If you had one Question..

[Hamma]

One question for Higby what would it be? Remember just one per person..

It can't be:

When is beta?
When is release?
What is the payment model?


Has to be PlanetSide 2 related, don't ask about his lunches or hair or personal items.

Fire away!

[Zulthus]

How fast do empire specific fighters fly in comparison to the PS1 mosquito?

[sylphaen]

What is the intended gameplay/role of ground vehicles in PS2 and their balance vs. other vehicles/classes ?

[Sirisian]

Why were bombers removed?

[Higby]

Whats up with that amazing collection of collared plaid shirts?

[sylphaen]

Whats up with that amazing collection of collared plaid shirts?

I kind of just realized that Hamma did not promise any answers from anyone...
:rolleyes:

Edit: I'm curious about that too but we can only ask one question. Thanks for sacrificing your own question slots to let us know about those t-shirts.
^^

Hopefully, T-Ray or Storm will provide us some answer ! Only the VS can be trusted around here.
:D

[Metalsheep]

Are Jammers still in the game? Or will Vehicles actually be able to approach infantry this time?

[Nobel]

What kinds of deployables can we expect at launch?

[Raymac]

Give us a realistic prediction, how many players per map?

[Zhane]

Will there be an appropriate, useful role for people who truly enjoy playing "support" as in not the front line fighter, but the driver, the ANT guy, the Gal pilot, all those things together, the person who just wants to support the fighters on the front ranks in whatever way he can? Will this playstyle be truly viable and useful, or will those who want support to be their primary task simply have to find an outfit that will allow them to function in that capacity?

[Xaine]

Are we going to see proper Urban combat in the game outside of bases?

Such as Bases in the middle of cities for example. I'm thinking like Grand Bazaar, Seine Crossing, Strike at Karkand from BF3. Camp Gibraltar or Fall of Berlin from BF: 2142. Proper dense urban environments that are not base courtyards?

[Hmr85]

Any chance on seeing the NC Reinforced Exosuit anytime soon?

[Mastachief]

Will europe get the same access to beta as north america?

[SKYeXile]

Can I still be pro playing from Australia on a US west coast server?

[Erendil]

Can you please expound on the availability, usage and cert trees for Assault Rifles? Specifically:
Which classes can use the "Standard" assault rifle (as opposed to, say, a carbine), either at the start or as an unlock
If players wearing Rexo-equivalent armour can have a primary rifle-sized weapon (HA/AV/SA) and still carry an assault rifle or one of its variants as a backup weapon
If weapon unlocks will be usable cross-class; so if, for example, I unlock a scope I can equip a rifle with said scope whether I'm playing as an Engie, Light Assault, or Heavy Assault - even if, say, the engie would only get a carbine to put the scope on (unless he can unlock the "standard" AR, that is... :cool: )
Effective and Maximum ranges for hip-firing and ironsights


And yes that's technically one question. :p

[Miir]

When is gameplay week?

[klu]

is there a common pool amphibious vehicle?

[Warborn]

I want to know if they have any intention of a "win" condition, either at release or later on. Thinking of World War 2 Online as I write this.

How fast do empire specific fighters fly in comparison to the PS1 mosquito?

Here watch this ima do an Internet detective thing for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=m2wifg7aitk#t=56s

->

http://i.imgur.com/IKGk8.jpg

Skeeter max speed is 119 kph in PS1, 287 kph with afterburner. That is still an answer it'd be interesting to hear the official word on, but at the very least at the time they shot that trailer they were going for ~200 kph presumably not-afterburner speed for fighters.

[VioletZero]

Is there any hope of Airships in the future?

[Zulthus]

Skeeter max speed is 119 kph in PS1, 287 kph with afterburner. That is still an answer it'd be interesting to hear the official word on, but at the very least at the time they shot that trailer they were going for ~200 kph presumably not-afterburner speed for fighters.

Yes, I saw that, but that might not be the max speed. I'd like an official word on it if that's possible.

