Totalbiscuit Night Ops Footage!

[General M]

Don't think this has been shown yet!

Great, great footage too. He properly sells the game as well, clearly a fan :) Everything looks gorgeous and it's only alpha, good job TB and SOE for getting him there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6HgC6Exs0U&feature=g-u-u

P.S killcams may be a bit dodgy but overall, this looks great :groovy:

[Nax]

Beat me to it.

[Stardouser]

How old is this build?

Also, not sure I like jump pads. OMG tribes....

[Graywolves]

Jump pads are interesting. Definately useful and serve a purpose as bases are much larger now.


edit: omfg the TR MAX flak cannons......ggmngngbngnfn.



I never realized just how passionate I was about this game.

[Athanasios]

*Activating radio-silence-with-the-rest-of-the-world" for the next 23 mins O.O

Btw, is CYNICAL BRIT the channel of TB ? (to subscribe)

[VelRa]

Great! At work so without sound, but who cares! Great footage.

[Stardouser]

I am not against the function of jump pads per se, but the jumping part. Why don't we use point to point teleporter pads instead?

[EVILoHOMER]

They should add Skiing from Tribes with those jet packs :D

The game looks great but without lots of people playing no footage is going to do the game Justice. I could show that footage to people and they'd think it's any other FPS, need to get thousands of people into the beta.

[EVILoHOMER]

I am not against the function of jump pads per se, but the jumping part. Why don't we use point to point teleporter pads instead?

Cause Jump pads are fun!

[MyMeatStick]

Really really really good footage, I'm dribbling.

[WellWisherELF]

Love the halo man cannons, as well as the general aesthetics of bases at night. Keep up the stellar job guys.

[bjorntju1]

Clicks video, runtime is 23 minutes.

YEAHHHHHH

[TacosWLove]

Woot! Bout time :D

[EVILPIG]

Been jonesn' for some smack. This will do for now.

[Senyu]

Hey Higby, can we get a count of beta sign ups before and after this video was posted? Want to know how many people broke the sign-up button.

[DayOne]

That TB...you utterly RUINED my trousers!

Gah! Need a new keyboard, screen, tower, carpet, table, ceiling, bed. And that's just for next door!

Seriously good footage here! Glad the nights are so dark, it's a perfect amount!

Now back to joyously weeping on the floor.

[Stardouser]

Now, I know Reddit sucks...but if you want to see how powerful the TotalBiscuit effect, have him direct people to subscribe to the Planetside Reddit and see what happens, currently it has about 2200 subs.

[BlazingSun]

The game looks fantastic!

I noticed one thing though: Can it be that indoor fights like we used to have are pretty much gone in PS2? All I have seen so far are rather small rooms that are not connected. I think it would be a shame if there was no indoor combat anymore.

[SniperSteve]

wow... so pretty.. even the trees light up. XD

His constant 'this is Alpha' worries me though. DO WANT NAOW.

Yeah, jump pads are new, but I think it will be fine. it is a more accessible mechanic than zip-lines or point-2-point teleport pads as it gives an indication as to the direction and doesn't clutter up the sky.

Everything looks so good. When can we expect the next video??? :D

[Gandhi]

Glorious 1080p! It looks absolutely fantastic.

[basti]

BUFFER FASTER PRICK INTERNET! I NEED TO SEE MOAR!


Anyway, jump pads? Meh, gotta see how this turns out with 2k people around. I already see me in an AI max, waiting at the end of a jump, shooting birds. :D

But damn, the gfx! Im happy i got that gtx570 now, veerryy happy. :D

[JPalmer]

Trying answer so many questions in the comments. My fingers are getting torn up.:lol:

[EVILPIG]

Not sure I care about one soldier being able to C4 a tank in one shot. Especially since no 3rd person on ground vehicles. Other than that, the game looks great for this phase of it's existence.

Keep moving. Vehicles that just sit there will be vulnerable.

[VelRa]

I'm going to watch this again and again. This. Game. Is. Beautiful.

Seriously, the fly-by over Indar at the end? The fanboi fetus in my head has just become self-aware.

I love jump pads (Gotta Go Fast). I also love the TTK on vehicles, seems a bit faster than at GDC? Also seems like it will be difficult to fly over an enemy base and survive the sheer firepower coming from turrets and things.

[JPalmer]

The one thing this video shows more than anything is that it's nowhere near finished. Expect it to take at least another year for release.

Some animation stuff really.

Like tb said most features are made, but they are not in because of a bug or two or because it is being tested on its own.

Similarly this could be a earlier build.

[Purple]

Tanks catch fire! that is awesome.

[Hamma]

Looks great!! Although I am not so certain about this jump pad thing.

[SixShooter]

This is some pretty awesome footage but so sad to see that it's still nowhere near ready for beta. It's great to finally see a max in action as well as AV weapons and Magrider stuff. Not really diggin the jump pads but it makes sense with the massive scale of the base. I can't wait to see the footage that Hamma comes back with...

[LightningDriver]

That is really good looking for alpha footage. Could someone stuff me in a freezer, then thaw me out the day before launch? I say the day before because you'd probably forget and leave me in there on launchday. :D

[Stardouser]

Looks great!! Although I am not so certain about this jump pad thing.

We're in agreement. Two things:
1. Would prefer point to point teleporters if we must have this
2. Hopefully they only exist at Main bases. Not at towers, not at minor capture points, and certainly not at places in the middle of nowhere.

[JPalmer]

Looks great!! Although I am not so certain about this jump pad thing.

I like it, the team probably likes it to as they have more freedom when designing a base. Without these launch pads every base would have the standard 4 wall design around it.

[Logri]

Awe... wait for it... some!!
That was a very nice presentation, funny comments for the win!
Great to see some night fighting, base looks gorgeous all lit up like that.
Never was much into flying in PS1, but I might have a go at it now, it's just too cool.

[The Kush]

Love everything except the kill cam which I hope will be removed and replaced with a 3D model like we talked about

[Graywolves]

Only thing I would change is make the mancannon's fire more horizontal.


Put them on the edge of the wall or cut a hole in the wall that you step in and flings you to the next one.

More space inside the roof top and less accidental personnel discharges.

-edit-
Something like a speed boost in racing games almost. Just push you really fast horizontally.

[RodenyC]

Great great footage.Not to sure about those jump pads either though and how quick a headshot is.Not a big fan at how fast the TTK or "hacking" is I'd say just a tad bit slower imo.But it's alpha so who cares.And ewww BF3 Killcam still. bleh

[Algo]

The only thing i noticed that i didnt really like was the insane screen shake when near explosions that made me istantly sick, i guess its going to be tuned way down tho. I hope.

[EVILoHOMER]

Looks great!! Although I am not so certain about this jump pad thing.

They'll be amazing, the zip lines in the caverns were really fun, even though the caverns were not lol. Tbh you cannot have zip lines everywhere so jump pads are the best alternative for quick travel around a base. Travelling around a base in Planetside 2 with the size of them without the jump pads would be so tedious.

Who doesn't love games like Quake 3 with all the jump pad maps? You're a target in the air too and you draw attention to yourself.

[Bags]

Wow, that was some blue armor on the first NC in the vid.

[Tigersmith]

looking damn amazing. watch people flood the forums now. great news over all. This is what I have been looking for.

[EVILoHOMER]

I will have to say though the animations still look really bad, SOE has never been known for their animations so I just hope they will be after Planetside 2 lol.

[Hamma]

I guess I am just not a fan of "Quick Travel" on foot in a massive shooter is all.
I can't wait to see the footage that Hamma comes back with...
Don't get your hopes up to much - I have no clue how he recorded this and I only have a video camera at the moment. :lol:

[Xaine]

Looks amazing.

Does want beta now.

[Vancha]

Guys in the comments (I know it must be some of you), try to avoid chewing people out merely for making comparisons. By all means set people who call it a rip-off straight, but yelling at people simply for saying it looks like a cross between BF3 and Halo doesn't make us look very friendly. :p

Anyhow...

Screen shake - way no.

Otherwise? Amazing. Truly.

[MyMeatStick]

He says the footage is directly from the machine at 10:40

[EVILoHOMER]

I guess I am just not a fan of "Quick Travel" on foot in a massive shooter is all.

Don't get your hopes up to much - I have no clue how he recorded this and I only have a video camera at the moment. :lol:

It's not really quick travel as in you're clicking on a bell or a door and being warped somewhere. I mean Planetside has despawning in in tubes and travelling to somewhere else.....

This is just a jump pad to navigate the bases quickly which in their current design would take far too long to run from one side to the other and wouldn't be very fun.

[Shogun]

not sure about the jump pads, but they WERE fun in portal 2 ;)
could we get the portal gun as well, please? ;)

man that was some serious footage!
those bases! damn i will have a hard time finding my way ;)
such a beautiful world! t-ray was so serious when he talked about ps2 to be top notch, not only compared to mmos, but even in comparison to singleplayer aaa shooters!

a lot of alpha bugs around, but that´s normal. but good to see how many great things are aleeady implemented.

i suppose the burster effekt was supposed to set off near the enemy instead of at point blank? but the effect itself looks really convincing! best flak i saw in a game to date.

