Theme this week New Conglomerate

[Hamma]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-theme-this-week-new-conglomerate-2601.htm

[duomaxwl]

Woot!

[HELLFISH88]

A week huh?


That's a start.



I'm thinking along the line's of New Conglomerate Winter 2011

[Dorest0rm]

Saving the best for last.

[Hamma]

The downside of the VS week when it comes.. it wont be in 2 weeks because the Thanksgiving Holiday in the US falls that week.. will likely be a complete write-off. Probably be waiting till the end of November for VS unless they do 2 weeks in a row.

[Sardwyn]

I had to resub to PS I am getting too excited :D

[Deathwalker]

http://a.yfrog.com/img739/623/ewpaz.jpg

Planetside 2! Now with BF3 Minimaps

[duck]

http://a.yfrog.com/img739/623/ewpaz.jpg

Planetside 2! Now with BF3 Minimaps

Sweet! Interesting base design.
Love the NC gun

[Marth Koopa]

The arrow on the minimap looks like a butt

[Aaron]

I could only play Vanu in PS1 because that was the first empire I chose. Playing any other empire felt weird. I can't decide if I'll choose another empire in PS2 or stay with the Vanu. I'll have to see what NC have in store, but I'll also have to see what VS have in store as well. The Vanu may knock the blocks of both empires!

[Tikuto]

They tempt my appetite. Had to go all the way to shop for bacon and egg.

[Mod]

As someone who intends on playing NC, I can't wait to see what we got :)

[Infektion]

As someone who intends on playing NC, I can't wait to see what we got :)

I wholeheartedly agree.

[WarChimp130]

I'm interested to see the NC's stuff. From what I've seen so far I'm not a big of their artistic theme.

[mbarrett]

Im looking forward to checking out the NC and to see what has been changed , but aint it funny the planetside 2 poll , which empire will you play ? , how everyone is bumming the TR just because its been TR week , well tbh thats nothing new , it will change when its NC week and then vise versa when its VS week lol . Im staying NC as my blood is blue through and through !

[Bags]

New Conglomerate?
more like...

NEWB CONGNOOBERATE

mirite?

[Goku]

New Conglomerate?
more like...

NEWB CONGNOOBERATE

mirite?

Just do not be crying when I kill you with a shotgun. Be it from my JH or Max.

[Lartnev]

Vanu Sovereignty won't have their own week, they'll be the bonus content for major milestones in the "social networking space". :p

[Tikuto]

New Conglomerate?
more like...
NEWB CONGNOOBERATEuBad... O_

[L4G]

Looking forward to this theme hopefully we will see some NC vechs this time though

[Aaron]

Does anyone else here really want to see some air-to-air combat gameplay? That would be pretty awesome. Hopefully you can roll all the way around now.

[mbarrett]

Just do not be crying when I kill you with a shotgun. Be it from my JH or Max.

lo freedomfighter !

[Fab]

Does anyone else here really want to see some air-to-air combat gameplay?

I m more interrested in air combat so YEEEEESSSSS
That would be pretty awesome. Hopefully you can roll all the way around now.
Maybe only the Scythe will be able to do that ? It *should* be the most agile of the 3 empire specific air vehicle.

[FastAndFree]

I m more interrested in air combat so YEEEEESSSSS

Maybe only the Scythe will be able to do that ? It *should* be the most agile of the 3 empire specific air vehicle.

With all the praise they gave to the new physics engine I think it's very unlikely that any aircraft will be unable to roll.

Then again, results may vary, if you try it in a Galaxy you better have speed and altitude :)

[Tapman]

If the devs decide to make the Scythe fly the way that the original ones did in Battlestar Galactica, it should be able to roll much more tightly than the other empires. Changing direction would be easier too, but the weapons and armor should be lighter to balance it. I imagine it to be similar the replacement for the Thresher but put in the air so that a skilled AA player could manage to lock onto the damn thing instead of only allowing the TR to lock onto that pesky ground vehicle.

I'm fine with all of this because the Reaver is the most heavily armored/armed and I bet that a good pilot could work their skills into making it the ultimate threat in the sky.

[HELLFISH88]

If the devs decide to make the Scythe fly the way that the original ones did in Battlestar Galactica, it should be able to roll much more tightly than the other empires. Changing direction would be easier too, but the weapons and armor should be lighter to balance it. I imagine it to be similar the replacement for the Thresher but put in the air so that a skilled AA player could manage to lock onto the damn thing instead of only allowing the TR to lock onto that pesky ground vehicle.

I'm fine with all of this because the Reaver is the most heavily armored/armed and I bet that a good pilot could work their skills into making it the ultimate threat in the sky.

