The VS Pulsar

[LZachariah]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=341822945862323&set=a.339993589378592.84337.209775182400434&type=3&theater



WE ARE TOMORROW!


~Zachariah

[FHMathew]

oh wow that's stunning

[FHMathew]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s299/mathew_1990/Planetside%202/421342_341822945862323_209775182400.jpg

It's a beauty !

[Death2All]

Wow, that looks awful.

Not even joking. It looks like ass. Why the blocky, square design?

And yes, I know, CUZZ TIM MUH ZAY SHUN...But still, what the f...

[AncientVanu]

I knew the best was coming last

Why the blocky, square design?

Cause it's more painful when you stick it to the enemies'...

[Rbstr]

Wow, that's quite the difference look from the old one. I still like it.

You can also tell that they've been pretty heavily redesigning things even in the last couple weeks.

[SurgeonX]

That looks totally mental.

[Vancha]

Wow, that looks awful.

Not even joking. It looks like ass. Why the blocky, square design?

And yes, I know, CUZZ TIM MUH ZAY SHUN...But still, what the f...
I was actually thinking VS' gear might be looking a little too good compared to the other empires' offerings, so I guess they've struck a good balance.

[DOUBLEXBAUGH]

Called that was a redesigned Pulsar and not the Lasher :)

As for its look, like the Cycler, they should have kept the original design they showed us. Don't like it.

[RedKnights]

I don't know what you're talking about I think it's fucking beautiful, looks like some kind of concept car with an amazing headlight... that kills you.

I like it a lot better then the prelim model from the fanfaire video.

T-Ray and the designers really outdid themselves, blows the other empires' looks out of the water...

I love the edges, I love the bayonette/grenade mount on the bottom, I love the glowing points on the front...

It actually looks mean unlike the old one that looked like a super soaker with a bucket on the bottom ^^;

[Rbstr]

What's the fluff text to go along with the picture? Can't facebook.

(seriously OP, way to be a lazy poster)

[CrystalViolet]

Really does look good, much more unified and iconic than the PS1 version.

I also love how the MA rifles have a long flat top rail. Hoping we will be able to use different combinations of inline optics.

http://ultimak.com/products/AP3xMagGG1014inst.jpg

[DayOne]

Oh wow, that thing is stunning!

[FriendlyFire]

Whoever uses this will defiantly be a bad-ass.

[Canaris]

even for a hardcore TR like myself, I like it. Very different from the other rifles, says Vanu in it's style.

the fore grip area looks like it has a little landing gear. :)
Also I'm 3 for 3 on the predicitions so far ;)

[Hydra]

Cute and flashy, just like all children toys. :groovy:

[SniperSteve]

Looks really good. (Thinks the vanu weapons look too good to not share >.>)

Canaris: That is the bottom rail you are looking at with the 'landing gear'

[SpLiTNuTz]

Wow best looking gun so far!

[Raymac]

It is completely different than the one we saw in the trailer all those monthes ago. I think it looks much better. Beta can't come soon enough.

[LZachariah]

I'm definitely with Duke on this one :-) The Pulsar was my standby weapon for YEARS of Planetside 1. I'm thrilled with this concept. And now that I know that the base-weapon looks like, I want to see what the Carbine variant looks like, because I'm a combat demolitions Engineer, my darling motherfuckers!

yyyYEAH!


~Zachariah

[Biohazard]

I loved the PS1 pulsar
I loved the old new pulsar
I eyes started to water with joy when I saw this.
I am going to ROCK some TR with this, both as a rifle and a sword!
*happy place* :D:D

[Ailos]

Lol I like how it's got what look like little slices of polycarbonate glass sticking out the front. Maybe the "longer barrel" customization option is gonna make those little shards stick out further.

[polywomple]

woah I like it

I wonder if the gun here (obviously not the pulsar anymore) in this image will still be available to use

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20111122_4ecc0c3727119.jpg

[Biohazard]

I think that was a place holder? or maybe a vet award rifle :lol:

[Coreldan]

I sorta have mixed feelings about this. The stock doesnt look right. Otherwise it's pretty cool vanu stuff, as usual.

I think the "old Pulsar" linked few pictures above looks better, I guess we can hope it's at least used for something? I think it's a better design.

[Quovatis]

Hate to say it, but the "old" one above looks better. Of course the lighting, etc, isn't optimized on the new one and it still looks good. But it really doesn't matter how it looks. Dead NC/TR is all that matters.

[sylphaen]

It looks nice but... I prefer the classic Pulsar.

