It would be cool if Light Assault could fly around in a jetpack.

[Goldeh]

I mean they actually fly around in it, like superman or something. For a short while at least. Tradeoffs n such. 30 seconds of straight up supermanning!

[Coreldan]

I disagree. I dont want this to be Tribes.

[Astrok]

I mean they actually fly around in it, like superman or something. For a short while at least. Tradeoffs n such. 30 seconds of straight up supermanning!

it wont be good for gameplay with that many on. it will be chaotic with flying people everywhere.

i bet then their are more people in the sky as in the ground.(Would have reduced the production costs if they only had to make air.:lol: )

[Superbus]

I wouldn't mind seeing something with a stronger thrust but it wouldn't be good for anything but getting to really high places, and would only last for about a second.

[disky]

I guarantee there will be a certification for extending flight time. There is a cert for practically every facet of everything you can think of for every class. You can actually cert the Engineer's electric toothbrush to clear away more bacterial plaque, which can lead to gingivitis, an early form of gum disease.

[TR Oakley]

If you cert into the glider jetpack you will have a long flighttime, but you will only be able to thrust forward while you are slowly falling.
Good for high altitude galaxy drops.

[Night]

There are certs for this as the guy above mentions. Called Icarus and Glider for example. Lets you glide further hortisontally or jump higher vetically. I dont think you can have both. There will be no rocketmanning though.

But its nice to be able yo jump from a techplant roof and survive :cool:

[Buggsy]

I disagree. I dont want this to be Tribes.

I thought tribes was lame too.

[Bruttal]

not at all

[disky]

I thought tribes was lame too.

You probably never played the real Tribes.

[Buggsy]

You probably never played the real Tribes.

The one where everyone floats around? Meh.

[Rabb]

There are certs for this as the guy above mentions. Called Icarus and Glider for example. Lets you glide further hortisontally or jump higher vetically. I dont think you can have both. There will be no rocketmanning though.

But its nice to be able yo jump from a techplant roof and survive :cool:

I remember seeing Icarus certs but not Glide I think you may be confused with Drift.

The screen shot that was posted had 3 cert trees for the jet pack. This is a complete guess but I would say they will be:

1) Improve vertical thrust (?)
2) Improve horizontal thrust (Drift)
3) Slow fall (Icarus)

[Winfernal]

The one where everyone floats around? Meh.

Ignorance is bliss.

[EVILoHOMER]

I want Vanu Max units to be able to fly like the first game tbh.

[ringring]

Seriously no, no big time.

[Bags]

I vote yes. I want free kills on these guys.

[Marinealver]

I think like how the cloaker could chose what type of cloak he wants, ther will probibly be some type of certing for what type of jetpack you want, if there is something from a hover type jet pack or a jump pack.

One thing with the hover jetpack, I can see the person become nothing more than a mid air target.

[Tamas]

I disagree. I dont want this to be Tribes.

Pretty much this.

[Top Sgt]

short answer: hell NAWW!!

[Dubious]

Everything that can fly should be vulnerable to flak
So flak would explode in contact with jetpacks

[Sledgecrushr]

I see where you are going, the LA is kind of blah compared to the rest of the classes. It really needs a second hook.

[Vinven]

Thats because typically if you were going light assault in-game in PS1, you were complimenting it with medic, engineering, or whatnot. They have to throw in a jetpack for them, when in all honesty our vanu max's should have it.

[MayPeX]

I disagree. I dont want this to be Tribes.

Are you a shazbot?

[Buggsy]

Are you a shazbot?

Oh...My...God

I think I played Tribes for like 6 hours when it first came out, and never came back. You just reminded me of that lame emote, I totally forgot that.

[snaffe]

Oh...My...God

I think I played Tribes for like 6 hours when it first came out, and never came back. You just reminded me of that lame emote, I totally forgot that.

Tribes Ascend is quite much fun. I guess because they enabled n00b friendly "skiing" which was before only for the demi-gods.

It's kept me entertained for 3-4 months now but public grinding is wearing off a bit. Cannae wait fer PS2 like!

[Xyntech]

Based on the superman part, I think that Goldeh was talking about flying more like in Dark Void than in Tribes.

There are already sidegrades planned for the jetpack, like longer glide times at the expense of vertical lift. I'm not sure what a good tradeoff would be for extending flying and maneuvering, and it would require a whole new set of animations and flight dynamics, so while it sounds fun in some ways, I don't think this idea is realistic.

I'm not too worried about LA being fun or effective though. Even with what little we've seen of them so far, they already look to be one of the most dangerous straight up combat classes in skilled hands.

[kasiraghi]

I loved Tribes, and it was a great game...

Jetpacks too much like in Tribes, however, would just be stupid in Planetside2. Tribes had the advantage of skiing and speed, without that flying just makes you a very obvious target and Reaver-roadkill.

[Kriegson]

On a related note...
bass - YouTube

[Zenben]

If you cert into the glider jetpack you will have a long flighttime, but you will only be able to thrust forward while you are slowly falling.
Good for high altitude galaxy drops.

Images of Buzz Lightyear. LOVE IT!

[demonicale]

NO,that is'nt planetside and it would just be very annoying.

[Goldeh]

Based on the superman part, I think that Goldeh was talking about flying more like in Dark Void than in Tribes.



Yep, that's the game I was thinking of just forgot the name.

I forgot there were was going to be certifications for the LA JP though. Wish there was sickties for current info for this sort of thing.

[SgtExo]

Having a glider sidegrade could be useful seeing all the large cliffs that are in the game. Having a team of silent LA glide from a overlooking plateau/cliff/galaxie so that they can sneak in. Its an alternative method of infiltrating bases, it would be the PS2 equivalent of HAHO jumps that special forces use presently.

[NumbaOneStunna]

While Tribes 1 was the best game ever made, I do not feel Tribes style Jetpacks have a place in Planetside.

[Rivenshield]

How about NO.

[Gonefshn]

No thanks I do not like this idea. too crazy.

[GuyFawkes]

Just no thanks

I do wonder if LA should have hacking though, they are mobile flanking classes, easy to break through lines or jump walls, hacking terms for teammates to follow or change to another class etc. Would give them something now ammo dispensing has been removed.