Screenshot "to make you drool"

[Ghryphen]

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[GreatMazinkaise]

Door camping makes its glorious return!

[RovingDeath]

Very nice shot, but what's up with that rock? Throwback to PS1?

[Sephirex]

Looks good!

[GreatMazinkaise]

Very nice shot, but what's up with that rock? Throwback to PS1?

Nonsense... PS1 rocks don't have textures that detailed. That's at least a World of Warcraft: WotLK rock.

[ChipMHazard]

Ah, TR tactics at it's finest. "Sniffs" I love the smell of Prowlers in the afternoon.

[RovingDeath]

Nonsense... PS1 rocks don't have textures that detailed. That's at least a World of Warcraft: WotLK rock.

Touché

[ODonnell]

I really love the scale compared to PS1. They nailed it! Look at the infantry standing next to that Prowler.

[lMABl]

Looks great, love the detailed textures, especially on the Prowler. But that rock just look awful haha.

[Pepsi]

Very nice. What is that green thing the soldier on the left has?

[lMABl]

Very nice. What is that green thing the soldier on the left has?
Looks similar to the medic healing beam, maybe it was just turned off before the pic was shot.

[Haro]

Could it be Amerish? Also, love how the NC are completely unfazed by the TR's puny little peashooter, which is about to get a nice, big, 150mm surprise by the looks of it.

[polywomple]

Very nice. What is that green thing the soldier on the left has?

A TR accidentally brought a vacuum cleaner to the battlefield, again.

[Xyntech]

They are taunting is... yet I love the screenshot anyways. What have you done to me, PS2?

[Bags]

There's a techplant on the grassy part of Indar, so it might still be indar.

[Pepsi]

Looks similar to the medic healing beam, maybe it was just turned off before the pic was shot.Silly medic, you're supposed to be behind the tank. :p

[Khrusky]

That Prowler looks damned intimidating next to those troops. Makes me proud :trrocks: . Also the scale of those giant legs of the facility is impressive too.

The prowler's secondary turret looks kind of steam-punky from this angle. I can't actually tell what it is. Seems to be box-fed so dual machine guns?

[Immigrant]

Very nice!

[LegioX]

whats with the horns on that dudes head to the left of the tank???

[ChipMHazard]

That Prowler looks damned intimidating next to those troops. Makes me proud :trrocks: . Also the scale of those giant legs of the facility is impressive too.

The prowler's secondary turret looks kind of steam-punky from this angle. I can't actually tell what it is. Seems to be box-fed so dual machine guns?

Those certainly seem to be ammo boxes, but what is that cylinder/canister like object on top, almost makes me think of a flamethrower? Although it seems like the ammo belt on top is being fed into it, strange.

[polywomple]

whats with the horns on that dudes head to the left of the tank???

i knew that horns where in as a customization but those look a lot more prominent to what we've seen before

[Envenom]

Glorious. I shall enjoy streamrolling the other factions in this.

[polywomple]

what I like is the option to use tanks as cover as an infantryman, because of their size

it's just a cool tactic overall

[Hmr85]

Great looking picture. I can't wait to get in there.

[Toppopia]

what I like is the option to use tanks as cover as an infantryman, because of their size

it's just a cool tactic overall

Unless splash damage is done badly like in BF3, i could be behind a tank, and still take damage from rockets. And if you have a driver that is A) Bad and B) Has to dodge something, i see alot of friendly squishing happening.

[Hmr85]

what I like is the option to use tanks as cover as an infantryman, because of their size

it's just a cool tactic overall

Yep I agree, now they just need to make it so the tanks can handle more than 2 shots and it would be a real good tactic.

From what I saw of E3 with the ttk on the tanks it would be a death trap.

[Bags]

Yep I agree, now they just need to make it so the tanks can handle more than 2 shots and it would be a real good tactic.

From what I saw of E3 with the ttk on the tanks it would be a death trap.

Seriously. Three HA would rocket it and it'd kill everyone.

[Pepsi]

Yep I agree, now they just need to make it so the tanks can handle more than 2 shots and it would be a real good tactic.

From what I saw of E3 with the ttk on the tanks it would be a death trap.A lot of alphas/betas I've been in that had vehicles have always started out making the vehicles' durability similar to paper mache (I have no idea why, some sort of design strategy?). I'm fairly confident the vehicles will get a big buff come release (beta?).

[MrKWalmsley]

That Prowler looks damned intimidating next to those troops.

Typical TR, so prone to fear they are intimidated by their own troops! Or maybe there is some logic to it since your spray and pray tactics means they're more likely to hit you than their enemy.

Needless faction drama :D

[ODonnell]

Unless splash damage is done badly like in BF3, i could be behind a tank, and still take damage from rockets. And if you have a driver that is A) Bad and B) Has to dodge something, i see alot of friendly squishing happening.