CUH-STU-MI-ZA-SHION !
:)

[Coreldan]

I have to say that I think you have to be somewhat naive if you think you can customize the new Pulsar into the "old one" seen above.

They share just about nothing with each other except colors :D

[klu]

is it so blocky because its a counterpart to the rifles we have seen with the under barrel grenade launchers?

[Kran De Loy]

That lever on the foreguard is actually what you pull down to reset the spring and load the next nerf shot.

Btw: I f'ing love it.

[LZachariah]

The "Old" Vanu weapon that we see in the amazing Planetside 2 screenshots might be some kind of Vanu shotgun weapon (wide-dispersion of a powerful, short-range energy burst).

[Captain1nsaneo]

Love the design but feels front heavy. Trying to figure out in my head how'd you would hold it with your non-dominate hand.

[Hmr85]

Eww, I really don't care for the design. TBH, this is the first time I have said anything like that about anything in PS2. VS can keep it. yuck.:ugh:

This is what a real weapon is suppose to look like. :rock:

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo77/Hmr85/20111220_4ef0d60a058e6.jpg

[DOUBLEXBAUGH]

They have grenade launchers too

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/twitter/20120127_4f227f7fac060.jpg

[Duddy]

I have to say that I think you have to be somewhat naive if you think you can customize the new Pulsar into the "old one" seen above.

They share just about nothing with each other except colors :D

Perhaps in terms of player customisation, yes.

Nostalgia weapon skins/models as cash shop items, anyone?

[texico]

Haha, you VS got screwed. It looks noticeably worse than the "pulsar" in that PS2 screenshot on the second page. First the relatively bland VS Knife and now this.

NC retain the best weapon design in video games (gauss ;))

[LZachariah]

I think that the Gauss looks fantastic, as well. The TR weapons look fine, though they're not my style. I'm very pleased with this Pulsar (and yes, the best photo I've seen so far is the orb-launcher rifle). In general, I'm very, very pleased with the Vanu art design.

~Zachariah

[Hermes]

Looks cool in a sort of badass-but-not-my-thing sort of way. No pew pew for me, no sir!

But I like the dead bodies left in the wake of the NC zerg to have awesome looking kit, so good work I say! Good work indeed. :D

[DayOne]

woah I like it

I wonder if the gun here (obviously not the pulsar anymore) in this image will still be available to use

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20111122_4ecc0c3727119.jpg

Well I don't know about anyone else, but that looks a LOT like a shotgun.

[Grognard]

I kinda like it. It looks like it has a "modular sleeve" type arrangement. I hope this holds true when it is customized.

[LZachariah]

I agree with DayOne (as I mentioned earlier in this thread). I think this might be some kind of Vanu shotgun.

[Grognard]

Well I don't know about anyone else, but that looks a LOT like a shotgun.

Well if it is a Vanu "shotgun"... I wonder what kind of "blast" it will have. I just dont see "pellets" as being very Vanu-like.

I can think of a few, like the disruptors on StarTrek, or the Stormtrooper that stun blasted Princess Leia in the very first Starwars... I dont really like those for Planteside2, but it has to be an energy blast of some kind... Ideas?

[Geist]

Meh, shiny I guess, but that's the most I can say for it.

TBH, based on that picture above of an updated version of the old Pulsar, I think they are going to release updated PS1 reskins of the PS2 rifles for vets. They already have the old pulsar, doesn't seem like to far of a stretch to say they also have old Gauss and Old cyclers as well.

[sylphaen]

Well I don't know about anyone else, but that looks a LOT like a shotgun.

If this looks like a beamer:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/misc/concept/concept_beamer.jpg

This looks like a classic pulsar:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/misc/concept/concept_pulsar.jpg

Check how the handles are different though:
- Pure classic pulsar (no buttstock):
http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/viewer.php?img_id=1772

- Semi classic pulsar (there is a handguard like the new model):
http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/viewer.php?img_id=1774

I think we will have our customization.
;)

[DayOne]

Well if it is a Vanu "shotgun"... I wonder what kind of "blast" it will have. I just dont see "pellets" as being very Vanu-like.

I can think of a few, like the disruptors on StarTrek, or the Stormtrooper that stun blasted Princess Leia in the very first Starwars... I dont really like those for Planteside2, but it has to be an energy blast of some kind... Ideas?

Maybe a "sonic boom" type thing like the one in Destroy All Humans. It's basically a wave of energy that spreads out over distance.

EDIT: @sylphaen It's the way it has a pistol grip at the back of the weapon.

[Bags]

Day1, that was my thoughts.

[sylphaen]

I agree that it could have been a shotgun had it not been in PS1 already.

