Hi every one - Some questions from an old ps1 vet !! : )

[DevilzRightHand]

Hello everyone DevilzRightHand here ! (play on EU server)

I played ps1 (A LOT) back in the days and now I play ps2 and I LOVE it.
The (ingame) community is rly friendly (just like it was in ps1) and I have seen
Some RLY bad ass teamwork going on in this game, And as the old ps1 I am I can't be more happy about that.

Though I recently took a long break because I got a daughter so I haven't been able to either be in the forums or play the game.

When I left I had some questions that I never got answered so I thought that I should maybe write them now and I hope the friendly community haven't changed so I will get some fast and friendly answers so here we go:

(and please spare me the talk of looking at videos (Ps2 youtube profile).
And I know about the "road map" and I RLY like the plans.... But.....
I have looked thru them all but there is no talk about "my questions below"
So that is why I ask you the friendly planetside community if you know...?

1. Any news on the lattice system and if we will be able to "look down" a map OR go from one teleport on the map and come out on an other on a different map? (like in ps1)???

2. Have there been ANY what so ever talk or news about if Sanctuary's will be coming back? (I rly hope they do) because that leads to question 3.....

3. Will the "real" (as I like to call them) teleporters in "home base" be activated some time?

4. When do we get water fighting? Like in, "You go over the bridge with your NC tank and I just slide smoothly over the water with my MAG-R and shoot you while you are stuck on the bridge x)

And last...

5. Any what so ever news about vehicle animations?

That is all 4 me: Cya on the battlefields.
/Devil

[wasdie]

1. Any news on the lattice system and if we will be able to "look down" a map OR go from one teleport on the map and come out on an other on a different map? (like in ps1)???

2. Have there been ANY what so ever talk or news about if Sanctuary's will be coming back? (I rly hope they do) because that leads to question 3.....

3. Will the "real" (as I like to call them) teleporters in "home base" be activated some time?

4. When do we get water fighting? Like in, "You go over the bridge with your NC tank and I just slide smoothly over the water with my MAG-R and shoot you while you are stuck on the bridge x)

And last...

5. Any what so ever news about vehicle animations?


1. A version of the lattice system (sans the NTUs and ANTs) is on the test server on Indar and it's shaping up nicely (we have a test server now).

2. No news and highly doubtful at this point. Right now it seems they are content to stick with having a warpgate on each cont. Only two new continents will be coming out this year but Indar, Amerish, and Esamir are getting small over hauls with the new lattice system including some new bases and terrain changes.

3. They are still developing the tech for this but it is planned. No news anytime soon. I expect once that tech is finished and in-game we'll see something like a sanctuary brought back.

4. Hossin has bridges and water and that's the next continent coming within a month or three.

5. Never ever happening. This is something Tray has confirmed is never coming to PS2 and to just stop asking for it.

If you haven't played recently you should check it out. The hex influence system has been removed already and bases have standard capture timers. The UI has gotten a ton more informative and the weapon balance has improved greatly. Buggies are due to be put in the live server soonish (2-3 weeks) with the lattice system coming for at least Indar in the next month or two with the other two continents soon to follow.

The game plays way better than it did during beta and right after launch.

[DevilzRightHand]

1. A version of the lattice system (sans the NTUs and ANTs) is on the test server on Indar and it's shaping up nicely (we have a test server now).

2. No news and highly doubtful at this point. Right now it seems they are content to stick with having a warpgate on each cont. Only two new continents will be coming out this year but Indar, Amerish, and Esamir are getting small over hauls with the new lattice system including some new bases and terrain changes.

3. They are still developing the tech for this but it is planned. No news anytime soon. I expect once that tech is finished and in-game we'll see something like a sanctuary brought back.

4. Hossin has bridges and water and that's the next continent coming within a month or three.

5. Never ever happening. This is something Tray has confirmed is never coming to PS2 and to just stop asking for it.

If you haven't played recently you should check it out. The hex influence system has been removed already and bases have standard capture timers. The UI has gotten a ton more informative and the weapon balance has improved greatly. Buggies are due to be put in the live server soonish (2-3 weeks) with the lattice system coming for at least Indar in the next month or two with the other two continents soon to follow.

The game plays way better than it did during beta and right after launch.

Awesome :D - Thx 4 fast answer.
Cant wait to test everything out !!

Once again - Thx 4 fast answer and i see you on the battlefields :)

[wasdie]

Glad to help.

[bpostal]

I can't add much more to Wasdie's answers other than commenting that I'm not sure they would be able to implement cont locking without adding sanctuaries back in the game.
Otherwise what happens to the several poplocked conts worth of people who get zero based?
Either way, WB GL and HF!

[Neutral Calypso]

Back to the Future II - McFly you bojo! - YouTube

My theory on how Magriders will work in the future in the name of "balance."

heh... heh... heh...

[wasdie]

I can't add much more to Wasdie's answers other than commenting that I'm not sure they would be able to implement cont locking without adding sanctuaries back in the game.
Otherwise what happens to the several poplocked conts worth of people who get zero based?
Either way, WB GL and HF!

Yeah this was my main concern with cont locking. Also right now they can have a maximum of 1800 people per faction logged in between the 3 continents. Locking even one of those out would result in large queus.

Since a cont can hold roughly 1800, I would assume they are going to cap the amount of players on the whole server at what it is now and just add in some sort of a sanctuary system to hold the overflow.

With 4 continents it's kind of iffy but when you get 5+ then we'll see some sort of a continental lattice system ala Planetside 1 and thus you'll only see frontlines on 2-3 continents at any time meaning the battles will be big and focused and there shouldn't be an issue with the pop getting too thin across the many different continents.

[Rivenshield]

Yeah this was my main concern with cont locking. Also right now they can have a maximum of 1800 people per faction logged in between the 3 continents. Locking even one of those out would result in large queus.

Hadn't heard that, but it jibes with my sense of things. I go to one side of Indar where there's a gigantic hot spot, there's maybe eighty or a hundred TR ramming around. Go to the other side to the *other* hot spot, maybe sixty-eight. Add another thirty-forty randoms and you get about the same pop we had 11 years ago.

So the server pop is 1800? What's the real-world continent pop?

EDIT: Oh, and welcome back Devilz. More separatist scum to crush is always a good thing.

[EvilNinjadude]

Back to the Future II - McFly you bojo! - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fROq-ZxtvnU)

My theory on how Magriders will work in the future in the name of "balance."

heh... heh... heh...
I'd like there to be more water for Magriders to float on, because I play TR.
And we have a Lock-on Rocket launcher.