Nanite Systems Modular Outpost Tower [Archive]

Graywolves

2012-05-07, 07:11 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/NaniteSystems/status/199636302449217536/photo/1

Nanite Systems presents our modular outpost tower system. Great for respawns and vehicle creation. Built to last

I think it looks pretty neat. Just needs TR Banners :)

Edit:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media.php?view=2086

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20120507_4fa85a4bdf95e.jpg

Xaine

2012-05-07, 07:18 PM

If by TR, you mean VS.

Then yes!

JPalmer

2012-05-07, 07:19 PM

Lorgarn

2012-05-07, 07:20 PM

Good lord that entire scene looks rediculously awesome.

I'm trying to find something more to say but I can't come up with something of value right now.

I'm that amazed, I truly am.

Duddy

2012-05-07, 07:22 PM

Bears a striking resemblance to the tower we saw in those very old PlanetSide alpha pictures we saw.

Surely some of you know which one I mean, the weird looking purple one? :P

Sledgecrushr

2012-05-07, 07:22 PM

It even has a happy face on the top. So this is deployable and upgradable?

Gonefshn

2012-05-07, 07:24 PM

So awesome! DO want to fight over this.

Goku

2012-05-07, 07:24 PM

Bears a striking resemblance to the tower we saw in those very old PlanetSide alpha pictures we saw.

Surely some of you know which one I mean, the weird looking purple one? :P

Yes I remember that. This is looking great.

Mastachief

2012-05-07, 07:29 PM

4 air pads? lush

Hamma

2012-05-07, 07:31 PM

My jaw hit the floor on this one.. just awesome looking. The detail on this game just gets more amazing.

Also rehosted:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media.php?view=2086

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20120507_4fa85a4bdf95e.jpg

Mastachief

2012-05-07, 07:36 PM

I like the attention to detail with the lights atop for night time spotting and the glowing NC flag

Kipper

2012-05-07, 07:38 PM

Oh my lord...

That takes awesome and puts red lights on top!

Purple

2012-05-07, 07:39 PM

loving the epic night view.

Robotix

2012-05-07, 07:40 PM

So even towers will have multiple capture points? Interesting.

Wonder what those little floating icons are for. I see 4 aircraft and 2 gun icons midway up and 2 unidentifiable ones at the ground level. The tower is modular, so maybe those are where you can switch up different attachment/gun emplacements.

SKYeXile

2012-05-07, 07:45 PM

Reminds me of a serving robot.

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/rixie/rixie1111/rixie111100050/11151388-a-robot-dressed-for-thanksgiving-and-serving-turkey-dinner-fruit-and-vegetables-isolated-on-black-wi.jpg

and that reminds me of a waffle bot.

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l592/tokkahontas/wafflebot2-1.jpg

Goku

2012-05-07, 07:46 PM

Rumblepit

2012-05-07, 07:48 PM

my first thought is,,,, deployable?????? built to last!!!!

WellWisherELF

2012-05-07, 07:51 PM

More cryptic hints as to player-spawned towers. I like.

Kipper

2012-05-07, 07:58 PM

I'm gonna say not spawned - I'm guessing the towers are in fixed locations because to have them just plonked down in the world could lead to all manner of weirdness. Either that or there are specific 'plots' in which a tower can go, rather than just freely placed anywhere.

I assume empires just get to upgrade them; presumably with resources - and when you capture one, it loses some or all of its upgrades...?

Rumblepit

2012-05-07, 08:01 PM

i was under the impression that only deployables can be damaged.otherwise were gonna be fighting over rubble. lol. hints built to last

WorldOfForms

2012-05-07, 08:07 PM

Those icons are clearly terminals. The gun ones are equip terms, the tank ones are vehicles terms, and the plane ones are air terms.

Actually, even though it could be considered "dumbed down" I really like that they have icons for seeing where terminals are. In PS1 a new player could easily get discouraged just trying to find where the heck to get their guns and wheels.

kaffis

2012-05-07, 08:12 PM

It even has a happy face on the top. So this is deployable and upgradable?
Upgradeable is what I'm hoping for. Fixed locations are okay, so long as empires can sink resources into strategically important ones to improve them in custom ways.

