A month to E3 [Archive] - PlanetSide Universe

Mezorin

2012-05-01, 08:05 PM

Figment

2012-05-01, 08:09 PM

Hoping for a new trailer, one that really shows scale.

RadarX

2012-05-01, 08:12 PM

E3 is exciting every year. This one will be no different.

Really vague I know but it will be worth the wait.

SKYeXile

2012-05-01, 08:18 PM

E3 is exciting every year. This one will be no different.

Really vague I know but it will be worth the wait.

I expected you to be along shortly, but I was expecting a more cryptic response.

Kipper

2012-05-01, 08:19 PM

Do you think we could see beta prior to E3 so they can showcase PS2's truly massive scale in a live world demo at E3?

I think beta might be announced there, or start happening very shortly after.

I wouldn't go for a live world demo, just in case somebody finds a unique way to make their Sunderer fly upside down and backwards, right at the moment that Higby is presenting it with his back to a giant screen :)

Purple

2012-05-01, 08:22 PM

E3 is exciting every year. This one will be no different.

Really vague I know but it will be worth the wait.

i think i figured out the hidden message here. if you take out alot of it and take "be" along with the T from "worth" and the A from "wait" and put them together you get BETA!

You cant trick us!

Notser

2012-05-01, 08:29 PM

SOE shows off PS2 to the 3 gaming outlets that show any interest because lets be real for a second, if it doesn't have EA, Activision, or a console then it pretty much gets ignored by many outlets. They impress the viewers with a free flowing battle that may involve a large amount of SOE employees playing, hoping for a couple hundred players this time.

MAX will be featured, perhaps it is controlled a little differently from PS1. Everyone enjoys the mechanics, get some random news outlet asking a stupid question. Worst thing SOE can do is have the same content for E3 and SOE Live so I'd prefer them focusing on something manageable for E3 then perhaps around October they will be able to highlight something that will be released close to launch or tease a feature that will be out after launch

One thing I know for sure, they won't get the press they deserve and that is unfortunate

Kipper

2012-05-01, 08:32 PM

Really vague I know but it will be worth the wait.

The whole dev team is going to arrive at the show via a hot-drop from an actual real-life Galaxy?

SKYeXile

2012-05-01, 08:32 PM

kaffis

2012-05-01, 08:33 PM

E3 is exciting every year. This one will be no different.

Really vague I know but it will be worth the wait.
A *really* exciting E3 would be one in which I'm ignoring all the news about upcoming games because I'm, I don't know, maybe too busy playing beta! *hint, hint*

;)

SgtMAD

2012-05-01, 08:39 PM

we gave them an E3 show before,I am pretty sure we could round a bunch of those guys up again LOL

Graywolves

2012-05-01, 08:50 PM

I want things in this order.

1. Beta
2. Epic trailer
3. Planetside memorabilia
4. More Gameplay
5. Screenshots
6. idk

1. Graywolves awesomeness for Planetside 2 confirmed.

Machine

2012-05-01, 09:02 PM

we gave them an E3 show before,I am pretty sure we could round a bunch of those guys up again LOL

Agreed. I'm in!

cryosin

2012-05-01, 09:03 PM

Ideally Higby and T-Ray come along and show a trailer with some sort of huge bomb dropping announcement (like beta by July or June), along with a fully playable floor demo. Everyone is blown away by this, and PS2 becomes the next hot game this year to watch. EA and Blizzard Activision then go cry in a corner because their respective games (ie more COD and Battlefield expansion packs) look like absolute crap compared to the awesomeness that is Planetside 2.

lol agreed.

At least we can say we liked it first, before the COD and BF fanboys jump ship and join us.

I seriously have no Idea why people still play COD. I played that game like 2001 and it's the same game just shinier. It still uses the old quake engine for crying out loud!

EVILPIG

2012-05-01, 09:17 PM

E3 will have mind blowing footage of where Planetside 2 is at developmentally. It's the next step in in this, "better things come to those who wait" experience.

