Twitter QnA Question list: TR Week

[basti]

Once again, as always: Post your questions, I collect them, Hamma asks them during the QnA for you, and you get answers pretty fast after it, or follow it live.

And also as always: remember the freaking Character limit!
125 MAX! NOT MORE!

Also, it would be quite helpful if you just post your question like this:

Blablabla im awesome can i haz stuff


Dont do " or Q: Blabla or whatever crazy stuff you think makes it easy to see that you have a question, because its useless. I know that you want your question on the list, so no worrys! :P


Oh, and one last thing: Its TR week, so ask Questions about them, their weapons, Their story, whatever. Just keep it to TR. If we end up having only a few questions, i still have a long list of questions from the other QnAs, so no worrys, we have plenty of ammunition to fire at them. ;)


Ask away!

edit:
If your a PS2 dev that intents to answer some stuff that got lost during the QnA, i shorted the stuff for you. Theres a big purple line between the answered stuff and the nonanswered stuff. :)

And we go:

Question:
Are there Empire-Specific Implants? If so, what are some TR Implants?
Answer:
not currently. Our new implant system is pretty slick. I think you guys will like it, but, it's nothing like ps1


Question:
Will ESVs(empire specific vehicles) be limited to 2 vehicles per faction?
Answer:
Yup, 2 per faction is the current plan.

Question:
How many seats will the Prowler have?
Answer:
2

Question:
Will Heavy Assault weapons be limited to Rexo, or the PS2 equivalent heavier armor?
Answer:
yes, limited to the PS2 equivalent

Question:
Is the Mosquito shown in this weeks comm-link photo relatively similar to most other variants, or is it a lot longer?

Answer:
Mosquito is the longest, but not by much. I would say they are relatively similar.
All Light Aircraft (Mosquito, Reaver, Scythe) will be similar in size, but they'll look completely different.

Question:
Does the Mosquito have a dual seat variant?
Answer:
Mosquito has 1 seat. No dual seat variant.

Question:
What choices for Max modes (overdrive, lockdown) will TR maxes have?
Answer:
charge, lockdown, and possibly 1 more

Question:
Will there be tank mounted flamethrowers?
Answer:
We'll see, but the max will
flamethrowers are an alternate weapon for the max

Question:
The Prowler has been called a 'Medium Battle Tank', will there be a larger tanks available? Any details on them?
Answer:
It has definitely been discussed, only time will tell. :P

Question:
Is the lightning in game/development?
Answer:
Yes, lightning is in. It will be a little different due to the MBT driver is gunner change.

Question:
Will TR MAXes have similar weapons to what they had in PS1? (Pounder and Burster)
Answer:
Much Better!

Question:
Will we see the return of the TR 4x4 Marauder, some new buggy or as I hope something in between?
Answer:
We want to do a buggy or empire specific buggies, but it will be after launch.

Question:
What are the current alternate weapons for the Mosquito?
Answer:
Classic rocket pods or Air 2 Air Missles. Don't worry, it won't be like the wasp.

Question:
Will the classes be the same across all three empires or will the TR have an empire specific class?
Answer:
classes are the same on each empire



