Twitter devchat question list!

[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: There seems to be no theme this week. 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!

And we go:

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What are the System/Hardware requirements for planetside 2? At least give us a general idea!
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Will PhysX be hardware or software based? Will one benefit from a Nvidia card?
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Is Amerish, or any other continent, being remade faithfully?
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Higby's haircut, intentional homage to patrick swayse in Red Dawn, or happy coincidence?
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Can the galaxy be spawned at every base?
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What is a low-ball estimate of the population cap on a single continent?
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If 2 sunderers are head to head ramming each other will a blackhole be created from the impact?
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Can spawns points be deployed within bases for the attacking force? Would that be Galaxy or other object?
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Do you still plan on adding sandbox elements post-release? Can we have an example of what you aim to do?
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Where will the weapons be positioned on the galaxy?
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What kind of anti-air weapons will the Galaxy be able to have?
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What will stop Galaxies from being nuked by an OS the moment they set up?
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Will we see any dense urban environments in game that aren't base courtyards?
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Will the Liberator be a 2 or a 3 seater, and what can it do that the ES fighters can't already?
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Any plans on allowing the Gal or Lib to be customized with support stuff like radars (AWACS style) and such?
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How many continents are expected to be at launch? How many of them are already in development process? NAMES?
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Does the Sunderer have an EMP ability? Can it pass through base shields (if there are any?)
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What element of the game announced so far has been the most difficult to implement effectively?
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are the NS vehicles more customizable than empire specific vehicles due to their common pool nature?
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ATV: TR = chaingun, NC = Rockets, VS = lasers?
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Celebrity deathmatch at Fan Faire: Higby vs T-ray?
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Where is the Lightning?!
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Does the Gal have a vehicle slot for light vehicles (ATV and lightning)?
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Can MAX units spawn on gals, or reequip at sundys? How many max slots in each?
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Can sunderers float?
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How much effect will vehicle motion have on a gunners aim?
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Will we be able to customize ammo? Take fewer bullets so you can fit more rockets?
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How long will the shell of destroyed Vehicles last?
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Snow Continents will we see small details like tank tracks in Snow or Foot prints from cloaked infantry in the snow?
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A few examples of Player deployables -walls?
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How small a space can a deployed gal fit into? Is it as simple as any where the gal can land?
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What kind of Deployables does the Engineer have at their disposal? Spawn Points?
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Will there be an option to certify flying a galaxy and certify squad spawning so that the squad leader can create an airborne spawn station?
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Will NS vehicles have ES upgrades/customization? Like an energy cannon on a VS Galaxy?
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How many upgrade/sidegrade slots does a vehicle have? IE- how many factors can be customized?
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Will NS weapons have some ES sidegrade/upgrade options, or will they be identical across factions?
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Can the Galaxy driver "Green Light" the drop? Or force full deployment of personel it is carrying?
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Will vehicles pilots/drivers be susceptible to damage directly? is: Shoot the pilot through the glass?
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What kind of sidegrades did you have in mind for engineers?
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Will the Lib be able to drop bombs through a specialisation?
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Will platoon leaders be a squad leader, or be separate from the squads?
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Will we be able to deploy vehicle stations in the field?
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Will the Gal be the only aircraft to have the "hot drop" safety feature?
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Will the Gal be able to cloak (perhaps when deployed) through a specialisation?
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What vehicles for TR and NC can be used to cross water?
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If "staging grounds" ('sanctuaries') on each continent create threeway stalemates constantly, do you have an alternative system planned?
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How effective is the infiltrators cloaking ability? Comparable to the last PS mechanics?
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Any chance of customizing galaxy as a heavy lift vehicle? Think sky crane!
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Will there be combat/support engineering deployables like the AEGIS and TRAPs returning?
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To what extent can you customize your inventory loadout? Can I bring 10 grenades in lieu of 4 boxes of ammo?
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Will AA weaponry mounted on the Lightning be superior to that on an MBT?
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Wasn't the Gal supposed to spawn troops in mid-air? Was this changed based on community feedback?
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Will Indar be the biggest continent on Auraxis? If not what is the biggest one?
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Can we get a circumflexing compass rose on the minimap instead of the compass bar we see in the screenies?
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TRay, for the love of VAnu PLEASE put a buttstock on the Pulsar.
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Since the Beamer has "self-charging" cells, does this mean it will never run out of ammo?
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Since MBT's can be solo, how are you making the Lightning an attractive alternative?
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What design changes/deviations are being made to the Lightning compared to the PS1 version?
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What is the VS MAX special ability that's replacing JumpJets?
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If the average maps are 8km x 8km in size how many km's up do they go for aircraft?
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What is considered "veteran" status with regards to beta invites?
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Will there be a common pool MBT?
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Can you tell us anything about how implants will be implemented?
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Will ground vehicles have any sort of rear-view camera so they can run and gun without driving into trees/rocks?
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Is there going to be a way to reduce the effectiveness of emp or are continuous emp chains gonna beable to lock down a tank?
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When someone dies will spawn options be comparable to PS1, such as being nearest base, tower, Galaxy and perhaps squad leader?
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Will there be a feature where we can pipe our own music to our platoon during ops?
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Within bases, is there a basement area? Are there passages to the buildings placed on the CY?
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What levels organizational will be given, other than squads and platoons?
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[Magpie]

