More New Concepts via Mbroome1

[Hamma]

https://twitter.com/Mbroome1/status/332293658047049729

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20130508_518af2a98d405.jpg

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media.php?view=2364

[DarkBalths]

Those look pretty badass. I like it more than the new Commissar hat coming out for the TR.

[MasteRxToasT]

That looks freakin SWEET! :D

[Mordelicius]

:nod:https://twitter.com/Mbroome1/status/332293658047049729

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20130508_518af2a98d405.jpg

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media.php?view=2364

Madness! :nod: Nailed it! Freedom!

Sooo sick! :chomp: :chomp: :chomp:

[WSNeo]

Not going to lie. That actually looks pretty cool.

[Rasui]

I like it, not really sure how they can call it sci-fi though. Looks like desert scout gear for a battlefield game.

[Dragonskin]

VS will get Barney helmets.....

[SturmovikDrakon]

GOGGLES?

That's crossing TR territory there, they better watch it! :P

[leifnielsen]

We will FIGHT for our freedom to wear goggles!!!

[camycamera]

bad. ass.

[Lonehunter]

F-awesome

[Whiteagle]

We will FIGHT for our freedom to wear goggles!!!
But you can't!
TR is Red so we're the leader!
NC is blue so you have to be our Lancer!

[Sledgecrushr]

It looks like it would be cool on everything but a heavy.

[DirtyBird]

Fits well into the welding mask theme of the NC.
I picture it having a hinged tinted glass visor that pulls down from the top of the goggles.
Looking great @Mbroome1

[Falcon_br]

The commissar hat:
What we wanted:
http://i.imgur.com/4eBogol.jpg

What we got:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20130222_5127dbe6054a8.jpg

I really think the Planetside 2 engine can't do something like what it is proposed on this thread, or it will be very static clothe.
Also, I hope the can strap c4 on themselves now, it will be awesome with that hat!

[Koadster]

Lol yeah falcon makes me think NC are Islamic extremists not freedom fighters. Double yes to the old commissor hat. Much better.

I'm not a fan because it will end up looking like the recon class from battlefield 3. Wait guys til its ingame, will look rather goofy especially on infiltrators.

http://images.wikia.com/battlefield/images/d/d6/BF3.US.Recon.png

[Rasui]

This is pretty clearly the first of the new infil concept art for the May class update. Really looking forward to seeing the new VS armor.

[Canaris]

Matt did say he had some nice stuff coming up, and he was right as usual, that looks great.
Even the British army adopted the shemagh into full use

lil military history on it
For decades, keffiyeh have been issued to British soldiers who now, almost exclusively, refer to them as shemaghs. Their use by some units and formations of the military and police forces of the former British Empire and subsequent Commonwealth dates back to before the Second World War. Because of its utility it was adopted by the Palestine Police Force, the Transjordan Frontier Force, the Sudan Defence Force, the Arab Legion, the Jordanian Armed Forces, the Libyan Arab Force, the Long Range Desert Group, the Special Air Service and Popski's Private Army, amongst others, who wore them while operating in North Africa. After the war, their use by the Army continued with the shemagh being worn in both desert and temperate environments in theatres such as Dhofar. Australian Army forces have also used the shemagh since the Vietnam War, and extensively during Iraq and Afghanistan, particularly by Australian Special Forces units. Since the beginning of the War on Terror, these keffiyeh, usually cotton and in military olive drab or khaki with black stitching, have been adopted by US troops as well, a reversal of previous policy which saw them strictly forbidden during the Gulf War.[13] Their practicality in an arid environment, as in Iraq, explains their enduring popularity with soldiers. Soldiers often wear the keffiyeh folded in half into a triangle and wrapped around the face, with the halfway point being placed over the mouth and nose, sometimes coupled with goggles, to keep sand out of the face. This is also commonly done by armoured, mechanised and other vehicle-borne troops who use it as a scarf in temperate climates to ward off wind chill caused by being in moving vehicles. British soldiers deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan are now issued with a tan-colored shemagh. Irish Army Rangers use a green shemagh to conceal their identity whilst in the "green" role.
lol even the Elite boys from my country use it. you learn something new every day :D

NC luckers, guess they had to give you some good stuff since we get the awesome cap ;)

[Brusi]

Man, there was a lot or racism on the official forums about this...