[Dorest0rm]

I like the jump pads more than teleportation pads.

Pads get camped more easily, remember the caves?

[Virulence]

I like it a lot.

And, as he pointed out in the video, it does not properly portray what the actual scale will be. You aren't just going to have one tank in isolation like that. You're going to have a bunch of tanks and a bunch of infantry on foot around them, aircraft overhead, and so on.

[Stardouser]

It's not really quick travel as in you're clicking on a bell or a door and being warped somewhere. I mean Planetside has despawning in in tubes and travelling to somewhere else.....

This is just a jump pad to navigate the bases quickly which in their current design would take far too long to run from one side to the other and wouldn't be very fun.

Fun for whom? Sounds like another way of turning this into an extremely fast paced game. Where you deploy your defensive forces will not matter so much anymore.

[The Kush]

The game looks fantastic!

I noticed one thing though: Can it be that indoor fights like we used to have are pretty much gone in PS2? All I have seen so far are rather small rooms that are not connected. I think it would be a shame if there was no indoor combat anymore.

I really hope there is a central "main" room that is large enough to house huge indoor fights. If not hopefully the bio domes will provide this experience.

Idk how I feel about the jump pads, I liked the idea of walking the perimeter and defending the stairs :/ but I'll trust the devs I guess this one will wait for beta.

Other then that (and the kill cam I mentioned before) the game looks spectacular I can't wait

[Canaris]

I drooled all over myself :drools:

can't wait to see MOAR!! :D

[Khrusky]

Post got deleted in the old thread, so simply, awww yeaah.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkcX_5hZN6U#t=7s)

[duck]

Awesome!!

[EVILoHOMER]

Fun for whom? Sounds like another way of turning this into an extremely fast paced game. Where you deploy your defensive forces will not matter so much anymore.

Well with them in it looks like it'll still take longer to get from one side to the other side of the base than it did in Planetside. Also have to remember that these bases in scale look ten times as big and far more open and less prone to being door camped. Defence of your tower or base in Planetside was horrible, you couldn't walk out the door or you'd be shot by vehicles camping it.

I really think people are complaining about the wrong things before they've even played the game themselves.

The only thing I saw that looked really bad was the animations.

[Raymac]

Not sure if these are tears of joy from seeing how awesome the game looks even with only a few players, or if these are tears of sadness since TB says the game is still a loooooong way off from being ready.

[SpLiTNuTz]

Wow this looks amazing. Im not very keen on C4 seems bit to much.

[Shogun]

hamma, ask higby, if there is some recording software on the hands-on computer! and don´t forget to take some datastorage with you ;-)

it would be a shame if you couldn´t make a good video of your glorious first steps on auraxis!

oh and t-ray should really be so kind and quicktailor you a cashshop item for this first step ;)

a flagpole with a planet-universe flag! i want hamma to ram this flag into the dusty soil of auraxis for us! ;) so somebody wake t-ray and tie him to his workstation fast!

best quote from totalbiscuit in this video;

oh HELLO! that´s a vanguard...

[MyMeatStick]

I will be writing my own analysis of this footage on PlanetSideTV.com soon.

Hopefully me and Morto will spot some things when we slow down the footage and take a closer look. I want to provide a non-bias viewpoint from a new players perspective.

[Canaris]

I will be writing my own analysis of this footage on PlanetSideTV.com soon.

Hopefully me and Morto will spot some things when we slow down the footage and take a closer look. I want to provide a non-bias viewpoint from a new players perspective.

he mistakes a Lightning for the Vanguard ;)

[Duddy]

Jump pads are clearly the redesign of zip-lines from the caves in PS1, and based on what I see I like them and think it's a nice addition.

Overall impressed with what I see (and just as importantly, hear) in the video.

Can't wait for the rest of the footage.

[Logri]

Not sure if these are tears of joy from seeing how awesome the game looks even with only a few players, or if these are tears of sadness since TB says the game is still a loooooong way off from being ready.

Yeah, I noticed that too, also remember T-Ray saying something about SOE meeting thingy in october we should check out. That gave me the impression that we would still be waiting on release by then. Then again, might just be me reading too much into things.

Also greatly looking forward to what Hamma and Jennyboo gonna bring back :P
PS: Don't like jump pads either.

[Mechzz]

Aww man! That was the best 20 minutes of the day!

Soooo beautiful, the tracer bullets, the lighting, the lovely animation of the planes. The scythe was a thing to behold (even the one that face planted!). The magrider looked awesome to drive and I'm sooo happy it could go toe to toe with a Vanny. VS FTW :):):)

When?
When?
When?

Now, where's the rewind button?

[Satexios]

Picture says more than a thousand words:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2i1e45l.jpg

[ringring]

Fantastic .....

I hope they don't nerf tanks too much after all tanks should own troopers and troopers first thought should be to either hide or find friends before attacking one.

Not sure on jump pads .....

But, this is alpha and they're bound to change balance between the units.

[Mechzz]

Youtube is going mental! But how can a vid with 317 views have 1,900 likes?

Good to see some familiar names out there posting, calming fears and spreading the word.

I've NEVER posted a comment to a youtube video before, but now I have a top comment! : proud :

[xSlideShow]

I like it, looks great. Only concern is the kill time just seems a tad to quick for me. Looks like it will be great fun either way.

[Vancha]

Youtube is going mental! But how can a vid with 317 views have 1,900 likes?
You don't watch many popular Youtubers, do you?

It takes the site a while to update the viewcount.

[Graywolves]

When TB killed arclegger did anyone else chuckle and think about him being clegged up on foot?

-edit-
Because he died airborne.

[VelRa]

Make sure to like and add to favorites.

[DxC]

Nice look there was curious with night combat and that thus far I like a lot!

[RedKnights]

You know we keep asking 'why is this not beta yet' well we got our answer with the dancing TR max animations and "AOE damage not working properly". But damn it is starting to look polished in terms of the UI.

I can also see why they invited him to go, he provides an awesome and knowledgeable commentary, and his audience is mainly non-planetside, so it'll increase interest.

[Haro]

Aw man, I kinda stopped following TB after he dropped out of WoW coverage, but now he's drawn me back in.

Gotta say, I love the way the game seems to be playing. Maybe they could slow down the ttk a bit, but I honestly don't mind it so much. I think the tank and C4 is interesting, I don't know how many c4 he managed to throw down, but I do like the idea of tanks not being so damn hard to kill for infantry. Hopefully, the second turret dynamic and a higher spawn rate for tanks will balance it out.

The graphics really do look gorgeous, and I don't think I've ever seen a game pull off night so convincingly. SO MANY SHINY THINGS! The tracer fire and the air-craft engines are really amazing too. I'd love to see them incorporate some special, stealthier vehicle options to take advantage of darkness (or at least let us turn off headlights sometimes) but I think it's really cool how they've approached this.

Finally, the bases. They look amazing, I have to say I'm more of a fan of the current design than the old base interiors, although we certainly haven't seen everything yet. I like indoor combat, but some of the base fights in PS1 could be very frustrating, lots of places to hide and camp, and a little too cramped for my tastes. As for jump pads, I understand their necessity,the bases are freakin huge, after all, and I think defense would be way too difficult if defenders are all spread out and would take a while to get to an area that's under attack. I actually prefer the idea of jump pads to teleporters, for two reasons. First, as a defender, I like the perspectives it can get, so you know what you're getting into, where the enemy is, etc. As a frequent Halo player, I can't tell you how much of a paint teleporters can be, as they tend to be prime camping areas, something PS2 seems to be avoiding. On the other hand, I also like how the jumping is visible by the other team, who can see and possibly even shoot down players who are jumping around. Gives you a chance to react to incoming reinforcements rather than have them just pop out of nowhere.
One thing I think could be better than jump pads is commonly available, small, and fast aerial transports, like a mini-galaxy without the spawn, holding maybe 5 passengers and a pilot. Have a couple of those flying around a base, dropping off and picking up soldiers... I think it'd be a lot of fun.

[The Janitor]

Ok so 2 things: 1) Holy hell this game looks amazing... 2) It's not going to be ready for beta for quite some time, haha. Ah well. Progress is being made and that is a very good thing. :)

[Senyu]

You know we keep asking 'why is this not beta yet' well we got our answer with the dancing TR max animations and "AOE damage not working properly". But damn it is starting to look polished in terms of the UI.

I can also see why they invited him to go, he provides an awesome and knowledgeable commentary, and his audience is mainly non-planetside, so it'll increase interest.


Ya, after watching this I am content to wait for beta to be ready. Im more excited than I was before, but I am now more willing to wait.