What are the System/Hardware requirements for planetside 2?

Is there a Sniper/Recon class if yes could u tell us more about it?

Can a normal assault can two main weapons or is that limited to heavy assault?

[Crazyduckling]

Will PhysX be hardware or software based?

Also, the obligatory:

When's beta?

[Ale]

Q: Is Amerish, or any other continent, being remade faithfully?

Q: Thresher, Enforcer, Marauder?

Q: Outfit owned bases?

Q: Dinosaur survival mode? confirm / deny?

Q: Higby's haircut, intentional homage to patrick swayse in Red Dawn, or happy coincidence?

[SKYeXile]

Can the galaxy be spawned at every base?

[Yetiee]

What is a low-ball estimate of the population cap on a single continent?

If 2 sunderers are head to head ramming each other will a blackhole be created from the impact?

[Lorgarn]

When's beta?

Or, to make it somewhat serious:

Q: When can we expect seeing a Beta announcement/schedule/timeframe?

[LongBow]

Will a galaxy still have to fly “tail up?”

Which direction does the Liberators primary weapon face when in the centre of its CoF?

[ringring]

Can spawns points be deployed within bases for the attacking force? Would that be Galaxy or other object?

[bmfof]

Do you still plan on adding sandbox elements post-release? Can we have an example of what you aim to do?

[Vash02]

Where will the weapons be positioned on the galaxy?


What kind of anti-air weapons will the Galaxy be able to have?



What will stop Galaxies from being nuked by an OS the moment they set up?

[ringring]

Can guns on the Gal be customisable, for instance to be either AA, AV or AI?

[Xaine]

Will we see any dense urban environments in game that aren't base courtyards?

[Sabrak]

Q: Will the Liberator be a 2 or a 3 seater, and what can it do that the ES fighters can't already?

Q: Any plans on allowing the Gal or Lib to be customized with support stuff like radars (AWACS style) and such?

Q: How many continents are expected to be at launch? How many of them are already in development process?

[Death2All]

Does the Sunderer have an EMP ability? Can it pass through base shields (if there are any?)

[CidHighwind]

What element of the game announced so far has been the most difficult to implement effectively?

are the nanite systems vehicles more customizable than empire specific vehicles due to their common pool nature?

will common pool vehicles have a single skill tree for leveling up, or will they each have their own individual tree?

ATV: TR = chaingun, NC = Rockets, VS = lasers?

Celebrity deathmatch at Fan Faire: Higby vs T-ray?

[CutterJohn]

Where is the Lightning?!

