Spawn Room Interior Image

[Hamma]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/viewer.php?img_id=1871

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/twitter/20120202_4f2adb0a5b88e.jpg

[Mod]

Personally I'm lovin the animal icons :p

Only a single tube visible though so far... potential congestion?

[SniperSteve]

*ignoring image* what is with those icons?

lol

Anyway. Only one spawn tube? o.O

[Raymac]

Morto!?! Enhance!

[TheRagingGerbil]

The real question is whether my rexo-ass will be able to jump over that railing or not?

[Rbstr]

It may be for mechanics sake, people simply spawn where ever in the spawn room but if you blow up the tube it takes spawning down.

Or the rest aren't, you know, visible, because they are under the stairs and stuff.

[Graywolves]

Are those equipment terminals?

[Rbstr]

They're obviously some kind of terminal.

[ThGlump]

Force fields on all doors. Spawning room is probably safe zone (unless ownership switch). So probably no spawn tube destroying.

[Mirror]

I just went from 6 to midnight.


brilliant!!!!

[Raymac]

Yeah, it is really interesting that there is only 1 spawn tube.

Also, Higby is totally fraking with us with those desktop icons.

[Vash02]

There's only one tube because the slacker employee has been making an icon zoo!


Though there's probably another tube thats hidden underneath the stairs in the screenshot.

[Graywolves]

Force fields on all doors. Spawning room is probably safe zone (unless ownership switch). So probably no spawn tube destroying.

That actually almost dissapoints me, unless the SCU is in fact something to take over or destroy outside the spawn room to disable.


I don't care how many resources you put in this game. The purpose of armed force is to force the opposition to do your bidding and to do that you need to disable their armed forces.

Spawn points are the de facto objective in Planetside, even if they can't be destroyed we're going to be focused on camping the exits of that room.

[Roy Awesome]

That actually almost dissapoints me, unless the SCU is in fact something to take over or destroy outside the spawn room to disable.


I don't care how many resources you put in this game. The purpose of armed force is to force the opposition to do your bidding and to do that you need to disable their armed forces.

Spawn points are the de facto objective in Planetside, even if they can't be destroyed we're going to be focused on camping the exits of that room.

We were theroycrafting this on reddit and we think that the SCU may as well lead to either disabling or capturing the spawn room

[Baron]

That actually almost dissapoints me, unless the SCU is in fact something to take over or destroy outside the spawn room to disable.


I bet this to be the case, some other stage of the base needs to be taken first to disable the forcefields protecting spawn / gen / cc/ etc...

[ThGlump]

Im sure spawn could be disabled. They cant take one of the vital tactics from ps1. It would be just less camping and massacre around spawns, better if scu will be far away from spawn than right next to them.

[Death2All]

We can only see one tube in this picture...Perhaps there's another on the opposite side and maybe one tucked below the staircase?

Those red terminals are obviously equipment terminals. But one thing that really stood out was the blue aura/shield around the doors. Is it perhaps impossible for enemies to enter the spawn room? Or maybe it's just a shield to prevent people from standing outside and spamming into the spawnroom.

[TheRagingGerbil]

Looks like there are actually at least two tubes...

[ThGlump]

I bet this to be the case, some other stage of the base needs to be taken first to disable the forcefields protecting spawn / gen / cc/ etc...

Warning triangle on that shields. Theyre something special. I dont think we can disable them.

[ThGlump]

If this spawn room is similar, there could be 3 tubes in it like in ps1. Third one under that stairs.
http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/viewer.php?img_id=1843

[Raymac]

Looks like there are actually at least two tubes...

Very nice find, RG!

[Coreldan]

I think the shield could be disabled or it could be the new implementation of pain field or something.

[Nobel]

The room is too large... it almost looks barren, not filled in, Im hoping this is a WIP. Imagine if you saw this image in a game that we arent filling in with PS1 conceptions; it looks... cartoonish. Almost as it its coming from City of Heroes, I dont like that. As the first clear interior shot we have seen, please make it seem like these places would make sense.

