Squad Beacon May 4th

[Hamma]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-squad-beacon-may-4th-3015.htm

We will be having another Squad Beacon on May 4th at 3PM CDT! Why 3PM you ask? We would like to give our European Counterparts a chance to participate and 3PM CDT translates to 8PM GMT. Not sure what time that is for you? Hit up the time zone converter (http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc). We are looking for some community members to participate in the round table discussions! Here are a few topics that will be discussed:

Lattice Discussion
All the prior Game Updates, 6, 7 and hopefully 8!
Overall thoughts 6 months after release.
Recordings will be available later on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/psumedia) and live Video feeds will be available. Viewers can tune in at live.planetside-universe.com (http://live.planetside-universe.com/).

We need volunteers to participate in the discussion! To join via video add PlanetSide Universe (https://plus.google.com/106465814173125871520) to your circles on Google+ and send a PM to Hamma (http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/private.php?do=newpm&u=1) with a link to your Google+ (https://plus.google.com/106465814173125871520) Profile. Chosen participants should be available 1 hour BEFORE the start of our broadcast for show prep.

If you join via video please make sure you have a quality webcam, a fairly bright room, and can take part in the discussion with no distractions. It should be just you on video without additional interruptions during the live show.

Remember to subscribe to us on YouTube (http://pside.co/psuytube) and follow us on TwitchTV (http://twitch.tv/agntv) and you will never miss any of our exclusive AGN Events!

We are happy to announce we will be joined by PlanetSide 2 Creative Director Matt Higby for the show! If you aren't on the panel be sure to drop by our Twitch Channel where you can participate live in the discussions.

[Dragonskin]

Boo, can't watch live since I will be at work. I'll catch the recorded show though.

[Hamma]

Yep! Always recordings! :D

It's our first afternoon show since our big launch event.

[ChipMHazard]

I'll definently be there to watch it:D

[HiroshiChugi]

Hmm... It sucks that I can't participate via video... school gets out at around 2:10, and I don't usually get home untill about 2:45-3:00...

[basti]

Uhh, good stuff, especially the topics! Guess what i do next. ;)

[Falcon_br]

May the 4th be with you!

[Hamma]

:lol: I'll have another update for this coming up soon.

[Roy Awesome]

I'm game for this

[RSphil]

:( im working so i'll have to catch the recording. gutted, its always more fun joining in.

[Pella]

Would love to Join in Hamma. EU players also.

But i dont have a Google+ account

.

[basti]

Would love to Join in Hamma. EU players also.

But i dont have a Google+ account

.

Just create one. No need to use it for anything else than the AGN. :)



Reminds me: Hamma, didnt you want to switch to skype?

[Lucecarentes]

I will most likely join in! :D
oh wait... just noticed "google +" i think i might not show up :(

[Hamma]

Skype worked horribly for what I was trying to do. G+ is much better.

[bpostal]

My calendar, she is marked.

[p0intman]

is a cam mandatory is a simple mic fine?

[Pella]

is a cam mandatory is a simple mic fine?

Yes, And the fact that i dont think anyone wants to hear you moan about every aspect of the game for 2 hours straight.

[p0intman]

lol. Wow, rage much? Thanks for the ignore feature of the forum, Hamma.

[Hamma]

Glad you are finally using it. :P We may be full already, waiting for a few things to come together before solidifying the roster.

[p0intman]

Glad you are finally using it. :P We may be full already, waiting for a few things to come together before solidifying the roster.

i kinda like knowing i dont use it much.

[DirtyBird]

Good call on the fairly bright room requirement, light up those caves!

6am AEST(Syd/Mel/Bris) Sunday 5th May

[bpostal]

Good call on the fairly bright room requirement, light up those caves!

6am AEST(Syd/Mel/Bris) Sunday 5th May

An exception must be made for Basti. He's got the VS light glowing in the background. That kind of empire dedication should be seen more often.

[Goldoche]

Topic suggestions:

The art style decaying severely (eg.: purple flaming skull ornament)

Unbalanced weapons : A few weapons and gadgets that are available in SC are straight upgrades. (eg.: 1st generation of SMG vs 2nd generation of SMG, heavy cycler vs mutilator, AV turret vs AI turret, no low-cost shotguns)

Poor vehicle gameplay: (eg.:Galaxies are underused, MBTs are underpowered and spammable)

What you'd like to see on the Roadmap next: It needs to be updated, only a few months left until we run out of things to look forward to.