[Satexios]

Regarding the C4.. he managed to walk behind a tank. If you play as a team you simply need to make sure the tanks have cover from behind.

Another tactical element which is also used in WW2 Online, where sappers can blow up tanks and cripple your entire attack.

[Trolltaxi]

That anal intruder on the TR max right arm is hilarious! :) Can we have it in the cash shop?

[Mechzz]

I've NEVER posted a comment to a youtube video before, but now I have a top comment! : proud :

You don't watch many popular Youtubers, do you?


hehe! No, Youtube is not my first port of call on the interwebz, as you can see in my original post :)

Good to see you on there spreading the word!

[SixShooter]

Seeing the tracers fly up into the night looked amazing. I'm dying to see that with a huge population of aircraft and AA fire. It's also going to be fucking crazy flying through that shit and trying live.

[Duddy]

When TB killed arclegger did anyone else chuckle and think about him being clegged up on foot?

-edit-
Because he died airborne.

Not only that, but it is arclegger driving the lightning that tries to get under the mag TB is driving haha.

[MrBloodworth]

The jump pads are clearly a nod to Planetsides root. Planetside is part of the tribes line.

I liked most of what I had seen in that video. With exception of the TTK,the lack of entry and exit animations, one shot C4 ( Uh.. boomer? ), and the over use of motion blur. It also REALLY disturbed me how easily he jumped from the aircraft, and how little damage he took.

It is VERY Battlefield in many aspect, where it needs to be more Planetside.

I am also not a fan of the ability to customize the forward lights, at night, that a clear indicator of faction, and should not be changeable. IMO.


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[Nobel]

There were moments I just yelled out in glee.

Also, jump pads, they're fun, I personally think they're better than teleported, gives us more of those Planetside "moments". For instance, remember the time I killed 5 people mid air as they were jump padding?

[basti]

Not only that, but it is arclegger driving the lightning that tries to get under the mag TB is driving haha.

Its pretty clear that the Clegg and vehicles dont get along very well. :D

[basti]

The jump pads are clearly a nod to Planetsides root. Planetside is part of the tribes line.

I liked most of what I had seen in that video. With exception of the TTK,the lack of entry and exit animations, one shot C4 ( Uh.. boomer? ), and the over use of motion blur. It also REALLY disturbed me how easily he jumped from the aircraft, and how little damage he took.

It is VERY Battlefield in many aspect, where it needs to be more Planetside.

I am also not a fan of the ability to customize the forward lights, at night, that a clear indicator of faction, and should not be changeable. IMO.


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He used his Jetpack to slow his fall. Thats why he took no damage. :)

[Stardouser]

The jump pads are clearly a nod to Planetsides root. Planetside is part of the tribes line.

I liked most of what I had seen in that video. With exception of the TTK,the lack of entry and exit animations, one shot C4 ( Uh.. boomer? ), and the over use of motion blur. It also REALLY disturbed me how easily he jumped from the aircraft, and how little damage he took.

It is VERY Battlefield in many aspect, where it needs to be more Planetside.

I am also not a fan of the ability to customize the forward lights, at night, that a clear indicator of faction, and should not be changeable. IMO.
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Planetside is of the Tribes line? Oh no. I don't think most people want to have a game built around flying infantry that you have to time your explosive weapon firing to catch them on the ground, they could play Tribes Ascend for that.

However, was the C4 one shot? I could have sworn he put several down.

[Raymac]

Seeing the tracers fly up into the night looked amazing. I'm dying to see that with a huge population of aircraft and AA fire. It's also going to be fucking crazy flying through that shit and trying live.

Yeah, seeing those tracers flying up into the sky, and then imagining many many more just like that...I can't wait to fly into that hornet's nest and come out the other side. It's going to be thrilling.

[RodenyC]

Also not the biggest fan of easy tank kills.Cmon tank vs Infantry of course Infantry is suppose to have a hard time.Its a tank! But from the video it look like he placed a bunch down.Couldn't really tell just saw alot of movement during the placement.

[MrBloodworth]

Planetside is of the Tribes line?

Yes.

He used his Jetpack to slow his fall. Thats why he took no damage.

That may be true, but it was no hotdrop ( Straight down ), and there was no delay of ejection.

That a bit to battlefield superman for my tastes, I'm going to assume this is just for alpha.

[JPalmer]

That tank deserved to be destroyed. It was just sitting there.

If you are going to be a lone player in a tank then you are going to have to deal with AV infantry.

If you don't want that happening to you get a buddy in the turret and get other tanks in you squad to cover your ass.

[Hermes]

Looking groovy! Love the tracers in the night sky.

[Patek]

Planetside is of the Tribes line? Oh no. I don't think most people want to have a game built around flying infantry that you have to time your explosive weapon firing to catch them on the ground, they could play Tribes Ascend for that.

However, was the C4 one shot? I could have sworn he put several down.

he did put a few or a couple of c4 down if you watch that part of the vid a little more closely

[SixShooter]

That tank deserved to be destroyed by C4. It sat there long enough that he could have whipped out a can of spray paint and tagged it before he dropped it.

[Stardouser]

What are we expecting to be the deterrent against carrying C4? Perhaps deterrent is not the best word...what is the opportunity cost of carry C4? A weight limit, or do you have to give up some other weapon/more ammo/gadget?

[Vancha]

Planetside is of the Tribes line? Oh no. I don't think most people want to have a game built around flying infantry that you have to time your explosive weapon firing to catch them on the ground, they could play Tribes Ascend for that.
Sarcasm?

[Miir]

The night looks phenomenal! Ah hell everything looks phenomenal!

Not sure on the jump pads. But I was expecting some sort of elevator or portal to fast track people up to the top of bases or towers. So it's probably ok.

There is one thing this video is missing and that's people! Lots of them! SOE FIX THIS! hehehe

This video is going to make waiting for beta even harder now. Glad TB did it though.

[CutterJohn]

Holy crap everything is lit up like a christmas tree.

That giant blue holo sight on the VS gun was incredibly distracting. As were the headlights on the Mag.. put the lights in front of the tank, I don't need the tank itself lit up.

The MAX, while awesome to see, also had severe muzzle flash issues. I couldn't even see what he was aiming at.

And the mosquito cockpit can be described in one word.. RED! Stuff like that is exactly why I hate cockpits, especially in sci fi, because its continually proven that nobody ever makes them functional and rational. They've always got to go out of their way to prove how futuristic they are.


Seriously.. please tone down the colors a bit. Its too much, too distracting. Might be fine during the day, but the extreme contrast at night is very painful to look at.

And one final note.. Am I the only one who thinks the guns are way too big?




Other than those things, it looks seriously awesome gameplay wise. :D

[Stardouser]

3rd person tank view. I would presume a tank costs a helluva lot more resources than a pack of c4. I don't care if he put 2 or 3 there, he did that too quick. No worries. Like I said, aircraft here I come. I liked what I saw of it's functioning pretty much 100%. I can't say that at all about the ground play I saw.

I didn't mean how would a tank defend against it, I meant, what will prevent EVERY SINGLE INFANTRY from carrying C4? That's not balanced.

[capiqu]

As I think about all the times I was slowly rushing to a fight that I seem never to be able to get to soon enough and waiting for surge to kick in.... Yeah I thing I like the Jump pads.

[TheRagingGerbil]

I can't wait to pick off Jump-padders with my sniper rifle. PULL!!!!

[Bags]

I didn't mean how would a tank defend against it, I meant, what will prevent EVERY SINGLE INFANTRY from carrying C4? That's not balanced.

The mag needs a secondary gunner that's paying attention~

[Stardouser]

The mag needs a secondary gunner that's paying attention~

Sure, but nevertheless, either there should be space limits on what you carry, weight limits, or even a simple unlock tree of gadgets such that if you choose to carry C4, you are giving up the ability to carry something else, and vice versa. I mean, we don't carry unlimited ammo, we wouldn't carry unlimited gadgets either surely.

You see, C4 isn't just about vehicles, there are other uses for it, and I don't think every single light assault should be running around with it just because they have no space/weight limits preventing it.

[laelgon]

Preaching to the choir bro. And I seriously hope that cloakers cant carry C4. That would be rofltastic.

Even though I absolutely hate cloaking mechanics in just about every multiplayer game, I think I can objectively say that giving cloakers a weapon capable of destroying vehicles so easily would be close to BFRs in terms of poor decisions.

[Bags]

Sure, but nevertheless, either there should be space limits on what you carry, weight limits, or even a simple unlock tree of gadgets such that if you choose to carry C4, you are giving up the ability to carry something else, and vice versa. I mean, we don't carry unlimited ammo, we wouldn't carry unlimited gadgets either surely.

You see, C4 isn't just about vehicles, there are other uses for it, and I don't think every single light assault should be running around with it just because they have no space/weight limits preventing it.

You do realize each class has equipment slots, right? I didn't see that LA carrying the ammo pack, for example.