They could still recycle the old pulsar design into a shotgun though so I guess we'll have to wait & see in beta.

I :love: our VS stuff. Cannot wait to see the Lancer either !

[FastAndFree]

Bucking AWESOME!

Please tell me those teal thingies at the front are extendable laser bayonets :rofl:

[Tikuto]

come on guys,srsly. it's like a zebra crossing. -.-

[DayOne]

come on guys,srsly. it's like a zebra crossing. -.-

Yeah, a zebra crossing of DEATH!

[Vancha]

come on guys,srsly. it's like a zebra crossing. -.-

'The hell do you live where zebra crossings look like that?

[VioletZero]

I really like it.

EDIT: Said something stupid.

[polywomple]

Well I don't know about anyone else, but that looks a LOT like a shotgun.

I hope it is. I would like some form of the old pulsar in PS2, I think it would make a great shotgun.

[Sabrak]

Ummm...

I don't know...

I liked the original one better, really.
But yeah, customization might bring something close enough anyway.

And actually, I won't play VS so it doesn't really matter ^^"

[Tatwi]

Absolutely!

Any time I see a picture of PS2 I giggle a little and say, "Damn! I can't believe that's an MMO!", because it looks so nice. It really does!

[basti]

Meh, do not like!

Want my old style pulsar back. OR that gun here:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20111122_4ecc0c3727119.jpg



Meh. :/

[Neurotoxin]

I'm not gonna lie, I always had issues with the Lasher, so I got pretty good with the Pulsar. The accuracy and versatility allowed me to handle mid to long range targets of all types, even some vehicles. I'm looking forward to seeing what the new Pulsar is capable of doing in the battlefield.

The preview image looks a bit boxy with the angle and lighting, but I'm pretty sure it'll have more depth and detail when we use it in realtime.

[TerminatorUK]

Meh, do not like!

Want my old style pulsar back. OR that gun here:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20111122_4ecc0c3727119.jpg



Meh. :/

Definitely agree with Basti here...I'm not that keen on the new model..it looks paper thin and very odd. Much prefer the previously shown Pulsar if indeed that is what it was.

[Shotokanguy]

Looks like a mess to me, but I'm NC, so whatever.

They could've just gone with the old Pulsar design. That was pretty good looking for some sort of alien assault rifle.

[NewSith]

This one looks badass. The old one was too bulky and bumpy for a VS weapon imo. Just compare it to original lasher or lancer...

[Cosmical]

I like it, i think nostalgia is making me want my old Pulsar more than anything. The new one fits with the VS's design theme. layered interlaced shell structure, with jagged edges and more than anything FUTURISTIC appeal.

The old one was abit curvey, and looked kindof like a insect sprayer, or a pressure washer.

Personally im hoping VS have really different weapon types. Im really hoping there is a rifle that does a sustained beam. Maybe the Lasher is turned into that type of weapon, and deals more damage the longer the beam is on a single target (degrading armour/sheilds), rewarding accuracy.

I would love a wave of Lasher users shooting sustained beams like the frigging Ghostbusters assaulting you.

I suggest the new Lasher be called "The Venkman".

[Erendil]

Maybe a "sonic boom" type thing like the one in Destroy All Humans. It's basically a wave of energy that spreads out over distance.


I was thinking more along the line of the Sonic Rifle that Alliance security forces used in FireFly.



It actually looks mean unlike the old one that looked like a super soaker with a bucket on the bottom ^^;

LOL, I'm never going to look at the old Pulsar the same again! :p

I agree tho. I never did like the old design. This new one looks much better.

The stock still looks too short tho. :P

[VioletZero]

I'm just hoping the projectiles aren't incredible slow :x

[DayOne]

I was thinking more along the line of the Sonic Rifle that Alliance security forces used in FireFly.

Exactly! I was thinking that too but forgot the name of the show! Awesome series :P

[Talek Krell]

Wow, they completely redesigned it from their original concept. I think I'm in love. :D

[Oryon22]

I find this design a lot more appealing than the Pulsar of yore. My guess is that the other model (the one we all know from PS1) is now a carbine for the engineer.

This screenshot from weeks ago really sold me on this design (although it was tweaked slightly).

http://img.tapatalk.com/474ff13a-3142-feef.jpg

[Brokinarrow]

Whoever uses this will defiantly be a bad-ass.

or a complete noob.... just the standard rifle

[none]

hot damn can u say rape? That would hurt to put up your butt. It's massive!