Stardouser

2012-05-07, 08:12 PM

It even has a happy face on the top. So this is deployable and upgradable?

You had the same thought I did. I wonder if this is a forward base or if this is a fixed tower?

Kipper

2012-05-07, 08:36 PM

i was under the impression that only deployables can be damaged.otherwise were gonna be fighting over rubble. lol. hints built to last

I see ya, but. Would have thought they'd apply the "trade-off" logic here too - you can have some, but nit all upgrades? If you go ani air, you lose anti vehicle? Etc?

Who gets to decide what goes on and where? Anyone with enough resource? Outfit leaders?

waldizzo

2012-05-07, 08:38 PM

Looks like towers have multiple capture points as well.

Immigrant

2012-05-07, 08:40 PM

Great looking tower! Something is amiss though.

I think it looks pretty neat. Just needs TR Banners :)

That's it!

http://www.zaslike.com/files/rdzlxcpybl8t6ln0fg.png (http://www.zaslike.com/)

It looks much better now! ;)

Tatwi

2012-05-07, 08:44 PM

When can I move in? I already have some nice throw pillows and incense to layout for my sexy parties.

Zulthus

2012-05-07, 08:48 PM

I hope we can turn those icons off in the options. They'd get annoying after a while. Didn't really care for them in Tribes Ascend tbh.

On the other hand, that tower looks AMAZING.

NCLynx

2012-05-07, 08:48 PM

That looks like it's going to be so damn fun to fight on/for/etc

I feel like when PS2 finally does open up, and I can play it, I'm going to need to ramp up what I do slowly or else I'll have a Planetside overload.

Brusi

2012-05-07, 08:50 PM

Very interested in the player spawned tower system...

Looks very different to their original designed tower with feet.

Perhaps the tower is alway there, and the modular parts are the player owned (additions). I.E. capd the tower, additional enemy modules dissapear and must be repurchased by the new owners using resources.

Graywolves

2012-05-07, 09:53 PM

http://www.zaslike.com/files/rdzlxcpybl8t6ln0fg.png (http://www.zaslike.com/)

It looks much better now! ;)

That's so beautiful.

SniperSteve

2012-05-07, 10:43 PM

I involuntarily said "WOAH...." out loud when I saw this...

Pyreal

2012-05-07, 11:05 PM

Wonder what those little floating icons are for. I see 4 aircraft and 2 gun icons midway up and 2 unidentifiable ones at the ground level. The tower is modular, so maybe those are where you can switch up different attachment/gun emplacements.

The bottom icons are tanks. They must be consoles to spawn the kits and vehicles.

Stew

2012-05-07, 11:15 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/NaniteSystems/status/199636302449217536/photo/1

I think it looks pretty neat. Just needs TR Banners :)

Edit:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media.php?view=2086

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20120507_4fa85a4bdf95e.jpg

Why they said modular ?

Is these towers can be expanded ? Or is these tower can be build on the fly anywhere ? thats my question Dont care about the banner yet until beta ;)

Hmr85

2012-05-07, 11:26 PM

The games is looking great. Its been awhile since I last looked at the site and to see the progress from day 1 pictures to now is simply stunning. SOE is doing a solid job. I can't wait to get in beta and explore everything.

Johari

2012-05-07, 11:53 PM

Holy guacamole, 4 great pics in just one day? Great media blitz and I can't wait to see more.

God I can't wait till beta so we get to explore all these cool things.

PeteHMB

2012-05-08, 12:14 AM

The bottom icons are tanks. They must be consoles to spawn the kits and vehicles.

Wait, what?! We can spawn vehicles from towers now???

Xyntech

2012-05-08, 04:00 AM

Looking fantastic. Tower fights in PS2 are going to be a whole new ballgame.

Icons for things like spawn terminals is a good idea for new players, and will hopefully be one of many features that will keep population numbers high. Hopefully there will be a way to turn them off for players who don't need/want them though.

KTNApollo

2012-05-08, 04:11 AM

If these towers are indeed modular (upgradable) or deployable I hope they cost a lot of resources. It would suck if all of the towers in the game are upgraded/deployed everywhere on week 2 of the game's launch.

ringring

2012-05-08, 06:10 AM

Wow great job!