Cosmical

2012-05-01, 09:18 PM

It would be pretty smart marketing for Sony to announce on stage that beta opens "NOW!" imagine the impact. Everyone clambering to check their inbox after a live presentation. DO IT SOE!!

SKYeXile

2012-05-01, 09:19 PM

i dont get the appeal of COD anymore, like COD:mw Was the first tacical shooter i played, i played it for abit and i enjoyed that one i guess. Planetside i think spiled shooters for me and prior to planetside i played the shit out of unreal and Halo PC, just couldn't do it after that.

Anyway, since COD:MW was still okay, i brought MW2, BIG MISTAKE, no server broswer and a clear console port, i pissed that off in about 3 seconds.

i gave them another chance with black ops, but again its nothing special, the same combat and same shit as MW, just alot of the maps were the sizes of postage stamps and were grenade spamming feasts. i called it after that game, its clear activision are just putting out the same crap each year in a dash for cash, with a slightly different title.

FPClark

2012-05-01, 09:19 PM

I hope they release a few days before E3 to get any major bugs that would come up due to pushing the pop limits so that during E3 they can blow everyone away.

SKYeXile

2012-05-01, 09:27 PM

actually i can see it happening now, first beta weekend on the 19th-20th of may, prob when the next GW2 weekend will be, the weekend after D3 comes out.

when it rains it pours.

Death2All

2012-05-01, 09:48 PM

"Planetside: Kinect!"

Hamma

2012-05-01, 09:49 PM

Looking forward to E3 it should be fun. AGN the following weekend!

Artimus

2012-05-01, 09:51 PM

The whole dev team is going to arrive at the show via a hot-drop from an actual real-life Galaxy?

YES!

SKYeXile

2012-05-01, 09:53 PM

Looking forward to E3 it should be fun. AGN the following weekend!

Good plan!

Artimus

2012-05-01, 09:55 PM

lol agreed.

At least we can say we liked it first, before the COD and BF fanboys jump ship and join us.

I seriously have no Idea why people still play COD. I played that game like 2001 and it's the same game just shinier. It still uses the old quake engine for crying out loud!

Yea if E3 starts a bandwagon for ps2 that would be awesome, I would assume that after E3 open beta will be epic.

SniperSteve

2012-05-01, 09:59 PM

The Quake engine was and is epic. Don't knock it!

But yeah, this is 2012..

headcrab13

2012-05-01, 10:03 PM

They'll slowly draw the curtain open and Higby will be sitting there at a small workstation with an intense spotlight on him. The massive screen above him will depict the official beta email, addressed to every original Planetside player and ready to go. He'll painstakingly move the cursor over to the "Send" button, and as the entire audience gasps, he'll mash down on the left mouse button to thundering applause and the spotlight going dark.

EVILPIG

2012-05-01, 10:08 PM

Higby is pure RockNRoll, I expect an epic guitar rift!

RawketLawnchair

2012-05-01, 10:17 PM

NCLynx

2012-05-01, 10:26 PM

E3 is exciting every year. This one will be no different.

Really vague I know but it will be worth the wait.

E3 = When they tell us beta date

Radar confirmed it with his post.

E3 should be the most awesome it's ever been for me this year.

DayOne

2012-05-01, 10:27 PM

Praying for beta. But I'll settle for a trailer and/or playable demo.

BETA!

Zulthus

2012-05-01, 10:28 PM

actually i can see it happening now, first beta weekend on the 19th-20th of may, prob when the next GW2 weekend will be, the weekend after D3 comes out.

when it rains it pours.

One can hope... one can hope...

Minor

2012-05-01, 11:09 PM

So Radarx neither confirms and more importantly does not deny the announcement of beta proposal.

On the other hand, this likely means no beta before E3.

Brusi

2012-05-01, 11:10 PM

I'm a little bit torn...

I have a strong feeling that PS2 is going to ruin my life, much like PS1/EQ.

Should i somehow prepare myself for the beta release news so that i might be better able to weather the storm, or just go with it...

My career and relationships are doing fine, just not nearly as exciting as PS2 is for me at the moment ;p

I spose i can always buy a plane ticket to the states and pull a Higby on SOE.