You have to account for the shock wave from the explosions. That can be just as deadly as the shrapnel, and disorienting. It will def provide small arms fire cover at least.

[Canaris]

that Rexo trooper with the ARV cycler standing next to the Prowler pure sexy, I can imagine it's me, PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW! :D

[Biohazard]

This is beautiful! The shadows infront of the explosion, The exaust behind the prowler, the dust covered vanguard about to open fire... I just cannot get over how bad that rock is, I think it is a temporary texture? The same one from the little rocks but scaled up? Other than that, everything is stunning. :D

[GreatMazinkaise]

that Rexo trooper with the ARV cycler standing next to the Prowler pure sexy, I can imagine it's me, PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW! :D

Shouldn't he be digging out his Striker to drill the Vanny instead?

[JudicatorWombat]

Did the prowler have two secondary turrets at E3 and I just didn't notice it until now?

[headcrab13]

I love the new screenshots and videos every few days to keep us glued to the latest PS2 news. Great shot, can't wait to be driving one myself soon!

[GreatMazinkaise]

Did the prowler have two secondary turrets at E3 and I just didn't notice it until now?

I'm not sure if there's two of them or if there's just an awkward double-stack of twin MG turrets perched on top of the main turret. They were in T-Ray's Prowler test drive vid though...

[The Kush]

So nice to see base doors hopefully there is a lot with barriers like we saw in some other screenshots

[SixShooter]

Very nice shot, but what's up with that rock? Throwback to PS1?

That rock looks pretty buggered escpecially where it meets the ground:eek:

Everything else looks pretty amazing.

[kaffis]

A lot of alphas/betas I've been in that had vehicles have always started out making the vehicles' durability similar to paper mache (I have no idea why, some sort of design strategy?). I'm fairly confident the vehicles will get a big buff come release (beta?).
I'll be surprised if it keeps a big buff. Driver-gunned tanks that are durable means nobody bothers with infantry (or, thus, infantry transport).


On the original topic, though, is anybody else surprised at the color? The devs must have a very narrow range of what they consider "faction colors" when they say "you can't paint your tank up in another faction's colors"... because the first word that comes to my mind when I look at that is definitely "blue."

[Vetto]

A lot of TR love in the media lately... Proceed..

[Toppopia]

You have to account for the shock wave from the explosions. That can be just as deadly as the shrapnel, and disorienting. It will def provide small arms fire cover at least.

I think mythbusters did something on shockwaves and such, and if you are behind something like a car wheel with the car sideways. Then you are pretty protected against shockwaves, but i can't remember what the explosive size was. Could be maybe comparable to a tank. So you could survive.

[RNFB]

I'm not liking the implications of heal/repair bot playstyles for medic/engi. It causes severe imbalance for those that don't have a pocket healer, letting those that do run rampant

[Toppopia]

I'm not liking the implications of heal/repair bot playstyles for medic/engi. It causes severe imbalance for those that don't have a pocket healer, letting those that do run rampant

What are you talking about? :confused:

[GreatMazinkaise]

I'll be surprised if it keeps a big buff. Driver-gunned tanks that are durable means nobody bothers with infantry (or, thus, infantry transport).


On the original topic, though, is anybody else surprised at the color? The devs must have a very narrow range of what they consider "faction colors" when they say "you can't paint your tank up in another faction's colors"... because the first word that comes to my mind when I look at that is definitely "blue."

As someone who paints I can tell you that there's really only two ways to go when shading black (since it's really just a tone): grey or blue. In this case they've gone for blue grey in that lighting. Still not the rich blue of the NC, but you can't get good, detailed shading on black with more... black.

[Chowley]

Aw I was half hoping someone recreated the e3 vanu girl in game :p

[Zenben]

I'm not liking the implications of heal/repair bot playstyles for medic/engi. It causes severe imbalance for those that don't have a pocket healer, letting those that do run rampant

So.... you *don't* want to encourage teamwork? Right...

[Sabot]

Oh, pretty picture... <3

Those two barrels behind the turret on the Prowler looks fun to shoot at!

[Robotix]

Very awesome picture.

Took a while to notice the 2nd Prowler obscured by the dust cloud. I like how smoke and dust from explosions will impact combat this time around.

[Notser]

I'd tap that, prowlers rolling in to do some business is a pretty awesome sight.

[Zebasiz]

I love the smoke effect in this shot. I'm really hoping the smoke stays a while instead of just vanishing after a 2 second animation.

Oh! I didn't even notice the NC tank in the shot till now. heh, thing doesn't even need camo to be hidden.

[NCLynx]

Screenshots are no longer drool worthy, not after all that actual footage we've seen. Screenshots are more like a slap in the face now.