I think it looks awesome, but i'm a bit sad that they are not bringing Berret's into the game. T-Ray said that it wasn't the look they wanted for the NC. Perhaps TR will get them instead?

[Canaris]

Man, there was a lot or racism on the official forums about this...
that's not kewl, silly interwebz people :(

[Rolfski]

The commissar hat:
What we wanted:
http://i.imgur.com/4eBogol.jpg

What we got:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20130222_5127dbe6054a8.jpg

I really think the Planetside 2 engine can't do something like what it is proposed on this thread, or it will be very static clothe.

+1
The end result of the commissar hat is way too cartoonish compared to what we actually wanted.

As for this NC concept art: It fits well enough within the sci-fi badass style people are screaming for. Two concerns here though:

The PS2 engine will make it look horrible
There's a thin line between rebels/freedom fighters and terrorists. Since 9/11, people got brainwashed and will automatically associate this look with "terrorist"

[Canaris]

+1
The end result of the commissar hat is way too cartoonish compared to what we actually wanted.

As for this NC concept art: It fits well enough within the sci-fi badass style people are screaming for. Two concerns here though:

The PS2 engine will make it look horrible
There's a thin line between rebels/freedom fighters and terrorists. Since 9/11, people got brainwashed and will automatically associate this look with "terrorist"


They need to be educated or slapped upside the head if they don't listen tbh and just wait till Matt unveils the next 2 design versions he has in the works ;)

[ChipMHazard]

Can't claim that my warped mind is seeing the issue with it.
Then again, this is what I see:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100107022328/starwars/images/4/4c/Tusken_SWGTCG.jpg

Now we just need some appropriate ingame voices.

[Figment]

We will FIGHT for our freedom to wear goggles!!!

They still won't do anything.

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/Images/stories/2012/feb/gi-joe-2-retaliation-super-bowl-cobra-commander_0212012_162332.jpg

Where's our Cobra Commander special? :p

Speaking of GI Joe, bet there's some head gear types in here they can use for inspiration. :p

http://eclectikrelaxation.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/GIJoe.jpg (http://eclectikrelaxation.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/GIJoe.jpg)
http://comicartcommunity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/05-Cobra.jpg (http://comicartcommunity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/05-Cobra.jpg)

(...just not the Serpentor helmet, please! xD)

[Gatekeeper]

Can't claim that my warped mind is seeing the issue with it.
Then again, this is what I see:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100107022328/starwars/images/4/4c/Tusken_SWGTCG.jpg

Now we just need some appropriate ingame voices.

That's pretty much how I see the NC already - easily startled, but they'll soon return in greater numbers... ;)

[bpostal]

That's an NC setup that'll look good when we pull a 'Korhal' on Auraxius and turn the whole thing into a smoldering, glow in the dark desert.

[NewSith]

IMO, If this helm is presented, there should be an alternative NC ES texturing, because I doubt Shemagh looks good with cowboy (checked) shirt.

Anyway I already imagine a band of NC raiders riding ATVs in these...

[Koadster]

Man, there was a lot or racism on the official forums about this...


Space Arabs!

How can you not laugh at that though! Thats what im calling NC from now on.

[ChipMHazard]

That's pretty much how I see the NC already - easily startled, but they'll soon return in greater numbers... ;)

:lol:

[hashish]

Yea I gotta say that actually looks really cool :)

Its unfortunate us Vanu don't get any cool designs :( even out of the three helms that came out recently, NC and TR's looked so different and unique whilst us VS jus get some cheap ass recycled helmet with black goggles :( am really getting put off VS the last 3 weeks.. I've invested in so much station cash and there's is nothing that looks cool to buy :@

NC and TR are starting to look really good though.. but they really need to sort out their VS designes..