[Wakken]

When was the last time you thought/said the following sentence when playing planetside 2; "oops, my bad!". Also, why?

[Lonehunter]

Will Planetside 2 break the record of most people in a single game?

PS1's record of 399 is about to be broken by 1,000. I know they won't have a solid number till beta, but will the max be over 1k?

[Warborn]

Yes, I saw that, but that might not be the max speed. I'd like an official word on it if that's possible.

Fair enough, it's a good question, just wanted to make sure you saw that thing from before too.

[PoisonTaco]

Can you LoopZook in Planetside 2?

Example A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-wFI9vTqto

Example B: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOaGhE_sejI

[Soothsayer]

Whats the breakdown of resource earnings of personal vs outfit vs empire (aka income and taxation) and how does each level of organization spend those resources?

[Casual]

What's the TTK like? More specific than "between BC2 and Planetside" because there's a pretty big difference between the two.

[SteinB]

Ginger or Mary Ann?

j/k :)

What is the coolest thing you can tell us about the engineer class?

[arclegger]

Whats up with that amazing collection of collared plaid shirts?

You obviously didn't read the rules! It has to be PS2 related! :D

[DaddyTickles]

What the hell is happening with the game in Europe?

[TacosWLove]

This..

Will Planetside 2 break the record of most people in a single game?

PS1's record of 399 is about to be broken by 1,000. I know they won't have a solid number till beta, but will the max be over 1k?

and this:

Give us a realistic prediction, how many players per map?

and most importantly:

How many brosef dudes can participate in an epically massive online super-cool-game good fites in direct competition?

[shortbushero]

the cloud system: is the cloud system in this game going to just for shadows or are we going to see volumetric clouds?

[Zulthus]

the cloud system: is the cloud system in this game going to just for shadows or are we going to see volumetric clouds?

Already been answered. Yes, the clouds will be volumetric.

[Ailos]

I want to know if they have any intention of a "win" condition, either at release or later on. Thinking of World War 2 Online as I write this.


This. I want to be able to declare "Indar has been conquered! Let the blue plague spread!" in global.

[Saintlycow]

Higby, are you going to grow your flow back?

[Dov]

How high is the max altitude? (scope of air combat)

[Khellendros]

What are the differences between PS2 and PS1 MCG? (Has this already been answered? Haven't seen any mention yet)

[likwidneo]

I know the lib is being redesigned as a gunship, but are their customization options for the Galaxy to arm it to the teeth and operate it as a nasty weapons platform?

[Baneblade]

Cake, or Pie?

[Crazyduckling]

What sort of outfit features can we expect to see?

[Trolltaxi]

How many servers do you plan at launch and will there be an easy way to transfer characters? (not for random serverhopping, but for reasons like rebuilding old outfits)

[Princess Frosty]

Can we get Higby's hair as a purchasable unlock in game for our characters? :D

[Gandhi]

What the hell is happening with the game in Europe?
^

[ringring]

Sunderers:
What is the Sundy armour compared to Prowler / Vanguard / Magrider?
Can sunderers pierce base shields as in PS1?
Does the Sundy get an EMP blast?

Gals:
Is there sufficient space within base courtyards for multiple gals to depoy and land?
Is there a restriction on Gals deploying to close together (as with AMS)?

Cheers :)

[Bruttal]

As we was originally told there wasn't going to be "zones/Maps per say" that it was gonna be a seamless world will there be Sea battles?. witch would mean that we would need Sea Vehicles? hint hint hint

[LongBow]

A game play question:

"Can I see the testing data that supported the choice for 'one shot one kill'?"

Any PS2 Question:

"Could any of you go and poke your recruitment people to just respond to my 'resume' spam?"

I'd rather know I can't be a part of PS2 and stop putting off other offers than cling to false hope of awesomeness =(

[ringring]

Also:
What will the Lightning be available for viewing?
And lastly a Gal question, although the ant is no longer in game, can the Gal carry any vehicles?

