Hamma and Jennyboo's PS2 tweets

[MgFalcon]

In case you missed any of the pictures from the tweets I have organized this thread for your viewing pleasure!

You can also check out our entire media library here! (http://www.planetside-universe.com/media.php)

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[Mastachief]

Sweet can we just have this thread updated as it will save the bigillion and 1 individual threads.

Still not liking the lack of walls around that base.

[Zulthus]

That's some pretty sick coloring on that Galaxy. It'd look better in purple, though. ;)

[SKYeXile]

That's some pretty sick coloring on that Galaxy. It'd look better in purple, though. ;)

everything looks better in purple.

[Mastachief]

Bloody purple fetish you lot have

[captainkapautz]

Sweet can we just have this thread updated as it will save the bigillion and 1 individual threads.

Still not liking the lack of walls around that base.

The better question would be, did they see ANY base with actual PS1-style all around walls?

I can't check atm, but the base in the GDC footage looked kinda walled, but that could just be bad memory.

No walls in ANY base would really suck though.

[Mastachief]

The better question would be, did they see ANY base with actual PS1-style all around walls?

I can't check atm, but the base in the GDC footage looked kinda walled, but that could just be bad memory.

No walls in ANY base would really suck though.

Do we know if the question of walls is on hamma's list?

[LancerNC]

that deployable turret looks sick!

[The Kush]

Do we know if the question of walls is on hamma's list?

Hopefully
I'm rather disappointed courtyards will be lacking in this game. It was fun once you breached an enemy's perimeter wall and the walls were fun to defend. Especially with the addition of jump jets. Oh well hopefully they realize their mistake. This game needs walls around some bases at least.

[captainkapautz]

Hopefully
I'm rather disappointed courtyards will be lacking in this game. It was fun once you breached an enemy's perimeter wall and the walls were fun to defend. Especially with the addition of jump jets. Oh well hopefully they realize their mistake. This game needs walls around some bases at least.

I second this.

[AlienTwentyFour]

That's some pretty sick coloring on that Galaxy. It'd look better in BLUE, though. ;)

Fixed. :)

Turrets looking awesome. They should also speak! :D

When you leave, they say "Goodbye.". When you use them, they say; "Deploying."

[Zulthus]

Broke. :)

Turrets looking awesome. They should also speak! :D

When you leave, they say "Goodbye.". When you use them, they say; "Deploying."

You dare screw with my posts??

[The noob]

Hopefully
I'm rather disappointed courtyards will be lacking in this game. It was fun once you breached an enemy's perimeter wall and the walls were fun to defend. Especially with the addition of jump jets. Oh well hopefully they realize their mistake. This game needs walls around some bases at least.

Someone tweeted Hamma about whether bases have walls or not. He replied that some do. Here's the link.
http://twitter.com/#!/CDLHamma/status/204659425661829121

[AlienTwentyFour]

Someone tweeted Hamma about whether bases have walls or not. He replied that some do. Here's the link.
http://twitter.com/#!/CDLHamma/status/204659425661829121

Some do? Hmm. If you guys see any, can ya drop a link. I looked through the pictures, and the only base I found with walls was the one with the Mosquito over it.

[captainkapautz]

Fixed. :)

Turrets looking awesome. They should also speak! :D

When you leave, they say "Goodbye.". When you use them, they say; "Deploying."

"Is anyone there?"

[Saintlycow]

looks like the shield on the deployable turrets will be faction colors, seeing as we have seen red and blue already

[Mastachief]

looks like the shield on the deployable turrets will be faction colors, seeing as we have seen red and blue already

Yeh, it's a great idea really much like being shot illuminates your faction colours as your shield flares. It's all good for target recognition.

[FireStormNova]

Hopefully
I'm rather disappointed courtyards will be lacking in this game. It was fun once you breached an enemy's perimeter wall and the walls were fun to defend. Especially with the addition of jump jets. Oh well hopefully they realize their mistake. This game needs walls around some bases at least.