I mean how hard is it to make a sikk looking scary alien sci fi helmet/design?? I can guarantee that a lot more people would pay for stuff likethat..

[Canaris]

That's an NC setup that'll look good when we pull a 'Korhal' on Auraxius and turn the whole thing into a smoldering, glow in the dark desert.

Ahhh operation "Sweep them under the rug", oh that will be glorious day :trrocks:

[HiroshiChugi]

I'm definately spending SC on this when it cmes out. I don't care what the cost is, I'm buying it.

[HiroshiChugi]

Can't claim that my warped mind is seeing the issue with it.
Then again, this is what I see:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100107022328/starwars/images/4/4c/Tusken_SWGTCG.jpg

Now we just need some appropriate ingame voices.

Now THIS is EXACTLY what I first thought of when I saw the design. But in all honesty, I think it'll be a nice addition. Hell, even America's SpecOps teams use these. It makes sense, what with all the "NC=Space 'Murica" stuff going around. :P

[Galron]

Looks like sand based freedom fighters, don't see enough of those on the news so I have to see them here too?

[Canaris]

Looks like sand based freedom fighters, don't see enough of those on the news so I have to see them here too?

that a joke or do you really mean that?

[Whiteagle]

(...just not the Serpentor helmet, please! xD)
Cobra-LALALALALA~LA!!!

[GeoGnome]

I was kind of hoping the TR would get a Sandpeople helmet, but w/e

...Does this mean -We- can have the beret?

[Hamma]

Can't claim that my warped mind is seeing the issue with it.
Then again, this is what I see:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100107022328/starwars/images/4/4c/Tusken_SWGTCG.jpg

Now we just need some appropriate ingame voices.

:rofl:

[Falcon_br]

That's pretty much how I see the NC already - easily startled, but they'll soon return in greater numbers... ;)

Dude, you couldn´t be more precise on that description!

But some people think it will looks better on Esamir than on Indar:

http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/galleries/2012/Review_LukeSkywalkerHothOutfitTVC/Review_LukeSkywalkerHothOutfitTVC_stillA.JPG

Also, now people are asking for special perks for the helmets, the Commissar Hat will not generate Grief points, so it can be used as it was design, to discipline the troops, and with the NC helmet you can blow all you C4 without deploying it.
But I really think that kind of helmet has no place on Planetside, soon the NC will be called Iraq Freedom Fighters, by two kind of ignorant people, the one who thinks that only terrorists uses that "helmet" and the ones who thinks it is terrorism to fight an occupation force into you country.

[Hamma]

Man TWO Star Wars references for the hat/helmet.. not bad.

[Shogun]

Man TWO Star Wars references for the hat/helmet.. not bad.

and not a single dune reference yet?

it´s time to reeducate people to not think of terrorists when they see pics like this, but to think of fremen again ;)

the nc as fremen warriors kind of fits the lore. and i would love to see something resembling the fremen suits from the old movie.
http://www.locustgroveliterarysociety.org/books/dune/images/d__paul%26stilgar.jpg

and get rid of the goggles and show the glowing nc-blue fremen eyes!

[Canaris]

and not a single dune reference yet?

it´s time to reeducate people to not think of terrorists when they see pics like this, but to think of fremen again ;)

the nc as fremen warriors kind of fits the lore. and i would love to see something resembling the fremen suits from the old movie.
http://www.locustgroveliterarysociety.org/books/dune/images/d__paul%26stilgar.jpg

and get rid of the goggles and show the glowing nc-blue fremen eyes!

nose plugs for the NC that's fair enough, we TR already have gas masks for the smelly Vanu :lol:

[ringring]

I've been wondering what a Shemagh was.

Now I know it's the modern word for a Scarf. Psheesh, glad I play planetside otherwise I'd never have known that :p

[Phantomdestiny]

it's a scarf that can be worn on the head to protect yourself from the heat

[NewSith]

I've been wondering what a Shemagh was.

Now I know it's the modern word for a Scarf. Psheesh, glad I play planetside otherwise I'd never have known that :p

Scarf is typically rectangular. Shemagh is usually squared and is traditionally worn mostly in muslim countries.