Gal have a vehicle slot?

Can MAX units spawn on gals, or reequip at sundys? How many max slots in each?

Can sunderers float?

How much effect will vehicle motion have on a gunners aim?

Will we be able to customize ammo? Take fewer bullets so you can fit more rockets?

[DxC]

How long will the shell of destroyed Vehicles last?

In the Video from the9 we saw a aircraft dropping out of the sky will that affect people below it if it hits them or will it just explode like in planetside 1?

Snow Continents will we see small details like tank tracks in Snow or Foot prints from cloaked infantry in the snow?

[Knocky]

How long will the shell of destroyed Vehicles last?


Last word was 30 seconds

[Hmr85]

A few examples of Player deployables -walls?

Are the guns on the Galaxy interchangeable? AA, AV, AI?

Whens the Beta? Are all Veteran players going to get a invite even if I don't have a Sub in PS1 atm?

[basti]

Snip (got the questions till this line ;))


stop asking about beta. When they have a date for beta, they will SLAM it into your face till you gag! If you ask a dev for the beta date, then you pretty much failed at being a gamer, because you should know what you never get a answer to this question.

Now lets get the stuff out of the way that is already known:

Is there a Sniper/Recon class if yes could u tell us more about it?
Its the cloaker. He can now carry a sniper loadout, that makes him more visible/limits his cloaking abilitys.

Thresher, Enforcer, Marauder?
Apperently not for beta/release

Outfit owned bases?
maybe post release (who wants that stuff anyway? Its pointless)

If 2 sunderers are head to head ramming each other will a blackhole be created from the impact?
This happend before, it was called the bending. DONT DO IT!



And now, the stuff that just doesnt make sense:

Will a galaxy still have to fly “tail up?”

Which direction does the Liberators primary weapon face when in the centre of its CoF?

Can a normal assault can two main weapons or is that limited to heavy assault?

I dont get those 3 questions at all. Especialy the second one, that just doesnt make sense? :o

[Vancha]

Will a galaxy still have to fly “tail up?”

Which direction does the Liberators primary weapon face when in the centre of its CoF?

Can a normal assault can two main weapons or is that limited to heavy assault?

I dont get those 3 questions at all. Especialy the second one, that just doesnt make sense? :o

1: Galaxies had to point their noise down (or their tail up) in order to give the tail gunner a good view, otherwise the tail would get in the way of their firing.

3: can = carry. He's asking if the heavy assault class will be the only class that can carry two "large" weapons at once.

2: ??? Baffled.

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Q: Will the sweeper make a return, or does each empire get their own shotgun this time?

[Knocky]

Only have two questions that have a chance to be answered.

(1) Gal....can it carry a vehicle and the max size of vehicle, and how many MAXes can it carry?


(2) Lightning....give up the info on it!

[Hmr85]

One last thing, can we see a picture of the Galaxy and Sunderer Deployed?

[texico]

Did you mean, 125 characters per question? Anyway, just choose whichever you want ;) I don't know if we have an answer to this already, but,


Will PS2 feature caverns, like in PS1?

Will Auraxis exist pre-bending (single planet) or post-bending (each continent on its own planet)?

Will there be naval warfare?

Vehicle Jumping = has to return. confirm/deny?

Will there be vehicle trunks and lockers in PS2?

Why was it decided the AMS should be removed?

[EVILoHOMER]

Can we have the option to make the Vanu Force Blade glow again?

[Biohazard]

Can we customize common pool vehicles with ES weapons - Lightning with lasers?

[Atuday]

How small a space can a deployed gal fit into? Is it as simple as any where the gal can land?

[Nobel]

What kind of Deployables does the Engineer have at their disposal? Spawn Points?

[LZachariah]

Will NS vehicles have ES upgrades/customization? Like an energy cannon on a VS Galaxy?

How many upgrade/sidegrade slots does a vehicle have? IE- how many factors can be customized?