[Wargrim]

Wow, that was absolutely fantastic. Best footage we have seen so far. I cant even describe how much i want the game right now.

The good:
- Night look, mood and feel. Tracers, Lights on buildings, explosions, weapon fire lighting the gun and the surrounding area up. Fantastic.
- The scale. You got a much better feeling here than in the GDC videos or the sreenshots.
- Aircraft sound and afterburner, and the whole feel.
- The high flight ceiling! I hate it when a game has a low max altitude, so i love the fact that you can get really high here!
- Tanks burning, wreckage rolling on, wrecks staying on the battlefield.
- Terran republic AA Max Flak cannons, dakka dakka dakka!
- The large lower indoor areas of the main building, as well as the walkways between the turrets.
- Force field lifts to get up on towers.
- Landscape look, and all the different pathways and stuff. Did you notice the flat top of those huge stone archways? Looks like a tank could drive there!
- Antigravity Lift Tubes.
- Wall Turret placement.
- Overall Look.

The bad:
- Still quite some time until beta state apparently :(
- Screen shake when he was in that small building and the door shield was hit by what i assume was rapid tank fire. I seriously hope you will never have that bad screen shake in the final game.

On the fence:
- Jump Pads. While i can understand the use of them, they look and feel silly. If you can fire rocket launchers in midair, we are potentially looking at a Quake 3 Rocket Arena match, and as much as i loved Quake 3, i dont want that in Planetside.

[Trolltaxi]

No one has mentioned the sound but it deserves kudos... Great jet engine sound for the mossie, great sound of booms etc...

[Tatwi]

I am sad that I won't be able to spawn a mossie on my own head, but I guess only a handful of folks in the universe are able to be that l33t.

[MrBloodworth]

Stuff like that is exactly why I hate cockpits, especially in sci fi, because its continually proven that nobody ever makes them functional and rational. :D

http://privateer.sourceforge.net/images/screenshot-7-tarsus-helen.png

[Vancha]

Holy crap everything is lit up like a christmas tree.

That giant blue holo sight on the VS gun was incredibly distracting. As were the headlights on the Mag.. put the lights in front of the tank, I don't need the tank itself lit up.

The MAX, while awesome to see, also had severe muzzle flash issues. I couldn't even see what he was aiming at.

And the mosquito cockpit can be described in one word.. RED! Stuff like that is exactly why I hate cockpits, especially in sci fi, because its continually proven that nobody ever makes them functional and rational. They've always got to go out of their way to prove how futuristic they are.


Seriously.. please tone down the colors a bit. Its too much, too distracting. Might be fine during the day, but the extreme contrast at night is very painful to look at.

And one final note.. Am I the only one who thinks the guns are way too big?




Other than those things, it looks seriously awesome gameplay wise. :D
I agree there's practicality issues here or there. The speedometer was hard to read in the mossie and the MAX is obviously not finished yet.

Other than that, I think the contrast is good. Maybe the holo-site could be slightly dimmer/more transparent, but it almost sounds like you don't want a lightshow at night...Which is objectively insane. :P

[Stew]

Already saw it but its JUST AMASING !

[Kurtz]

WHOLY SHIT. GAME LOOKS RIDICULOUS.


TB is like the Bear Giles of Planetside 2.

"I've just killed the CEO of Sony Online Entertainment"

"Gah, I hate the Vanu"

"I've just crafted a wet suit out of a baby seal skin"

[Xuka]

Thank You, TB, for posting this video! I am so stoked to play this game. I love Planetside and have never loved any game as much as I do Planetside. Inevitably, whenever I catch a PS video, I always come back to play.

I can't wait to see more and I certainly can't wait to play! See you all on the battlefield soon! Loyalty Until Death.

[capiqu]

All the sounds will eventually be changed as well as many other things this is only alpha. As far as the rapid fire that made the whole screen shake while TB was indoors seem to be like that of a max-pounder.

[Stardouser]

Now, I know it was like this during Planetside 1, but since we're updating and everything, in the killfeed, I would rather see it say Killer|Cycler|Victim, instead of Killer|weapon graphic|Victim. Or at least let people choose which way to see it on their screen.

[ggfarming]

the game looks great and all BUT in bf3 numbers, like 64-100 people playing at the same time(just for A base) . So i really wonder how this turns out with 2k people in the server, since the JUMP PADS are added it will be quite a mess :D

[Novacane]

the game looks great and all BUT in bf3 numbers, like 64-100 people playing at the same time(just for A base) . So i really wonder how this turns out with 2k people in the server, since the JUMP PADS are added it will be quite a mess :D

Even with 2k players on an island, the fight seems to be less centered on one point with their new hex grid system. I could see those players spread out across the whole front line and not just fighting over one base at a time like the original linear base capture progression that was in PS1.

I just hope there are choke points like bridges or canyons to create those awesome stalemate battles that lasted for hours like on Hossin or Amerish.

[RNFB]

Looks great

But I don't want the Fishon, looks too easy mode and boring, I need my Lancer :(

[Patek]

around 1:17 into the vid he goes on saying it gets darker than what is being shown. thats yet to be seen tho :p

[NCLynx]

Even with 2k players on an island, the fight seems to be less centered on one point with their new hex grid system. I could see those players spread out across the whole front line and not just fighting over one base at a time like the original linear base capture progression that was in PS1.

I just hope there are choke points like bridges or canyons to create those awesome stalemate battles that lasted for hours like on Hossin or Amerish.

Hopefully with how many more people know about this Planetside than the amount that knew about the original there will be huge fights EVERYWHERE because there will be so many more people playing.

Also this video... FIUELZGHRUIEZHJRIUEAZLHJTRUISLHJTIROSHJITROS;HTRJE S


NOW. PLEASE.

[Snipefrag]

Man, I've watched the vid four times since i got home.. buzzzzziiiinn !!!!!

[Snipefrag]

Double post, then the site crashed :o

[Stardouser]

Another thing...tanks have headlights as this video reveals. Is that what vehicles are getting instead of infrared or night vision?

[NCLynx]

Another thing...tanks have headlights as this video reveals. Is that what vehicles are getting instead of infrared or night vision?

Yes. Although we don't know all the customizations yet so my answer might also be a no.

[RSphil]

night combat is gona be awesome. looks amazing for alpha. cant wait for beta and cant wait for the other TB vids of this. soo exited now lol. good to see new vids of the game aswell.

[Zulthus]

Not sure how I feel about the jump pads. But the game looks way too amazing.

[bjorntju1]

Apart from the jump pads with I find: ''meh'' , and hope they let those out. It looks amazing! Love how the game looks at night. Also seemed pretty polished for an Alpha. Apart from a few quirks. Can't wait for beta!

[Toppopia]

I'm not liking how he said "This game is a long way away from ready"

So does that mean long way away from beta or release? I hope it means long way from full release.

[Vancha]

I'm not liking how he said "This game is a long way away from ready"

So does that mean long way away from beta or release? I hope it means long way from full release.
It better be a long way from full release. As it is, I'm guessing beta might be somewhere around E3-time.

[arclegger]

Its pretty clear that the Clegg and vehicles dont get along very well. :D

You should see me drive the Sunderer. It looks a little something like this.

Car Chase -- Benny Hill Version - YouTube

[Bags]

I'm not liking how he said "This game is a long way away from ready"

So does that mean long way away from beta or release? I hope it means long way from full release.


That's like, his opinion, man.

[Sirisian]

Amazing. I personally love the jump pads. I was worried at first that it would be too hard to defend such a large base, but the jump pads really give that defensive advantage allowing people to move around.

The end where he's flying across the desert into Indar's forest environment is astounding. Really captures the details and map layouts.

[Satexios]

You should see me drive the Sunderer. It looks a little something like this.

Car Chase -- Benny Hill Version - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ-PNj3bnM4)

Oh god.. *checks his side* http://www.planetside-universe.com/f_images/misc/empire_New%20Conglomerate.png O thank god not TR :P

[Aaron]

AAA all they way!

[Xyntech]

Wow. Just... wow.

Very impressed.

So awesome to finally see some Scythes in motion. I lol'd at the comment about how overpowered they currently were. I was wondering if that would happen.

I also loved the cockpit view of the Mosquito. Morto's mockup did a great job as a placeholder, but the real thing, with dem sound effects... phenomenal.

The jump pads really threw me, but I'm warming to them a little from a gameplay perspective. They seem like a much better solution than the ziplines of CC. Stylistically I would probably prefer teleporter pads, but this is probably better for balance. Maybe if they added a little button you had to press to activate the jump pad launch, so it felt a little less arcade like.

This video certainly does make me question where the development progress is at, but I'm not too worried about closed being ridiculously far away. The way the devs keep talking about beta, I'd be more inclined to think it was a few months away tops, not sometime next year. Even TB mentioned that it was a long way off from open beta, which is entirely different from closed beta. You want all of your shit fully functional and polished for open beta, because that's meant to mostly just be a stress test and to catch a few last minute bugs. Closed beta is for putting the game through its paces once all of the core elements are in place.