I also think it needs some editing to look more like this:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/212/paintballbadass1xq4.jpg

[Canaris]

it's a scarf that can be worn on the head to protect yourself from the heat

and the cold ;)

[Brusi]

and not a single dune reference yet?

it´s time to reeducate people to not think of terrorists when they see pics like this, but to think of fremen again ;)

the nc as fremen warriors kind of fits the lore. and i would love to see something resembling the fremen suits from the old movie.
http://www.locustgroveliterarysociety.org/books/dune/images/d__paul%26stilgar.jpg

and get rid of the goggles and show the glowing nc-blue fremen eyes!

Interestingly...

There was a bit of controversy about the close similarities portrayed between the freemen to the Afghanistan freedom fighters during the war with Russia. House Harkonnen representing Communist Russia, House Atreides representing the US and the spice, that they are fighting for control over representing the Oil Fields.

Oh, and as long as we are pointing out the Star Wars Rebellion similarities with the NC, let me remind you of the standard NC Medic and Light Assault helmets again...

http://static3.fjcdn.com/comments/Red+5+Standing+by+_8140ce8f0e2edbb6a244e1610d3fffa a.jpg

[Carbon Copied]

Keeping in with cosmetic news: currently on the PTS and you bet your last dollar I will be buying an NC set...

Edit: added TR and VS previews.

[Sledgecrushr]

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130213205709/warhammer40k/images/b/b4/Tallarn_Desert_Raider_Panoply.jpg

Pretty common imgaery for desert warriors. I really like it for indar and esamir.

[Ghoest9]

It looks great - I want one yesterday.


Finally some NC headgear that looks cool.

[Canaris]

Keeping in with cosmetic news: currently on the PTS and you bet your last dollar I will be buying an NC set...

Edit: added TR and VS previews.

lol Vanu have a fishbowl and they wonder why we call them fishheads.

NC one looks great, VS is good, not keen on the TR one nice red goggle design but the open face doesn't suit but that's no matter we got great ones in the last batch :D

[Mordelicius]

In other news:

In conjunction with the helmet upgrades, SOE is also changing the NC capping music to this:

Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood :lol:

[Hamma]

Keeping in with cosmetic news: currently on the PTS and you bet your last dollar I will be buying an NC set...

Edit: added TR and VS previews.

God damn that TR one is horrid! :lol:

[Emperor Newt]

The VS one actually looks pretty cool. Now I only hope they add some more/better infantry armor to the shop. Composite is nice but not what I would want to have on VS.
The new helmet design goes way more into that direction. More of that please.

[ChipMHazard]

Higby is a brave, brave man. Keeping me away from my commissar hat. Says I have insufficient funds, cheeky bastard.

[Rivenshield]

Am I the only one who can't really tell which side any given infantryman is *on* anymore...? It seems like the money-making aspect of selling custom cosmetics has taken the original art design and flung it down and stomped all over it.

[Ghoest9]

Am I the only one who can't really tell which side any given infantryman is *on* anymore...? It seems like the money-making aspect of selling custom cosmetics has taken the original art design and flung it down and stomped all over it.

Yes its a real problem in fast moving CQC.

[Shogun]

Am I the only one who can't really tell which side any given infantryman is *on* anymore...? It seems like the money-making aspect of selling custom cosmetics has taken the original art design and flung it down and stomped all over it.

yep.

we need at least a reliable friend tagging. sometimes friends don´t get the little friend marker and since they are not blue, i shoot them.
please fix the friendmarkers and widen the area around your reticule where friends are marked. also every friend that is rendered, no matter the range, has to get the marker.

[Mordelicius]

Yes its a real problem in fast moving CQC.

Imo, it's not the armor, it's the camo coverage. The camo is covering much of the body so it's a little harder to see the faction color highlights especially on reflexive moments

[LostAlgorithm]

Imo, it's not the armor, it's the camo coverage. The camo is covering much of the body so it's a little harder to see the faction color highlights especially on reflexive moments

Exactly.

I'd easily pay 2000 SC for the ability to turn off camo.