Will NS weapons have some ES sidegrade/upgrade options, or will they be identical across factions?

The Galaxy has 4 guns and the Liberator has 2 or 3. Which of the two vehicles is the more dangerous gunship? Is the Liberator still more dangerous?

[Raymac]

Oh, and one last thing: There seems to be no theme this week.

ODB, I'm disappointed in you, dude. Higby said the theme for this week's QnA was the Nanite Systems stuff we've been seeing lately. :p

I'm sure we can still ask anything as always, but I'd bet the NS stuff will have a higher liklihood of being answered.

[ThGlump]

With no enter animation, are there restriction to enter vehicle (position, speed), or its proximity at any speed (BF style)?

[Vancha]

If the theme is Nanite Systems, then...

Q: Can the Galaxy or Sunderer be customized to serve a lodestar-type role?

[Tasorin]

Q:Can you define what "Free to Play" is going to mean for PS2?

IE: Does this mean the client will be free, or does it mean that there will be no monthly fee, or is it a combination of several meanings.

Q:If you can't define what "Free to Play" is going to mean, can you give us a time line of when SOE will allow you to answer that question?

Q: Will there be an internet active portion to PS2 so that players can say change skills that are being trained w/o having to actually log into the client.

Q: When will the official PS2 Forums be instituted on the PlanetSide 2 website?

Q: Is there plans to locate any of the PS2 NA servers in the Mid-West, and not just EST and PST like SWTOR did.

Q: Beta. We want it, you want it, we know you can't tell us when it is going to be, but can you give us a Quarter this year when you think you can make an announcement of when Beta will be?

[Etrigan252]

Can the Galaxy driver "Green Light" the drop? Or force full deployment of personel it is carrying?

[Grognard]

Will you make the maps (etc.) more readable for colorblind individuals? Specifically VS/NC...

Oh well...

[TheRagingGerbil]

Can the Galaxy driver "Green Light" the drop? Or force full deployment of personel it is carrying?

LOL, scuba lessons? Anyone remember ScubaSteve?

Q: Will vehicles pilots/drivers be susceptible to damage directly? is: Shoot the pilot through the glass?

[super pretendo]

Will heavy TANKS be in the game? (not BFRs but tanks with many heavy weapons)

[Vancha]

Will heavy TANKS be in the game? (not BFRs but tanks with many heavy weapons)
The Prowler, Vanguard and Magrider are as heavy as tanks are going to get for release.

[T MAN]

I have'nt seen any pictures of weapons being holstered yet...so

Will we be able to holster our weapons on the back like in PS1?

[basti]

Keep em coming guys, i update the list tommorow a few hours before the chat, and keep it up to date after that as well. :)

Now lets see if i can get a screeny of a holstered weapon... ;)

[Angry Beaver]

Planetside has masses of Engineer abilities, what's surviving the cull?

What kind of sidegrades did you have in mind for engineers?

Will we get class specific weeks like the empire specific weeks?

[LZachariah]

Dagget (or Norbert), i LOVE your three questions! :D

[Qwe]

Will there be any sort of destructible environment?

[DviddLeff]

Will the Lib be able to drop bombs through a specialisation?
Will platoon leaders be a squad leader, or be separate from the squads?
Will we be able to deploy vehicle stations in the field?
Will the Gal be the only aircraft to have the "hot drop" safety feature?
Will the Gal be able to cloak (perhaps when deployed) through a specialisation?

[Figment]

Q: How many CP and ES vehicles are planned for the coming year beyond what we have already seen?

Q: Will cloaked vehicles such as the Wraith return?

Q: What vehicles for TR and NC can be used to cross water?

Q: Will there be a floating or flying vehicle transport unit?

Q: If "staging grounds" ('sanctuaries') on each continent create threeway stalemates constantly, do you have an alternative system planned?

[Raymac]

Will the Lib be able to drop bombs through a specialisation?


I asked Brewko the question on twitter a few days ago if there would be any bombs at all and this was his response.

