Which empire do you hate?

[Xyntech]

To go along with the most recent What Empire Will You Play As? (http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=40675) poll, I thought it would be fun to see the other side of things.

The 3 empire nature of Planetside ensures that there will always be more enemies than friendlies, but I have always gotten the distinct impression that a lot of players, myself included, tend to single out one of the two enemy empires as their greatest foe.

Whether you hate their new look in PS2 the most, or just ended up fighting them the most often in Planetside 1, or whatever the reason, what is your least favorite empire?

And of course feel free to post an elaboration of why you hate them.

Multiple choice, in case you hate both enemy empires equally.

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For me, NC all the way. I think it stems from them typically having a population advantage a majority of the time that I played. That alone made them the defacto enemy in a lot of battles, compounded by the fact that they would often ruin a good fight we were having with the TR. Playing all 3 factions occasionally, I'd have to say I fit in the least with them as well.

NC are just a great villain to hate, no matter what the lore tells us about the TR. TR are the past, VS are the future, NC are a bunch of hooligans with guns, who would happily shoot each other if someone hadn't accidentally given them matching IFF chips :D

[Hamma]

The answer to this varies depending on who is shooting at me that day. :lol:

[Gonefshn]

Based Solely off my planetside 1 experience it is very hard to say but I'd probably have to put the NC ahead of the TR if I really had to choose.

Playing VS for 7 years I pretty much feel the same about everything that isnt purple and shiny.

[Brusi]

I really hate NC... due to the fact that their leaders all hold a lions share of Nanite Systems!!! :eek:

It's a conspiracy, i tells you!!!

#Occupy Auraxis

Pity they are so much fun to play >_<

[Goku]

VS...

[Xyntech]

Damn, I should have made Nanite Systems the 3rd option. The poll would have been almost perfectly color coded, aside from NS being yellow instead of greyish tan.

[EVILPIG]

Why do you have to hate anyone?

[Gonefshn]

Why do you have to hate anyone?

To justify the lasers I will send in there direction. :D

[Fenrys]

The TR is a brutal dictatorship, unworthy of wielding the power the ambitious cretins grasp at . . . but at least they're honest about it and don't pretend to be anything other than an armed gang of willfully ignorant, psychopathic megalomaniacs.

The NC are no less oppressive, but their rebel-without-a-clue, corporatist doublethink is insulting to everyone but the naive fools who believe the propaganda fed to them by their capitalist robber-baron slavemasters.

[Kipper]

Be careful what you say lest you end up saying too much about your real life politics :)

I hate no faction, I will calmly massacre anyone of an opposing colour that gets between me and my objective, in a totally unbiased manner :)

[Brusi]

Be careful what you say lest you end up saying too much about your real life politics :)

Isn't that what this whole thread is about?

Isn't that why people can relate to one of the three empires more than the other two?

I mean, of course politics comes into it with loyal NC and TR players...

VS players just like to look pretty ;p

[RawketLawnchair]

I'll take my Freedom where I can get it, thanks.

[Hmr85]

I have always hated the VS the most. I'm not sure why. Maybe its from the old days of PS and that op lasher. It just rubbed me wrong.

[Erendil]

EZ answer: NC.

The douchebag-to-civilized-human ratio has always been way higher on NC than the other two empires. They make it easy to hate them. :p

[Kipper]

Isn't that why people can relate to one of the three empires more than the other two?

I didn't mean it in by way of what they stand for, because on that they're completely equal, your view of each only depending on which one you represent.

I meant that whichever side you're on, the degree of hatred you display might suggest whether you're a right wing psycho or a begrudging soldier, just doing their duty :)

[Hermes]

VS! Damn backdoor spamming, purple, lasher camping, barney faces! :D


Worst disco I ever attended...

[Virulence]

I always hated fighting VS most. I almost exclusively drove Vanguards, and I preferred engaging the ginormous targets of Prowlers than I did those stupid snipey Magriders, and they were more annoying to fight indoors, for sure.

I had such a strong distaste that I had a 2:1 kill ratio in terms of TR:VS killed.

[Graywolves]

If you're not TR, you're a target.

Even Nanite Systems.



I'd be more likely to take in a VS alive though than anyone else.

[Captain1nsaneo]

Stupid warmongering hippies.