Hmr85

2012-05-01, 11:12 PM

I really think they need to release beta about a week or two before E3 and showcase the game in all its glory. That would make people go OMG!!!.

Anyways, I would be happy with a trailer and some game demo footage in the worse case scenario. :wantbeta::ncrocks:

QuantumMechanic

2012-05-02, 12:23 AM

Zulthus

2012-05-02, 12:35 AM

By the way, Planetside Kinect? Been done already by this guy from the official forums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbEn72evviI

Was that recorded with a potato? And god no, what a waste of time. It's a good try but do you honestly think you'd be able to face up against a 6 year old if he has a keyboard/mouse and you're using that?

SKYeXile

2012-05-02, 12:36 AM

Was that recorded with a potato? And god no, what a waste of time. It's a good try but do you honestly think you'd be able to face up against a 6 year old if he has a keyboard/mouse and you're using that?

gl facing up against a 70 year old cripple with no arms who plays with their face on that setup.

RawketLawnchair

2012-05-02, 12:37 AM

gl facing up against a 70 year old cripple with no arms who plays with their face on that setup.

:lol:

Kinect? No thank you.

QuantumMechanic

2012-05-02, 12:42 AM

Yeah, that guy put a lot of time into getting PS1 working with the kinect, and of course admits himself that it's totally not realistic to actually play with.

I think he just had some spare time and a lot of passion for Planetside. He chronicled his efforts in making that thing on the SOE forums. Was pretty interesting keeping up with him.

BorisBlade

2012-05-02, 12:52 AM

Well the current kinect is worse than a wiimote sadly. With only flailing arms and legs and no actual buttons, you cant do jack squat other than jumping or swinging crap. Until you can get some action buttons in there via some wireless controllres in each hand or somethin much higher res to track fingers (which still would be inferior to buttons), then you will never have the kinect be anything better than a crummier wii rip off that only plays lame and gimmicky games.

Having said that, if it were paired with a controller or two, maybe one that straps to the inside of your palm or is like wireless Razor Hydra controllres or somethin to work together with the flailing arms and such, then it could be very cool and used for alot. You could use the controller to move your character around and to do actions with the buttons, but could move things or throw things or otherwise interact witht he world in many ways via the kinect. With the just the kinect alone you cant do squat.

Kran De Loy

2012-05-02, 01:12 AM

I think beta might be announced there, or start happening very shortly after.

I wouldn't go for a live world demo, just in case somebody finds a unique way to make their Sunderer fly upside down and backwards, right at the moment that Higby is presenting it with his back to a giant screen :)I would hire that pilot.

lol agreed.

At least we can say we liked it first, before the COD and BF fanboys jump ship and join us.

I seriously have no Idea why people still play COD. I played that game like 2001 and it's the same game just shinier. It still uses the old quake engine for crying out loud! I knew a guy that played CoD, he was a total maniac for it and I have never met a single person since that liked the game. That one guy that did was like he was a on a perpetual caffeine and sugar high. If he twitched anymore than he already was I would have tipped the cops off to a speed addict.

SKYeXile

2012-05-02, 01:28 AM

Shocks story on COD was the best.

He said he overheard some guys chatting about COD at a bar, and that it was coming out next week, they then say "YEA ITS GONNA ROCK" and proceed highfive eachother...

Neurotoxin

2012-05-02, 01:30 AM

My predictions:
1 - Beta or near-Beta builds will be ready and playable during E3
2 - Closed beta will come out after E3
3 - SOE team is gonna get super drunk at the Yard House

Chefkoch

2012-05-02, 01:57 AM

"Planetside: Kinect!"

Haha..i just imagine Gal flying with Kinect. :D

QuantumMechanic

2012-05-02, 02:29 AM

Haha..i just imagine Gal flying with Kinect. :D

That's bound to make your arms tired!

basti

2012-05-02, 06:32 AM

3 - SOE team is gonna get super drunk at the Yard House

That already happens every week I heard.
Higby got so drunk once that his beard started to talk.

Stew

2012-05-02, 06:41 AM

E3 is exciting every year. This one will be no different.