It seems like there are really just a few more major things they have to put in before the potential for closed beta is here.

Things like the Scythe being overpowered don't necessarily have to be perfected for closed beta to launch (although there is no reason not to fix it before then). Things that prevent even being able to use an entire major part of the game, like midair flak bursting or animations for MCG's, do need to be fixed, so that we can test the game as an entire functioning package.

Overall, this video raised a few fears and put a lot more to bed. All in all a net positive and an amazing thing to behold.

The more of this game I see, the more I want to see. I can't wait to see what comes of Hamma's visit, the rest of TB's footage, and E3.

[RodenyC]

I can hear the Nerf they Scythe screams already.That brings joy to my heart.

[MBRicochet]

Looks amazing.

I am still cleaning off my keys.

[IMMentat]

#droool#

Alpha it may be, but it already looks fantastic as a game, the flightmodel seemed robust, physics from collisions were weighty and bullet travelspeeds seemed reasonable.

oh and the guns are a bit large on-screen (a wave at the console games that wish they could be this)big?.

[DarkSkyes]

wow wow wow.

Looks sooooooooooooo nice!

Not sure about the time to kill (TTK) Troops and vehicular seem to be easy to take down, looks very fast, apart from that it is looking to be the game of the decade.

[ExplodingSilver]

exciting video, game looks great

[TheGodCanine]

C4 thing he used was shown to have unlimited ammo for obvious pre alpha purposes.

It is quite clear he used more than one.

[Synapses]

BUFFER FASTER PRICK INTERNET! I NEED TO SEE MOAR!


Anyway, jump pads? Meh, gotta see how this turns out with 2k people around. I already see me in an AI max, waiting at the end of a jump, shooting birds. :D

But damn, the gfx! Im happy i got that gtx570 now, veerryy happy. :D

LOL basti I was thinking the same thing....

[MgFalcon]

My fav part was when he shot down Smed XD

Looks amazing can't wait to see it on something other than my phone!


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[XPquant]

I cannot wait to see more from TB. Game looks so gorgous, night is just what I wanted, dark.

[PantherModern]

Awesome game is awesome. I'm even more excited now. He even said he has a lot more footage, too!
\o/

[Gonefshn]

SOOOOOOO pretty and just incredible! I LOVE how the gunplay looks in this game, though I gotta say it's almost eerily BF3 like. I don't care I love that style but yea very close.

I honestly don't like the jump pads I'd rather walk a super far distance, or better yet. Let the people that are already on that side of the tower take care of it and stay put. No jump pads feels more immersive too me the Jpad approach is too arcade for my style. Either way still going to be the best game ever.

Only bad thing. I'm now skepticle that Beta will begin after E3. Maybe it will be announced when but I don't expect it for quite some time now. Not only does TB talk like it isn't coming but it looks really early for beta.

[Mechzz]

Rats! just watched the vid for the 3rd time.
I thought TB's mag killed a Vanny, but nooooo it was only a fecking lightning :(

Also, my gf watched it and liked it, so that's a winfor the game being able to attract casual gamers (don't tell her I said that lol)

[TerminatorUK]

I'm speachless...this looks absolutely pheonominal :O

Just wow...smashed all my expectations....

[Chowley]

I'm speachless...this looks absolutely pheonominal :O

Just wow...smashed all my expectations....

I have to agree, I have been disappointed by so many games in the last few years, especially the BF series :p heh. I was a tad skeptical about this, but oh my, looks incredible. Have watched it twice already.

Hurry up PS2 release :p
Hurry up with more vids TB :huh:

[capiqu]

T Ray Tweeted a few weeks back that they expect the game to be fully ready by E3 in June. So take what you see and give it 1,2,3. 4 weeks of finnishig touch, I think it could be ready for Beta by June or July.

[SurgeonX]

Not sure how I feel about the jump pads. But the game looks way too amazing.

What would you prefer though...
Jump pads and a couple of seconds to jump to each corner of the base.
A two/three minute trek to get to each corner.

For massive bases, I think they're a great idea.

[Sifer2]

Jump pads are a bit Tribes or Unreal Tournament. Not sure it really fits. But then again Planetside does a lot of things that are not very realistic. I would just expect stuff like that to be more exclusive to Alien ruins or something, and not a part of human bases.

I'm also not sure about the aircraft going into third person during boost. Is that only for Alpha? Because it kind of ruins the whole idea of skillful dogfights where its more difficult to keep a lock on your opponent. If all you have to do when you lose sight of them is boost for half a second to find them again. I also hate how quick the getting in/out of vehicles is. It's just too arcade. Add a delay at least jeez.

On the plus side night combat looks great. And I love how big an complex the bases seem to be. I just hope the indoor combat part is also good. Also what little we see of the MAX looks promising.

[Aractain]

I always liked TB. Hes shown me a lot of games I liked but didn't know about. And now he shows me more PS2.

PS2 is becoming everything I hoped for!

[Zulthus]

Some of the comments on this vid make me want to kill baby animals.

[Toppopia]

Jump pads are a bit Tribes or Unreal Tournament. Not sure it really fits. But then again Planetside does a lot of things that are not very realistic. I would just expect stuff like that to be more exclusive to Alien ruins or something, and not a part of human bases.

I'm also not sure about the aircraft going into third person during boost. Is that only for Alpha? Because it kind of ruins the whole idea of skillful dogfights where its more difficult to keep a lock on your opponent. If all you have to do when you lose sight of them is boost for half a second to find them again. I also hate how quick the getting in/out of vehicles is. It's just too arcade. Add a delay at least jeez.

On the plus side night combat looks great. And I love how big an complex the bases seem to be. I just hope the indoor combat part is also good. Also what little we see of the MAX looks promising.

I would also wish for vehicle entering/leaving times to be longer, maybe 1-2 seconds to stop people jumping in if they are about to die, or jumping out when about to die. And 3rd person isn't bad, it means you can't shoot very well while using it.

[Tigersmith]

Soo fun watching the community grow just from this. This is great

[Sabrak]

What would you prefer though...
Jump pads and a couple of seconds to jump to each corner of the base.
A two/three minute trek to get to each corner.

For massive bases, I think they're a great idea.

I actually think having to walk the whole way would be better, simply because it'd mean that we'd have to fight to progress.

I don't know... I'm not a big fan of the jump pads. The ones to go up are fine (if they don't forget stairs fights can be cool too), but the other ones bother me.


Anyway, awesome video, the game looks gorgeous and absolutly awesome.
It's really too bad that there were so few people playing the game at that time, though.

Can't wait to get my hands on it!

[Cosmical]

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

[Furber]

I wonder if he could upload a video of the same stuff without commentary (not that I dont like the commentary, I'm just interested in hearing the sounds of planetside2).

Any one else?

[Cosmical]

I wonder if he could upload a video of the same stuff without commentary (not that I dont like the commentary, I'm just interested in hearing the sounds of planetside2).

Any one else?

will be plenty of that at e3. There no point him uploading to his channel if your going to suggest he shuts up. haha

maybe ask him if he can to some vanilla of his extra footage

[Top Sgt]

his video is blowing up the fps scene. I have a bunch of people on twitter and my youtube who are like omg what is that game.. I need a gaming PC now just for that!

[Furber]

will be plenty of that at e3. There no point him uploading to his channel if your going to suggest he shuts up. haha

Well it's just that I've watched the video about 5 or 6 times now, and I love hearing the mosquito at the beginning, but I've heard everything he has to say. It's not that I don't want him to talk in his videos. I understand that's what he does, and he does a good job of it.

[KiddParK]

I'm going to need a bigger Mumble server... there's just no denying it.

[CutterJohn]

Other than that, I think the contrast is good. Maybe the holo-site could be slightly dimmer/more transparent, but it almost sounds like you don't want a lightshow at night...Which is objectively insane. :P

The tracer lightshow is amazing. Its all the extremely bright glowing bits tacked onto the soldiers to make sure everyone understands its sci fi that I take exception to. The mossie instrument panel, the green bits on the side of guns, the VS sights, etc.

[atone]

i sure hope regenerating health is removed. or add as a cert.

[GameCobra]

I'm going to die happy. And i really hope you guys at SOE are reading this: Please perfect this game. I'm sure you guys will have years and years of fanservice after this.

[CutterJohn]

i sure hope regenerating health is removed. or add as a cert.

Health is not regenerating. Shields are. Infantry have both.

Its a compromise solution between the two camps.

[Vanir]

Didn't he record over 90 mins worth of footage? Where's the rest?

[Red Ketchup]

Here are some random small details I noticed...

0:08 Weapons and vehicles terminals in the middle of nowhere. (At the bottom of a canyon.) May be there for demo purpose?