[Toppopia]

I don't hate the NC, i just don't like them as much as the TR, because the TR is doing a pretty good job at trying to keep order and peace, sure its a Millitary Dictatorship but the TR is doing what's best, (in this situation) so the NC should shut up and obey their leaders and stop being stupid rebels, all they are doing is making things worse for the planet.

I don't mean in all situations should we obey the dictatorship, but in these circumstances they should obey the TR with unwavering loyalty. In case any of you decide to call me a fascist or something weird like that.

[Dullard]

The TR and NC of course!

[Baneblade]

TR tend to be predictable in their methods... even the supposedly unpredictable outfits. The VS just find the most annoying way to crash everyone else's party in the least fun way possible.

That said, I call for a permaban on Batsteg right out the gate.

[cryosin]

TR: Dictatorship
NC: Disguised democracy
VS: Nerds with guns

Ill take nerds with guns, and disguised democracy is pretty dumb too.
I also hate the jack-hammer.

All NC weapons have like twice as fast TTK than the other empires.
Noob-tube Conglomerate

[Baneblade]

Interesting factoid:

In PS1 Beta and for a few months after release, TR was known as the noob empire due to spray and pray. It wasn't until people learned to aim the Jackhammer that being able to hit stuff while aiming was considered... noobish.

[Toppopia]

Interesting factoid:

In PS1 Beta and for a few months after release, TR was known as the noob empire due to spray and pray. It wasn't until people learned to aim the Jackhammer that being able to hit stuff while aiming was considered... noobish.

But don't the TR need spray and pray weapons to shoot the evil protestors?

[Baneblade]

They were designed to be humanized Zerglings to the NC Terrans and VS Protoss.

[cryosin]

Interesting factoid:

In PS1 Beta and for a few months after release, TR was known as the noob empire due to spray and pray. It wasn't until people learned to aim the Jackhammer that being able to hit stuff while aiming was considered... noobish.

Ya keep trying to justify the noob-tube.

"OMG we IZ Have to aim"

So ill just go on TR and fly around in circles while everyone dies?


In all honesty, i do remember TR dominance in beta. A lot of the best players where also on TR at the time though, so it made it appear more unbalanced than it really was.

[FPClark]

Voted NC

PS1:
Played TR had fun
Main'd VS Enjoyed pretty much all aspects of it.

NC just never appealed to me. Dunno why.

[Baneblade]

I generally don't use it to be honest. I'm a Party Gaussin'.

[cryosin]

I generally don't use it to be honest. I'm a Party Gaussin'.

Gauss is also the best MA in the game.

But MA's take some skill to use so i can't hate on you for that :lol:

[Baneblade]

Remember when the suppressor was pure evil?

[Minor]

Im going to be a dumpster diving smurf!

[The Kush]

Based off PS1 since 2004..

The TR!

[Red Beard]

sure its a Millitary Dictatorship but the TR is doing what's best

George Bush is obviously their leader :rofl:

[Toppopia]

George Bush is obviously their leader :rofl:

Obviously you should just get out:mad:

[Raka Maru]

VS definitely. I remember their Maxes sitting pretty on top of bases, jetting up and down. I would wish my Max Burster would take them down as easily as other aircraft when they were up there. :)

[Red Beard]

lol...look our colours even match! ;)

[cellinaire]

About time. Lol

[Brusi]

I find this to be a really interesting poll, actually...

Wish it also revealed which faction the voters were most loyal too as well!

[Badjuju]

While the NC surely have the most annoying weaponry (Jackhammer and OMFG where did this magical missile of doom come from), the TR definitely have the overall most effective weaponry. For this I will hate them equally and hoard all stolen MCGs for PS2.

[Rabb]

The TR may be a dictatorship but it doesn't pretend to be anything else. Not like the NC who are lured to fight for what they believe is freedom when it's really about more power for a few industry leaders who pull the strings in the background.

The NC's democracy is just like the cake.

[Fenrod]

Well, I'd say I hate both VS and NC. Ugly colors, shitty weaponry.

[Sabot]

NC... they have no real place in this war. They're just around to annoy us.

[BlazingSun]

I hope they get the balance right in PS2 so I don't have to "hate" any empire.

[Marinealver]

Well I find fighting the NC annoying and almost helpless as their DPS is just brutal especailly with jackhammers. I enter a door or see a smurf jump out from a rock and I die in seconds not able to run or stand a chance or anything. Not to mention the pheonix who can sit behind a wall door or rock and launch a guided missle around hills and everything. The only protection from pheonixes is distance.