There will be some bases with walls from what i have heard in the forms. Stilll some of the bases or open and i think i understand why. Remember in planet side 1 when people did have the 4 wall setup? Yes it was fun at time, but some times it was !@#$ crazy like shooting fish in a barrel. Cannon fodder fun for artillary and bomber attacks! :cry:
Being more open and haveing more capture points should cause players to use more tactical game play. :evil:
Myself I am one for varity and only haveing 2 or 3 mods for bases will get old real quick but from what i have seen it looks like alot of varity will be in the game. :eek:

[Baron]

I like the fact that not all AMP stations (or any base for that matter) are created equal. Some may have walls, others might be more open ...both will have strategic advantages and disadvantages so base assault/defense doesn't become "rinse-and-repeat"

my .02

[Toppopia]

Oh boy oh boy, i hope my questions get asked, i was the first to post questions on the thread about them going to SOE so they should get asked :D:D

[brickbuster]

I'm not quite sure that full around PS1 walls are really necessary, and I think that it might add to the gameplay to be without them. Walls are a barrier that create two generic choke points and cause stalemates. Overall, they are bland and make the fighting around every base the same. Instead of a boring courtyard system, the bases in Planetside 2 have outlying perimeter defenses (those buildings on the outskirts of the base), then an area closer to the base, and finally an infantry-only area mostly inside. This makes base defense more about the placement of armor, use of air superiority to move forward, and daring flanking assaults on attackers. In short, the lack of walls will make combat more dependent on tactics and use of the terrain. I am basing this off of the AMP station, being the only base type we have seen in detail. The style of the bases seem much more realistic, instead of a medieval "Defend the walls!" type of combat.

[Tatwi]

Whoah. Smed, if you're not going to let Higby out of the office can you at least bring in a razor and pillow for the poor guy?

Also,

http://www.tpot.ca/jpg/smedonbeta.jpg

I saw one in the office there. Makes me wonder what Smed has to say about PS2 beta. :)

[Brusi]

I had a dream that i broke into the PS2 Dev teams office building in San Diego. If Hamma an JB don't post some more tweets soon, i might have to actually do it!

[Ieyasu]

I had a feeling with Hamma we would be seeing alot of red and black. :cool:

[Pyreal]

Anyone else notice the line of April issues of PC GAMER on the counter top?

What could it mean? /e rubs chin

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[The Kush]

Some do? Hmm. If you guys see any, can ya drop a link. I looked through the pictures, and the only base I found with walls was the one with the Mosquito over it.

For me it's not an issue of having a wall I want a base completely enclosed by walls

[The Kush]

There will be some bases with walls from what i have heard in the forms. Stilll some of the bases or open and i think i understand why. Remember in planet side 1 when people did have the 4 wall setup? Yes it was fun at time, but some times it was !@#$ crazy like shooting fish in a barrel. Cannon fodder fun for artillary and bomber attacks! :cry:
Being more open and haveing more capture points should cause players to use more tactical game play. :evil:
Myself I am one for varity and only haveing 2 or 3 mods for bases will get old real quick but from what i have seen it looks like alot of varity will be in the game. :eek:

Yea I feel ya on the variety but I still would like to see a base completely surrounded by walls. Those were some fun battles and courtyards gave you protection to stage counterattacks and pull vehicles ect

[ArmedZealot]

For me it's not an issue of having a wall I want a base completely enclosed by walls

Biolab dome. Not only that but it has a roof too lol.

[The Kush]

Biolab dome. Not only that but it has a roof too lol.

Lol you know what I mean armed :P

[LancerNC]

anyone seen this one yet? I found it on his twitter and havn't seen it on the forum yet, sorry if its been posted already

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[Graywolves]

Anyone else notice the line of April issues of PC GAMER on the counter top?

What could it mean? /e rubs chin

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Forget the PC Gamer mags.

Look at the Betta fish.

[Mastachief]

Forget the PC Gamer mags.

Look at the Betta fish.

NC Beeta must be cloaked

[The Kush]

anyone seen this one yet? I found it on his twitter and havn't seen it on the forum yet, sorry if its been posted already

http://yfrog.com/g0or9yij

Yea it's been posted man under "mana turret gets a shield"

[SniperSteve]

Higby has still not cut his hair. Beta is not out yet. :(

Also, the PCgamer magazines they were signing for the fans, and that is the room where they always sign all of the mags.

[capiqu]

Is that Higby sitting on top left side of the t.v. ?