BIG PURPLE LINE! -----------------------------------------------------------------


Question:
What TR specific weapon/vehicle upgrades will there be?
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Question:
Will pistols be viable alternatives to larger guns?
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Question:
Will Prowler drivers be the only ones who use large anti-vehicle cannons, or will gunners also have access to similar guns?
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Question:
Can you give us a ballpark number of how many empire specific guns you are planning to have for the TR at launch?
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Question:
Clarity on being a foot Soldier or an Officer/Commander. How's PS2 going to work it?
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Question:
How does the prowler balance against the other tanks, given that it's the fastest?
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Question:
What exactly does 'Strength in numbers' mean?
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Question:
Is each empire specific difference supposed to be significant or are the overall differences meant to be more cumulative?
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Question:
Will the Prowler have the weakest armor of the tanks?
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Question:
The PCG article mentioned artillery. Please give us an overview of how it will be work.
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Question:
Can you elaborate on what other parts of game play have Empire Specific qualities?
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Question:
What is the grey hole on the back of the mossie for?
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Question:
Will the TR have any specific voice macros?
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Question:
How much faster will the Prowler be than the other two tanks?
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Question:
If the Prowler is the fastest tank, what weaknesses does it have to balance it?
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Question:
Will all the MBTs be able to mow infantry with 1 hit at full speed?
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Question:
in terms of things being empire specific, will the TR have any abilities that are proprietary to TR only?
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Please give examples of TR-specific upgrades for NS gear.
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Question:
Will TR have more inventory room for ammo and seperate ammo type to accomidate their style of fighting?
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Question:
Will any TR MAX variants be able to supply other soldiers with ammo, or other kinds items like MAXes could in PS1?
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Question:
Will the TR get an empire specific Special Assault weapon that caters to their "more is better" play style?
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Question:
Will the TR MAX have AI, AA and AV weapons systems at launch or will there be more weapons? Or less?
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Question:
Will the TR MAX have an optional dedicated melee weapon or will it be a melee attack that every TR MAX can perform?
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Question:
If there are ES customizations for NS weapons and vehicles, will there also be ways to make TR held bases feel uniquely TR?
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Question:
Will there be unlocks/upgrades for Armor (agile, rexo, etc)? If so, what are some Empire Specific TR ones?
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Question:
how will the other two ES fighters be able to match the speed/nimbleness of the mosquito?
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Question:
How many guns will the prowler be able to equip?
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Question:
Will combat engineers have some empire specific deployables?
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How many total customization slots will the prowler/mosquito have?
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Will the TR have an empire specific light tank?
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How will MCG/Striker variants/upgrades work?
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How many Empire specific MA are planned for TR/each empire?
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How many Empire specific SA are planned for TR/each empire?
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Question:
Will Max suits have only 3 types of weapons or sub variants as well?
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Will TR vehicles in general be least advanced/powerful but most customizable?
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What is the MCG's effective range compared to a MA?
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If TR specific SA is in the works what are they like?
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Will empire specific galaxy variants come into play?
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Will common pool vehicles have empire specific customization?
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If artillery exists is it empire specific or Common pool?
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Question:
If vanguards have siege mode will TR/VS have equivalent?
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Question:
Will each empire have unique special purpose vehicles? IE gate breaching sunderers
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Question:
Will the TR infantry only have a basic AV weapon like the PS1 Striker, or will they have an additional gun dedicated to AA?
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Will TR snipers be able to get one shot kills with headshots? If so, how will "more is better" be balanced with TR snipers?
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Will the TR be able to replenish their ammo from fallen NC again or will they only be able to scavenge other TR?
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Question:
What is the significance of 1207-2011 on the TR gun?
Answer:

[Geist]

Q: What exactly does 'Strength in numbers' mean?

Q: Will ESVs(empire specific vehicles) be limited to 2 vehicles per faction?

Q: How many seats will the Prowler have?

[Xyntech]

Will the Prowler have the weakest armor of the tanks?

Will Heavy Assault weapons be limited to Rexo, or the PS2 equivalent heavier armor?

Will pistols be viable alternatives to larger guns?

Will Prowler drivers be the only ones who use large anti-vehicle cannons, or will gunners also have access to similar guns?

Can you give us a ballpark number of how many empire specific guns you are planning to have for the TR at launch?

Is the Mosquito shown in this weeks comm-link photo relatively similar to most other variants, or is it a lot longer?

Is each empire specific difference supposed to be significant or are the overall differences meant to be more cumulative?

[Baron]

Does the Mosquito have a dual seat variant?

[DviddLeff]

Does the overdrive MAX mode return, or just the lock down?

What TR specific weapon/vehicle upgrades will there be?