The current plan is to have air-to-ground Rockets and/or Missiles. Bombs may come after launch.

[akiadan]

Q: How effective is the infiltrators cloaking ability? Comparable to the last PS mechanics?

[Zenben]

Any chance of customizing galaxy as a heavy lift vehicle? Think sky crane!

[TacKLed]

Will there be destructible environments?

Will hot drops be in capsules or like it was in Planetside 1?

What are the player counts for each continent?

[Twik Tarski]

Will there be combat/support engineering deployables like the AEGIS and TRAPs returning?

If there is an AEGIS, will you need to 'buff' it with a rek/nanite gun or will it deploy with the equipment term and shield already active?

Will the AEGIS be destroyed when its shielding is or will it just get knocked out of commission until its repaired?

Are you able to give us a peek at the class skill trees at this point? Maybe just the first 2 tiers.

[SKYeXile]

Will there be destructible environments?

Will hot drops be in capsules or like it was in Planetside 1?

What are the player counts for each continent?

There wont be destructible environments in PS2 at launch.


Galaxy will drop people in the inertial dampener bubble like in PS1, however when squad spawning you will drop in, in a drop pod, like from the HART in PS1.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/developer-q-a-planetside-2/717183

Watch at about 25:45

I wouldn't be asking anything technical related, they wont have answers for that as they only just mentioned they're still hard at work achieving that.

[WellWisherELF]

To what extent can you customize your inventory loadout? Can I bring 10 grenades in lieu of 4 boxes of ammo?

[FIREk]

Are there any plans for cloakable spawn vehicles? Sunderer or Gal customization?

Will AA weaponry mounted on the Lightning be superior to that on an MBT?

Wasn't the Gal supposed to spawn troops in mid-air? Was this changed based on community feedback?

[Gandhi]

Will there be a box price? If not, how will the grief system deal with multiple accounts in a F2P model?

[CutterJohn]

With no enter/exit animations, will seating be static? Can a gal pilot unlock more seats? More MAX seats?

[cellinaire]

I've heard that this specific Q&A is about NaniteSystem common-pool vehicles, but anyway I want these to be answered =)

Q : Is Volumetric Cloud/Cloud Layer still not implemented?

Q : Can we start to see other continent beyond Indar?

Q : Will Indar be the biggest continent on Auraxis?

[ilya]

when you are going to announce the realese date

[Hamma]

You aren't serious right? :p

[SKYeXile]

You aren't serious right? :p

I'm pretty sure everybody in the thread is been serious with all their questions.


Can we go out?

[BorgUK]

How is the command structure going to work, are we again going to have CR5s and can they this time talk to the other command ranks. Or is it going to be outfit based.

[Hamma]

I'm pretty sure everybody in the thread is been serious with all their questions.

I was referring to this:

when you are going to announce the realese date

:lol:

Questions of this sort will NEVER be answered in a Twitter chat. Nor will questions about beta - so save the space and ask a good quesiton about common pool vehicles. :D

[ilya]

sorry

[Erendil]

Can we get a circumflexing compass rose on the minimap instead of the compass bar we see in the screenies?
TRay, for the love of VAnu PLEASE put a buttstock on the Pulsar.
How potent is the Damage degradation on VS weapons? When does it start and how steep does it degrade?
Since the Beamer has "self-charging" cells, does this mean it will never run out of ammo?
Are the VS going to get "green ammo" universal energy cells like him PS1?

Since MBT's can be solo, how are you making the Lightning an attractive alternative?
What design changes/deviations are being made to the Lightning compared to the PS1 version?
Will the Lightning still have the 75mm/12mm combo and the huge ammo capacity?
Will Lightnings be able to effective harass MBT's via hit-and-run and long range plinking like they could in PS1?
How fast can the Magrider turn, strafe, and go in reverse?

