What continent would you like to see return?

[The Kush]

I know the game hasn't even been released yet, but it is never too early to think about new continents that could be created. I hope that eventually every Planetside 1 map can be remade. The question, however, is if you had to pick one continent from the original game to make a return in Planetside 2, which continent would you choose?!

These were the continents in the original Planetside.
Ceryshen
Ishundar
Cyssor
Searhus
Forseral
Amerish
Esamir
Hossin
Oshur (old)
Oshur (new)
Solsar

From what we can tell, I believe Esamir, Amerish, and Ishundar are the three continents that will be available at release and are making a return in Planetside 2. For this reason, I did not include these continents in the poll.

Feel free to explain your choice after you vote and share stories about your favorite continents! Also you could include information about changes you would make to the continent or updates.

[Atheosim]

Wut poll?

[The Kush]

Wut poll?

Haha your too quick


Poll or this thread didnt happen.

Look above. It takes a second to post a poll that big.

[Atheosim]

Because the three continents we'll have at launch will (most likely) be divided into separate biodomes, most continents from PS1 would be redundant. What wouldn't be, on the other hand, is Cyssor (archipelago) and Searhus (volcanic). I chose Searhus because I'd REALLY like to see what Forgelight can do with a volcanic continent.

[Methonius]

Definitely between Cyssor and Searhus for me.

[The Kush]

I always thought Amerish was beautiful. I would of voted for it, but not on ballot.

Did you read my post? Have you been keeping up with Planetside 2?

Amerish is making a return.

Please read the OP before posting, thank you.

[Sephirex]

Because the three continents we'll have at launch will (most likely) be divided into separate biodomes, most continents from PS1 would be redundant.

Unless they continue handcrafting each continent to give them all a unique theme and feel.

[The Kush]

Because the three continents we'll have at launch will (most likely) be divided into separate biodomes, most continents from PS1 would be redundant. What wouldn't be, on the other hand, is Cyssor (archipelago) and Searhus (volcanic). I chose Searhus because I'd REALLY like to see what Forgelight can do with a volcanic continent.

I disagree.

Just like the continents making a return in Planetside 2, they wouldn't be exact remakes. Instead they are just similar to the original concept.

Unless they continue handcrafting each continent to give them all a unique theme and feel.

Exactly Sephirex. They won't be as "plain" as Planetside 1. The maps won't be exact remakes they will have more depth and stay true to the original theme of the map.

[Sephirex]

I'd love to see Sanctuaries return as massive fortresses to be seiged as end game events.

[Timealude]

I disagree.

Just like the continents making a return in Planetside 2, they wouldn't be exact remakes. Instead they are just similar to the original concept.

but a big part of what made it what is was was the volcano and the fact that you could barely fly over it in the right spots.

[Sephirex]

but a big part of what made it what is was was the volcano and the fact that you could barely fly over it in the right spots.

He's not referring to Searhus, he's referring to someone calling the rest of the continents redundant.

[willaguy]

Didn't Higby put up a picture of Searhus or something?

[Wahooo]

Poll sucks because there isn't a choice for "Anything but Hossin"

[Dreamcast]

All of them.


You should made the poll have multiple choices....or are you asking which one I want more?

To me is between Cyssor and Searhus.

Cyssor because of the great battles that took place their in that bridge.


Searhus because of the Volcano, I think it will look amazing in Planetside 2.

[The Kush]

He's not referring to Searhus, he's referring to someone calling the rest of the continents redundant.

Exactly. I'm not saying a feature will or won't make a return, I am simply stating that saying certain continents are repetitive doesn't make sense because Planetside 2 can make a lot better continents and give them more depth. Each continent from the original has its own "feel".

[Timealude]

He's not referring to Searhus, he's referring to someone calling the rest of the continents redundant.

ah didnt catch the first part thanks!

[The Kush]

All of them.


You should made the poll have multiple choices....or are you asking which one I want more?

To me is between Cyssor and Searhus.

Cyssor because of the great battles that took place their in that bridge.


Searhus because of the Volcano, I think it will look amazing in Planetside 2.

I was going to do that but I wanted to keep it at one vote so you have to pick your absolute favorite you want to see make a return next :)


I love cyssor and it was my favorite in Planetside 1.

BUT.. I voted for Forseral because with the new engine I think they could make a bad ass remake of that continent :)

[The Kush]

Those bridge battles on cyssor were my absolute favorite! I miss those :/

[Atheosim]

Exactly. I'm not saying a feature will or won't make a return, I am simply stating that saying certain continents are repetitive doesn't make sense because Planetside 2 can make a lot better continents and give them more depth. Each continent from the original has its own "feel".

Except that there are only so many biodomes that even exist.

[Sephirex]

Except that there are only so many biodomes that even exist.