[Canaris]

Will we see the return of the TR 4x4 Marauder, some new buggy or as I hope something in between?

[Bags]

Will TR need more men to do the same damage this time?

Will our rifle be the worst again?

Will our ESAV be the worst again?

[TRex]

will the tr uniform become more red as you gain BR like in original or will they be stuck with the bland brown wooly jumper look we've seen so far

[basti]

Ah, a bunch of stuff we already know:

Bags: Personal opinion is not base for a question. Everyone thinks that their guns are the whorst. ;)

TRex, they already said that the coloring is part of customization. Means you can color your Armor the way you want it, within the limits of your faction. Read T-Rays Art Com uplink for that.

[Bags]

will the tr uniform become more red as you gain BR like in original or will they be stuck with the bland brown wooly jumper look we've seen so far

T-Ray already answered this

"cus-tom-ih-zay-sion"

[LZachariah]

Are there Empire-Specific Implants? If so, what are some TR Implants?


Non-question-related-PS: Thanks so much for setting these up every time, Basti. Rock on, brother :D

[Tikuto]

How poor will the SOE Launcher Downloader be?

Clarity on being a foot Soldier or an Officer/Commander. How's PS2 going to work it?

Will female TR have more curves? ;)

[Talek Krell]

How does the prowler balance against the other tanks, given that it's the fastest?

The PCG article mentioned artillery. Please give us an overview of how it will be work.

[HELLFISH88]

How many Terran's does it take to clear a Gen Room.

[Lonehunter]

Can you elaborate on what other parts of game play have Empire Specific qualities?

[Graywolves]

Q: Frequently talk about 30v100. Can TR fight with those numbers against them?

[Captain1nsaneo]

How many Terran's does it take to clear a Gen Room?
A: How many NC does it take to screw in a light bulb?

The following are all for twitter:

What is the grey hole on the back of the mossie for?

What will lockdown do for TR MAXs?

Will the TR have any side specific voice macros?

Big thank you to the Dev team for posting on the forums and answering questions.

How much faster will the Prowler be than the other two tanks?

If the Prowler is the fastest tank, what weaknesses does it have to balance it?

Will there be tank mounted flamethrowers?

How will the artillery work if it can fire 1km of an 8km square cont?

Will all the MBTs be able to mow infantry with 1 hit at full speed?

[Grimster]

Artillery won't be there at least not on launch. :)

[Grimster]

Will TR MAXes have similar weapons to what they had in PS1?

[Mastachief]

when will the TR get access to beta?

will prescription goggles be available or are they a cash shop item?

[Heaven]

Why havn't they released much VS info.????????

[Mastachief]

Why havn't they released much VS info.????????

because its TR week.............

[NapalmEnima]

What abilities will the TR MAX have?

Can a given MAX have all of them available at the same time, or do you have to choose?

Please give examples of TR-specific upgrades for NS gear.

[Senyu]

Will TR have more inventory room for ammo or seperate ammo type to accomidate their style of fighting?

[basti]

Snippely snip snip

[Xyntech]

Will any TR MAX variants be able to supply other soldiers with ammo, or other kinds items like MAXes could in PS1?

Will the TR get an empire specific Special Assault weapon that caters to their "more is better" play style?

Will the TR MAX have AI, AA and AV weapons systems at launch or will there be more weapons? Or less?

Will the TR MAX have an optional dedicated melee weapon or will it be a melee attack that every TR MAX can perform?

Will the classes be the same across all three empires or will the TR have an empire specific class?

If there are ES customizations for NS weapons and vehicles, will there also be ways to make TR held bases feel uniquely TR?

(I realize that a lot of my questions are more about all three empires, with only a facade of TR specificity, but it's TR week and I'm just sneaky that way)

[Xaine]

The Prowler has been called a 'Medium Battle Tank', will there be a larger tanks available for the TR? Any details on them?

[LZachariah]

Will there be unlocks/upgrades for Armor (agile, rexo, etc)? If so, what are some Empire Specific TR ones?