[ShadoViper]

The room is too large... it almost looks barren, not filled in, Im hoping this is a WIP. Imagine if you saw this image in a game that we arent filling in with PS1 conceptions; it looks... cartoonish. Almost as it its coming from City of Heroes, I dont like that. As the first clear interior shot we have seen, please make it seem like these places would make sense.

Keep in mind that we will have a lot more people in these bases this time around creating much more traffic and road jams. This might help counteract that or reduce the issue

[Grognard]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/viewer.php?img_id=1871

I am "chopping" wood... furiously...

[Hmr85]

I'm betting 3 spawns. We just cannot see the 3rd one. Also, I hope to god they did not close off the spawn area like they do in TF2. I see those force fields over the door. But I really hope there is a way to turn them off so we can get in there and take down the tubes. Taking the spawn room was a valid tactic. Not being able to get in there is going to kill spec op missions/prepping facility's that the enemy neglected. You will have absolutely no way of stopping the enemy from just retaking the base at will.

[Nobel]

Keep in mind that we will have a lot more people in these bases this time around creating much more traffic and road jams. This might help counteract that or reduce the issue

Perhaps... but im still more concerned that the ceilings are too high. Even filled with people... I just cant see this looking "right" It doesn't look like a room someone would actually design for this purpose... just a room with terminals thrown in it.

In the original spawn room, the entire wall was taken up by this massive structure that made you believe something complex was happening with this re spawn... it just seemed to make sense.

[ringring]

Hmmmm, icons names are animals. Has Higby set a riddle?

Terminals: We can see two and there's also something in the middle. There are also two things outside each terminal which may be points to bind your character at. - Looks like it.

I think there's also a different type of terminal visible through the railings.

So:
An equipment terminal?
A Matrix terminal
A 'Class' terminal
and I can't think what the other could be.


Edit: the middle terminal is repeated on the first floor. Perhaps it's a fireplace?

[Grognard]

Perhaps... but im still more concerned that the ceilings are too high. Even filled with people... I just cant see this looking "right" It doesn't look like a room someone would actually design for this purpose... just a room with terminals thrown in it.

In the original spawn room, the entire wall was taken up by this massive structure that made you believe something complex was happening with this re spawn... it just seemed to make sense.

Well, if we are lucky, and they did say they had a "hand crafted" world... this might be just one iteration of a spawn room. There may be many others that would be more "palatable".

I happen to like it though.

[Xaine]

Looks like a jukebox.

I'm so okay with this.

[Hmr85]

I feel like there needs to be a few more equipment terminals in there. I see the two. But that just doesn't seem like enough. Also upstairs along the railing there appears to be some form of a box or something there. There is actually a few of them. Possible Cert terminals? The one to the left almost looks like a medical bay.

[Graywolves]

Anyone else notice that all the desktop images are cartoon animals with animal names underneath them?


-edit- it also looks like the room might be mirrored on the other side. Where the steps turn around to go down toward the tubes it looks like the railing is also going that way on the other side.

[NewSith]

Anyone else notice that all the desktop images are cartoon animals with animal names underneath them?


-edit- it also looks like the room might be mirrored on the other side. Where the steps turn around to go down toward the tubes it looks like the railing is also going that way on the other side.

This desktop definitely needs more badgers.

Badgers - YouTube

[ringring]

Anyone else notice that all the desktop images are cartoon animals with animal names underneath them?


-edit- it also looks like the room might be mirrored on the other side. Where the steps turn around to go down toward the tubes it looks like the railing is also going that way on the other side.

Good spot.

It might be that a base of the size of these has more than one spawn room.

[Zhane]

Guys! GUYS!

If you take the first letter of all the animal icons and decode what they spell in traditional left to right order, it says....

MACABDCGPTSRTLRDOGBCMEBRBAFM !!!!!

Which is undoubtedly an anagram for...

May All Cyclers And Badass Damaging Core Grunt Patrol Troops Start Resisting Terran Leadership Roles, Drone's Orange Gobstopper Blasters Cement Medium Espionage, BRB, Another Faulty Medbay!