[Baron]

What is the airspeed velocity of a coconut laden Galaxy?

[Vancha]

Sunderers:
What is the Sundy armour compared to Prowler / Vanguard / Magrider?
More.

As we was originally told there wasn't going to be "zones/Maps per say" that it was gonna be a seamless world will there be Sea battles?. witch would mean that we would need Sea Vehicles? hint hint hint
Naval vehicles/battles won't be in at release, but I'm pretty sure they said somewhere that they want them in eventually.

[RodenyC]

Since the Galaxy cannot cloak and is extremely huge,is it possible that the Galaxy can be deployed in the air?(IE:Galaxy deployed hidden in a cloud.)

[Qwan]

1. I started playing planetside in Europe because that is were i was working for the military. All my friends are on the server in Europe. Will i still be able to play with them and not see alot of lag issues and disconnects due to distance.
2. Will i be able to see my stants by typing in my charactor name in google like i can do now.
3. And one of the most common and probably most asked is WHEN IS BETA :)

[xSlideShow]

What classes get shotguns?

[SteinB]

Since the Galaxy cannot cloak and is extremely huge,is it possible that the Galaxy can be deployed in the air?(IE:Galaxy deployed hidden in a cloud.)

It's already been stated that Galaxies must land to deploy.

[SteinB]

Also:
What will the Lightning be available for viewing?
And lastly a Gal question, although the ant is no longer in game, can the Gal carry any vehicles?

They have said the ANT won't be in at launch but that they have cool things planned for it post launch.

[Redshift]

Whats up with that amazing collection of collared plaid shirts?You obviously didn't read the rules! It has to be PS2 related! :D

Will we be able to purchase items of "Higbyware™; warefare with style" in the cash shop?

[arclegger]

What is the airspeed velocity of a coconut laden Galaxy?

What do you mean? African or European Galaxy?

[FIREk]

What do you mean? African or European Galaxy?

I don't know tha...

[basti]

One question?

Will we see Dagda on forseral again?

[Graywolves]

Will SOE be my sponsor for playing Planetside 2 Professionally?

[Biohazard]

Will we see a return of the Lancer?

[Punker]

Who put the bomp in the bomp, bah, bomp, bah, bomp?

[Princess Frosty]

What do you mean? African or European Galaxy?

Delightful :D

[Exoskeleton]

Are there going to be Ancient Tech weapons and vehicles in PS2 like there was in PS1?

pleeeease answer :love:

[Vancha]

Are there going to be Ancient Tech weapons and vehicles in PS2 like there was in PS1?

pleeeease answer :love:

Nope. No Bending, no caves, no BFRs, no AT, no mod benefits.

[CplVars]

I can't remember if there are NS weapons still. If so, can we get a look-see at a couple? d:

I'm gonna prob be a Medic again so I need to know if there is something more efficient when it comes to CQM than a Cycler. Also, if the Punisher still exists please please please make it look cool. The one in PS1 was really sad looking and I would always crack up laughing when I saw someone using it. "You've got a Punisher? Say hello to my Thumper!"

[Exoskeleton]

no caves, no BFRs, no AT

No caves? That means the only enclosed locations will be the structures?
Aren't the PS2's mechs the new BFRs?
AT as in anti-tank? What do you mean by "there is no anti-tank"?

[Canaris]

No caves? That means the only enclosed locations will be the structures?
Aren't the PS2's mechs the new BFRs?
AT as in anti-tank? What do you mean by "there is no anti-tank"?

AT is ancient tech. Flail - Radiator - Switchblade, that kind of thing

[Hmr85]

No caves? That means the only enclosed locations will be the structures?
Aren't the PS2's mechs the new BFRs?
AT as in anti-tank? What do you mean by "there is no anti-tank"?

There are NO BFR's
There are Max's but not the same thing.
Also there are plenty of land features close enough to be caves that you will be able to fight in.
http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo77/Hmr85/20111111_4ebdbeff4d533.jpg

[Vancha]

No caves? That means the only enclosed locations will be the structures?
Aren't the PS2's mechs the new BFRs?
AT as in anti-tank? What do you mean by "there is no anti-tank"?
Allow me to elaborate.