I agree. The scythe should be the most "air superiority" centric of the 3. Quicker and more agile with weapons with an advantage in air to air combat. The Scythe should be legitimately worrying to other pilot's when it makes an appearance on the battlefield; much as a squadron of reaver's would scare all the tankers. I like your thresher analogy. That thing could run circles around armor and even aircraft often had a hard time hitting it. If you ask me effective speed tanking is part of the Vanu Sovereignty warfare philosophy.

[Talek Krell]

If you ask me effective speed tanking is part of the Vanu Sovereignty warfare philosophy.I could agree with that. The ability to dodge incoming tank shells was one of the best parts of the mag.

[Tapman]

I could agree with that. The ability to dodge incoming tank shells was one of the best parts of the mag.

I always liked watching them run off scared after two or three hits from a particle cannon, realizing that they were no match for a skilled gunner who also wouldn't get motion sickness from those shaky-ass BFR's. :cool:

Please for the love of all things holy, bring the Gauss and Particle cannons into Planetside 2. Make it an option for medium/heavy vehicles and as an empire-specific upgrade for non-mobile turrets.

[Zulthus]

Please for the love of all things holy, bring the Particle cannons into Planetside 2. Make it an option for medium/heavy vehicles and as an empire-specific upgrade for non-mobile turrets.

no

[Graywolves]

no

:rolleyes:

[Zulthus]

:rolleyes:

:groovy:

[Talek Krell]

I always liked watching them run off scared after two or three hits from a particle cannon, realizing that they were no match for a skilled gunner who also wouldn't get motion sickness from those shaky-ass BFR's. :cool:You sure they weren't more concerned about the shield that regenerates faster than it can be damaged? >_>

[SuperMorto]

The downside of the VS week when it comes.. it wont be in 2 weeks because the Thanksgiving Holiday in the US falls that week.. will likely be a complete write-off. Probably be waiting till the end of November for VS unless they do 2 weeks in a row.

And some how they think that is more important? Fools.

[Tapman]

You sure they weren't more concerned about the shield that regenerates faster than it can be damaged? >_>

Obviously one on one a BFR would wreck a tank anyway but we won't have to worry about them and their ridiculous shield regeneration. The weapons themselves do belong in the game though, properly balanced of course.

[Zulthus]

Which they were not. At all.

[Talek Krell]

The weapons themselves do belong in the game though, properly balanced of course.I'm not so sure about the particle cannon. That was the one that was basically the mag "cannon" but better right? Seems like giving that to the NC as an option would kind of kill the uniqueness of the two empires.

[Tapman]

I'm not so sure about the particle cannon. That was the one that was basically the mag "cannon" but better right? Seems like giving that to the NC as an option would kind of kill the uniqueness of the two empires.

Each ammo box had only 40% capacity of the Mag Rail Beam and it took up a lot more inventory space, had a slower firing/reload rate, and it was the classic NC-style heavy hitting round which wasn't accurate from range mounted on a vehicle that was hardly maneuverable compared to a magrider and provided the driver and gunner with a constantly shaking screen unless you stopped moving completely and even then your line of sight was unreliable. Not to mention it is much easier to kill softies with a magrider than a particle cannon, the most you could hope for is that they have no med/rep juice and would be flushed out of cover by the slow AOE drain. Technically it did convert mass into plasmoid energy so you could change it into a larger rail gun with purely physical ammunition but it still makes sense to give the NC the most powerful single-shot weapons.

[Talek Krell]

it was the classic NC-style heavy hitting round which wasn't accurate from range.Standard shell rounds already do that though, so what's the point of adding the PC? The only thing I can figure is that it uses a projectile that travels in a straight line at high speed, and thus is more effective at long range. Which, historically, has been what the mag is supposed to excel at.

[Tapman]

Standard shell rounds already do that though, so what's the point of adding the PC? The only thing I can figure is that it uses a projectile that travels in a straight line at high speed, and thus is more effective at long range. Which, historically, has been what the mag is supposed to excel at.

Adding a 150mm cannon to the top of an NC BFR would topple it over every time it fired. The energy itself is more based on plasma/radiation which everyone already had access to in small-arms combat. I believe the larger cone of fire on the PC made it very balanced as a straight-line weapon especially when you took the shaky camera or being a sitting duck into account.

Regardless, substituting the PC for a heavy rail gun would be fine by me, very high speed rounds that do the most damage per shot and maybe have a similar radiation effect, you could call it depleted radioactive material. That way it would be affected by gravity and wind resistance so that it has light damage degradation and bullet drop so it won't be identical to Vanu weaponry.

[Talek Krell]

Adding a 150mm cannon to the top of an NC BFR would topple it over every time it fired. The energy itself is more based on plasma/radiation which everyone already had access to in small-arms combat. I believe the larger cone of fire on the PC made it very balanced as a straight-line weapon especially when you took the shaky camera or being a sitting duck into account.You want the Vanguard in PS2 to have a particle cannon because putting a 150mm on top of a BFR would be unrealistic? I'm not understanding why this is a thing that absolutely has to be in the game.