[Talek Krell]

Well if it is a Vanu "shotgun"... I wonder what kind of "blast" it will have. I just dont see "pellets" as being very Vanu-like.I think the melta gun from Space Marine is the gold standard for "energy shotgun"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLJ8PhZlso8#t=1m46s

[Timey]

That looks like ..shit.

I had high hopes, I hope this game turns out good but.... meh.

[T-Ray]

That looks like ..shit.

I had high hopes, I hope this game turns out good but.... meh.



Oh well, we can't please everyone. If you can articulate what it is you dont like about it, maybe an option can be created that you'll like? You do realize that this is just one variation of the Pulsar

[Death2All]

Oh well, we can't please everyone. If you can articulate what it is you dont like about it, maybe an option can be created that you'll like? You do realize that this is just one variation of the Pulsar

Which "variant" is this version of the Pulsar? A lot of people in this thread think it's a shotgun variant of it, based off of it's blocky desgin.

Is the variant in this shot perhaps a "rifle" variant of it? If so, that would make me very happy :D


http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20111122_4ecc0c3727119.jpg

[RedKnights]

Oh well, we can't please everyone. If you can articulate what it is you dont like about it, maybe an option can be created that you'll like? You do realize that this is just one variation of the Pulsar

T-Ray don't listen to them, that thing has the lines of a Cadillac concept car, I bloody love it!

[Timey]

It looks like it's just not finished :/

The angles are wrong, imo

It's supposed to be a rifle yet it looks like a spacehouse

:(

I really, really love ps but :(

[VioletZero]

Is there a pulsar that shoots laser beams? o.o

[DaddyTickles]

Artists should never fear critics. The former creates visions and the latter destroy them.

[Timey]

Artists should never fear critics. The former creates visions and the latter destroy them.

This absolutely, but STILL :(

[Xaine]

I think it looks great. I'f I ever meet T-Ray I'm going to fist bump him for rizzle, yo.

Middle class English white guy fist bumps are the best fist bumps FYI.

Haters gona' hate.

[cellinaire]

Wow, that looks awful.

Not even joking. It looks like ass. Why the blocky, square design?

And yes, I know, CUZZ TIM MUH ZAY SHUN...But still, what the f...

...but they didn't say everyone will like it :D

[CrystalViolet]

I've been critical of some of the designs you guys have released. That said, despite the fact that opinions are subjective, anyone who thinks the earlier version looks better is a fucking caveman.

[Reginald]

One burning question remains, does it still have on the fly AP mode?

[RedKnights]

One burning question remains, does it still have on the fly AP mode?

If it doesn't, ain't no Vanu I ever heard of :D

[ringring]

woah I like it

I wonder if the gun here (obviously not the pulsar anymore) in this image will still be available to use

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20111122_4ecc0c3727119.jpg
They said they still have the models that have been replaced, including the cycler. They also said thyose superceded models may become available in the cash shop for thjose who want/prefer it.

[Death2All]

They said they still have the models that have been replaced, including the cycler. They also said thyose superceded models may become available in the cash shop for thjose who want/prefer it.

This whole thing is a conspiracy to get us to buy the other Pulsar variant on the cash shop :jawdrop:

[DOUBLEXBAUGH]

One burning question remains, does it still have on the fly AP mode?

Probably not. They have said before they removed AP ammo from the game, so VS weapons most likely lose their AP modes as well.

[basti]

They said they still have the models that have been replaced, including the cycler. They also said thyose superceded models may become available in the cash shop for thjose who want/prefer it.

If they do, i buy it, simple as that.
I LOVE how this thing in the shot looks, but i just dont like this new thing. :)

Maybe put a "Veteran Pack" into the cash shop, to make all the guns look closer to the originals? That would be brilliant!

[DaddyTickles]

If they do, i buy it, simple as that.
I LOVE how this thing in the shot looks, but i just dont like this new thing. :)

Maybe put a "Veteran Pack" into the cash shop, to make all the guns look closer to the originals? That would be brilliant!

Ooooooooh! Veteran pack, I like! Definitely this.

[DOUBLEXBAUGH]

If they do, i buy it, simple as that.
I LOVE how this thing in the shot looks, but i just dont like this new thing. :)

Maybe put a "Veteran Pack" into the cash shop, to make all the guns look closer to the originals? That would be brilliant!

They probably have every gun from when "PS Next" was the original reskinned. Should be very doable.

[SniperSteve]

I think the styling fits the VS perfectly and it appears very polished. Good job.

[Haro]

I never really played VS, but I always felt the original designs never really went out there enough for my tastes. If I'm part of a super-high-tech alien cult, I want to look absolutely freaky, dammit! I like where the current VS designs are going though.