His Mosquito carries 2 air-to-air missiles and ~400 cannon rounds. Ammo count is in the middle of the cockpit. He uses his last missile at 0:44.

There's a dot moving around the altimeter. At 0:03 it's in the lower right, at 0:42 it's in the upper right. It's not linked to the compass. At 0:45 he does at 270 degrees left turn yet the dot barely moves.

The ring around the speedometer seems to indicate forward speed, it empties when hovering (0:19). For some reason, when he spawns a new Mosquito at 20:00, the ring is flashing instead, and most of the cockpit isn't working either. (No ammo count, no afterburner bar, no flares signal)

The first Magrider seen (the one destroyed with C4) is labeled "Vehicle [1/2]", one of two seats occupied? I think the player using it is getting out and reentering it to man the AA gun, then getting out and re-entering to move the tank, etc.

A "capture meter" appears around capture point icons when looking directly at them. 2:54, 3:01, 3:03... The meter is colored to show which factions has captured the CP.

At 4:56, the jump pad doesn't launch him far enough to reach the other building. He has to use his jump jet. Same thing at 5:19. Strangely, he seems to have less trouble using jump pads as a MAX (8:45) and Heavy Assault (9:16).

At 5:47, 2 out of 4 resources are at 5000. Later, at 10:30 and 21:26, 3 out of 4 are. Possible resource cap value, or just a placeholder? That would also mean a different cap for "blue triangles".

6:25 The icon for the cloak charge is incorrect, it's the same as for the jump jet. The cloak lasts about 10 seconds.

7:20 Ammo count starts flashing when close to 0, no reloading animation yet. (Does a MAX need them?) 7:52 Ammo count becomes red when even closer to zero.

11:03 - 11:10 Capture points' icons are green squares when held by the other factions, they turn to yellow circles when captured.

The "Facility Defended" message that appears at 11:39 is linked to the bars on the left side of the UI. The message appears when the VS bar is filled. This event causes NC to lose capture points A and B.
NC captures point C at 11:55 and the bars reappear.
There's also a symbol or something on the left end of NC's bar. Capture time bonus from the hexes around this one?

13:22 The Heavy Assault's missile launcher shows the distance to the target that it is acquiring/locked on. Is it because it has a minimum and/or maximum ranges?

15:33 Why is that shield perpendicular to the door frame, unlike the other ones? Alpha build bug or infiltrator hack to let anyone through?

22:43 Something weird happens to the sky. A "fast forward" effect because an admin changed the time?

[atone]

Health is not regenerating. Shields are. Infantry have both.

Its a compromise solution between the two camps.

:confused:

he's wounded @ 3:55 regens shields soon after then regenerates health at 4:20

[Rainfur]

I'm going to need a bigger Mumble server... there's just no denying it.

Haha. :P

But yes, this is a great exposure to Planetside 2. :)

[captainkapautz]

:confused:

he's wounded @ 3:55 regens shields soon after then regenerates health at 4:20

The healthregen takes so long (~25 seconds) to kick in that it's practically useless in a fight, so you will have to have medics keeping you up in a fight.

[atone]

The healthregen takes so long (~25 seconds) to kick in that it's practically useless in a fight, so you will have to have medics keeping you up in a fight.

possibly, still i prefer medics on the field be a necessity rather than a time saver. beta will sort it out i guess. :)

[Zulthus]

The healthregen takes so long (~25 seconds) to kick in that it's practically useless in a fight, so you will have to have medics keeping you up in a fight.

There still shouldn't be any health regeneration at all. I'd be ok with it if it was an implant like second wind or regeneration. But not automatically.

[Bags]

Eh, I'd be against it but if it's 25 seconds... who cares. You'd either find a medic or a terminal by then anyway.

[Zulthus]

Well, when you think of it that way... as long as there's no strawberry jam.

[IceyCold]

I assume that the health regen was something for this event.

If you look at the GDC footage, his health never regens; only his shields regen.

Also, now that I think about it, what if he actually HAS an implant that does it on that loadout he was using at the time? I could swear I heard a dev say that an implant might regen health.

[Pillar]

The tracer fire at night was just perfect. At one point TB says "now imagine this but times fifty.", and it's that image I find so awesome. Just the scenes that are going to play out, we really don't have anything like this in the available video game market.

The jump pads bother me a bit, not because I find them a poor game mechanic, but more because they just don't seem to fit with the rest of the world. I'd also ditch those grav lifts/shoots for an elevator that makes regular trips. But there's not a lot of way's around it, not unless the population is high enough to sustain the turrets on all walls at all times, and that'll never work, because people are going to be where the actions is - if the fight's not the east side, I wager those turrets might sit empty. So people are going to need a way to relocate quickly, either that or just have the game use a tough love idealism and make us hoof it, and if you just didn't have forces on the east side, well you should have planned better. While I'd prefer that from a thematic perspective, I don't know if the game would be better for it. But hey, thats why I just play the game, not build it :P

[Bags]

I assume that the health regen was something for this event.

If you look at the GDC footage, his health never regens; only his shields regen.

Also, now that I think about it, what if he actually HAS an implant that does it on that loadout he was using at the time? I could swear I heard a dev say that an implant might regen health.

PS1 had a regen implant. It was so slow, it was as terrible as the one in the video. IT was like 1 hp per 5 seconds or something.

[CyclesMcHurtz]

he did put a few or a couple of c4 down if you watch that part of the vid a little more closely

... and later he hops into a mag with the same guy he just blew up :)

(also, for those keeping score - 3 clegg kills)

[Patek]

... and later he hops into a mag with the same guy he just blew up :)

(also, for those keeping score - 3 clegg kills)

good catch there :p hah

[WNxClerve]

Amazing vid.

My judgement is still out on the jump pads. Would like to see how to work/interact with them personally though I think if they are only on the battlement towers of a base it should be ok.

I hate an infantry being able to take out a tank solo in Planetside (or a BFR for that mate) and I'll hate it more if it's that much easier in PS2. I hope there's something to balance this and yes I agree the tank stood still too long and yes if it had a gunner it likely wouldn't have happened but it better be something like jacking time to lay that much C4. Tanks should be fought at a distance by infantry and more so in an ambush situation. Running up, knocking on the hull and saying "Thanks for padding my stats bro" just doesn't fit unless they want to do away with vehicles.

Lighting effects are great, hope they work with the 2k worth of carnage they're looking at. All that night work seems to be paying dividends.

Hit boxes looking in good shape.

Don't mind the kill cam, just personal I guess. Gets me revved for a revenge streak :)

Overall good comments. Don't think anyone should be trying to nerf anything seen yet without giving a try in a real firefight. Beta is going to set the bar for a lot of what this game is going to finish with. At least try it before beating it to a pulp.

Love where all this is headed, still wondering how certs, br, skills and resources will all play out. Keep up the good work SOE. Looking forward to this.

[cellinaire]

bioluminescent trees.

F***ing bioluminescent trees. OMG =)

[2coolforu]

The Lightning did way too much damage to that mag, considering they were front-to-front the Lightning was definitely on top before it missed a shot and decided to charge the mag rider.

Tanks are gonna need to be able to soak the damage of a big portion of a 200+ pop defense force engaging them. In Planetside the tanks were strong as hell, you beat them by either massing infantry or keeping them at a distance with jammers and mines.

The damage/style of the tanks is Battlefield 3 level, which I don't think suits the combined arms/MMO style of Planetside. In BF3 tanks are just like powerups in quake, they don't really fill a role too well, they die pretty quickly and they have a lot of damage potential but that's not really what a tank is for. I'd say the survivability is more a role of a tank, the Mag in TB's vid died in 2 shots from a vanguards main gun, that is a rear armor, then front armor shot. It also seemed as if TB severely damaged the vangaurd (Flames) in about 8 seconds of fire.

[Atheosim]

I thought it was so hilarious when clegg would just get demolished. Especially considering his galaxy piloting skillz0rz. Ahh, poor clegg. I deeply hope that we'll have a chance to play together. I'll keep you rezzed, healed, and repaired for eternity. Same goes for higgles if he ever decides to defect to the truest faction, TR. Offer is extended to lunchTray too.

As a note to all PS developers: You guys are the elite. Don't ever believe anything different. Much, much love to every one of you. You too cycles. Maybe. Okay yeah you too. <3 <3 <3

[TotalBiscuit]

Didn't he record over 90 mins worth of footage? Where's the rest?

You expected a 90 minute video? It has to be organised, edited, commentated and encoded. It's going to take time

[IceyCold]

You expected a 90 minute video? It has to be organised, edited, commentated and encoded. It's going to take time

I believe in you TB. I am certain I can expect it within the hour.

[none]

OMG WHERE'S THE BETA!!!!!!

[captainkapautz]

You expected a 90 minute video? It has to be organised, edited, commentated and encoded. It's going to take time

Meh, you know damn well that you could upload the raw footage and we'd still fap all over it.

