Light Assault Screenshots

[Firefly]

On the PS2 Facebook page they have an album for all three factions' Light Assault class.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.344441808933770.85311.209775182400434&type=1

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/426935_344444055600212_209775182400434_1044525_179 7488402_n.jpg

[Hamma]

Updated:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-light-assault-screenshots-2696.htm

And rehosted:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20120228_4f4d24352be38.jpg

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20120228_4f4d244049571.jpg

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20120228_4f4d244c4981d.jpg

[Bags]

NC lookin' snazzy~

Though the visors look a bit dull for all 3.

[Alduron]

NC is my favorite. I love those shoulder pads.

[Xaine]

Its all about the VS.

[Firefly]

NA NAAA, SCOOPED EVERYONE.

[IronMole]

ZE GOGGLES! ZEY DO NOTHING!

[Trolltaxi]

It is either the TR's head is too small or the helmet is too big. Shouldn't that lower part fit on his face?

[SuperMorto]

Hehe just after I needed some PS2 pics for my flier!! grrrrr!! :)

But they are looking good! well good!

[polywomple]

i wonder if you can customize with a full face mask?

[BlazingSun]

Those TR goggles look goofy :rolleyes:

[Coreldan]

The NC glasses are a bit too squarey :D Looks like something from some early 2000s-game where they couldnt really make stuff that detailed. Round em a bit more or perhaps frame the lower part of them?

They just look off atm.

Otherwise looking real nice.

[Hamma]

NA NAAA, SCOOPED EVERYONE.

Just takes longer to write a news post than to create a thread with a link ;)

[Geist]

Get an enclosed helmet on that TR and it's definitely the best out of the 3. Seriously, what's up with the intricate shoulder pads? Practicality is beauty to me. ;)

[bjorntju1]

Looks like it is also:

Welcome to Light Assault Week! [RadarX]

Curious what we are going to see!

ot:

The screenshots look great! Apart from the visors with I don't really like. Doesn't look very detailed.

[DviddLeff]

The goggles look a bit wrong, like they are blank colours rather than reflective or something.

[2coolforu]

Is it just me or are the screenshots coming out recently feeling more like Planetside 1 in terms of the enviroment... It's almost like it IS Planetside 1 but with updated visuals. I am really liking this feeling.

It be 'dem weird-ass desert trees in the NC pic that give me those Planetside shivers. Also dat tower in the TR pic background.

[Johari]

Great to see some more pics come out and as always the VS look stunning. Great on ya TRay. Anyone else notice that in the background in all 3 pics theres something interested to look at?

TR have and air tower
NC have a comms array
VS have a Phantasm

[CGar]

The TR one is ok... I'm not a fan of the massive amounts of grey, but it does match the original PS1 agile suit. The lack of red is unsettling, but can be lived with.

The NC one is an abomination and should be set on fire. The absolute lack of blue and nearly identical grey to TR just makes no sense whatsoever.

The Vanu look boss as usual, I feel like the Vanu uniforms are the only ones that have had any care or consideration put into the design.

(Looking at the old ones for reference, they are just so much better in pretty much every way)
http://www.planetside-universe.com/p-armors-10.htm

[duomaxwl]

Looking snazzy. I'm ready for some nighttime wall jumping ops.

[xXGumpXX]

I think its fair to say that the VS look the best and i also think they look the the most fierce .

[Trolltaxi]

The NC has a pretty badass Stallone-face...

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/d/dreddss.jpg

[Raymac]

At first glance, the VS visor looked like a black censor bar, so i couldn't help but think that the VS really are dickfaces. ;)

They all look cool though. Hopefully this week we will get to see some variation on the armor through customization.

[Kur]

I think the lack of colour on TR and NC may be to do with trying to add some aesthetic camouflage to the looks of their armour.

[Sabrak]

I love how the NC "light assault" doesn't look that "light", mainly because of the shoulders pads and kinda thick armor.

They all look great anyway, the VS has the edge on coolness though.

Also, like two people noticed on here already, the TR helmet doesn't seem to fit the model's head, and I would really like it if the NC visor was less squary. I know squares are NC stuff, but it just looks kinda dumb, and too "old game-ish" (come on, it's almost as squary as JC Denton's glasses in Deus Ex).