On Earth. This is an alien planet, they can throw all kinds of curve balls into the mix.

[Roidster]

old Oshur

[Mastachief]

Cyssor for it's epic size, and tropical setting with lot's of water.

[The Kush]

On Earth. This is an alien planet, they can throw all kinds of curve balls into the mix.

Haha for real! And who cares anyways like I said they dont have to be exact remakes, just similar.

[Zaerath]

Cyssor for it's epic size, and tropical setting with lot's of water.

I'm actually extremely surprised Cyssor isn't launching with PS2... It was the main hub for battles back when I played PS1.

[Zulthus]

Oooohhh... I want everything... but if I absolutely had to pick just one, it's super close between Cyssor and Searhus... but I want to see a massive volcano in PS2. So Searhus!



I'm pretty sure they'll all make it in at some point though; many of them have already been confirmed in the lore.

[Graywolves]

Why can't I select all the continents?

[capiqu]

I want to fry Vanu-Burgers at searhurs volcanos

[Bags]

Higby mentioned a lava cont (searhus), and I'm sure they'll bring back the rest.

[WarbirdTD]

I could have sworn that Higby said in an E3 interview that they would have a volcanic continent... so that's Searhus right there.

Also, is Forgelight capable of larger maps? Perhaps 10kmx10km, so we could have a massive Cyssor, complete with bridge battles and water fights?

[capiqu]

10x10 heck I would love to see a 20x20 cont. Hell put that forgelight to the test.

[thegreekboy]

I could have sworn that Higby said in an E3 interview that they would have a volcanic continent... so that's Searhus right there.

Also, is Forgelight capable of larger maps? Perhaps 10kmx10km, so we could have a massive Cyssor, complete with bridge battles and water fights?

Aircraft carriers/battleships/outfit bases?????!!!!

*Squeals with glee*

[Inverness]

I would like to see Searhus return. Also, if the engine supports, it occasional eruptions that fill up the area around any base(s) in the crater with lava or something. Either that or have some giant caverns going through the volcano to add more play area.

I don't want to see underground play disappear entirely from PlanetSide 2, but I don't want it to be anything like the caves on separate maps like in PS1.

[SixShooter]

Searhus but with the area outside of the volcano more like the swamps from Forseral(?).

[Malorn]

Christ how am I one of only two people who liked Ceryshen the most? It was awesome.

Cyssor is a given of course.

[Baron]

I've always loved Forseral because the landscape seemed to have good variation (and it just looked pretty to me)

[Dairian]

Cyssor and Searhus were my favorite.

[noxious]

Cyssor or any of the larger continents. What we've seen so far of PlanetSide 2 suggests we'll see very compact continents with little room for fights to occur between bases. Fights in bases are fun, but fights to control a bridge or a canyon can be a lot of fun too, and I'm worried that PlanetSide 2 is going to be missing that.

[Baron]

Cyssor or any of the larger continents. What we've seen so far of PlanetSide 2 suggests we'll see very compact continents with little room for fights to occur between bases. Fights in bases are fun, but fights to control a bridge or a canyon can be a lot of fun too, and I'm worried that PlanetSide 2 is going to be missing that.

Agreed, I loved taking a skyguard waaaaay around the front lines or to a continent that my empire wasn't even fighting just to see how long we could survive.

I have the same feeling that there won't be a whole lot of space to get away from the zerg-lines.

[Dougnifico]

You know, Hossin could be a really fun continent to bring back. It could really be fleshed out as a giant tropical rain forest. You could have 3 sub-biomes. One super thick jungle, one tropical grasslands, and one zigzagged everywhere by rivers.

http://naturallyearthfriendly.com/sites/default/files/tropical-rainforest.jpg?9d7bd4

[BigBossMonkey]

New take on the battle islands, where they are all one map with water between them.

[The Kush]

Cyssor or any of the larger continents. What we've seen so far of PlanetSide 2 suggests we'll see very compact continents with little room for fights to occur between bases. Fights in bases are fun, but fights to control a bridge or a canyon can be a lot of fun too, and I'm worried that PlanetSide 2 is going to be missing that.

Yea hopefully we see some massive continents that truly push the limits of forgelight.

[exLupo]

Oshur 1.0, you heathen bastards. Oshur 1.0!!!

[Gonefshn]

It has to be Cyssor, no other continent was as iconic to the game IMO.

People even coined the term Cyssorside because of the frequent conflict on that continent. Whether or not it's the best one (it definitely was a great one imo) it deserves a return because of what it meant to PS1.

If not that then Searhus definitely

also where is Ishunder?

[Stew]

Searhus Ftw ! So well have north ,east ,southwest , and centrale continents :D

[AThreatToYou]

Cyssor was definitely a memorable continent. Hossin was too, if only because Ixtab.