[HiroshiChugi]

Is there any possible way I could still join (despite the 15 min time between me getting home and the actualy thing starting)? If not, when is the next event like this going to happen?

[Hamma]

Not sure when the next one will be - May and June are pretty busy months for Jen and I we will be traveling a bunch.

[Hamma]

We are happy to announce we will be joined by PlanetSide 2 Creative Director Matt Higby for the show! If you aren't on the panel be sure to drop by our Twitch Channel where you can participate live in the discussions.

Updated OP - Higby will be joining us! :D

[ChipMHazard]

So, he won't be dropping in to do some unofficial trolling but instead doing some official trolling. Good to see:p

[basti]

An exception must be made for Basti. He's got the VS light glowing in the background. That kind of empire dedication should be seen more often.

Crap, now i have to get purple light again asap.

[ItZMuRdA]

I'll be around for it for sure -- unfortunately don't have a webcam (or even really an ideal setup to use one in right now), but would be willing to help out with the panel discussion stuff if desired via audio or text. Likewise in the future, I told Jenny when we were chatting the other day, feel free to reach out to me if you ever could use any help with anything.

[ringring]

Suggested Topic:

Combat Engineering: This has often been mentioned down the months and should include:-
Ability to fortify bases.
New CE types - TRAPS + bunkers + anything else folks can think of.
Also questions about what are the rules for when does CE should deconstruct.

[bpostal]

Crap, now i have to get purple light again asap.

:D
Nice to see the VC more often as well!

[Falcon_br]

So, anyone can join?
Can I use my iPad or iPhone to use the google+ webcam chat?
Of course I should google it and I am going to do it right now.

[Chinchy]

If you need a stand in for anyone that doesn't show, send me a PM on the forums, or in game.

[Hamma]

Thanks Chinchy!

By the way - I haven't responded to anyone yet. I will be handling the full roster this weekend likely. :D

[HiroshiChugi]

Thanks Chinchy!

By the way - I haven't responded to anyone yet. I will be handling the full roster this weekend likely. :D

Add me to the reserve list as well. Either shoot me a pm up here, in the game, or an e-mail. (I think my e-mail is in my profile up here). I'd love to help out if an extra person is missing.

[DirtyBird]

Crap, now i have to get purple light again asap.
Get your mic right, fuck the light. :D

[RSphil]

ok though i was gona miss this but i checked and im on holiday for a car show im in. awesome, these are always better live.
should be a great show.

[Hyncharas]

Ban cross-empire alliances...

There is absolutely no point in having a three-empire game if outfits on two of them are going to ally to zerg the TR on a continent. THAT is the reason why PS1 failed, because empire numbers dropped out of existence from that crap.

[Rolfski]

Topic suggestions:

The art style decaying severely (eg.: purple flaming skull ornament)
.Exactly this. With the new Tron-style disco laser aircrafts, art direction seems to be going all over the place. I want to know from Higby what their art vision is, more unified bad-ass or free-form Clownside 2 (http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=52490)?

Speaking of bad-ass, I suggest a conversation topic on new weapons vs bad-assification of current weapons:
- looks
- animations
- sounds (we need to get rid of that TR carbine peashooter sound!)
- additional performance customization options (mag, stock, ammo, etc)
- additional cosmetic options
What's a healthy balance between focusing on development of new vs current toys?

[Roy Awesome]

Ban cross-empire alliances...

There is absolutely no point in having a three-empire game if outfits on two of them are going to ally to zerg the TR on a continent. THAT is the reason why PS1 failed, because empire numbers dropped out of existence from that crap.

Shhh, ATRA doesn't exist. There is no need to be mad.

:rofl:

[Hamma]

Roster is about finalized - news post will be updated shortly. :)

[basti]

Ohshit, Roy, Robo and me? VS Overload!


Higby is gonna get smashed by our wisdom! :D

Assuming we are gonna talk to him this time. We gonna, right?

[Hamma]

Yea he will be participating in the discussions we have.

[basti]

That explains why its just us 3. So it doesnt turn into yet another QnA again. Good stuff. :)

[robocpf1]

Topic Suggestions:

Outfits, in general.