[dpranker]

The TR one is ok... I'm not a fan of the massive amounts of grey, but it does match the original PS1 agile suit. The lack of red is unsettling, but can be lived with.

The NC one is an abomination and should be set on fire. The absolute lack of blue and nearly identical grey to TR just makes no sense whatsoever.

The Vanu look boss as usual, I feel like the Vanu uniforms are the only ones that have had any care or consideration put into the design.

(Looking at the old ones for reference, they are just so much better in pretty much every way)
http://www.planetside-universe.com/p-armors-10.htm


I think I remember T-Ray saying that as you rank up you get more of your empire's main color options for your customization, since other people have said the same thing about the grey being lame

I don't remember where that was though

[EVILPIG]

Can't wait for night battles. "AIM FOR THE GLOWING GUNS!!"

[ThGlump]

NC and VS introducing...

Shoulder pads: revenge of the WoW.


Really they look silly.

[CutterJohn]

NC has a plaid overshirt on. Nice. :)

[Sighpolice]

Why do I always see the negative in things? :( anyway here it comes - the classes look dull because they want you to buy the camo packs that make them look "cool". I fear ps2 is just being monetized as they don't expect it to do well off the back of the "failure of ps1"

still don't like the idea of jump packs/jet packs/whatever you wanna call them

the vs look the best so far

[Xaine]

ZE GOGGLES! ZEY DO NOTHING!

Made me laugh.

[Bags]

Why do I always see the negative in things? :( anyway here it comes - the classes look dull because they want you to buy the camo packs that make them look "cool".

What?!!? They want you to spend money on their game? :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::huh::huh::huh: :huh::confused::confused::confused:

[Sighpolice]

What?!!? They want you to spend money on their game? :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::huh::huh::huh: :huh::confused::confused::confused:

oh har har. there are hundreds of other ways to do it that don't include making things deliberately shit for everyone who isn't a visa card warrior

[Bags]

Doesn't look like it's deliberately shit. It's probably deliberately blah, but it doesn't look like shit, IMO.

You are ignoring T-RAy when he said you will gain more color when you level up, ala ps1. These are probably just low level armor atm.

[atone]

looks good but would look better with 50 to 100 mixed units sprawled out behind them. just chillin...waiting for their week.

[IceyCold]

oh har har. there are hundreds of other ways to do it that don't include making things deliberately shit for everyone who isn't a visa card warrior

Yeah! I totally agree with this! I mean they could sell upgrades to guns, special weapons, xp potions, or even premium rounds.

Just as long as I don't have to spend money to look cool!

[Knocky]

oh har har. there are hundreds of other ways to do it that don't include making things deliberately shit for everyone who isn't a visa card warrior

The only one that looks like shit is the NC.....but then again we are supposed too.

I hope, unlike you apparently, that there ARE purchasable items to make me look better then stock form.

[Alduron]

I'll throw down money to customize the outfit further.

[Tikuto]

http://rlv.zcache.com/the_sooper_dooper_pooper_scooper_tshirt-p235330265923557506zvid7_400.jpg
NA NAAA, SCOOPED EVERYONE.

[IceyCold]

You shush yo mouth youngin! Premium rounds = pay to win. shhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I'm glad you caught that Duke lol.

But seriously, I would rather having people pay to "look cool" rather than people pay to win. As far as I am concerned I don't even care if they require you to buy a premium account to get different color patterns; as long as they aren't selling things that actually EFFECT gameplay.

[SpLiTNuTz]

Vs look sick! Cant wait to pewpew tr and nc noobs in the face :P

[ringring]

You're right, the VS will be at a huge stealth disadvantage for night battles if you can see twelve glowing sticks coming at you. No VS for me for sure now, unless they can turn it off somehow.
and yet up until the point they fire they will be the least visible in twilight.


*Edit ...... I think NC looks great and VS wierd. Well, wierd VS is in keeping with the original :p

[BorHblK]

they all really awesome :ncrocks::love:

[Tamas]

NC = Judge Dread

[Atheosim]

I don't understand how none of you are noticing how absurd the VS helmet looks. He probably has a horrible vertical field of view. Anyways, NC and TR roll aircav.