- No Planetside-style caves, made of gigantic crystals and zip-lines.

- What PS2 mechs?

- AT as in Ancient Tech. Maelstroms, Routers and Spikers, along with the things Canaris already mentioned.

[Exoskeleton]

- What PS2 mechs?



http://www.unitlost.com/news/mechs-confirmed-for-planetside-2/

[Mod]

Those are concept art for MAX suits not mechs/BFRs etc...

[Canaris]

http://www.unitlost.com/news/mechs-confirmed-for-planetside-2/

those are MAXs not mechs whoever made that page isn't up to speed with the rest of us ;)

[Vancha]

http://www.unitlost.com/news/mechs-confirmed-for-planetside-2/

They're MAXs, not mechs. They're barely a foot larger than a soldier and can fit inside bases.

Edit: Damn you guys are fast. To clarify, MAXs are exo-armour, like Terminator armour in Warhammer 40k.

[Exoskeleton]

oh well they are miniature mechs

[psychosiszz]

I see that ATV's are in PS2. Will there be a fury variant? I loved my fury will be upset if its not in.

[SuperMorto]

There is a nice bit of free space on my desk for the Europe server, when is it getting delivered :D

ping: 0.00001. K100/D0

[texico]

What is the airspeed velocity of a coconut laden Galaxy?


:rofl: This caught me right out.



Anyway Galaxy's are non migratory.

[texico]

Hmm, I don't know whether to ask about weather or continents... Hell.



"How complex is PlanetSide 2's weather system going to be (as in are we expecting sandstorms, thunder-storms, blizzards, varying intensities of rain, or just standard rain-or-no-rain)"?


Weather can be a massive tool for atmosphere :)

[Vancha]

Hmm, I don't know whether to ask about weather or continents... Hell.

I don't think Hell counts as a continent.

[texico]

I don't think Hell counts as a continent.

Ishundar is a continent, I'm pretty sure :D

[psychosiszz]

Ishundar is a continent, I'm pretty sure :D
Hell is cold, i.e. Ceryshen.

[texico]

^Huh? Hell is hot and red and an uninspiring mass of rocks and AMS pitfall traps.

[Tasorin]

In PS1 it was Jackhammer vs. Chaingun vs. Lasher as faction specific weapons.

What are the plans around what was learned in PS1 about balancing and implementing that knowledge into PS2 as a fundamental necessity?

[Metalsheep]

Hell is cold, i.e. Ceryshen.

Cyssorside.

That is all.

[Trolltaxi]

Hell is ANNWN. Without a mossie. And enemies with thumpers above you.

[texico]

ANNWN was the single best place in PlanetSide to have infantry fights; all the battles took place well out of reach of ground vehicles and the turrets everywhere meant you could deal with mossies easily. It's just the learning curve was a bit difficult, but I had the whole lattice of zip wires memorized and man were there some great memories :L

Hell is definitely Ishundar. Large uninspiring rock and battles were on there all the friggin time it got dull. Solsar was much better, it had an oasis-ey feel to it, Ishundar was just red red rock everywhere -.-

[ringring]

Hell is the bridge between Lesa and Tore.

You can't see the other side. Your eye glaze over then cross, then you turn into a zombie. You fire your weapon in the general direction of the other side, and keep doing it. Forever.









Or maybe that Puragtory. :rolleyes:

[Metalsheep]

Hell is the bridge between Lesa and Tore.

You can't see the other side. Your eye glaze over then cross, then you turn into a zombie. You fire your weapon in the general direction of the other side, and keep doing it. Forever.









Or maybe that Puragtory. :rolleyes:

Usually the VS have Tore, so they can float right across the water. At least it makes the bridge tolerable. Though the Bridge of Ceryshen is a long one too that you cant just float over.