[CzuukWaterson]

and not a single dune reference yet?

it´s time to reeducate people to not think of terrorists when they see pics like this, but to think of fremen again ;)

the nc as fremen warriors kind of fits the lore. and i would love to see something resembling the fremen suits from the old movie.
http://www.locustgroveliterarysociety.org/books/dune/images/d__paul%26stilgar.jpg

and get rid of the goggles and show the glowing nc-blue fremen eyes!

It's the people who are left after the war that decide who are the heroes and who the terrorists.

[Badjuju]

Keeping in with cosmetic news: currently on the PTS and you bet your last dollar I will be buying an NC set...

Edit: added TR and VS previews.

Why do they keep going back to that god awful beady eye look for the TR. It didn't look all that great on the original max helm. The new max helm with that look was 10x worse, I have yet to see some one wearing it. Yet some how they find a way to make the look even more atrocious by giving it to infantry and adding an open face.

The goggles might not look that bad if it was a closed more sleek helm or hood. But wtf is all the bulky crap around the chin. The more i think of it, its the whole rest of the helmet for both this and the new Max helmet which is making the goggles/beady eyes look bad. Its like they didn't know what to do so they molded in a bunch of random shapes to them.

[Timealude]

Keeping in with cosmetic news: currently on the PTS and you bet your last dollar I will be buying an NC set...

Edit: added TR and VS previews.

welp, i think i found my new infy helmet.

[Canaris]

Just picked up my Commissar hat this morning, me gusta! :D

although now all poor quality TR players are in as much danger as the VS & NC are, weeds to be rooted up and all that ;)

[ChipMHazard]

Just picked up my Commissar hat this morning, me gusta! :D

although now all poor quality TR players are in as much danger as the VS & NC are, weeds to be rooted up and all that ;)

Same here. And naturally the TR in near proximity flocked around, no doubt in dread anticipation of what is to come.

Now I will finally be able to make my slogan a reality "Commissar medics will keep you on the front line, one way or the other!"

[Canaris]

Same here. And naturally the TR in near proximity flocked around, no doubt in dread anticipation of what is to come.

Now I will finally be able to make my slogan a reality "Commissar medics will keep you on the front line, one way or the other!"

where's the like button gone.... :D

[WSNeo]

http://www.tribesascendwiki.com/images/a/a3/Pathfinder_image.jpg

That TR helmet looks very familiar!

[Figment]

http://www.tribesascendwiki.com/images/a/a3/Pathfinder_image.jpg

That TR helmet looks very familiar!

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSlP282eD-ccQweFi0CNpIS40cHa3JJisIGzdM2nao1ip4Yx9GNCw?

[Phreec]

The shemagh could end up looking great on Indar and Esamir with camos. But I still want that NC beret! :(

http://i.imgur.com/SVjSiD4.jpg

[Hamma]

I wear one of these to the office everyday.

[Carbon Copied]

"Hi, yes I'm afraid I'd like to cancel my order please unless these helmets close up.."

[JohnMedley]

what is that new "opened up" helmet?!?! o.O

[Carbon Copied]

All credit to Vanu Labs:

VS Helmet Camo - YouTube
NC Infiltrator Shemagh Camo - YouTube
NC Infiltrator Shemagh V2 - YouTube
VS All Classes Helmet - YouTube
TR Infiltrator Armor V2 - YouTube
NC Infiltrator Shemagh - YouTube
NC Infiltrator Goggles - YouTube

Think that the VS all classes helmet looks awesome. The NC Goggles remind me of the guys in Flash Gordon..

[Figment]

...Goggles do nothing, certainly not on NC!

We need our Cobra Commander style headgear!

[DirtyBird]

The NC Infiltrator Shemagh video reminds me of someone wearing a niqab with those big tinted safety sunglasses.
If camo extends to it then it would help.

[Ghoest9]

reminds me of the original snake eyes action figure - I like it.

[Rolfski]

The goggles look more like 3D movie glasses. That infiltrator guy is probably watching Avatarside 2 through his goggles.