[Mightymouser]

Is it just me, or do the TR and NC look rather similar to each other? Especially when in comparison to the VS? I guess they've already checked this, but I could see it being hard to distinguish (quickly) a friend from foe; given that most of the uniform is a similar color...

[SpLiTNuTz]

Im hoping they add a feature where you can remove the helmet like in ps1 and im loving the beasty shoulder pads looks awesome

[SniperSteve]

They all look really good.

Thoughts:
I love that the goggles are being kept in (even though they look a bit silly). In fact, I think each 'eye-wear' chosen fits the factions quite well.

The NC visor looks like it was cut weird at the bottom. It kinda looks like it needs some sort of molding/border around the nose area.

The models look really good and detailed - well done.

The environments look really good. I like seeing something other than sand. :)

There is a funny-looking building/tower in the background of the TR screenshot. I wonder what it is? Have we seen that before? Do towers on different continents have different styling. O.o


Also:
TR=Bugs, VS=Fish, NC=???

[Canaris]

like I'm ever going to vote against the TR, it's not that I'm prejudice, far from it it just happens that TR have better everything, Ze goggles zay RULE!, tho I hope we gets lots of customizable versions ;)

lol just wanted to make a small point about the VS visor, kinda looks like one of those black out lines employed by cheap censors/editors to fail to disguise someone in a picture,

Mr Jonathan Franks from 123 street, that house with the garden gnomes at the end of the road, Surrey spoke to us under condition of anonymity, pictured above. :lol:

still said and done, they all look great. all the little details like buttons, tears, fabrics, plating, armor scratchs really just give such a great depth to them.

:thumbsup:

[DayOne]

Looking good! Loving the design of everything so far though I feel sorry for the bug-eyed TR :lol:

Also, despite looking cool, the VS visor looks like they put black bar across his eyes to hide his identity! Was it for being too awesome?

[Coreldan]

I wonder if that's two or three different continents? Or perhaps even just one with a bit of altering environment. I'd guess 2 myself.

[Hmr85]

NC looking good. I'm loving it.

[WiteBeam]

Looks like three diff conts in the background.

[Vancha]

I've said it before, but the TR and NC really look too similar when you compare them to how distinctive the VS are. They both look almost alternate-reality instead of futuristic...They both have modern-looking armour plates and relatively modern-looking clothes, but then you have these incredibly alien looking VS that don't seem to fit in at all. I think the TR and NC need to be made to look more distinctive from each other, because stylistically it's not TR/NC/VS, it's TR+NC/VS.

But then, having said that, even when TR and NC are distinct, as with the cloaking suits or air cav, the VS look incredibly out of place. You can tell that the MBTs are all descendents from Planetside for instance, because they look alright next to each other, but then you look at the aircav or the cloak suits lined up, and you can tell that the VS' are brand new while the NC's and TR's are related to their Planetside counterparts.

Edit: Individually though, I can see all the light assault looking really good once people have upgrade them from being grey blobs.

[Shogun]

i think i will build a nc light assault helmet.
maybe i have some spare self-made x-wing helmets somewhere in the attic. should be kind of easy to modify one of them, they look quite similar ;)

will wait for release to see if the rest of the armor is also easy to make ;)

[Pillow]

@ SniperSteve here you have the NC :D http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3555/3423860736_63b2450332_o.jpg
:lol:

[Coreldan]

The NC picture is at least likely to be a whole different continent, but the VS + TR pic might just have the same continent, but from different areas, like the VS pic area might be more tank oriented area with open spaces.

But theres also the worst case scenario where it's all just one continent, but one end of Indar just has some foliage while the other end is good ol desert.

[Dairian]

I'm a die hard TR. Thinking of going VS. Visuals!

Did anyone read the PC Gamer article? The author Evan Lahti spent some time with them and i quote "SOE is unwilling to hint at a release or beta date, but I'd confidently say PS2 is a 2013 game on the basis that there's still so much to be done."

I know if i have to wait another year for the release even though i have a beta key. I think my heart with stop from anticipation.

[Rbstr]

I've said it before, but the TR and NC really look too similar when you compare them to how distinctive the VS are. They both look almost alternate-reality instead of futuristic...They both have modern-looking armour plates and relatively modern-looking clothes, but then you have these incredibly alien looking VS that don't seem to fit in at all.