[mefy]

how will the other two ES fighters be able to match the speed/nimbleness of the mosquito?

[SKYeXile]

Can we see the MCG now?

[SKYeXile]

Will female TR have more curves? ;)


sorry, TR are based on circles. TR women only use 1 circle.

[Ranik Ortega]

How many guns will the prowler be able to equip?

Will combat engineers have some empire specific deployables?

How many total customization slots will the prowler/mosquito have?

Will the TR have an empire specific light tank?

How will MCG/Striker variants/upgrades work?

How many Empire specific MA are planned for TR/each empire?

How many Empire specific SA are planned for TR/each empire?

Will Max suits have only 3 types of weapons or sub variants as well?

Will TR vehicles in general be least advanced/powerful but most customizable?

What is the MCG's effective range compared to a MA?

If TR specific SA is in the works what are they like?

What are the current alternate weapons for the Prowler?

What are the current alternate weapons for the Mosquito?

Will empire specific galaxy variants come into play?

Will common pool vehicles have empire specific customization?

Is the lightning in game/development?

If artillery exists is it empire specific or Common pool?

If vanguards have siege mode will TR/VS have equivalent?

Will each empire have unique special purpose vehicles? IE gate breaching sunderers

[Bags]

Will the TR need more men to do equal or less damage again with a lot of things?

Why does no TR hostler their weapon?

[SKYeXile]

Will the TR need more men to do equal or less damage again with a lot of things?



i so think of this scene everytime i think of the TR

SKIP TO 4:50

Enemy At The Gates - The Arrival - YouTube

[Xyntech]

Will the TR infantry only have a basic AV weapon like the PS1 Striker, or will they have an additional gun dedicated to AA?

Will TR snipers be able to get one shot kills with headshots? If so, how will "more is better" be balanced with TR snipers?

Will the TR be able to replenish their ammo from fallen NC again or will they only be able to scavenge other TR?

[Canaris]

Fun one - We know most of the people we see on the webshows, twitter and the great Dev's who come around PS-U are self acknowleged Vanu and NC lovers, who on the team (in office rank) is the highest TR stalwart?

[basti]

Snippely Snip

We clearly have enough questions TR specific, keep it that way. :)

[TRex]

i so think of this scene everytime i think of the TR

SKIP TO 4:50

Enemy At The Gates - The Arrival - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AidvXzNKC4&feature=related)

strange, i always think of the tr as the soviets, the nc the allies , and the vs Yuri's minions from c&c :red alert2 : Yuri's revenge.

[LZachariah]

I don't want to miss it!

~Zachariah

[Xyntech]

I don't want to miss it!

~Zachariah

4pm Pacific time so 7pm Eastern time. about a half an hour.

[Hamma]

Yep what he said ;)

[Hamma]

yay, looks like a solid question list.

[basti]

Any last minute questions? Just half an hour left!

Going to look over the questions now and kick those doubles out. ;)

[LZachariah]

Beautiful. Thanks much, guys :)

[Xyntech]

Were the TR born to fail so badly, or did it take years of training to learn?

Can we preemptively get the MCG buffed, so that we don't have to hear so much TR bitching in beta?

A TR and an NC walk into a bar...

Nah, I think I'm outta questions for now. :)

[Crazyduckling]

What is the significance of 1207-2011 on the TR gun?

[Halseth]

My Question: The TR Mosquito looks great! Could you please compare and contrast it to the Vanu Scythe?

What?! It's still TR related!

[basti]

What is the significance of 1207-2011 on the TR gun?

Woha, just remembering that.

Hamma, you gotta ask that first!

[SKYeXile]

checking wacky American forum time.

[xSlideShow]

Omg. It has begun.

[Baron]

WHERE !!!!
link?

Edit: yaay front page :p

[xSlideShow]

Twitter.com?

[Xyntech]

Anyone read that tweet from TRay half an hour ago?