Infantry/Air/Ground Vehicle balance. Worries that it's becoming an infantry game "with vehicles" instead of a combined arms game. We're seeing improvements (Higby's latest tweet about buffing armor) but as more weapons are added, vehicles continue to be weakened. Now, I think I speak for everyone when we say that we don't want vehicles to be pure death on wheels, but a bit more balancing (perhaps increasing resource costs or scarcity) should make a vehicle a bigger threat when pulled - but they should be pulled slightly less often (in my opinion).

Resources reduced drastically in number (make them more scarce) but let all continents contribute to resource gain. This allows people that have been warpgated to push out of the warpgate with vehicles because their overall resource income has been cut by 1/3, not 100% (theoretically).

Base and continent benefits.

Ok, some of that was longer winded than I wanted, we'll use other threads for those :D

[Roy Awesome]

Hamma, you should name this the Purple Squad Beacon with all the VS on the show :)

Resources reduced drastically in number (make them more scarce) but let all continents contribute to resource gain. This allows people that have been warpgated to push out of the warpgate with vehicles because their overall resource income has been cut by 1/3, not 100% (theoretically).

Spoiler: If this is talked about, i would argue for removing resources and just have cooldown timers for everything. Right now they either have absolutely no bearing on what you do, or they increase your cooldown timer on vehicles/make you spawn without a grenade. I don't think I have ever made a decision where I had to prioritize one thing over another with resources.

[Phantomdestiny]

basti don't forget to ask about sanctuaries . TBH they don't really need much time to make them. just a copy paste of VR x 3 with a couple of warpgates ,maybe some of the outpost buildings then copy paste that 3 times and done. If they want to expand on them later on they always can like they did on other continents. they could make them into space port , cities , temples what ever but later on. Just make us something quick to have a staging area

[robocpf1]

@Roy,

I like having the resources. I think if they were meaningful, they would add another much-needed layer of strategic depth.

Originally, the resources weren't divided up by "air, mechanized, infantry", there were just three types that did different things.

What if we made the supply chain much more complex? Instead of capturing territory that gives us resources that we spend individually, how about the resources are on an empire scale, and empires have to maintain a certain threshold of resource income for the ability to use certain vehicles and items.

If an empire's income for infantry resources is less than 100 (making up numbers here) then they can't spawn MAXes. Now we're going to fight really, really hard for our infantry resources.

If an empire's income for air resources is less than 100, no ESFs. If it's less than 200, no Liberators. Galaxies, as a support craft, can always be spawned (as can Sunderers).

If an empire's income for mechanized resources is less than 100, no Harasser. Less than 200, no MBT. Etc.

Now, there is no individual usage of resources, but rather a goal the entire empire has to make. Or something.

I think it would be better for the game for resources to be a global, empire-specific tool, not an individual dividend as it is now. I'm not sure even what I described above is a good system, but I think it would make people care more if it was an entire empire gaining or losing a benefit.

Now, we have this: "What do I care if you can't pull a Magrider? I can, I have the resources."

Then, we would have this: "If we don't maintain this territory, NOBODY can pull Magriders! Even me!"

We can then expand upon this for continent benefits and facility benefits. Now, that 10% discount means something, because it lowers the threshold that an empire needs. Or, just give a type of vehicle at a massive discount for owning a continent or facility. Amp Station (as long as it's linked) gives a 20% reduction in what that empire needs for pulling ESFs, for instance. Now we care.

Side Note: Infantry resources might need to be re-evaluated anyway. I never go past having 30-40 of every consumable I use. I spam Revive Grenades and C4 constantly but never run out of resources.

[DirtyBird]

There is already a 12 page thread (http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/june-resource-revamp.83018/) dedicated to the roadmaps resource revamp.

Have you added your suggestions there yet?

[bpostal]

Missed the show :(
Guess I'll have to wait for the recording

[robocpf1]

I'll get on that, Bird. I just thought of all that today.

[DirtyBird]

Dont forget to consider the extra benefits from subscription.
I find it makes a big difference to those that have it and those that dont.

And with Infantry consumables you can "bank" your resources.

[basti]

Missed the show :(
Guess I'll have to wait for the recording

Err, its next week... :P

[bpostal]

Err, its next week... :P

WOOO! Hell yeah, I'm gonna pour myself another drink then :D
I dunno why I thought it was yesterday, but I'm glad it wasn't.

[Hamma]

:lol: Nope May 4th :D

[Roy Awesome]

How long until someone makes a 'may the 4th be with you'


We should start a squad beacon drinking game

[HiroshiChugi]

Woot woot! I just found out that I can join you all via video! Hamma, I sent you a much deserved late PM here on PSU pertaining my attendance.