Really vague I know but it will be worth the wait.

We do not want to wait for E3 we all want to get in the BETA test !

Stew

2012-05-02, 06:45 AM

Higby said in one of his interviews at GDC "keep your eyes on E3" (as I recall), when asked about beta. So I wouldn't expect any beta announcement before then.

By the way, Planetside Kinect? Been done already by this guy from the official forums:

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If what u said is true So we all been fool to run to buy PC gamer magazine to get early beta acess and also what they will do ? Give priority beta acess to people at E3 ? before all of us who wait like crazy ?

This could be really BAD !

if they is no beta till E3 so why they have release those beta codes in pc gamer magasine back in march ?

i do not get it !

basti

2012-05-02, 07:13 AM

Is anyone able to understand what stew just said?
And can anyone teach this guy some english?

Mod

2012-05-02, 07:30 AM

Nah, my head hurts when I try to read his posts ;)

Anyone got a time machine that we can just skip this month? :p

Figment

2012-05-02, 08:35 AM

"Planetside: Kinect!"

PlanetSide, the Kinect DANCE game!

Sabrak

2012-05-02, 09:27 AM

PlanetSide, the Kinect DANCE game!

I bet all the Vanu songs would be dubstep. :rolleyes:

SKYeXile

2012-05-02, 09:59 AM

Nah, my head hurts when I try to read his posts ;)

Anyone got a time machine that we can just skip this month? :p

only the next 2 weeks thanks, DIABLO!

should hold me over for atleast 2...

Xyntech

2012-05-02, 10:26 AM

Planetside 2 is going to ruin E3 for me. I'll be too busy focused on all of the PS2 coverage that I'll miss out on all of the other stuff.

I think I may be confusing "ruin" with "improve" though.

RadarX

2012-05-02, 10:36 AM

If what u said is true So we all been fool to run to buy PC gamer magazine to get early beta acess and also what they will do ? Give priority beta acess to people at E3 ? before all of us who wait like crazy ?

This could be really BAD !

if they is no beta till E3 so why they have release those beta codes in pc gamer magasine back in march ?

i do not get it !

Giving priority access to people at an industry only show would be ineffective. If you are a former PS player? You are taken care of. If you got a PC Gamer? You are taken care of.

We'll begin letting people in (it's not going to happen all at once) when things are ready to go. However our target for that is players, not media and industry employees.

TheRagingGerbil

2012-05-02, 10:37 AM

Giving priority access to people at an industry only show would be ineffective. If you are a former PS player? You are taken care of. If you got a PC Gamer? You are taken care of.

We'll begin letting people in (it's not going to happen all at once) when things are ready to go. However our target for that is players, not media and industry employees.

<3

Xyntech

2012-05-02, 10:47 AM

Mechzz

2012-05-02, 10:50 AM

Why are you guys so good to us?

Well, we do pay their wages!
But seriously, it is a mutual feel-good relationship, isn't it?

Brusi

2012-05-02, 10:57 AM

only the next 2 weeks thanks, DIABLO!

should hold me over for atleast 2...

^ this!

Have you pre-ordered it exile? $67 from jb hi-fi...

It's $57 from ozgameshop.com... but wont arrive till june and can't use the RMAH on west-coast battlenet servers :(

oh and Stew, chill man.

Releasing news of beta at E3 isn't the same as giving first dibs of beta sign-ups to attendees...

Everything the shit you write feels lost in translation.

Kurtz

2012-05-02, 11:04 AM

They could easily become THE most anticipated FPS of all time at this years E3

Timing is everything so when and what they release is key to success.

Keys to success E3
show more game play with thousands of players online.

Announce beta & release at E3 for September (lateset) and December 2012 respectively.

Keys to failure E3

show more game play with thousands of players online.
Announce beta & release at E3 for December 2012 and May 2013 respectively.

push a laggy beta in december. everyone will run right back to cod/bf.

May is a good release date but a bad beta will kill the launch. A smooth beta in september followed by an equally smooth release in December 2012 will mean success.