[Graywolves]

Ceryshen is indisputed Hell. The whole place is very high above sea level, air transportation is sometimes useless just from terrain, ground transport is sometimes useless because of terrain. It's a true icy hell where losing your AMS kills your entire offensive because the closest tower is 4 clicks away and on the other side of a deep chasm.

[Hessy17]

Does each faction still have footholds on each continent and how does that work?

Other then capping bases how else will each faction work towards capturing territory? (capturing objects or destroying nodes?)

[Snowfake]

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

One empire per server ?

[Coreldan]

Can we have TrackIR compatibility? :D

[GuvNuh]

Will the Rocket Rifle, or an equivalent weapon be back in the game for common pool? God i love my utility gun.

[Talek Krell]

If I get one question for Higby, I will go with: How do you envision multi-crew vehicles being used in comparison to their single-crew counterparts?
-For example: Are you aiming to have the secondary seats usually be filled, do you intend for there to be the sort of power<->independence tradeoff that PS1 had, or do the multi-crew vehicles function as sort of an upgrade from the single crew variants in being mostly functional with a single person, Battlefield style?

If I had one question for T-Ray, on the other hand: Why is the Lib so clearly designed by the NC? :p

[Hamma]

Just so you guys know some of these questions will be used in a small Q&A with Higby for AGN. It will either be via text or video the details are not ironed out yet.

Higby mentioned it on the webcast ;)

[texico]

Just so you guys know all of these weather-related questions will be used in a small Q&A with Higby for AGN. It will either be via text or video the details are not ironed out yet.

Higby mentioned it on the webcast ;)


Awesome :groovy:

[Hamma]

Confirmed that we will have him on air for a short time. :)

[SKYeXile]

Confirmed that we will have him on air for a short time. :)

Giggity!

[Graywolves]

Confirmed that we will have him on air for a short time. :)

YES YES YES YESSS!!!!!

YEAHYEAHYEAH!

If anyone has a gif of a dog going insane, post that for me plx.

[Higby]

YES YES YES YESSS!!!!!

YEAHYEAHYEAH!

If anyone has a gif of a dog going insane, post that for me plx.

http://i.imgur.com/Wk2m3.gif

[texico]

http://gifsoup.com/view/151342/sleepwalking-dog-o.gif

[Hmr85]

http://i.imgur.com/Wk2m3.gif

lol, now that is hilarious. I love it

[Graywolves]

http://i.imgur.com/Wk2m3.gif

I love you more than Tray right now :rofl::love:

[RavenUSC3]

Maybe something Higby isn't directly in control of, but what are SOE's plans around direct promotional advertising to get this game to where both we and SOE would like to see it go?

[acosmo]

1. will vehicles run out of ammo, if so, how do they resupply?

2. how long can an unmanned vehicle idle before it deconstructs.

[Tool]

How in depth is the mission system, will it be detailed enough to allow leaders to post missions with specific requests? I.E. an infantry unit leader posting a mission for transportation to a specific location and once completed, would give the pilot/driver tangible rewards? Or perhaps a deticated gal pilot posting requests for an air escort.

Essentially, will it allow players to shore up their units and efforts by using the mission system thus creating a true sense of combined arms gameplay?

Id just like know more about missions, how they work, who's allowed to post them, what rewards they give, etc.

More than one question but its a topic I'm very curious about.

[cellinaire]

http://i.imgur.com/Wk2m3.gif

That....thing seriously knows how to do Kung-Fu :eek:

[Captain1nsaneo]

What will be the tutorial and how detailed will it be? I know that the original training (both the old offline and the newer stuff) was vastly lacking.

[DOUBLEXBAUGH]

1. will vehicles run out of ammo, if so, how do they resupply?

They said the Sundy will have resupply/rearm capabilities like the Lodestar did, so I think that means vehicles can run out of ammo. And I'm sure there will be a way to do it at a base as well.