When flying the TR is probbibly the worst. Yeah the NC MAXs hav those fire and forget missles that forces me to land behind a hill to loose missles but the TR stryker which is an AV weapon server perfectly as an Infantry Air Defence weapon. Also the flack shots give little warning but when it comes to Aircav I always find myself outnumbered.

I can imagine how irritating the VS can be. Those spammy weapons cna get you from behind cover, not to mention as a MAX you'll just see pulsars switch to AP mode and take down MAXs. Also the snipre magriders and lashers make them able to hit you before you can hit them. And the agro damage from av and aa maxs means they can kill you even after you run away.

[Satexios]

Clearly vanu, they wear purple which is enough reason to shoot them.

[Kran De Loy]

NC, but only because of Stew.

Seriously, you guys need to kick him out.

[Baneblade]

NC, but only because of Stew.

Seriously, you guys need to kick him out.

Who?

[Katanauk]

I utterly loathe the VS. Always have, always will. Right from the get go. May have been the lasher, when it was basically a jackhammermcgthumper.

[Brusi]

NC, but only because of Stew.

Seriously, you guys need to kick him out.

You saying that you want him?

[Xyntech]

I find this to be a really interesting poll, actually...

Wish it also revealed which faction the voters were most loyal too as well!

Yeah that's my only regret with the poll.

Based on the responses though, it seems that in general:

VS tend to hate NC
TR tend to hate NC
NC tend to hate VS

Which is somewhat interesting to me, since I always felt like VS vs TR fights were some of the best in the game.

I'm calling it. NC is the new third wheel empire. :groovy:

[Jennyboo]

Why can't we all just get along :cry: Hate is such a strong word :huh:

[Tachyr]

NC...frickin smurf hippies :D

[Metalsheep]

By my own experience in Planetside 1, i have to say NC. Pretty much every ES weapon/vehicle they have is crazy overpowered and generally not fun to fight against, weather you are VS or TR.

[ringring]

None.

Although I do hate, the lasher and the scat.

And the few times I've played VS I've just thought they were wierd.

[razor851]

Where 90% of the worst players choose, NC!

[The Janitor]

Everybody and their dog having chainguns was, while arousing, not very fun when they were just bouncing up and down firing down a hall and hitting things. I love multi-barreled porn as much as the next guy, but it got just a tad bit tiring when every single red thing in my way had them and the air was so thick with bullets I had to evolve to breathe them. Which I did, since I was quickly filled with holes each encounter.

[RadarX]

Clearly a significantly lower amount of dislike (see that's so much better than "hate) for TR. Skewed results or do VS and NC folks just generate more?

[kaffis]

Clearly a significantly lower amount of dislike (see that's so much better than "hate) for TR. Skewed results or do VS and NC folks just generate more?
The poll's rigged. Just ask yourself: What empire is Hamma?

[Malorn]

So is TR still represented by ~1/6 of the dev team?

From what I remember the list Higby tweeted it was something like 8 TR, 16 NC, and 20-something VS.

[Ailos]

Hate everyone who tries to encroach on my freedoms... and that would be both VS and TR.

[Johari]

While I voted for both TR and NC I have some bad memories of ToDing surgile NC with noobhammers. They come flying over your head off the stairs above you have triple shot you in the back. As if fighting the NC indoors wasn't bad enough before now they moved like Olympic sprinters with a (almost)instakill weapon.

That said some of the TR had rediculous aim with the chaingun and would rock your world even outdoors at midrange. Not going into lore but just how fighting against them was. TR had warning most of the times while NC was just annoying to fight.

[Red Beard]

Hate everyone who tries to encroach on my freedoms... and that would be both VS and TR.

That's why I went NC...love me some freedom. I suspect guys that like TR tend to be from military families, and VS...well you know how that goes... ;)

[brickbuster]

I hate everybody but the NC. Call us a bunch of idiots, but we fight for freedom. The TR fight for an evil empire that we are far seperated from to enforce tyranny, the VS do the bidding of an alien master, and I think that we should overrun the Nanite Systems factories and take all of those wonderful weapons and vehicles for ourselves, fuckin' war profiteers.