CyclesMcHurtz

2012-05-02, 12:10 PM

I bet all the Vanu songs would be dubstep. :rolleyes:

T-Ray wouldn't let that happen. :D

Red Beard

2012-05-02, 12:17 PM

T-Ray wouldn't let that happen. :D

TRay; the island of reason and manlyness in VS! :lol:

SniperSteve

2012-05-02, 12:19 PM

http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/world-of-warcraft-mmorpg/world-of-warcraft-news/e3-sucks/

The last paragraph of that article says that SOE is guaranteed to be at E3 with PlanetSide2. Perhaps speculation? More likely they are planning to steal the show with some epic gameplay.

I think they need some Alpha/Beta players to help them populate the servers on those days :P

Notser

2012-05-02, 12:50 PM

Why are you guys so good to us?

We're the content for their game, they need us to get others interested and we dictate direction. SOE is making a very large effort to do all the things they didn't do in 2003, I love all the community love and appreciate their efforts.

I'm hoping they can pick key people from the community much like League has done and put those who love the game in the spotlight for community events and such. League of Legends is the best business model to follow, both content and community interaction.

RadarX

2012-05-02, 12:55 PM

I'm hoping they can pick key people from the community much like League has done and put those who love the game in the spotlight for community events and such. League of Legends is the best business model to follow, both content and community interaction.

I'd thank you to stop standing over my shoulder and reading my community documents before they are complete.

LoL has done some great things but just like us they are doing so on the shoulders of previous community efforts. We're going to take everything we've learned in 10 years of doing this and see what everyone else is doing. Then we're going to create a Frankenstein like beast that will crush things.

Mechzz

2012-05-02, 12:56 PM

We're going to take everything we've learned in 10 years of doing this and see what everyone else is doing. Then we're going to create a Frankenstein like beast that will crush things.

Ooh! Is the VS Max nearly ready to debut?

Notser

2012-05-02, 01:07 PM

LoL has done some great things but just like us they are doing so on the shoulders of previous community efforts. We're going to take everything we've learned in 10 years of doing this and see what everyone else is doing. Then we're going to create a Frankenstein like beast that will crush things.

We're going to get a HigbySAUR weekly show that spotlights community creations on youtube with weird user comments like "OMG his hair is so wonderful" and "I can't believe a guy plays Planetside!" all while Higby dazzles us with NC cosplay? I'm a little scared RadarX :D

Xyntech

2012-05-02, 01:12 PM

CyclesMcHurtz was posting quite a bit the other day and now RadarX is being extra chatty.

Are you guys taking shifts with us so that we don't get too antsy while the team is in crunch mode?

Works for me. All of the devs so far have seemed pretty chill.

Kipper

2012-05-02, 01:16 PM

I love the way the team has been going about getting involved with the community.

Normally, its indie devs that get involved with their fan base because they *need* them to support their product for it to succeed, wheras bigger/richer companies can sometimes be just seen as unable to listen, care, or do anything except farm their loyal fans for gold.

So big props to SoE and the team for setting about delivering a triple-A product that they clearly care very much about, mixing it up with the fans, soliciting for ideas, showing off sneak previews and maintaining general levels of interaction. Long may it continue!

Raise the bar for (MMO)FPS, and while you're at it, set a new standard for big developers/publishers treating their fans with some respect :love: (We'll repay you by spending the money because we want to, and shooting you on sight in-game if you're not wearing our colours!).

SniperSteve

2012-05-02, 01:23 PM

Then we're going to create a Frankenstein like beast that will crush things.

I just got so excited. I actually got an adrenaline rush. :D

Are you guys taking shifts with us so that we don't get too antsy while the team is in crunch mode?
PSU = Day care run by Hamma and the PS2 devs.

NCLynx

2012-05-02, 01:25 PM

Lorgarn

2012-05-02, 01:39 PM

I think they need some Alpha/Beta players to help them populate the servers on those days :P

Actually, this is a really good idea. (At least from my clearly inexperienced/uneducated point of view.) This is pretty much a requirement if they want to have the game available for event participants. I guess could "time" it with having an official "in-house playtest event" at SOE to crowd the servers, but you'd have to consider that most events run through at least a couple of days. So this wouldn't really be viable at all.