[Evil Redrum]

Is that Higby sitting on top left side of the t.v. ?

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lol

[Hamma]

Hope you guys liked all the Tweets! :D It was pretty neat playing Higby for a day ;)

More to come! But now time to pass out.

[Toppopia]

Hope you guys liked all the Tweets! :D It was pretty neat playing Higby for a day ;)

More to come! But now time to pass out.

Nice pictures,:clap: but on to more important matters. Did you ask Higby any of my questions? And now we are all jealous of you because you got to play the game...:doh:

[Timealude]

Hope you guys liked all the Tweets! :D It was pretty neat playing Higby for a day ;)

More to come! But now time to pass out.

Not to bring up the Empire wars, but i think the TRs some how threatened the devs into letting them come to the studio. :cool:

[The Kush]

Hope you guys liked all the Tweets! :D It was pretty neat playing Higby for a day ;)

More to come! But now time to pass out.

It must have sucked losing to the NC all day! ;) haha but cool looking forward to it

[Red Beard]

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lol

LOL


Higby on his lunch break, preparing to blog about his sandwich! ;)

[RSphil]

Some cracking pics guys. The game is looking awesome. Can't wait to try it out

[deltase]

When i look at the Vanu airplane cockpit, i cant stop think of the batplane. In fact the entire plane looks like its the batplane :D

Ah i just imagined a perfect moon in the dark sky and in the center of it an unordinary shape appears. Beware criminals, Batman returns to make you pay for the crimes you have committed.

[Kipper]

Hope you guys liked all the Tweets! :D It was pretty neat playing Higby for a day ;)

More to come! But now time to pass out.

I look forward to Higby spending a day at PSU moderating the forums!

[Captain1nsaneo]

I look forward to Higby spending a day at PSU moderating the forums!

That's... terrifying.

Awesome pictures Hamma, looking forward to the interview you did with him.

[Pyreal]

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lol

WOW! What an amazing close up! Something seems a little off though, can't put my finger on it though...

[Xyntech]

Very nice.

TR Galaxy is looking great. Can't wait to see the VS version.

[Shogun]

nice tweets!

hamma and jenny, you did a great job in playing higby ;)

can´t wait to see interview and more pics or videos!
the best interviews are those, that have a charismatic interviewer and a charismatic victim (dev) ;)
and your interview will be one of those interviews for sure. and i think the devs will talk with even more enthusiasm when talking to the ultimate planetside fans who contributed so much to keep the community alive for all these years.

oh boy how i would love to visit soe as well to play live with the devs ;)

what i noticed on one tweet is, that the mana shields will not only have empire specific color, they seem to have es shape as well. the nc one looks to be composed of hexagons, while the tr shield looks more like a traditional shield. will we see the vanu version as well?
diversity rules! are the mana turrets themselve also empire specific?

about the wall discussion, as long as we got a fair share of totally walled bases, i have no problems with some bases being open like we saw it. i would not like to have ONLY open bases. and only walled fortresses are not the best solution as well as we know from ps1. there were very great fun battles in the walled ps1 bases and i would not want to miss them. but sometimes stalemates were too long and having some options to go for open bases instead are ok. again, diversity rules. this makes every base subject to other tactics and keeps the game fresh. tactics that work for a fortress may not work for open bases and vice versa.
still hope that one or two of the ps next bases (or the ones from that soe mentored school project) made it into the game.

[SurgeonX]

Hope you guys liked all the Tweets! :D It was pretty neat playing Higby for a day ;)

More to come! But now time to pass out.

Yeah, the tweets were great.
Can't wait to hear your take on it Hamma.

[FireStormNova]

anyone seen this one yet? I found it on his twitter and havn't seen it on the forum yet, sorry if its been posted already

http://yfrog.com/g0or9yij

Good pic :love: Looks like a manned gun system placed out in the open : probly came from a ACE / Advanced Construction Engine. =)

[IMMentat]

I luff you.
Not a Twit-tard so usualy miss this stuff.
Both the MANA turrets and AMP station look gorgeous now.

[Raka Maru]

Glad you guys get a shot at seeing the innards so close to beta. :D

Thanks for the new shots, especially the TR Gal!