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Goddam ixtab...

[qbert2]

Cyssor for all the closed beta battles for Gunuku and all the epic bridge battles.

[Ruffdog]

Forseral, the proper TR home cont.

[GuyFawkes]

Christ how am I one of only two people who liked Ceryshen the most? It was awesome.

Cyssor is a given of course.

I went for ceryshen too , with searus a close 2nd. Cyssor was my least favorite tbh

[Gonefshn]

Funny how solsar has 2 votes. I feel like I fought on Solsar like 3 times in all the years I played Planetside. That's like... less than once per year.

[GuyFawkes]

Funny how solsar has 2 votes. I feel like I fought on Solsar like 3 times in all the years I played Planetside. That's like... less than once per year.

Solsar was attacked almost daily on werner , along with other home continents. But it used to be short lived . Mercs et al used to recall back (props to Braveheart ) . Then the fight would end up back in purgatory ie Cyssor . Thats why I enjoyed the caves, just to get away from the place and get links to somewhere else.

[Rivenshield]

Anything with snow on it. I liked fighting in the snow.

[Canaris]

Cyssor is my pick, loved to fight there

[Karma]

Cyssor for me as well. Those bridge battles were probably my best gaming experience ever.. Apart from getting Epona on Zelda for the first time.

[The Kush]

Hopefully they could make those bridge battles even more epic in PS2 god damn that was fun

[Mastachief]

Solsar was attacked almost daily on werner , along with other home continents. But it used to be short lived . Mercs et al used to recall back (props to Braveheart ) .

We had to defend Bravehearts Cottage from the evil TR scum. I was a standing order to defend Solsar at all costs.

You may be finding limited support for the desert style continents because we already have Indar.

I love solsar and Old oshur but i still voted for cyssor.

[The Degenatron]

I voted for Searhus because of the volcano.

The good news is we may be getting it more sooner than later.

I was just talking about this in the Idea Vault.

In this IGN interview, Higby mentions a "Lava Continent":

IGN Live: Planetside 2 Demo - E3 2012 - IGN Live - IGN Video

Start at the 4:20 mark.

Also notable in this video:

4:32 - Freudian slip: "the other two empires are evil..." (Tell it like it is Higby!)
5:00 - As the player steps outside you see a drop-pod come down on the other side of some buildings but you see the conc wave come off it, and as soon as it land a Mosquito swoops in an strafes it, followed by a Scythe who's shooting the Mosquito down. Every time I watch these videos I get all giddy inside.


Cyssor was a close second. It was always my favorite continent to fight on.

[NewSith]

Indar is going to be Oshur 1.0, so I'd like to see Oshur 2.0 in the game. But with the isles being isles instead of separate maps.


EDIT Oh, the poll is flawed. Indar =/= Ishundar. Indar == Oshur.

[lolroflroflcake]

Searhus without a doubt, nothing like fighting on an active volcano. :)

Searhus also fits their theme of multiple biomes per continent already, you could go from fighting in temperate forests to a desert to a bloody volcano caldera with lava lakes and everything in the span of a campaign on one continent without going through any warpgate. No other continent in Planetside 1 had that, Searhus was by far the most diverse and fun to play continent in the game because of that.

[Hmr85]

I wanted to select all but since we are limited to 1 choice I picked Cyssor. I loved the look of the continet along with sheer size that it had. Some of my best PS memories came from that cont. Due to how Epic the battles where.

So if they remake any of the old ones then that one is my choice. Just make sure devs that if you do remake it then please allow us to siege that giant mountain in the middle of cyssor. Put some bases on that bad boy. I bet that would be fun as hell.

[Heaven]

Forseral!!!! :D that was my favourite continent to fight on! :)

[kaffis]

I'm not positive we'll see every continent make a return, even if we end up seeing 10 continents.

The reason being that several PS1 continents were very similar, and we've definitely seen some amalgamizing in Indar. It's not a straight lift of Oshur influences; it's got some Ishundar and Forseral bits.

We may well see old name sets kept, but duplicate biome continents' names recycled to new themes.

In any event, bring on the Lava! Searhus next, if it's up to me!

[Dougnifico]

Awesome idea. A continent based off Mordor. It could have all the sci-fi facilities but have the landscape. Could be pretty pimp...

[Ghoest9]

Its redundant in a way and I like most all the maps - but Hossin is my fav.

[JointReef]

Cant vote original NC home conts where my fav Cyssor, Hossin, Solsar I never really liked New Oshur only desolation i think it was (Desert) aint been Oshur since i came back to planetside which is good imo has good lock down benefits though. I like to see old Oshur can hardly remeber what it looked like lol was so long ago.

*searches through PSU screen shots*

*Edit* Voted Cyssor as it is the cont i want to fight on the most since coming back to Planetside