[robocpf1]

We should start a squad beacon drinking game

First time we get off-track: Take a drink.

Each time we forget what the topic was that we were supposed to be discussing: Take a drink.

First time a dev, especially Higby, gives us a screenshot or statement that then derails the entire broadcast: Take a drink.

First time the audio cuts out: Take a drink

When the audio is restored and everything's been fixed but people complain in the comments: Take a drink.

Any time beards are mentioned: Take a drink

First time Naval Combat is mentioned: Take a drink

PS1 suggestions or mentions: Take a drink EVERY TIME.

Usage of the word "metagame": Take a drink EVERY TIME.

Usage of the word "sanctuary": Take a drink EVERY TIME.

When Roy's roommate comes in: Chug the whole thing.

[HiroshiChugi]

It's true! D; I really do hope I can join you all. I am open to any discussion that pops up and would be happy to be H4TZ representative during this event as I have confirmation from several of the top H4TZ members. They would love it if I can come and help out in the broadcast. Any word on the roster being finalized yet? :doh: :groovy:

[basti]

Gonna get a few beers for sat then. ;)

[bpostal]

If we abide by those rules, you're gonna need more than a few Basti...

[Chaff]

First time we get off-track: Take a drink.

Each time we forget what the topic was that we were supposed to be discussing: Take a drink.

First time a dev, especially Higby, gives us a screenshot or statement that then derails the entire broadcast: Take a drink.

First time the audio cuts out: Take a drink

When the audio is restored and everything's been fixed but people complain in the comments: Take a drink.

Any time beards are mentioned: Take a drink

First time Naval Combat is mentioned: Take a drink

PS1 suggestions or mentions: Take a drink EVERY TIME.

Usage of the word "metagame": Take a drink EVERY TIME.

Usage of the word "sanctuary": Take a drink EVERY TIME.

When Roy's roommate comes in: Chug the whole thing.


^

OMG ..... EVERYONE will be HAMMA'D well within' the first half hour.

:lol:

[Hamma]

Are you suggesting we have audio problems on our broadcasts?!?!?!?

:lol:

If I was to take part in that game we would have more than audio issues.

[Chaff]

.
....it would be a show NO ONE could forget ..... and many would WISH they could forget .....

[basti]

.
....it would be a show NO ONE could forget ..... and many would WISH they could forget .....

Given the rules, the few of us drinking would likley forget. ;)

[Chaff]

.
ABSOLUTEly .... but when you went back to watch the program (sober) you'd have to live with what went down ..... those proposed rules are hilarious....could you imagine ?

[basti]

Why the hell would i watch a video of me being wasted? Just to see how much i fucked up while a few hundred folks were watching? Hell no. :D

[DirtyBird]

Why the hell would i watch a video of me being wasted? Just to see how much i fucked up while a few hundred folks were watching? Hell no. :D

Someone repost that classic screenshot of Basti apparently NOT wasted. :rofl:

[Roy Awesome]

When Roy's roommate comes in: Chug the whole thing.

ahahahahaha

I'm so sad that happened after the show. It would have been fucking hilarious if it didn't.

[HiroshiChugi]

On a more serious note, have you selected thefinal roster for the show? H4TZ needs to know if I'll be in it so someone else can take control of Saturday's platoon in case I'm picked. Adn I'm sure that everyone else is dying to know who got picked. :3 :P

[Shogun]

if there is a little time to squeeze in a question, please ask higby, if there are any plans to revamp the engineer!

ps1 combat engineer with maxed certs was glorious! ps2 version doesn´t even stand up to ps1 release-version engineer with only one cert.

and what about classic cloaker style? (real cloak but only sidearms)

[Roy Awesome]

On a more serious note, have you selected thefinal roster for the show? H4TZ needs to know if I'll be in it so someone else can take control of Saturday's platoon in case I'm picked. Adn I'm sure that everyone else is dying to know who got picked. :3 :P

I believe it's just Me, Robo, and Basti this time around on the panel.

[HiroshiChugi]

I believe it's just Me, Robo, and Basti this time around on the panel.

Aw man, H4TZ had there hopes so high... :T Oh well, I guess there's always next time? :\

[ItZMuRdA]

Looking forward to tuning in tomorrow and being of any help I can from the chats -- hopefully with a cam for the panel in the future.