Will there be a spawn point unlock for the Sundy?
Are there any other mobile spawn points avaailable besides the Gal?
IS there any way to create a cloaking bubble to hid a deployed Gal?
Will a Heavy Assault AV trooper be able to carry a rifle as a secondary weapon?
Can any troops wearing Rexo-equivalent armour be able to carry 2 rifle-sized weapons?
How accurate are assault rifles when not aiming down the sights? What's their effective range w/o ADS?
What's the Maximum effective range and
What is the VS MAX special ability that's replacing JumpJets?
Would it be possible to get Jumpjets as a MAX unlock?
Would you be willing to include Jumpjets as a MAX unlock if it was available to all 3 Empires?
Are you working to make PS2 Nvidia "3d Vision Ready" so that it will look right with LCD shutter glasses?
will ground vehicles get a 3rd person viewing mode (without targeting reticle )?

[basti]

Snibbel.

A whole lot of questions have been left out, simply because we already know the answer/they are stupid as hell.

For both you recive a reply once i got some more time. Wont leave u guys in the dark, especialy those of you who arent here that long. :)

[Miir]

Is the HART or something similar still in the game?

If the average maps are 8km x 8km in size how many km's up do they go for aircraft?

[EVILoHOMER]

Hope my request for the Vanu Force Blade to have a glow ability in PS2 gets read out :( I asked for it for so long in Planetside and it was always ignored. I loved how it glowed, it made Vanu feel special and I loved freaking people out as a cloaker turning it on and off lol.

[Tikuto]

Where is the Phantasm?

[Knocky]

Anyone know what time the chat is starting?

[arclegger]

When does the narwhal bacon?

[TheRagingGerbil]

When does the narwhal bacon?

At Midnight!

[Knocky]

When does the narwhal bacon?

I get a dev to respond to a question and this is it....:huh:

[Casual]

What is considered "veteran" status with regards to beta invites?

Will there be a common pool fighter aircraft?

Will there be a common pool MBT?

Is the phantasm returning?

Can you tell us anything about how implants will be implemented?

[FIREk]

When does the narwhal bacon?

Turnips?

[cogz]

Q: Phone Apps that allow you to connect with your outfit 24/7, get notifications, chat, view battle/situation status.. Statistics.. Coordinate Ops etc???

Edit Add Desktop Widgets, and Desktop App that does the same..???

[Chal]

Will ground vehicles have any sort of rear-view camera so they can run and gun without driving into trees/rocks?

Is there going to be a way to reduce the effectiveness of emp or are continuous emp chains gonna beable to lock down a tank?

[Arkanakaz]

When someone dies will spawn options be comparable to PS1, such as being nearest base, tower, Galaxy and perhaps squad leader?

Thanks

[super pretendo]

What will be destructible in the environment? Will cover be destructible

[super pretendo]

What will be destructible in the environment? Will cover be destructible?

[cogz]

Q: Will there be a feature where we can pipe our own music to our platoon during ops?

[Alanim]

Q: Will the Galaxy have a sitting area, kind of like the Halo Pelican.

[Hamma]

Anyone know what time the chat is starting?

4PM PST just asked Higby on Twitter. :D

[ringring]

Within bases, is there a basement area? Are there passages to the buildings placed on the CY?

[basti]

About the holstering question:

https://twitter.com/#!/mhigby/statuses/160471222109478914


short: No weapon holstering shown, costs 2 much. :)

[Vash02]

Was answered before, kind of sad about it. :(

bleargh, I hope they leave in the possibility to show the holstered weapons when peoples computers arent crap anymore.

[LZachariah]

So weapons will just appear and disappear when drawn? Hrm... that is unfortunate. Perhaps it could be implemented later :(

PS- but I am glad that they are streamlining the game to allow such massive on-screen numbers. The 1000 vs. 1000 vs. 1000 is what will make the game hugely popular, NOT whether or not we see weapons on our backs when we're not using them.

[NCLynx]

Anything I would've liked to ask is up there. Good stuff Basti, just make sure you get answers for all of those. At any cost.