Isn't that the point, though? VS have supposed technological superiority gained from alien technology unrelated to our own. It should look significantly different from things developed from our "tech tree" so to speak.
NC and TR look plenty different from each other on their own. VS looks alien to both. I think it's working as intended.

[SurgeonX]

Is it just me or are the screenshots coming out recently feeling more like Planetside 1 in terms of the enviroment... It's almost like it IS Planetside 1 but with updated visuals. I am really liking this feeling.

Aye, I'd agree with that.
Total PS1 vibes :D

[SniperSteve]

@Pillow: Lol.. I was trying to figure out which animal they look like so as to use that as a nickname for them, but so far nothing has come up.

They do look like Hobo's though. :P

[SniperSteve]

I don't understand how none of you are noticing how absurd the VS helmet looks. He probably has a horrible vertical field of view. Anyways, NC and TR roll aircav.

The VS all wear glasses anyway. So they are used to it.

(oops, didn't mean to do a double-post)

[Geist]

@Pillow: Lol.. I was trying to figure out which animal they look like so as to use that as a nickname for them, but so far nothing has come up.

They do look like Hobo's though. :P

Turtles. ;)

[Mastachief]

I like all 3 bar the googles/visors they just dont quite look right the vs visor looks really wrong like something out of the ymca song.

I too am concerned about telling the nc/tr apart at distance.

[Vancha]

Isn't that the point, though? VS have supposed technological superiority gained from alien technology unrelated to our own. It should look significantly different from things developed from our "tech tree" so to speak.
I'm not saying VS shouldn't look more technologically advanced than the other empires, it's just that they almost look too far ahead for aesthetic balance in terms of the game. In Planetside, TR and NC were slightly more futuristic in their aesthetic. Their guns looked more like laser guns than modern rifles and their armour was more like space-suits, but in PS2 both empires have regressed to modern-day attire, so the contrast is far larger between them and the VS.

Sure, if they're going to use lore to dictate their design decisions, then it makes sense that they look far more interesting and elaborate than the other empires, but then the lore would also dictate that they're ridiculously overpowered with their technology being so many generations ahead of the other empires...

NC and TR look plenty different from each other on their own.
Oh, well okay then. Consider my concerns alleviated. :rolleyes:


Edit: Though to clarify, I'm not saying the VS need modernizing, but that some aspects of the other two empires perhaps don't look futuristic/cool enough.

[Atheosim]

Edit: Though to clarify, I'm not saying the VS need modernizing, but that some aspects of the other two empires perhaps don't look futuristic/cool enough.

Heavily agreed on that point. I'm hoping that cuhstomeyezayshun will allow us to look a lot more high tech. Cause these guys look like idiot civilians that rolled up on a training gear cache.

[polywomple]

looks like vanu got the tights

[ShockNC]

But theres also the worst case scenario where it's all just one continent, but one end of Indar just has some foliage while the other end is good ol desert.

not really expecting that. they have claimed that there are vehicles being developed for Amerish and Esmair so i expect those conts to make the cut.

[Sheppe]

The vs has what appears to be the tree from the sniper screenshot (3 snipers all in a tree and eventually circled) to the left of him....her...gaga.

[nathanebht]

Weapons look a little big in proportion to the people. Foot soldiers care a great deal about all the weight they have to carry around.

[TerminatorUK]

These screenshots look absolutely amazing!

The detail / lighting on the weapons in game look 1000% better than the preview renders that have been shown previously.

If that is a Pulsar the VS dude is holding then I'm coming around to the design of the new version - certainly from the front!

Definitely going VS for me :)

Keep up the great work devs!

[Sabrak]

Weapons look a little big in proportion to the people. Foot soldiers care a great deal about all the weight they have to carry around.

This is the future.

Who says nanites-made weapons aren't light despite their size?

[BorisBlade]

Great to see some more pics come out and as always the VS look stunning. Great on ya TRay. Anyone else notice that in the background in all 3 pics theres something interested to look at?

TR have and air tower
NC have a comms array
VS have a Phantasm

Yeah that Phantasm pic is sweet!