[Shogun]

i still would like to know about restrictions on galaxy deployment!
will a deployed gal produce a deployment-restriction sphere of influence like the ams did?

if so, will the restriction be applied to sunderers as well or will we be able to setup a gal and sundi right next to each other so the gal will be healed by the sundi´s loadstar-ability?

and if a restriction is in place will we be able to see it this time? it was so fucking annoying to find a space to deploy for an ams when other ams´s were around and with a fat aircraft that has to take off and land everytime it wants to relocate, this will even be more annoying

[xXSpectreXx]

I would like to ask about beta acceptance. I just discovered the Planetside universe a month or so ago while looking through a most anticipated games of 2012 list. I've checked out some videos of the original planetside and have been scouring the net for anything related to PS2. I"m super exited about PS2 because it seems like it perfectly fits into the gametype that I have been looking for and seems like the design team really knows what they are doing.

So basically the question is:

When I signed up for the beta I saw where it says original Planetside players will be among the first in. I was curious about how many new players will be accepted, or what the chances are for a completely new player like myself to get in on the beta?

[atone]

Concerning VTOL/Winged flight models. Best guess speculation suggests that it will consist of switchable modes, is this true and if so where along the spectrum of completely automated, to pilot freely controlling everything, would the current model be?

sorry if someone already asked this but i didn't have time to read through everything.

[ratfusion]

Heres an easy one, reloading. Will it be:

Arcade style, meaning every time you reload it takes the number of rounds out of your existing capacity to reload your magazine and ignores the round in the chamber. This would be as if all rounds in your inventory are treated as loose and loaded into the magazine currently on the weapon one at a time, but displayed as a magazine swap.

Realistic, meaning if you reload a weapon with 12 rounds left you'll now have a 12 round magazine in your inventory when you expend the others (spamming the reload key results an an inventory full of half full magazines). Reloading in the middle of a magazine would also result in your weapons capacity being the magazine capacity +1 round (already in the chamber).


Also, since the word magazine seems to spark confusion in a lot of gaming types: (the image isn't my work, please excuse the vague smartassness of it.)
http://www.pbase.com/image/73764344.jpg

[Madlaps]

Same as Skyexile... Australian server(s)??

Since you are partnered with the9 I'm guessing there will be Asian servers, but English oceanic would be nice :) then there is the ping... If not, will the hit calculations be client-side like ps1 (if I see it, I can shoot it) - without the hacks of course!

[colorpilot]

Is there a training centre like there was in PS1, that will allow you to try every weapon and vehicles before committing to it ? or will this not be necessary.

How do aircrafts handle? Are there any games that have similar flight mechanics for instance BF3 the jet or helly.

-------got an answer to one of the questions-------
@mhigby
"they're sort of a blend depending on their speed. when at low speed they handle like a chopper, when faster, like a jet."

[Mightymouser]

Can you give us a bit more information about how Command Ranks are going to work? I understand there will be some sort of 'squad leadership' tree; what will that tree give access to? EMPs? OSes? /comXX's and /comall equivalents? Missions? Are any branches of the tree mutually exclusive? (A "you can have an OS, or you can Global, but not both" sorta thing)

Also will there still be a /command channel for command ranks, and will everyone who is (the equivalent of) CR5 still have access to it? While sometimes spammy; the /c channel gave veteran players a place to discuss empire-wide issues very conveniently, and was a valuable resource that I don't think should require certs to gain access...

Pretend that's all one question...

[QuiCKaNdDeaDLy]

Do they have currently unused Code like Vehicle or Weapon Models from PS1 in the Client like some other Games have which they could use at a later Point?
For Example Starcraft 2 has all Starcraft 1 Units in its Code. Tribes Ascend has all Weapons from Previous Games of the Tribes Universe...

[Figment]

Can or must you conquer spawnpoints for your own use inside enemy bases and is a base captured in sections, or is there just a single capture point and time like in PS1?

[Mirror]

Will maxes will be able to auto run?
Can all types of CE be placed in enemy SOIs?
Can we bind to a deployed galaxy just like we could bind to an AMS?