants to fess up the glorious details about Veteran acknowledgements, please post your thoughts, ideas, or concerns. :)


Totally Agree!!

Badass shoulder pads would be key, but I doubt they would let us have ass capes :(

I think it'd be sweet if you could modify the different segments of your armor, but make the vet shoulder pads exclusive and separate from CR5 Backpacks (Which MUST STILL BE IN PS2!!)

Other veteran stuff would be cool, like free rexo still :P Or Veteran Skill Points. Maybe some decal on your vehicles, or added cool looking armor to them. And max units should have added shoulder armor or something.


Another option is to do the awesome TR Flag thing to plant on bases and mountains, if all else fails :P

[DDSHADE]

Oh, and Veterans should be separated by when their first character was made, or their account. That or a certain threshold.

Have players that are 5 Years + have Uber Shoulder pads, and anyone less than that should have cool ones, but slightly smaller or something.

[Xyntech]

Have players that are 5 Years + have Uber Shoulder pads, and anyone less than that should have cool ones, but slightly smaller or something.

Smaller and more flaccid.

[Nynaeve]

Where does Higby say anything about veteran acknowledgements? I don't remember that, although admittedly I haven't been reading every single interview because a lot of them seem to cover the same things.

[basti]

Where does Higby say anything about veteran acknowledgements? I don't remember that, although admittedly I haven't been reading every single interview because a lot of them seem to cover the same things.

Well, the devs said that they take good care of us Vets. We are just tossing ideas around what that could mean, or what we would like to see. :)
Ya know, without soild info on anything, we lack stuff to discuss, so we just invent our own. :>

[Nynaeve]

Heh, fair enough. I think the flag idea was something I thought was cool. Having deployable banners are a nice novelty item that won't give vets an edge in combat but will still make us feel a bit more distinguished. That and they'll be a great rallying point for the troops!