[SniperSteve]

VS = Fish
TR = Bugs
NC = Turtles

There we have it.

[Revanant]

The new NC image has restored my hope that the NC won't be stuck looking unrealistic. While I'm still not a fan of the safety yellow, taking the bright blue out of the armor in favor of the dull metal is a MAJOR improvement. Also great is the new visor, which, despite its work-in-progress nature, is much better than the previous version's "ski goggles."

Wish list: Get the visor looking transparent and spheroid, like on the PCGamer cover. Also, strike the safety yellow borders. I think if you made their armor corroded/blued, you could get away without the borders. The NC shoulder/pauldron stars can stay, and be the recognizable visual color clue.

Conclusion: While there are still some changes I'd like to see to bring the NC up to par compared to the TR and VS, who both have amazing infantry art, this update is a major step in the right direction. Thanks SOE!

[StumpyTheOzzie]

I too am concerned about telling the nc/tr apart at distance.

I'm not. I think it will help seeing as how I'll be playing VS.

[CrystalViolet]

The new NC image has restored my hope that the NC won't be stuck looking unrealistic. While I'm still not a fan of the safety yellow, taking the bright blue out of the armor in favor of the dull metal is a MAJOR improvement. Also great is the new visor, which, despite its work-in-progress nature, is much better than the previous version's "ski goggles."

Wish list: Get the visor looking transparent and spheroid, like on the PCGamer cover. Also, strike the safety yellow borders. I think if you made their armor corroded/blued, you could get away without the borders. The NC shoulder/pauldron stars can stay, and be the recognizable visual color clue.

Conclusion: While there are still some changes I'd like to see to bring the NC up to par compared to the TR and VS, who both have amazing infantry art, this update is a major step in the right direction. Thanks SOE!

I've been trying to think of ways they could tone down the NC colors without making them look too similar to the TR troops. If they were to shift the NC color pallet to lighter and more subdued pastel tones, while darkening the TR pallet a bit, I think the visual contrast would be much more apparent. Wish I had the model textures to play around with and show what I mean.

[DaSwede]

NC = I AM THE LAAAH!!!

[Beagle]

Big NC fan but out of these three shots I really love the VS one the most. It might have a lot to do with the model's face, but the VS guy looks like a samurai to me, I find it very cool.

TR goggles look a teensy too big to me. NC could maybe use a liner on his visor?

Looking awesome all the same.

[Squeegeez]

Not liking the end of the TR gun, with it's boxy appearance, obvious mirror texture, seem at the top of the barrel, and it could use more of a circular shape where the barrel attaches to the end (just looks like a low edge count circle). I probably am nitpicking, and it wont matter in game, just that from the angle the problems are really noticeable.

I also agree with the others that NC and TR look too alike at this stage.

Not to sound too negative, I'm absolutely loving the VS designs, and overall everything's good.

Oh, and I like turtles :D

[Fenrys]

The VS armor looks cool, but not very practical. Lots of hand holds and places for a knife to get stuck.

[polywomple]

Weapons look a little big in proportion to the people. Foot soldiers care a great deal about all the weight they have to carry around.

*nanites*

[cellinaire]

What's with all this brouhaha over those light-assault shots, uh?

And the NC-Judge Dredd design. Lol love it

[mrkdilkington]

The goggles look like they were added in with MS Paint.

[TerminatorUK]

Deleted - duplicate post

[Coreldan]

Weapons look a little big in proportion to the people. Foot soldiers care a great deal about all the weight they have to carry around.

I've been saying this for months now :D I doubt it'll signifigantly change, though.

[Brusi]

Is it just me, or does it look like this photo has been edited with a black bar across his eyes to protect this VS light-assault guys identity??


http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20120228_4f4d244c4981d.jpg

what kinda light assault is he being charged with again?

[Coreldan]

Brusi, while you are obviously sorta joking, I agree. Both the VS and NC look like the "goggles/glasses" have been put in afterwards with paint or something. TR goggles look fine, but VS and NC could use a bit more work.

[Brusi]

Yeah, but every time an actual complaint about how something looks comes up... it gets S the F'd down by....

CURSE-TERM-EERRR-ZURRR-SHURRRN!!!!

[Coreldan]

Yeah, but every time an actual complaint about how something looks comes up... it gets S the F'd down by....