"The lightning is indeed in Planetside2"

So I guess that probably was a lightning concept art and not a Prowler concept art on that one magazine page. I wonder if they are planning on having it in at launch?

[xSlideShow]

Or maybe it's an Empire specific vehicle now?

[Bags]

Yay, TR vehicles won't require extra gunners to do the same work as enemy vehicles.

Estimated release date confirmed 2012.

[SKYeXile]

@GeckoOBac @planetside2 Driver Controls the Main gun and a Coaxial gun. Passenger controls a secondary gun.

crazy...might be a kill whore vehicle....i like.

[Xyntech]

Oh shit, they are actually answering a shit ton of questions so far.

2 man Prowlers? I totally didn't expect that. I can't believe it but I'm happy for the TR.

HA limited to Rexo's PS2 equivalent. Nice.

2 ES vehicles per faction planned. Looks like the lightning isn't ES. I hope they bring back ES buggies after launch.

[Bags]

Xntech, they want to bring in ES buggies after launch.

[Bags]

Maxes will have flameys... why introduce the most annoying gun in any game ;_;

[Xyntech]

Xntech, they want to bring in ES buggies after launch.

Yeah I was just reading that. Great to hear. I hope they are something extra special, like a cross between PS1 buggies and Halo Warthogs or something.

[Xyntech]

Maxes will have flameys... why introduce the most annoying gun in any game ;_;

Because MAXes in PS2 are going to barge into your base and fuck your shit up, that's why :D

I actually am excited to see flamethrowers put onto a MAX armor. They would seem to week or two overpowered on infantry, but if a MAX is supposed to kill a shitload of people at short range, flamethrowers would fit right in. As long as they don't hurt performance too much, but flamethrowers aren't that bad performance wise in most modern games.

Wait, which side is getting a MAX flamethrower? Or will all sides get it?

Are there common pool MAX weapons now?

[Bags]

Flamethrowers have been infuriating in every game I've played with tem

[Xyntech]

Flamethrowers have been infuriating in every game I've played with tem

I hope they are VS then :D

[Bags]

Sounds common pool or TR to me. You know, rapid rate of fire.

[Hamma]

Threads merged.

[Xyntech]

It's probably a plaaasma flamethrower. Definitely created using ancient vanu technology.

[SKYeXile]

"BrewkoPS Dan Binter
by planetside2
@
@GeckoOBac @planetside2 The Liberator is a 3-Man Gunship, it's not a bomber like it was in in PS1.

"
HERESY!

[Xyntech]

That is until they give us a bomber variant.

The playerbase DEMANDS IT!

[Bags]

PS hamma I'll update my thread with this weeks information and the twitter info over the weekend... had too many exams this week.

[Xyntech]

Power outage at SOE? I smell a conspiracy! They are trying to keep the MCG screen shots from us!

[Zulthus]

I will repair the Generator!

[Vash02]

If anyone who has a twitter account (ewww) want to ask this question?
Can drivers be able to configure their tanks so that gunners control the main gun?

[Raymac]

This was the best Q&A yet. So much new stuff to process. Lightings, non-bomber Libs, flamethrowers...all sounds awesome to me.

[basti]

Kay, first post updated, up top are the answers form the questions asked by hamma and questions from others that were close to ours. Everything else, means stuff asked from random people, is lost in the abyss that is twitter. :D

[EASyEightyEight]

Liking the change to tanks. Sucks and rocks at the same time, and could only be best if the driver could allow the secondary gunner to control the main gun, but at least this way the tank really IS it's own "class" outside of infantry, and the pilot can make full use of his tank skills, instead of only ever personally benefiting from half of them. People might hate the idea of the driver having control of the big barrels, but driving and shooting at the same time can be a real bitch in something that big, especially when you also have to consider angle of shot, placing your thickest armor TOWARDS incoming fire, etc.