[Canaris]

Screenshots are no longer drool worthy, not after all that actual footage we've seen. Screenshots are more like a slap in the face now.

especially that screenshot showing the TR slapping the NC in the face. :lol:

[kaffis]

As someone who paints I can tell you that there's really only two ways to go when shading black (since it's really just a tone): grey or blue. In this case they've gone for blue grey in that lighting. Still not the rich blue of the NC, but you can't get good, detailed shading on black with more... black.
Which I get -- but the point is that, if that's the case, it needed to be grey, not blue. Reserving "blue-black" and "blue-grey" for TR is kind of limiting the range of colors for NC, isn't it? Especially if the NC wanted to have access to something that wasn't, you know, at full saturation to stand out against all terrain like a sore thumb painted Blue Man Group-blue.

I'm still not buying that, entirely, though -- the black stripe down the middle of the prowler is *black* (highlighting up to greyer ranges where the light glints off it). If the rest of the tank was supposed to be black, it should've matched that. It doesn't, so it's clearly meant to be.. blue.

But hey, maybe that just means that they'll let me have burghundy for my outfit colors, so I can turn the tables of color recognition confusion, right? Nah, I'd be really surprised if that were the case. Kind of like I'm surprised they're using a distinct blue-grey (alongside a black!!!) as the base for a TR texture.

[VaderShake]

Lovin the larger vehicles..

[GuyFawkes]

I'm not liking the implications of heal/repair bot playstyles for medic/engi. It causes severe imbalance for those that don't have a pocket healer, letting those that do run rampant

hint :kill the healer first

[Exmortius]

TR dominance mwahahahhaa

[Gonefshn]

Purty Purty. I like this a lot! Show us the BIOLAB!

[Mechlord]

Those buildings on the left seem to indicate that this facilility is TR owned.

[Nemises]

wow...the contrast glare / silhouettes from the NC standing infront of explosion ...awesome effect!
Is that a side effect of HDR lighting / glare effect ?...really cool (normally in most engines you'd just see the models normal diffuse from whatever light sources were in front...but having a bloom effect from the explosion blow out the contrast is very very cool)...

...or is it just because they are in shadow, and the diffuse is really low anyway ?

[Electrofreak]

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Gryph, it sure does make me drool... wishing I was in that exact vantage point in my NC Reaver with a full rocket clip. :D

But seriously, it looks damn good. And I'm tempted to rejoin CDL and roll with you guys again, because it was a lot of fun during my short stint in the outfit.

[Wayside]

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Absolutely dig the scale they've gone with for tanks. Now if only they were as tough as they look. That E3 footage really gave me the sense that they're disproportionately easy to kill considering what massive hulking machines they are.

Looking forward to seeing how they tune things in beta.

[Toppopia]

Absolutely dig the scale they've gone with for tanks. Now if only they were as tough as they look. That E3 footage really gave me the sense that they're disproportionately easy to kill considering what massive hulking machines they are.

Looking forward to seeing how they tune things in beta.

I hope that the engineer standing behind the tank is safe from explosions that hit the front, or else i will complain.

[Bags]

I hope that the engineer standing behind the tank is safe from explosions that hit the front, or else i will complain.

Sure he is, but he's not safe from that tank exploding in four shots. ;)

[Hmr85]

Sure he is, but he's not safe from that tank exploding in four shots. ;)

QFT

lol and neither are the other couple of guys around that tank. Really the NC just need to nail that tank and the assault is over. It looks like they could drop a good portion of that group.

[Wayside]

Sure he is, but he's not safe from that tank exploding in four shots. ;)

Seriously. Heh heh...you WANT to stand near something like that for cover. To move with it. Perfectly natural. But people just aren't going to be able to get the most out of these vehicles tactically of they're little more than massive rolling bombs waiting for an excuse to blow up every friendly in a 10 meter radius.

This exact issue is, for me, at the heart of the one vs two man tank debate. I think tanks SHOULD be very difficult to bring down. Even with anti-vehicle weaponry. But its hard to justify the survivability of a tank when they can be spawned and manned by an individual.

Now, if a tank requires 2 or 3 people to truly be effective, its MUCH more reasonable to assume that it would be difficult to take down. It is, after all, several people's worth of time and effort to operate.

[Sifer2]

It's kind of interesting that if you look closer there are actually two Prowlers and one Vanguard in the pic. Hard to tell because of all the smoke. Speaking of which I guess some TR threw a smoke grenade? At least I wouldn't want random explosions kicking up that much dust.

[Arovien]

It's kind of interesting that if you look closer there are actually two Prowlers and one Vanguard in the pic. Hard to tell because of all the smoke. Speaking of which I guess some TR threw a smoke grenade? At least I wouldn't want random explosions kicking up that much dust.
We keep finding new things in the pic. In a matter of time, we'll find a grunt in full zebra camo. Any second now...

[lMABl]

Also loving the scuffs and overall wear on the prowler, it really adds a lot.