CURSE-TERM-EERRR-ZURRR-SHURRRN!!!!

That's true though, some people need to tone that down, as half of the stuff they try to apply that to are most likely not even something you will be able to customize.

Like, someone liking the old Pulsar model better and someone came with the customization again, sure, but the two weapons shared nothing but the color theme, very unlikely for one to be able to customize the weapon to a whole other thing.

But T-Ray has asked/taken feedback for visual stuff before too, so I'd keep it coming. If he reads these, he might just try to make small alterations to make it look a tad better.

[wildcat140679]

Can't wait for night battles. "AIM FOR THE GLOWING GUNS!!"

You're right, the VS will be at a huge stealth disadvantage for night battles if you can see twelve glowing sticks coming at you. No VS for me for sure now, unless they can turn it off somehow.

The exact same thought went through my mind.
I'd really like to see all 3 Light Assaults again, but only in night conditions with the lowest possible light conditions available.

Night fighting and a possible disadvantage for VS subject has raised before.

[Sabrak]

That's true though, some people need to tone that down, as half of the stuff they try to apply that to are most likely not even something you will be able to customize.

It has been said that visors will be customisable though.
I do'nt know how much, but T_Ray or Higby talked about colors.
And I think that the "Paint" aspect of the VS and NC visors are mostly because they're pitch black, so if it's more purplish or yellowish (depending on the faction), it might be better.

(I still don't like the squary look of the NC visor though)

[Coreldan]

It has been said that visors will be customisable though.
I do'nt know how much, but T_Ray or Higby talked about colors.
And I think that the "Paint" aspect of the VS and NC visors are mostly because they're pitch black, so if it's more purplish or yellowish (depending on the faction), it might be better.

(I still don't like the squary look of the NC visor though)

Yeah, I remember the customizable visors, it was mainly referring to fe. the Pulsar example.

But even then, available customization doesnt mean something else has to look like it was made in paint in 5 seconds :D

And yea, I guess it's the pitch black + no "outlines" of any kind. Some kind of frames or altering the visor color might do a lot.

And yeah, I too think the NC visors shape could somehow be further altered.

[Snipefrag]

I agree the TR goggles/helmet dont quite sit right on the face positionally.. Sure they will sort it out come launch.

[WiteBeam]

Maybe the TR guy is on Amerish. PCGamer said PS2 will have Amerish.

[Dreamcast]

The TR and NC look like crap and very similar.



Perhaps in game you can customized it and give it a better color like black and red for TR instead of grey which looks horrible and similar to NC.


Vanu one is the only one sporting the real Vanu colors.

[Figment]

Is it just me, or does it look like this photo has been edited with a black bar across his eyes to protect this VS light-assault guys identity??



what kinda light assault is he being charged with again?

Some sort of probing, I'm sure.

[Hermes]

Just want to add my voice to the crowd re: the helmets and visors.

They somehow don't sit right. :)

TR/NC seem different enough to me. The silhouettes are going to look pretty different with those shoulder pads, which is normally what you need. And yeah, you need a fairly neutral canvas apart from that for them to upgrade with your rank, and offer pay for customization on. Was to be expected, doesn't bother me :D

[ringring]

Does anyone think that the VS bloke is being kind to us all?

I bet if he lifts his visor twin beams of death and destruction shoot out from his eyes. ;)

ps still think they all look great.

[Talek Krell]

Like, someone liking the old Pulsar model better and someone came with the customization again, sure, but the two weapons shared nothing but the color theme, very unlikely for one to be able to customize the weapon to a whole other thing.Making the older model available was one of the things they discussed in the last webcast, actually. Which of any given two art assets is "better" is a matter of opinion, which is why we need multiple options.

[Figment]

Some constructive critique regarding the visors and goggles looking a bit "off", might have to do with them not interacting with the face enough: they're not leaving any cast shadows (at least not at these angles), you can't see through them while there's not much of a gradient visible (makes them look almost flat) and lastly, apart from the TR version, they don't rest on the nose and perhaps because they're retracted a bit compared to the extension of the helmet, at certain angles it make the nose look a bit awkward (I'd say particularly on NC).