[Kriegson]

That's why I went NC...love me some freedom. I suspect guys that like TR tend to be from military families, and VS...well you know how that goes... ;)

I happen to be a veteran, and I'm more in siding with the NC. Though being American, I'm obviously more sympathetic towards "rebels against overlords".

[Flisher]

Clearly a significantly lower amount of dislike (see that's so much better than "hate) for TR. Skewed results or do VS and NC folks just generate more?

TR and NC hate the VS because their weapon require skill to use...
people without skill clearly head TR pr NC to cope their aim invality...
-TR: shoot as many pea as you can, one will probably hit the target...
-NC: shoot big pea with explosion, the spash will probably hit the target...

I'll choose NC for the jackhammer...

[Kriegson]

TR and NC hate the VS because their weapon require skill to use...
people without skill clearly head TR pr NC to cope their aim invality...
-TR: shoot as many pea as you can, one will probably hit the target...
-NC: shoot big pea with explosion, the spash will probably hit the target...

I'll choose NC for the jackhammer...
-VS: Shoot a pea that explodes on impact and damages anything it even passes near.
:rolleyes:

[Toppopia]

I find this to be a really interesting poll, actually...

Wish it also revealed which faction the voters were most loyal too as well!

Isn't there a poll somewhere about who your favourite faction is?

Found it
http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=40675

Judging from that poll, everyones favourite empire is NC. Which is odd because they are the most hated empire on this poll. :rofl:

[DayOne]

VS is obviously the best.
NC has a cool design, they remind me of the USMC from HALO.

And TR? Well I just pity their gimp suits.

[Fenrys]

Hate everyone who tries to encroach on my freedoms... and that would be both VS and TR.

That would be the "freedom" to do as you're told by your corporate paymasters, yes?

At least the TR will give you a bullet and end it fast. All the NC offer to people of conscience is the slow torture of caged starvation.

[RawketLawnchair]

There is less actual hatred from TR to VS and vice-versa in comparison to NC.
So I'm just guessing that more people will hate NC.





Then there are people like me who check every box besides my own faction.
Because that is how I roll.


That would be the "freedom" to do as you're told by your corporate paymasters, yes?

At least the TR will give you a bullet and end it fast. All the NC offer to people of conscience is the slow torture of caged starvation.

Propaganda. Fail.

[Timealude]

I hate the TR...those imperial pigs.

[AlienTwentyFour]

TR and Nanite Systems. LOL

[Canaris]

honestly this poll is just skewed due to the nature of NC peeps who post here, wait till the game comes out and you see the TR in action on the battlefield

like in Planetside 1 the polls will be more

66% TR
17% NC
17% VS

We'll earn your true hatred by taking your stuff and your lands, our actions will speak volumes.

[Necronile]

Of course VS
I cant take seriously people who wear pink armor

[Kran De Loy]

Of course VS
I cant take seriously people who wear pink armor

Good thing Vanu don't use pink.

[Mechzz]

We'll earn your true hatred by taking your stuff and your lands, our actions will speak volumes.

You will find, filthy TR, that you cannot push us from our homelands, for they are protected by the sacred "Higby" and the blessed "T-Ray", who are second only to the highest Vanu in our pantheon. Even should you push us all the way back to base, we have the promised FOOTHOLDS(tm) of yore, and we shall ALWAYS return, meaner and purpler than before.

We will take your stuff, and your lands. We shall brag and strut and we shall rule until.....it all starts again?

[Necronile]

Good thing Vanu don't use pink.

Purple,Pink same crap:D

[Xyntech]

Looks like NC and VS are pretty neck and neck, both in this poll and the other one.

Planetside Universe a secret haven for the Terran Republic overlords? It's more likely than you think! :D

[Tcakes]

One main reason why myself and a few friends loved this game, there was genuine love for your empire and the site of an opposing faction taking your shit stirred up some really heavy anger. I admit to loathing the nc, but in truth, I hate that gd jackhammer so much more than anyone in blue and yellow armor

[Neurotoxin]

TR are horrible at representing Red. Worst communists ever. At least they know they are space fascists.

NC are so annoying, and don't even realize they are pawns for their corporate overlords. I'm looking forward to blasting their "Occupy NC: We are the 33%" protests on our bases.

No beef with Nanite Systems. I understand their position, and many great Vanu researchers have come from NS labs.