So as far as using logic goes, if PS2 is going to be playable at an event(any event really, not just E3) the Beta has to be up and running by that time. Which leads me to believe that it wont be playable at E3. Though I'm sure we'll see some amazing footage, no doubt about that.

Mechzz

2012-05-02, 01:43 PM

Actually, this is a really good idea. (At least from my clearly inexperienced/uneducated point of view.) This is pretty much a requirement if they want to have the game available for event participants. I guess could "time" it with having an official "in-house playtest event" at SOE to crowd the servers, but you'd have to consider that most events run through at least a couple of days. So this wouldn't really be viable at all.

So as far as using logic goes, if PS2 is going to be playable at an event(any event really, not just E3) the Beta has to be up and running by that time. Which leads me to believe that it wont be playable at E3. Though I'm sure we'll see some amazing footage, no doubt about that.

The good news is Stew got this from T-ray just a while ago:

https://twitter.com/#!/PS_TRay/status/197710290983460864

"@xStew360x @Planetside2 will be at e3 fully playable ready to rock"
if the link doesn't work,

wasdie

2012-05-02, 01:58 PM

I would assume they would at least have a limited closed beta so that they could have a world populated with several hundred players.

RadarX

2012-05-02, 02:15 PM

We're going to get a HigbySAUR weekly show that spotlights community creations on youtube with weird user comments like "OMG his hair is so wonderful" and "I can't believe a guy plays Planetside!" all while Higby dazzles us with NC cosplay? I'm a little scared RadarX :D

You weren't going to get that before but this sounds so astounding we may have to work it into the schedule...

Xyntech

2012-05-02, 02:16 PM

Oh shit. That all but confirms beta launch before E3.

It wouldn't really make sense to have it playable at E3 without having decent populations, and there is no way they would launch beta right at the start of E3 and risk some catastrophic unexpected failures post beta launch which could potentially require some quick patching.

Beta launching on the anniversary of the original Planetsides launch is sounding less and less like a pipe dream.

Lorgarn

2012-05-02, 02:34 PM

The good news is Stew got this from T-ray just a while ago:

https://twitter.com/#!/PS_TRay/status/197710290983460864

"@xStew360x @Planetside2 will be at e3 fully playable ready to rock"
if the link doesn't work,

Interesting, very interesting I must say.

I'm trying to come up with a alternate route they could go by doing this, but I fail to come up with anything substantial. I mean, it's not like other FPS game's where you have a set map with a set number of people in each team.(e.g regular deathmatch) They couldn't possibly do this in PS2.

Even if they took an area and restrict the players to that very area it wouldn't work very well. Mostly because they can't control when people will stop by to play or leave the booth. If for some reason most of the players leave, there wont by anything left for the rest of the few players to do. Most likely resulting in a steep decline of players and ultimately a total failure of the entire idea. Even if they came up with a solution to this problem, it wouldn't even make sense since there wouldn't be any "true objective" and it would feel very restricted.

While I think it might be possible, I find it somewhat unlikely. Beta has to happen at the same time or sometime before E3.

Notser

2012-05-02, 03:02 PM

You weren't going to get that before but this sounds so astounding we may have to work it into the schedule...

:) just use the time allotted for sleep to get this done, i'm sure everyone at SOE will understand the sacrifices to get Higby in some NC cosplay

Xyntech

2012-05-02, 03:03 PM

Lorgarn

2012-05-02, 03:21 PM

About the only other way it could work is if it were limited to a closed off portion of a continent, and as many SOE employees as possible were constantly playing the game in that section at all times during E3.

Beta launching prior to E3 is actually the more plausible sounding option, although there are never any guarantees until we hear official word.

Aye, that's definitely plausible but you'd have to take the lenght and duration of the event into account as well. There is no way they can "force" their employees into playing several of hours each day. What they maybe could do is that they schedule 2-3 "play events" during each day of E3. Even then, only some of the people at E3 would get the chance to get to play it.