[MpS]

The room is too large... it almost looks barren, not filled in, Im hoping this is a WIP. Imagine if you saw this image in a game that we arent filling in with PS1 conceptions; it looks... cartoonish. Almost as it its coming from City of Heroes, I dont like that. As the first clear interior shot we have seen, please make it seem like these places would make sense.

It certainly is a WIP but I do agree, it seems a little too simple and the textures just don't seem right, of course it could be the way the picture was taken as well. Until we seen the interiors through proper screenshots (that is, when they are next to done) I think we can get a better idea of the interior style.

[Raymac]

This desktop definitely needs more badgers.


Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers. :cool:

[Graywolves]

Guys! GUYS!

If you take the first letter of all the animal icons and decode what they spell in traditional left to right order, it says....

MACABDCGPTSRTLRDOGBCMEBRBAFM !!!!!

Which is undoubtedly an anagram for...

May All Cyclers And Badass Damaging Core Grunt Patrol Troops Start Resisting Terran Leadership Roles, Drone's Orange Gobstopper Blasters Cement Medium Espionage, BRB, Another Faulty Medbay!

Now I'm convinced you're Colbert.

[Tikuto]

So freaky! Reminds me of the Bio Lab. :eek:


If Higgles clicked on Cow icon would a cow Spawn in the Respawn Tube? O_
...
..sh-ZAP!
mmOOOOO!

[atone]

walls are too busy. looks like something from an 8bit sci-fi side scroller. must be temp texture, same with the floor. Scale and layout seems good tho.

[basti]

Guys! GUYS!

If you take the first letter of all the animal icons and decode what they spell in traditional left to right order, it says....

MACABDCGPTSRTLRDOGBCMEBRBAFM !!!!!

Which is undoubtedly an anagram for...

May All Cyclers And Badass Damaging Core Grunt Patrol Troops Start Resisting Terran Leadership Roles, Drone's Orange Gobstopper Blasters Cement Medium Espionage, BRB, Another Faulty Medbay!

I am literally crying infront of my screen right now. Bahahaha :D

[SKYeXile]

hrmm looks sexy, looks like theres shields over the spawn room doors too.

[SniperSteve]

Feedback: The textures make it look like there should be 2 levels. Scale those textures up so there is less vertical repeating. The repeating and contrasts are a bit too overpowering for a wall. In most the buildings I am in the wall is more or less plain white, not a complex mechanical looking wall that will give me seizures when looking at it.

Make there be a 'wall' of respawn tubes and model the tubes so they appear to be more designed into the base as opposed to a respawn tube sitting in the middle of the floor.

[BigBossMonkey]

This desktop definitely needs more badgers.

Badgers - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI)

It needs more monkeys IMO.

[TacosWLove]

Anyway. Only one spawn tube? o.O

Everyone quick surround the spawn tube and get you knife out and start slashing!

Looks hella easy to camp, but i suppose the tactics might be a bit diff in PS2. We shall see

[Coreldan]

It's almost sure there is at least 2, and very likely there is third sort of under the stairs that we can't see.

[SKYeXile]

you can see the second on partly sticking out under the walkway, there may even be a 3rd under the stairs just right of where the camera is.

[Espion]

*ignoring image* what is with those icons?

The secret is out. The devs are furries.

[Hermes]

Non destructo spawno tubes? Force fields on the spawn doors? I've got that wierd tingling feeling I get when something is being changed... like dejavu in the matrix. :)

Actually it would be okish if they added more base assault options to overcome it and balanced their effectiveness. That was the thing which griped me about WARs RvR engagements... each keep/fort was a linear battle lag fest each time. Sort of like if the only way to take a PS base was through the backdoor and we just had the lasher spam fest every single time. :P

Was constantly ranting to whoever would listen about the variety of approaches in Planetside, with the gen draining, the equipment terms, the vehicle term, the control room, the front door, the back door, the gal drop... the spawn tubes...and I'm hoping the sexy new bases we've seen glimpses of are going to build on that.

Also, multiple entrances/levels to the room are a simple but great way to spread the conflict to reduce congestion (while still allowing containment with some thought). :)

[NewSith]

Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers. :cool:

All will fall before (and inside) Dagda!