[Gammit10]

What levels organizational will be given, other than squads and platoons?

[Gammit10]

Was answered before, kind of sad about it. :(

bleargh, I hope they leave in the possibility to show the holstered weapons when peoples computers arent crap anymore.

About the holstering question:

https://twitter.com/#!/mhigby/statuses/160471222109478914


short: No weapon holstering shown, costs 2 much. :)

I liked seeing what the enemy had/could do with a glance. :mad:

[LZachariah]

Hrmm..... Basti, I am grateful that you are dutifully transcribing these questions we are posting, but I want to share with the people on this thread that after looking over what Basti has transcribed, a LOT of these questions are not associated with this week's topic. The Devs are amazingly generous to give us these theme-weeks twice a month, and I encourage everyone to show our Devs as much respect and gratitude as possible by remaining true to the topic. To the best of my knowledge, this week's topic is "Nanite Systems" or "Common Pool."

~Zachariah

[basti]

Hrmm..... Basti, I am grateful that you are dutifully transcribing these questions we are posting, but I want to share with the people on this thread that after looking over what Basti has transcribed, a LOT of these questions are not associated with this week's topic. The Devs are amazingly generous to give us these theme-weeks twice a month, and I encourage everyone to show our Devs as much respect and gratitude as possible by remaining true to the topic. To the best of my knowledge, this week's topic is "Nanite Systems" or "Common Pool."

~Zachariah

I just collect those questions that make sense to ask. Asking is done by hamma, and he usually only ask those that fit the theme, and a few important extras. :)

[Rumblepit]

1) Lean????? will we see it in ps2?

2)i read about and saw the new strafe speed in the trailers and it has been slowed down quite a bit. if not lean,then how will players transition from firing to cover? since strafe has been slowed down.

[LZachariah]

Sounds like a plan :-) We are so grateful for all the work you do on the site, Basti, especially in conjunction with these Q&A's. And you too, Hamma!

[Hamma]

If your question makes basti's list try not to ask it yourself.. because I may ask it twice and that looks silly :) To hard to watch what everyone else is asking.

[The Admiral]

ask the awacs one again plox :)

thanks!

[CidHighwind]

If your question makes basti's list try not to ask it yourself.. because I may ask it twice and that looks silly :) To hard to watch what everyone else is asking.

:doh: Didn't realize that Basti was the official questioneer... I suppose I should have figured that one out beforehand... sowwy. :p

[basti]

:doh: Didn't realize that Basti was the official questioneer... I suppose I should have figured that one out beforehand... sowwy. :p

I collect them, Hamma asks them via the PSU twitter acc.

Reason for this is rather simple: If two of those you do follow talk with each other, the chat appears on your feed. If you dont follow any of those two, none of the tweets appear.

[Figment]

I collect them, Hamma asks them via the PSU twitter acc.

Reason for this is rather simple: If two of those you do follow talk with each other, the chat appears on your feed. If you dont follow any of those two, none of the tweets appear.

How many months do you need to collect all the answers? xD

[Roy Awesome]

When does the narwhal bacon?

You are in

[basti]

How many months do you need to collect all the answers? xD

Look here:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/p-developer-tweet-tracker-97.htm

[Zulthus]

The fuck?? No holstering??? HHHNNNNGGGGGHHH:evil:

[Vancha]

I'm assuming we still "draw" our weapons though? It was an important delay imo, similar to how it took a while to get into a vehicle instead of popping immediately in to it.

[SKYeXile]

I'm assuming we still "draw" our weapons though? It was an important delay imo, similar to how it took a while to get into a vehicle instead of popping immediately in to it.

yea this just means you just wont see the weapons on somebody's back or hip, only if they're drawn.

[Coreldan]

It is in a way weird how modern games these days sorta lack half of the features PS had back in 2003. The vehicle entry/exit animations and holstering comes to mind.

[Figment]

It is in a way weird how modern games these days sorta lack half of the features PS had back in 2003. The vehicle entry/exit animations and holstering comes to mind.