;)


Edit:
possibly, still i prefer medics on the field be a necessity rather than a time saver. beta will sort it out i guess. :)

Well they ARE a necessity. It's not a simple matter of "Oh I don't feel like getting a medic just cause I got my face shot of, so I'll just wait here in the corner.", simply because 25 seconds are like years in a fight.

Not to mention that it isn't even a fast regeneration, it still took ~4 seconds to regen his health in the video which looked about 30-40% down, couple that with damage pretty much guaranteed to interupt the regen and the problem is non-existant.

Only thing it really does change compared to PS1 is that now you wouldn't have to waste a medkit after a fight if you are alone, aren't a medic and do not have a medic present.

[noxious]

The footage looked fantastic, but that continent is really small. He flew from being close to one of the warp gates to being close to another one of the wrap gates in less than a minute. You might need to add 15 seconds or so for an actual gate to gate flight, but that still seems like a tiny continent.

[PeteHMB]

14 pages, with several people bitching about "waaaaah they didn't give us 3rd person for tank drivers", and nobody apparently noticed @ 17:40 in the video HE SWITCHES TO 3RD PERSON WHILE BACKING UP THE MAG. Go watch it again...


Other than that, looks AWESOME! Higgs, Cycles, Tray...I'm buying you all a round when I come through in a couple months. And lunchTray, I'm bringing my GSXR750...

[Atheosim]

dumb and dumber lloyd has to pee - YouTube

This, but cum,.

[Mechzz]

14 pages, with several people bitching about "waaaaah they didn't give us 3rd person for tank drivers", and nobody apparently noticed @ 17:40 in the video HE SWITCHES TO 3RD PERSON WHILE BACKING UP THE MAG. Go watch it again...


Again? But I already broke the internetz watching it.
But LOL at observation, good spot!

Edit: Yup. Took a look and it flips briefly to 3rd person. And gave him an overpowering advantage 'cos he saw the lightning round the corner.

[blackfang]

Flak + jump pads = super win, now all that we need is a dusin flak units and those jump pads are useless. Think about the strategic importance of anti air against flying softies!

[bigcracker]

Looks amazing I am ready to play it :D

[That one noob]

Good God, the factions were heavily unbalanced pop wise. I mean I knew there were hardly any Elmos in the dev team, but 6%? Good thing this is just an internal testing, because I kinda felt bad for the TR.

[Shogun]

TB did a great job, and i can´t wait to see more of his footage!
this was only a first taste because as i understood it, he is under some kind of NDA and is not allowed to show off everything until next week.

and hamma will have the same problem.

so we will see a lot more next week from TB while we have to wait for hammas videos.

too bad we couldn´t see the whole TB footage in advance! this way hamma would know which aspects of the game are checked out already and what things are yet uncovered.
really hope we will see some serious engineer action in the next two weeks. either from TB or from hamma.

oh and i am looking forward to all the "let´s break it" fun during beta!
i am sure we will do a lot of cease fires to stresstest things like the jump-pads ;)
want to know what it looks like when a crowd of 300 soldiers charges for one jump pad. popcorn anyone?

DEVS please make the jumpjets hackable by cloakers! would be fun to turn them around, causing the unsuspecting defenders to launch themselfes into the wrong direction, right into a minefield or the enemy.

[Shogun]

Good God, the factions were heavily unbalanced pop wise. I mean I knew there were hardly any Elmos in the dev team, but 6%? Good thing this is just an internal testing, because I kinda felt bad for the TR.

yea, but right now everybody seems to use admin controls to switch between factions, classes and vehicles all the time. and TB said, he missed the "real" playtest. having 200 players is easy to balance factionwise. with only 5 to 10 players unbalanced moments do happen (with admin magic powers enabled)

[Toppopia]

DEVS please make the jumpjets hackable by cloakers! would be fun to turn them around, causing the unsuspecting defenders to launch themselfes into the wrong direction, right into a minefield or the enemy.

But isn't that what the portable EMP is for? To fry there jetpacks so random things happen? And i know there isn't a portable EMP in this game, then my response is

"WHY NOT!!!" :eek:

[Levente]

The footage looked fantastic, but that continent is really small. He flew from being close to one of the warp gates to being close to another one of the wrap gates in less than a minute. You might need to add 15 seconds or so for an actual gate to gate flight, but that still seems like a tiny continent.

notsureifserious.jpg

[Shamrock]

Not sure I care about one soldier being able to C4 a tank in one shot. Especially since no 3rd person on ground vehicles. Other than that, the game looks great for this phase of it's existence.

Yea that was a WTF moment for me as well, one-shotting an MBT with C4 is a terrible idea. :mad:

Nothing should be able to one shot an MBT with full armour except for a direct OS hit.

Aside from that the footage was amazing, and i think you guys are doing a great job!

[Athanasios]

You expected a 90 minute video? It has to be organised, edited, commentated and encoded. It's going to take time
George Harrison Got My Mind Set On You (2009 Stereo Remaster) - YouTube

:D

[cellinaire]

The footage looked fantastic, but that continent is really small. He flew from being close to one of the warp gates to being close to another one of the wrap gates in less than a minute. You might need to add 15 seconds or so for an actual gate to gate flight, but that still seems like a tiny continent.

Sorry, but the "why the continent looks so small. Looks smaller than PS1's continents" debate need to end. What's wrong with your measurement?

Oh well..... really small? Serious? I've personally played games like Just Cause2 and Dark and Light(yeah, that 40,000㎢ mmo years ago), but I'm rather satisfied with the continent size here. (of course, just wish they're a bit bigger, though)

I mean come on, you know that they designed every single area of every continents to make firm balance between empires.

;)

[Noivad]

Great Job TotalBiscuit. Nice work - More please.

[Toppopia]

The footage looked fantastic, but that continent is really small. He flew from being close to one of the warp gates to being close to another one of the wrap gates in less than a minute. You might need to add 15 seconds or so for an actual gate to gate flight, but that still seems like a tiny continent.

I don't remember him flying to 2 warp gates, i only remember seeing 1 gate then a base nearby, so what time is the second warp gate at so i can see it?

[MadPenguin]

Anyone else have a problem that when you maximise this vid on youtube, the screen just stays blank? I have this problem on a few youtube videos actually, anyone know how I can fix it?

Great video btw.

[Figment]

Total views as of right now: 132,5K

That's probably more people that heard of PS now than in the entire marketing history of SOE for PS1. :p

[Mod]

Edit: Yup. Took a look and it flips briefly to 3rd person. And gave him an overpowering advantage 'cos he saw the lightning round the corner.

Well, not really overpowering as if you see from some seconds before that, the lightning appears on the mini-map anyway so you would already have known it was there before hopping back into the Mag.

[Mechzz]

Well, not really overpowering as if you see from some seconds before that, the lightning appears on the mini-map anyway so you would already have known it was there before hopping back into the Mag.

sorry, should have added
/mild sarcasm

to be clearer :)

[basti]

... and later he hops into a mag with the same guy he just blew up :)

(also, for those keeping score - 3 clegg kills)

You can never have enough Clegg kills. Dirty NC!

But good to see that even TB, given he is TR scum, shares the hatred for the NC. :D

[Warborn]

Air combat looks like it'll be fairly terrible. Stopping and turning on almost on a dime is something I hoped we'd left behind in PS1. Dogfighting will be just as boring as it was in PS1 if they don't do a serious overhaul. It hurts my brain imagining someone seeing the Planetside 1 aircraft mechanics and going "we need to do that again".

Everything dies really quickly. Too quickly. Tanks must die in seconds in larger fights. Infantry die so quickly I wonder why the revive mechanism isn't simply rolled into the engineer class and the medic done away with. I guess this stuff'll might change but who knows.

Night looks good. Everything looks good really. Dark enough to be atmospheric, not so dark you can't see anything.

Etc etc. Whatever. Looks good overall, hopefully the iffy stuff gets changed by this fall or winter when beta is ready for play.

[ArbitraryDemise]

did anybody else notice that TB kept on calling a lightning a vanguard?

[Shogun]

DEVS please make the jumpjets hackable by cloakers! would be fun to turn them around, causing the unsuspecting defenders to launch themselfes into the wrong direction, right into a minefield or the enemy.

narf.
just noticed my error.. i´m talking about the jump PADS not the personal jumpjets. make the pads hackable so we can change the direction they are shooting the players to. the more options for sabotage, the better!

[capiqu]

The mosquito in planetside has a top speed of 119 kph at normal speed and a top of 287 kph at full boosters. In PS2 I noticed the mosquito easily do 228 at cruising and above 360kph with boosters. They are much faster and that must be why he went from near 1 warpgate to the other in about a minute. Who knows maybe by beta they will slow them down.

[2coolforu]

The jet speed looked fine to me, made them seem like helicopters/dropships which I liked.