For the NC I would suggest looking a bit more at helicopter helmets as these seem very inspired by those. (Can we have an Airwolf helmet, btw? :p) For the VS, I would say experiment a bit with green and orange colours on the vizor opposed to the black which reminds of a suspect's black bar. Try to increase the gradient a bit. For TR. Meh those goggles won't ever do anything! :p (Or will they!? D: )


I also hope the expressions can be tweaked a bit, because these mouths do not exactly express much positive or even neutral emotions. :P In all honesty, they look like they're having some sort of depression. Would be nice to have a look at character customization options.

[Sardus]

Pretty bad ass. Can't wait until the heavy assault debuts.

I kind of miss the round TR goggles more than the new TR "bug" looking goggles. Besides that, they look fantastic.

[EVILoHOMER]

I think the TR and NC look rather generic, they need to look more different and none of the helmet or backpack/jetpack (whatever they are) designs looks good. Vanu has it's own unique style but the other two just look very "meh" and that needs to change. When we see the more protective armour types they look different, just the light stuff which needs to change.

[Sabrak]

I also hope the expressions can be tweaked a bit, because these mouths do not exactly express much positive or even neutral emotions. :P In all honesty, they look like they're having some sort of depression. Would be nice to have a look at character customization options.

You would look depressed too if you went on the battlefield, killed some dudes, got killed by a machine gun burst, were nanitly resurrected and respawned, only to get back on the battlefield and find the same dudes you killed resurrected too and still shooting at you.

That must be pretty horrible psychologically. :(

(Hey, that could do a Cosmic Comic! Or maybe not?)

[Chaff]

The TR shoulder pads look like Pop Warner gear.

The NC look is more industrial, very stout, but looks too Mech Warrior for my taste.
(NC shoulder pads look like they bolted on a piece of VANGUARD armor)
.....hey, maybe rebels gotta make do with whatever they can find lying around......

The VS shoulder pads are too disco for my taste.

The artists working on this game are amazing. Nothing wrong with organic inspiration.

I'd rather see TR shoulder pads that look like hoseshoe crab shells. NC get dungenous crab inspired shoulder pads. VS get something more like a praying mantis head. Nature has already provided us, via millions of years of evolution, with many sources for armor design/form inspiration.

"Light" Assault by definition can't have much armor. Which is odd because the NC shoulder pads look stout, the VS look like they'd obstruct or deflect a bullet or two......yet, the TR pads look like peewee football knee pads.

I think they could help the LA class more than what just came out......of course, when the bullets fly, I won't care.

Insects are a great source for armor/protective inspiration. It should look effective first, then slick or futuristic 2nd. Function over form with armor - not the other way 'round.
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Vanu - being lovers of technology - should have the least "fluff" of any empire. All function - with zero regard to form. That IMHO would be how Vanu designs were always formed.

Instead of Phyical shoulder pads/armor ...... why not have Vanu have mini energy fields/shields ?

Instead of armor or shoulder pads - those lookiing at a VS soldier would see an opaque energy field which served as their armor. This would be great for Vanu infantry - especially with shoulder pads - they could see right thru the energy field armor with zero impingement on line-of-sight. No Dracula collars for Vanu. They should have energyfield-armor. This might also make them much lighter than the other two factions - allowing the Vanu to run a little faster and jump a little higher.

Maybe EMPs would be their achilles heel.....counter/compromise their technology - and they spaz (die easier).

Devs always have to make trade-offs with the other two factions to maintain reasonable balance between the three empires.

[Canaris]

You know the the best thing about sci-fi is, I can say

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3faBxKOdHkY/Tu-fSyTWayI/AAAAAAAACto/oimscYvZWmI/s1600/mech+mecha+costume+design+concept+future+futuristi c+guardian+giant+robot+suit+Section+8+Earth+by+Bal dasseroni+Alessandro+Baldasseron.jpg

This is Light assault armour, you'd be like

"No WAI",

Then I'd right a paragraph explaining how in a few years in the future they developed a special type of alloy for armour that makes it super light and super strong. We call it ummm fakeium!

Sci-fi there's nothing it can't do! :p

[Chaff]

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No WAI !
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[Bags]

Here's proof of more color as you level up...

http://i.imgur.com/X8cL3.jpg

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