A few thoughts:
I can forsee epic battles around these.
BFR's are back (when I saw this it made me giggle and no no alcohol involved)
At Christmas can we have it festooned in fairy lights?

Main thought is that the towers and bases are a 'real' upgrade to Planetside as opposed to 'other stuff' which I won't mention.

Coreldan

2012-05-08, 06:17 AM

Gief!

Squiffy

2012-05-08, 06:38 AM

When this came through on my phone, I thought it was someone having a laugh because of the "smiley" face at the top, but now I've looked properly it looks awseome.

Pillar

2012-05-08, 08:22 AM

I think the most practical explanation for the modular design would be that they all start out as a basic outpost and are upgraded by the their controlling faction for resources. Perhaps the upgrade process is controlled by high ranking individuals, or maybe there's a voting system that the entire faction can take part in, and a timer by which the votes must be submitted before the upgrade goes through.

Kipper

2012-05-08, 09:09 AM

Perhaps the upgrade process is controlled by high ranking individuals, or maybe there's a voting system that the entire faction can take part in.

If I had designed it, I'd have a console that listed every upgrade you could do and a 'donate' button, that's democratic. If you resource-rich and really want something built, you can build it entirely out of your own funds, or if you're an outfit with less individual resources - you can just say - "hey, lets upgrade this tower, everyone good to donate x resources to upgrade y?"

Probably some weakness with that but it was a quick idea.

I don't think all towers will be fully upgraded within 2 weeks, someone will have thought of that early on, I'm betting everything is destructible - either when the base changes hands, or in real time. It would be kind of cool if you knew you were going to lose a tower so the last thing you did before getting the hell out was C4 the entire thing back to its most basic level, just to piss off the enemy :)

Xyntech

2012-05-08, 09:28 AM

At Christmas can we have it festooned in fairy lights?

That's already going to happen every time the VS control it.

Speaking of which, I can't wait to have 100+ VS shooting off "fireworks" every time we cap a base again. It looked pretty awesome back in the original game, it's going to look amazing on Forgelight.

Canaris

2012-05-08, 09:51 AM

Me likey just a small point banners on the tower itself could be a little bigger, I like big banners :)

DviddLeff

2012-05-08, 03:49 PM

So a single tower is the same size as a PS facility, has 4 air terminals, 2 equipment terminals, 2 ground vehicle terminals and 3 capture points.

Bloody hell I'm excited!

Attackmack

2012-05-08, 04:32 PM

Is this a "typical" tower? Does this mean vehicles can be spawned everywhere?
Thats...not very exciting :/

Nothing better then fighting desperetly waiting for the tanks and air support to arrive!

Ceska

2012-05-08, 05:00 PM

I still hope there will be some kind of tower ownership for outfit (à la Star Wars Galaxy), with outfit choosing the modular configurations.
That would be really awesome.

SixShooter

2012-05-08, 05:27 PM

This thing looks pretty awesome. I can't wait to see it in the midst of battle.

The Barn Cat

2012-05-08, 05:45 PM

Oh my god the only thing i am going to see when i look at those is that damn serving robot i hope they change it so its not a face anymore

Xyntech

2012-05-08, 05:54 PM

Is this a "typical" tower? Does this mean vehicles can be spawned everywhere?
Thats...not very exciting :/

Nothing better then fighting desperetly waiting for the tanks and air support to arrive!

Don't forget that this "tower" is the size of a base in PS1. Bases are that much larger.

For all we know, there may be spawn points in some small bunkers and other structures, making them PS2's equivalent of PS1's towers.

So as long as they are well spaced and well thought out, I doubt this will be too large a change. The much larger bases will be a bigger change.

I kind of doubt that we'll have one of these towers sitting right near every base either. My guess is that structures such as these towers will be what controls some of those smaller hex clusters that aren't dominated by a base.

Sabot

2012-05-08, 06:08 PM

Nah... that's the whole point with the hex system. So battles are fought across all terrain, not just at towers and bases. What the actuall cappable point of those small, desolate hexes are... well, they said bunkers or small camps or whatever.. maybe just a hill or something. Point is, structures like that are not located on every hex.

CrystalViolet

2012-05-08, 06:53 PM

haven't read through the thread, but is this the first time we've seen a night shot with stars in the sky? Maybe I've just never noticed them before.