It's plausible but, IMO, extremely ineffiecient and complicated to pull off in a successfull manner.

We'll see though I guess.

RaZrReD

2012-05-02, 03:28 PM

UPDATED: Sorry, this was mentioned earlier apologies.

Does this mean what I think it means? or am I picking this up wrong here?
https://twitter.com/#!/_JPalmer_/status/197719999266299904

Xyntech

2012-05-02, 03:29 PM

It's plausible but, IMO, extremely ineffiecient and complicated to pull off in a successfull manner.

We'll see though I guess.

I agree, and it's made even less plausible by this from the beta sticky thread:

TRay replied to one of my tweets in which I said it be cool to play with the E3 attendees. He said its going to happen.

So pretty much confirmed beta before E3.

https://twitter.com/#!/PS_TRay/status/197720130480906242

Unless TRay is fucking with us and only means we can play with E3 attendees if we also are attending, then this is pretty much confirmation.

ExplodingSilver

2012-05-02, 03:41 PM

I look forward to it

Kipper

2012-05-02, 03:47 PM

It makes sense that if its playable, people at the show will get to play it.

That's different from getting an account or even getting into beta, that's just getting a few minutes to experience it first hand to build up some excitement, at which point you have to go and sign up and wait like everyone else.

And it also makes sense that if its playable, and people at the show are playing it - that beta will open when E3 closes.

Chufty

2012-05-02, 03:52 PM

Myself and a bunch of other PS1 vets are having an E3 LAN party. If we could play in a beta... man, we won't be playing anything else!

Make it happen SOE :D

Ceska

2012-05-02, 04:14 PM

I remember E3 2001 with the first playable presentation of Planetside... Nostalgy.
I also remember that Planetside at launch had few in common to the presentation after a beta 2 more years of developpment ^_^
Just make sure we won't wait 2 years :)

Raymac

2012-05-02, 11:41 PM

People have been getting their hopes up for beta since the summer. I've learned not to hold my breath.

bigcracker

2012-05-03, 12:02 AM

E3 people need targets to shoot at just saying devs

SKYeXile

2012-05-03, 12:14 AM

E3 people need targets to shoot at just saying devs

what he's really saying here is:

OH PLEASE LET US IN, OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE!

SniperSteve

2012-05-03, 12:18 AM

OPEN THE GATES TO BETA !!!

NCLynx

2012-05-03, 12:37 AM

OPEN THE GATES TO BETA !!!

HIGBY GRANT US THIS. PLEASE SAY ONE CAN SIMPLY WALK INTO AURAXIS. LET IT BE.

bigcracker

2012-05-03, 02:30 AM

what he's really saying here is:

OH PLEASE LET US IN, OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE!

I will be this if i am aloud to walk around in game
http://www.tensionnot.com/images/images/slideshow/Funny203.jpg

Graywolves

2012-05-03, 02:37 AM

OPEN THE GATES TO BETA !!!

LET OUR PEOPLE INSIDE THE CASTLE!!!!!!!!!

headcrab13

2012-05-03, 02:54 AM

Sweet announcement, but I don't think it confirms beta in any way. It's possible that they'll just have a few dozen machines for players to use and will be demoing in a single base or confined section of the map, like a canyon. Even with 40 or 50 people in a small area, players will get a good taste of how hectic Planetside battles can be.

I do however think they'll give a rough estimate of the beta timeframe, if not an exact date.

kaffis

2012-05-03, 09:29 AM

E3 people need targets to shoot at just saying devs
I promise I'll play shoddily on E3 days just so the E3 press can feel like they're awesome. But I need to be playing in order to do it -- just sayin'...

Hamma

2012-05-03, 09:33 AM

People have been getting their hopes up for beta since the summer. I've learned not to hold my breath.

Good thing you would be dead :D

Striker KOJ

2012-05-03, 01:21 PM

Good thing you would be dead :D

Unless he was swimming. Waiting for Beta underwater must be quite the conundrum.