[AncientVanu]

Beautiful.

[Vancha]

It actually looks more colourful than I was expecting. I can see what Nobel means by the City of Heroes comparison. It makes me think of the Cray levels.

My only possible complaint could be that the walls look too busy, but if as someone else said that's just a placeholder texture then even that can't be criticized. Basically it looks awesome.

[SuperMorto]

Very colourful and cosy! I'm liking this new spawn room!

Anybody else notice the coloured in mouse pointer bottom right >>>>>>

I only noticed as I left mine it that place hehe!!

Oh and this is my new desktop! :)

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=289&stc=1&d=1328258356

[Coreldan]

There's been a cursor in just about every screenie :D

[Kaotc]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=289&stc=1&d=1328258356

is no-one going to comment on the NC trooper in what would appear to be desert camo gear? i assume he is NC because a. he has a yellow stripe, and b. its higby.

will be another deviation from the PS1 allowing us to shoot something other than smurfs and barneys :D

[Hamma]

Good point!

We have seen TR in some Camo gear but I don't think we have seen any NC in it yet.

[stordito]

i would like to see some TR in NC camo :D
it would be lovely to infiltrate like that...

perhaps ps is the only game with enough mess going on you could sneak in unnoticed with some fake uniform...

lol @ "he is a spy!" moments

[AncientVanu]

It would be logical VS, taking into account their superior technology, to have some kind of adaptable camo, chameleon-like one changing its pattern depending on its surroundings :)

[Knocky]

It would be logical VS, taking into account their superior technology, to have some kind of adaptable camo, chameleon-like one changing its pattern depending on its surroundings :)


You will still have to pay for it in the cash shop no matter how you want to explain the tech behind it.

:p

[Coreldan]

I still really hope some basic camos are available without cash shop. In a game like this, having camo only in cash shop is almost screaming pay2win.

[Knocky]

I still really hope some basic camos are available without cash shop. In a game like this, having camo only in cash shop is almost screaming pay2win.

This game will not last if there is nothing worth buying.

And buying camo is a far cry from buying a quad shot jackhammer.

[Canaris]

It would be logical VS, taking into account their superior technology, to have some kind of adaptable camo, chameleon-like one changing its pattern depending on its surroundings :)

shame that the VS now can only see in shades of purple and teal isn't it :p

I was going to comment on the NC trooper in the spawn room but it was going to be more of a jibe at him being in the right place, "get used to the spawn room Smurfs you're going to be seeing a lot of them".

[Vancha]

I still really hope some basic camos are available without cash shop. In a game like this, having camo only in cash shop is almost screaming pay2win.
Lets see just how effective the camo actually is in-game first, shall we? Camo seems like something that could be harmless enough to be a good thing to put in the cash shop.

[Coreldan]

Lets see just how effective the camo actually is in-game first, shall we? Camo seems like something that could be harmless enough to be a good thing to put in the cash shop.

Well, if the art styles on environment and player models are consistant, they should blend in REALLY well.

Take BF3 for example, I wont see people with proper camo until they move or shoot lol :D

And then theres the TR HA pic with the camo, it seemed to blend in pretty well when we consider there will be more distance.

I'm not really the one to yell sky is falling before we've even seen stuff in action, it's more of bringing up the point that it has a risk of going there. Cos from that single screenshot we saw, a proper camo should be nothing to just shrug at.

[Graywolves]

I think that NC Light assualt is in a TR spawn room because the terminals are red.

[stordito]

i'd like to see NC paying each jackhammer ammo clip they use, lol

[xSquirtle]

Awesome finally some screen shots inside. But only one spawn tube?

[Coreldan]

Awesome finally some screen shots inside. But only one spawn tube?

Theres a small piece of second very likely tube to the left and its also very likely that theres 3rd somewher under the stairs.

[Knocky]

i'd like to see NC paying each jackhammer ammo clip they use, lol


Only if the TR have to pay for each bullet of their spray and pray weapons.

:D

[DayOne]

perhaps some basic colour changes for free but I think proper camos should be bought. If you are that into being sneaky you could probably spare £10/$15 for a few camos.