Baneblade

2012-05-08, 06:58 PM

I get the feeling that the old Flip and Forget method of warfare is being targeted center mass in PS2.

NCLynx

2012-05-08, 09:32 PM

I hope all the towers are this happy.

http://i.imgur.com/EHm7t.png

Koenside

2012-05-08, 10:10 PM

I get the feeling that the old Flip and Forget method of warfare is being targeted center mass in PS2.

^^^
I'd like to see this fixed. Like in ps1 where if u wanted to pull a galaxy you had to capture/travel to the nearest dropship center.

SixShooter

2012-05-09, 12:20 AM

I hope all the towers are this happy.

http://i.imgur.com/EHm7t.png

How did Bob Ross end up on the dev team??? It starts with happy towers and before you know it there will be happy trees and clouds everywhere you look!

kaffis

2012-05-09, 01:53 PM

I think you guys are missing the most obvious answer to the question "what does modular mean?"

Modular clearly means that towers are built out of multiple, transforming/nanite-reconfigurable Sunderers. Drive near a Tower foundation, and you get the option to deploy it as a Vehicle Pad, Air Pad, or Equipment Terminal...

headcrab13

2012-05-09, 06:20 PM

When can I move in? I already have some nice throw pillows and incense to layout for my sexy parties.

In the latest dev interview, they confirmed that the more girls you invite to the party, the bigger the tower's smile gets. Interesting tidbit of info.

http://i.imgur.com/EHm7t.png

Atheosim

2012-05-09, 06:55 PM

I wish that stupid smiley face weren't on the top.

Immigrant

2012-05-09, 07:04 PM

I wish that stupid smiley face weren't on the top.
I believe that just due to the perspective. Also at day time it won't look like that at all I think.

Xyntech

2012-05-09, 07:50 PM

I for one welcome our smiling robot overlords.

Tatwi

2012-05-09, 08:03 PM

I for one welcome our smiling robot overlords.

Lol...

cryosin

2012-05-09, 10:46 PM

Is that a tower?

That thing is HUGE!

Inb4 thats what she said.

So its like the world of skyrim littered with COD Maps and BF3 vehicles?

Im officially in drool status.

Baneblade

2012-05-09, 11:50 PM

Happy Tower Friends?

Johari

2012-05-10, 12:17 AM

Seeing smiley faces on top of modular outposts isn't normal but in Planetside it is.

Raka Maru

2012-05-10, 12:26 AM

I see "crossroads watchtower" so the upgrades are the air pads AND the smiley face.

Sledgecrushr

2012-05-10, 06:02 AM

As far as faces go, this one is pretty obvious. But on many of the screen shots I have seen a lot of the buildings have faces.

Marinealver

2012-05-10, 06:40 AM

Well I hope they have some sort of base upgrades. ModularI guess that means the nearby facility can make it an air/watch/gun twr or mabey a combo of the twrs.

kaffis

2012-05-10, 08:18 AM

Traak

2012-05-11, 10:39 AM

Is there an option to black these things out so they are less like a sign for a lighting warehouse in an unlit alley at night?

I would want mine to last a while. No lights option would be nice.

Who needs easily-rapeable AMS's when you can have these instead?

Shogun

2012-05-12, 02:11 PM

i´m shocked, nobody commented on this...

i want the customization option to put a sailors hat with "stay puft" on this thing!

who ya gonna call?

Shogun

2012-05-13, 05:07 AM

Vanu Sovereignty!

worst idea ever!
when gozer asked to choose a form any vs would have chosen vanu instead of the fluffy cute marshmallow man ;-)
or even worse... bronys!

Synical

2012-05-13, 07:50 AM

Have they touched on the idea of outfits owning/placing towers at all recently? That was something that REALLY got me excited when I first heard Higby talking about it.

I'm sure most of you have seen/read it before as it is quite old but for those that haven't:
Planetside 2 what we are moving towards is the idea of a sandbox game, so as an outfit I MIGHT be able to create a tower and actually place that where I actually want a tower to be

From "IG Extended Coverage: PlanetSide 2" which you can find in the PlanetSide 2 Information Thread v2.0.