Bear in mind the TTK on those things was pretty low, they'll need the speed to survive. I'd rather the planes sacrifice armor for speed as it discourages hoverspam/infantry farming and encourages strafing runs on tanks which IMHO is more immersive and less annoying to the guys on the ground.

[IronMole]

Ok well that would explain it then. Thanks for checking the vid more closely. Yeah probably needs to be somewhere in the middle of that range.

No... Aircraft should be fast and maneuverable, not slow and crap like in Planetside.

This will make awesome dog fights, not like those 'pivot' battles we see in PS...

[Jennyboo]

Looks great!! Although I am not so certain about this jump pad thing.

I agree if they keep them in I should hope they have some sorta cool down.

[Tapman]

Delicious!

I am very impressed. Obviously there is still plenty of work to be done before Beta but it looks amazing already, I can't wait to see the polished version with the actual populations!

Very glad for the exposure as well, I have a feeling that we are seeing quite the build-up to the E3 presentation!

C4 needs to be a pricey consumable if it's going to be available to everyone, and it should take at least two or three to kill any MBT. Ideally I would prefer it if only certain classes had access to it like engineer and infiltrator but that is a balancing question that will be answered in Beta. To the folks complaining that one person could completely ruin a tank on their own, remember that all it took was a dedicated hacker to not only kick you out of the tank but put you at risk for being gunned down yourself! I do think that the TTK will have to be raised a bit once populations start rising but again, TBD in Beta.

[Red Ketchup]

C4 needs to be a pricey consumable if it's going to be available to everyone, and it should take at least two or three to kill any MBT.

He threw at least two. If you look closely at 2:00, you can see 2 icons under the Magrider representing the C4 charges.

[Zeroshin]

Very happy to see TB's video landing over 100k views in under 24 hours

[Dragonien]

love the vid.
Not to sure of the jump pads but we'll see.
Also not sure about my feelings to know its still in alpha.
It's just as if they started at a run now, their at a slow walking pace : (

[headcrab13]

TB and SOE, thanks so much for that awesome footage. WOW! I just finished watching it and the while it was all impressive, the flying bit at the end and jumping between night and day cycles was just mind-blowing.

[Tapman]

Forgot to mention about the Jump-Pads. I noticed that the different classes moved differently depending on their weight/resistance, Light Assault and Infiltrators seem to make it to the next rooftop but the other classes will probably make it to a lower level or a lesser distance.

Are grenades/C4/Boomers going to be affected by lifts and jump pads?

All of these things will be answered and fixed if necessary during Beta. I have a feeling that once the populations go up, there won't be much of a need for letting everyone jump around as far and as quickly.

Also Red Ketchup, I did see two down there, but I don't recall whether the tank was at full health when he blew it up.

On a separate note, I saw that a grenade he threw had a 3-second or so delay before exploding. I'm not sure if they were toggled that way but the delay felt right. Question that comes to my mind is will we be able to throw grenades back if they land near us...

[Bine]

On that topic of Ziplines as earlier mentioned, there are other ways to design a zipline without making it clutter up the sky ;) I will go ahead and make a suggestion post for it.

On the real topic:

UGH! At work so I cant watch >.O. I will wait until i go home... Wait... wait...

[WorldOfForms]

PS1 had a regen implant. It was so slow, it was as terrible as the one in the video. IT was like 1 hp per 5 seconds or something.

Regen was faster than that (but slower than med app). Its weakness was that it ate your stamina at an absurd rate, leaving you vulnerable afterward.

[BREWKO]

When TB killed arclegger did anyone else chuckle and think about him being clegged up on foot?

arclegger is NC, he gets killed all the time.

[Zeroshin]

Forgot to mention about the Jump-Pads. I noticed that the different classes moved differently depending on their weight/resistance, Light Assault and Infiltrators seem to make it to the next rooftop but the other classes will probably make it to a lower level or a lesser distance.


The difference is cause while he was a light assault he was activating his jump jets during the jump-pad movement. Else if you compare with the max, its the same.

[SniperSteve]

Brewko, are you TR?

[Zekeen]

arclegger is NC, he gets killed all the time.

Really? I would have assumed he died more from his style of parking.

[Hamma]

arclegger is NC, he gets killed all the time.

Win +100 :D

[Crazyduckling]

as much as i like to make fun of clegg, im sure when i log into the game, his creative parking techniques will make the NC superior when it comes to gal deployments.

BRING IT ON

[WaryWizard]

So the video has about 184,600 views. Any idea how many it will have by Monday? I say 243,659 views.

Also, why aren't the top comments anything informative? I've been upvoting every comment that sates something about the amount of players and size of the maps, but still just a statement that has nothing of value is up there. Now the same questions will be eternally asked and answered over and over.

[SpaceNinja]

Don't know if anyone noticed this or not but it caught my eye. Looks like they changed the Mosquito cockpit a smidgen http://i.imgur.com/HIDbJ.jpg

[Zulthus]

Don't know if anyone noticed this or not but it caught my eye. Looks like they changed the Mosquito cockpit a smidgen http://i.imgur.com/HIDbJ.jpg

I like the changes. Now the TR can quit whining about not being able to see shit :D

[SpaceNinja]

I like the changes. Now the TR can quit whining about not being able to see shit :D

yeah haha :cheers:

[cellinaire]

Obviously, few of you seem to be disappointed by the current flight model they're showing. Why didn't you make another thread about it yet, I wonder.

[SuperMorto]

cheers TB,

Just to let you know I will be stealing this footage for Planetside TV, and you have increased Planetside traffic by about 50% to all my sites!!

Good work, keep it up! <3

Morto.

[Gandhi]

Might as well ask this here, does anyone know if weapon looting is still out? I haven't heard anything more about it in a long time.

[Timealude]

The video looks amazing and TB if you need someone to pilot for you next time like say in a lib or a gal while you film, I only live 6 hours away from San Diego and would be happy to join you next time. :P also it seems that armor on vehicles seem to be a bit lower in ps2 then one...

[MacXXcaM]

Might as well ask this here, does anyone know if weapon looting is still out? I haven't heard anything more about it in a long time.

I sure hope it will be in.

[Stardouser]

Obviously, few of you seem to be disappointed by the current flight model they're showing. Why didn't you make another thread about it yet, I wonder.

Flight model is one thing that I personally can't really tell from watching a video. Hell, I thought BF3's flight model looked OK in videos before it released, only after it released was I able to discern otherwise. And so I at least, can't really say anything about this without playing it.

NB: TTK and other things are easy to tell from a video...just in case anyone is going to say why don't we wait for beta to discuss THAT.

[ringring]

I sure hope it will be in.
I think we've heard nothing so best to think it is out until we do hear different.

[Gandhi]

I think we've heard nothing so best to think it is out until we do hear different.
Well the last I heard of it was months ago when Higby mentioned it wasn't in, due to the difficulties of meshing it with the new customization and skill trees.

[Stardouser]

Here is a screen capture from TB's video I found interesting. Is that crater in the north present in original PS1 Indar?
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7941/indargifw.gif (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/51/indargifw.gif/)

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Edit: And I just noticed that it says "Hack command consoles to capture facilities". Why does it say that in PS2 when capture mechanics are now proximity?

[ArmedZealot]

There is no Indar in PS1, but searhus had a large crater.

[Evil Redrum]

Don't know if anyone noticed this or not but it caught my eye. Looks like they changed the Mosquito cockpit a smidgen http://i.imgur.com/HIDbJ.jpg

I was wondering if/when someone would notice that.

[Stardouser]

I don't feel like rewatching the video just to stare at the minimap, did TB change the minimap zoom/resolution any?

ALSO: I just noticed that it says "Hack command consoles to capture facilities" in the screenshot of the Indar map I linked above. Why does it say that in PS2 when capture mechanics are now proximity?

[Aaron]

I was wondering if/when someone would notice that.

We were just so mesmerized by the game :lol:

[Kipper]

OMFG .... Amazing! Love the tracer fire and how the aircraft look operating over the base. Love the terrain features, looking schweet!

Not sure on the jump pads. I see why but..... I don't think I like. Airport-style in bridges and tunnels maybe, that can be turned on/off.

[Hamma]

I was wondering if/when someone would notice that.

I think the tweaked one looks really nice :)

[Coreldan]

SOE better not make flare cooldown the same as the "usual" anti air launchers rate of fire. BF3 is completely retarded in that sense, you simply can't damage an aircraft alone cos the flares will always be up before you can fire again.

[Sledgecrushr]

Here is a screen capture from TB's video I found interesting. Is that crater in the north present in original PS1 Indar?
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7941/indargifw.gif (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/51/indargifw.gif/)

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Edit: And I just noticed that it says "Hack command consoles to capture facilities". Why does it say that in PS2 when capture mechanics are now proximity?

Indar is completely dry, this is probably the one thing I dont like.

[Hamma]

I was wondering if/when someone would notice that.

Also is that pac man I spy on the right side? :p