And I still don't get this "now the Prowler won't need more people to be just as effective" non-sense :rofl: Like anyone USED the machine guns on the Vanguard, or that any Magrider pilot could actually ever hit anything with their crappy little pea shooter and NOT leave themselves horribly vulnerable.

As for buggies, good to hear. I just hope they can pack roughly as much firepower as a tank, they're just the "don't get hit, dish it out" play style of armor to the MBT's "weather the blows, dish it out" play style.

[SKYeXile]

Liking the change to tanks. Sucks and rocks at the same time, and could only be best if the driver could allow the secondary gunner to control the main gun, but at least this way the tank really IS it's own "class" outside of infantry, and the pilot can make full use of his tank skills, instead of only ever personally benefiting from half of them. People might hate the idea of the driver having control of the big barrels, but driving and shooting at the same time can be a real bitch in something that big, especially when you also have to consider angle of shot, placing your thickest armor TOWARDS incoming fire, etc.

And I still don't get this "now the Prowler won't need more people to be just as effective" non-sense :rofl: Like anyone USED the machine guns on the Vanguard, or that any Magrider pilot could actually ever hit anything with their crappy little pea shooter and NOT leave themselves horribly vulnerable.

As for buggies, good to hear. I just hope they can pack roughly as much firepower as a tank, they're just the "don't get hit, dish it out" play style of armor to the MBT's "weather the blows, dish it out" play style.


what you smoking?...the vanguard 20mm is good for hitng aircraft... the mag gun rapes aircraft...the prowler needs a 3rd gunner to take down aircraft...

[basti]

Please keep all talking about the stuff we learned today in this threat here:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37730

Let this threat sink into its grave, unless the Devs come along and answer some more stuff. If they do that, feel free to go crazy in here. :D

[Xyntech]

They better come answer some more questions. Power outage faking sons of bitches :P

[EASyEightyEight]

what you smoking?...the vanguard 20mm is good for hitng aircraft... the mag gun rapes aircraft...the prowler needs a 3rd gunner to take down aircraft...

I've never seen anyone use the 20mm, and I agree with the Mag Rail being awesome at taking down aircraft, it was that piece of crap driver gun that I was referring to. Don't think I've ever died to it once. They usually get within squishing distance before they do any real damage with it.

[Zulthus]

I've never seen anyone use the 20mm

You would if you've played for more than a week

[Mastachief]

I've never seen anyone use the 20mm, and I agree with the Mag Rail being awesome at taking down aircraft, it was that piece of crap driver gun that I was referring to. Don't think I've ever died to it once. They usually get within squishing distance before they do any real damage with it.

I've take 100's of reavers/mossies out with the vanguard 20mm's.

[Sirisian]

You would if you've played for more than a weekSo you're saying it's used about once every week? That kind of reinforces his viewpoint.

[Ranik Ortega]

So you're saying it's used about once every week? That kind of reinforces his viewpoint.

Still 20X as often as the Prowler 12mm :D

[EASyEightyEight]

To be completely fair, I don't fly, and I'm TR.

Am I really going to be paying attention to it shooting aircraft, or am I going to be fumbling for my launcher?

[Talek Krell]

Could someone direct me to where the talk of the Lib being a 3 seater gunship is coming from? That conflicts with Higby's previous statements.

[Raymac]

Could someone direct me to where the talk of the Lib being a 3 seater gunship is coming from? That conflicts with Higby's previous statements.

Friday Twitter Q&A:

Question: will the libbie be still a 3 man vehicle? Or will the pilot drop the bombs?
Brewko: The Liberator is a 3-Man Gunship, it's not a bomber like it was in in PS1.
==

[Talek Krell]

Friday Twitter Q&A:

Question: will the libbie be still a 3 man vehicle? Or will the pilot drop the bombs?
Brewko: The Liberator is a 3-Man Gunship, it's not a bomber like it was in in PS1.
==Weird. During Napalm's lunch interview he specified them as two man. I can only presume the plan has changed.