Kurtz

2012-05-03, 02:16 PM

I will be this if i am aloud to walk around in game
http://www.tensionnot.com/images/images/slideshow/Funny203.jpg

Now that is funny.

Striker KOJ

2012-05-03, 02:28 PM

Now that is funny.

What makes it funnier is the number 12 on the target, which could imply that there are at least 11 other guys sitting there too.

SurgeonX

2012-05-03, 05:32 PM

You know what we really need to make sure that the E3 demo is as amazing as possible?

Beta access for the whole of PSU during E3!

That way we can make sure that the population locks are hitting their limits, and PlanetSide 2 looks as epic as it is meant to.
:D

RoninAfro

2012-05-03, 06:39 PM

I like this idea

Juneau

2012-05-04, 06:25 AM

Oh man! i dont check PSU for a few days due to dissertation and i miss all of this! :(

Super excited for E3 now though! :D

Stew

2012-05-04, 07:13 AM

i dont understand ... Is soe are going to do everything for E3 or is SOE is going to try to get us as soon as possible in the beta ive redeem my beta code since early march 2 months ago Hope they try to get most of us into the beta ASAP !

If we have No beta before E3 i will be very disapointed . . .

RawketLawnchair

2012-05-04, 10:15 AM

I've been reading and thinking about it and I agree with the conclusion that we should have beta open before E3, otherwise the demo won't be even nearly as awesome as it should be. This game needs all the attention it can get at E3.

Kaos

2012-05-04, 10:29 AM

Three of my buddies got tickets to E3 awhile back and there are none left for me :(

Corax

2012-05-04, 11:09 AM

Three of my buddies got tickets to E3 awhile back and there are none left for me :(

Shoot one of them, wear their skin, go to E3, play PS2, problem solved.

Dump body at VS headquarters, they are all cultist fanatics, everyone will naturally blame them.

Gonefshn

2012-05-04, 11:31 AM

Honestly with it a month away there is no way I can see beta beginning before E3. This means it will be open in the next few weeks.

Also, if they announce Beta before E3, what will they announce AT E3???
They have been putting so much hype around E3 saying to wait and it will be worth it. If they drop the Atomic bomb that is Beta a few weeks before E3 whatever they will have to say at that time will be lost in comparison.

I can't imagine there will be Beta before E3, if they want to wow us at E3 they need something for us to get excited about, something we have either been waiting for or don't know yet.

Maybe they will announce Beta before E3 and the big E3 announcement is...... BFRs??? :cry:

Sabrak

2012-05-04, 11:38 AM

Maybe they will announce Beta before E3 and the big E3 announcement is...... BFRs??? :cry:

Nope.
4th Empire.

:groovy:

MacXXcaM

2012-05-04, 11:39 AM

Honestly with it a month away there is no way I can see beta beginning before E3. This means it will be open in the next few weeks.

Yes, some suggested the 19th of May. That would be the 9 years anniversary of Planetside, too; and it would be 2 weeks to test it and get stable results to show at the E3.

Also, if they announce Beta before E3, what will they announce AT E3???

Closed beta pre-E3, open beta after that maybe...
Anyway, I don't care about the 2 weeks. If they'd announce it at E3, I'll be fine as well. I just don't think they're gonna convince the public that Planetside2 is superior to any other shooting game if they just show off a couple of people playing again...
Afterall, they repeatedly stated they cared for as many players as they can get. So, whatever they want to present at E3, it has to be extraordinary.

Gonefshn

2012-05-04, 11:52 AM

Yes, some suggested the 19th of May. That would be the 9 years anniversary of Planetside, too; and it would be 2 weeks to test it and get stable results to show at the E3.

Interesting to note that May 19th is the 9 year anniversary. I guess that kinda seems reasonable. But I can't imagine closed beta lasting 2 weeks thats kinda silly don't you agree??

Maybe I'll be made to eat my words but I honestly still can't imagine Beta before E3. Just my gut, I think it's pretty radically soon. Not to mention I feel like they wont just say, "beta is open NOW!". I think they would give at least a week or so heads up to when it will begin. Once again I could be wrong but I'll stick by my guess that there is no Beta before E3.