Really curious to know how server transfers are coming along, as well as the extension of account unlocks to the empire-specific equivalents level. Hoping our boy Matthew can comment on that.

[Hamma]

The panel is pretty much finalized to what's on the front page. It may change a little bit.

[Shogun]

wow, the vs are taking over agn?

[Hamma]

98% VS applied to be on the show. :lol:

Reminder, this is today! We will likely be joined by Noxx of ReachCast Show as well.

[DirtyBird]

Reminder, this is today! We will likely be joined by Noxx of ReachCast Show as well.
At least you'll be there to limit the waffle....mmm waffles.

[Pella]

Il be watching this one.

[Hamma]

Noxx confirmed - updated the topic list a bit. See you guys in about two hours!

[STALKER]

I know you have many important questions to ask Higby but let's all be honest, all of us what to know why?? Just... Why?

http://i.minus.com/ikmhddlZ8S72Z.gif (12.4 MB)

http://i.minus.com/iOIQP9LomezO2.gif (3.3 MB)

[Tobax]

Can we stop listing the show time as GMT please, it makes it look like the show starts at 8pm UK time when its not actually until 9pm and the time converator tool makes the same mistake. No one is on gmt since the clocks went forward and we are currently on BST (British Summer Time).

[Phantomdestiny]

and most European players do not live in the UK anyways

[bpostal]

Awesome show.

[Falcon_br]

Angel
Phantasm
Sanctuary

All the same questions from the first minute to the last.

And I still don´t know if they will release a 64 bits version of the game, I think they won´t.

[Hamma]

I know you have many important questions to ask Higby but let's all be honest, all of us what to know why?? Just... Why?

http://i.minus.com/ikmhddlZ8S72Z.gif (12.4 MB)

http://i.minus.com/iOIQP9LomezO2.gif (3.3 MB)

hahahah I hadn't seen that.. how wrong. :lol:

Can we stop listing the show time as GMT please, it makes it look like the show starts at 8pm UK time when its not actually until 9pm and the time converator tool makes the same mistake. No one is on gmt since the clocks went forward and we are currently on BST (British Summer Time).

Not my fault the tools suck, we do our best. Perhaps I will use UTC instead? :P

[Hamma]

And thanks everyone for tuning in today! Was an excellent show. YouTube Recording will be up tomorrow, I'll have to do some editing thanks to Time Warner.

[RSphil]

great show Hamma. had a laugh, looking forward to next one.

[ChipMHazard]

Don't forget to add the "Fracture" VO every time Noxx forgets:p

[Hamma]

:lol:

Thanks guys.

[Falcon_br]

I also wanted to know how:
This:
http://s12.postimg.org/p7nr8z3m5/nanites.jpg
Became this:
http://i.imgur.com/o9c9U1Y.jpg

[Pella]

Great show Hamma, Was fun.

Should do one every 2 weeks imo :D

[Hamma]

YouTube is being a complete pain in the ass, so the recording continues to be delayed. I need to find a viable way to record locally here on out.

[DirtyBird]

Summary?

[Deringer]

Don't forget to add the "Fracture" VO every time Noxx forgets:p

He didn't forget, he is under strict orders from Imperial Reach not to mention the Fracture because anything we talk to death on the show ends up getting nerfed.

[bpostal]

He didn't forget, he is under strict orders from Imperial Reach not to mention the Fracture because anything we talk to death on the show ends up getting nerfed.

Ah, excellent! Very proactive of you :D

[Hamma]

Video FINALLY processed. It will be our first 720p Squad Beacon recording. Did a bit of post editing on it since we had a drop mid stream.

Video will go live in one hour.

[Shogun]

nice. loved the show, but couldn´t log to the chat to ask my question :-(
stupid facebook shit. wasn´t the chat free some time ago? without the need to enslave yourself to facebook?

[ChipMHazard]

Facebook? Just log in with your twitch account.

[Hamma]

Indeed!

[Shogun]

hmm when i clicked on chat it said : One-click sign in if you've already connected your Facebook account, or quickly sign up for Twitch with Facebook.

nothing else. so i thought i had to make a facebook account to be able to chat.
don´t have a twitch account as well. but i remember using the chat at some agn. don´t know how i was able to use it without facebook or twitch (or any other accounts than my psu account)

[Hamma]

Closing since the recording thread is now up!