[EVILoHOMER]

Looks more like the Lasher

[Erendil]

Oh well, we can't please everyone. If you can articulate what it is you dont like about it, maybe an option can be created that you'll like? You do realize that this is just one variation of the Pulsar

Don't sweat the haters, T. Many of us think the new Pulsar looks fantastic! :cool:


However..... Is there any chance we could maybe get it to go on a bit of a diet? ;) It just seems to be a tiny bit on the, uh, "thick" side along the barrel. :p

I was thinking something along these lines:

http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg331/Erendil69/Planetside%202/PulsarThinned1.jpg

Here's the Facebook one for comparison:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/421342_341822945862323_209775182400434_1037512_131 668958_n.jpg

[DayOne]

I like it. It looks chunky, as if you could decide whether to shoot the enemy of just club 'em with it!

[Shotokanguy]

I think that thing would look way better if some of the...stuff...was removed from it. Like that big gray...line...above the...first blue circle, not the...blue circle near the trigger.

See what I'm trying to say? All that stuff on the gun...maybe you guys had an idea for what it would be, but it just looks like a bunch of stuff. Just clean it up a little.

[PsychoXR-20]

I liked the first pulsar better, it kept pretty much the same model from PS1 (but more detailed) which I think helps continuity, but it also felt more rifle like. The new one to me loots to boxy, big and inefficient. I almost want to say that the new Pulsar model would work better as a Vanu shotgun.

Then again, we might just need to see the weapon in first person (hint hint), or just from some different angles, there's only so much information you can gather from a half three quarters view (though the first person Pulsar model from PS1 was one of my favorite weapon models). The Reaver is a great example, after being able to see some shots from behind and from the side, it looks completely different from those angles than it did in the very first screenshot we saw of it.

it. Like that big gray...line...above the...first blue circle

I imagine that's a side rail for the Pulsar, top for sights, bottom for the orb launcher, side for flashlights, lasers etc.

[Sardus]

That's one bitchin looking pulsar. Almost makes me want to go play vanu... almost.....

[Hmr85]

Oh well, we can't please everyone. If you can articulate what it is you dont like about it, maybe an option can be created that you'll like? You do realize that this is just one variation of the Pulsar

I'm probably going to get flamed for this but I'm going to hop in on this and explain my reasoning on why I don't like it. I know the question wasn't directed at me. But I felt it need a answer.

I realize T-Ray that you guys are trying to go with the flat smooth surfaces for the VS because it makes the weapon seem more "alien'ish" I guess is a way to put it. But one of my complaints with the weapon is that it seems almost to alien. Let me explain what I mean when I say that. I realize we don't know all the lore the behind the game.

But, with that said, unless the VS are pulling these baby's off of some alien Vanu assembly line. I would almost expect them to have a more human look to them if that makes since. They would still retain that alien look but yet more human. I feel like the weapon should be more busy so to say and a little more round/squared looking. There is a older image of a guy holding what many think is the pulsar without a butt-stock and that is more of what I would expect from humans trying to make a weapon out of alien tech. This almost seems like a reach I guess. Maybe that's what you where going for. I don't know.

I also know you said there is different versions of this through customization but having seen just this one. I think the thing for me at least is that it is just to flat/bland looking towards the front of the gun. This could be because of the angle we are looking at it compared to a 3D version where I could look at from all sides and be like "ah that's not to bad". But looking at it in 2D here it just seems like a giant flat whale fin with a few flashy features on it towards the grip where the players holds it.

I mean nothing bad by this and this is just my personal opinion. I just feel like the front of the gun needs to be spiced up a little more and it needs to take on some more shape to it. I figured you just wanted feedback on it and I'm not afraid to tell you like others on the forum here. I won't be using it being a NC player. But I'll still have to look at it as I'm mowing you guys down. :rofl:

V/R
HMR85

[Sleepy]

It isn't a bad model, though the barrel design is overdone with colored parallelograms. The aqua colored ones likely represent the emitters themselves, which is a neat enough idea, but there are too many ancillary greys and purples seemingly tacked on just to accent the aquas.

Having said that, I'd be the first to purchase the Original model as showcased in the first Vanu screenshots for PS2 a few months ago. Still the best looking assault rifle shown thus far. Devs, please make this available as per your most recent webcast!

As a side comment, the TR cycler from PS1 is 1000x better than the variants shown for PS2. Really the only model, IMO, which looks notably better in the old game (though the smallish Prowler is not far behind). It looks more like an NC weapon according to PS2's redesign; blocky and stitched together. A flotilla of the new sleek Mosquitos landing with their pilots jumping out brandishing these seems off.