Higby said in one of the comments that holstering weapons on the back was attempted but dropped because it cost 25% of the amount of people depicted on screen.

Shame. Was already wondering with those first trailers what I was missing as the characters looked a bit empty and their visual weight shifted more forward somehow, didn't quite realise then it was the lack of holstered weapons that made that visual change.

I wonder if - though animations are missing - entry points will be very local still (so you can predict where someone exits), or more like BF and some other games where you just have to touch the vehicle.

[Coreldan]

I would personally vote for PS like entry points in vehicles. As in, driver can only enter from position A, while gunners from places B, C and D.

[Shogun]

but the lost visual features are still very bad.

they made the gameworld appear more real. the holstering was kind of cool, but if matts calculation is right, it´s worth to be dropped.

but the vehicle enter and exit animations are a really really bad loss!
it looked so awesome! and if you are shooting at someone who runs to a vehicle it would totally suck to see him just vanish instead of climbing into the safety of a cockpit while you still try to get him. it was of no concern that the soldier was invincible from the point the animation started, it just kept up the illusion of a real integrated battlefield!

not to mention that without the animations, making epic warfare machinima is ruled out :-( almost every good ps1 movie has scenes of squads or platoons manning their vehicles and starting a big assault in formation. the enter animations looked so badass, that these scenes increased every movies overall quality a lot.

[Shogun]

oh, basti. are you going to edit the original post to put in answers we got?
i missed the whole thing and it totally sucks to collect all answers from different threads and posts.

[ThGlump]

I would personally vote for PS like entry points in vehicles. As in, driver can only enter from position A, while gunners from places B, C and D.

I hope in that too, and in some speed restrictions on that. I submitted question about that but it was scrapped by basti. Maybe next time :)
I would really hate if this would be possible in PS2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOaGhE_sejI

[Shade Millith]

I hope in that too, and in some speed restrictions on that. I submitted question about that but it was scrapped by basti. Maybe next time :)
I would really hate if this would be possible in PS2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOaGhE_sejI

It looks ridiculous, is ridiculous, and should be avoided at all costs.

I have no idea why SOE would even consider this.

[SKYeXile]

lol that video rocks.

[Hamma]

That is just wrong.. I still can't believe I paid for that game what a waste.

[ThGlump]

Well you should expected it in BF3 since its there from beginning. But even soe took a lot of things from bf this has no place in PS. Entering should be position and speed locked.
Battlefield 1942 LoopZook - YouTube

[ThGlump]

I have no idea why SOE would even consider this.

That is probably not intended. Its just poorly made logic for entering vehicle. If you are close enough you will enter. Since in PS2 there wont be any any entering animation, that means they dont need us to stay at specified spot so animation is correct. Then so players have it easier you get rid of entering spots altogether, so players wont be confused why they cant enter. Scrap/forget about speed limitation and you are done.
All you did was to help players, to enter vehicle easier, with good intentions. But it allows such a crazy stuff, they probably didnt think would happen.
So even if its not needed vehicle entering limitations must be there.

[Sirisian]

Kind of wish they'd put it in holstering for those of us that have amazing setups. I'd prefer the game to age gracefully where others can upgrade their computers in 2 years and turn on these features. I guess it would give a slight advantage seeing weapons and such, but it would be a nice touch.

[Shade Millith]

Higby said in one of the comments that holstering weapons on the back was attempted but dropped because it cost 25% of the amount of people depicted on screen.

If this is the reason we can't see holstered weapons, then so be it. However, it SHOULD be a graphical option for those who have heavy machinery. Knowing what someone else has equipped is rather useful in some instances.

[SKYeXile]

If this is the reason we can't see holstered weapons, then so be it. However, it SHOULD be a graphical option for those who have heavy machinery. Knowing what someone else has equipped is rather useful in some instances.

I would imagine each class is going to look sort of unique, from that you can guess what they can do to you.