Droppods/Warp Gates

[Noxx]

In your article you said the the big warp gates take you to other gates. You also said that the drop pods take you up and back down via HART. Could you explain the differences between these two systems?

[Hamma]

The hart is simply the vehicle that carries the drop pods. Its what you ride to orbit, and drop from (one person in each pod, no vehicles) once in orbit the HART releases the drop pods, then returns to base to pick up another round of people.

The Warp Gates do all indeed lead to other warpgates. As you can see on the <A href="http://www.planetside-universe.com/image.php?picid=20174&filetype=jpg" target="_blank">map</a> I posted the TR warpgate leads to a warpgate on teh TR santuary, the Searhus Warpgate leads to a warpgate on the Searhus continent..

Hope I answered your Q.. let me know if im way off :p

[Mold]

what kind of warning do you get for incoming ppl in droppods and wargates. Would you get to see the drop pod come outa the sky, make a lot of noise, show up on the map, or something like that....or does it just apear outa nowhere. Just wondering if you could see it land in the near forest so that ppl wouldnt just suprise you like that.
Also do the ppl just apear at the other end of a warpgate without warning or is there a sound/light show a few seconds before they come.

[Hamma]

THe drop pod floats down from the sky, its rather small but you can see it come down. I actually saw one or two while i was defending.

As for warp gates.. you just see them come out - but there is a huge sphere where you cannot fire weapons - so even if there is warning theres not much you can do about it. It cant really be used as a choke point

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Can the drop pods land on people or do they land in a designated place? Would be kind of funny to see a drop pod fall in the middle of a battle taking out a couple people.

[Hamma]

That I dont know,heheh there were not enough people for me to even begin to guess where someone was standing. You just pick a location on the map.. it can be anywhere except inside a SOI (sphere of influence) which is around bases

[BLuE_ZeRO]

interesting... :lol: Watch out for my r337 pod falling skillz.

[Zatrais]

can you fire into the warpgates? =)

[Tobias]

Fear my leet drop pod camping skillz.

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Land the pod and then set up turrets around it. You can have your Pod base in the middle of nowhere.

[Hamma]

Originally posted by Zatrais
can you fire into the warpgates? =)
I thought about that on the flight home, but I do not know. I would assume no :p

[Jinxmasta]

Does the drop pod disappear once you have left it?

[Hamma]

Eventually yea

[BLuE_ZeRO]

how eventually?

[Hamma]

didnt notice, I just jumped out and ran off. But is suspect it probably dissapears after a minute or so.. would not be good to have a ton of drop pods scattered about the terrain ;)

[Jinxmasta]

lol it would be funny if a whole outfit drop pods at the same time and some enemies come upon a huge pile of drop pods with nothing in them.

[cujoman39]

that would be hilarius and he turns around to find a entire company behind him they only give him enough time to say oh shi.......!!!!

[Jinxmasta]

Wouldn't it suck if some NC snipers were sniping at a group of TR guys outside of a base and then suddenly 10 Vanu drop pods land right behind em and take em out in less than a heart beat? Wait, that wouldn't suck because I'm Vanu!

[BLuE_ZeRO]

would be funnier to see them get squashed by the pods.

[Jinxmasta]

I doubt that would be possible because in one of the screenshots, it shows the drop pod hovering above the ground meaning you will have to use your kinetic dampeners or whatever so you won't die :eek:

[BLuE_ZeRO]

omg gay!

[Jinxmasta]

Maybe the kinetic dampers will do some damage if you land on people because that would sort of make sense. I wouldn't exactly want a MAX to land on top me. It seems like it would be sorta painful :lol:

[Zatrais]

hmm, whit these kinetic dampeners why would annyone bother to land a galaxy? can just fly over a base and bail out...

hehe should be cool =) aslong as the galaxy dosn't get shot down

[Marsman]

Well at some time you have to get in the galaxy. Landing certainly would make that easier. :p

[Hamma]

:lol:

[Noxx]

Hamma, these drop pods seem a lot better than warpgates, so whats the point?

I suppose it has a safety factor.


Also, could you describe the whole drop pod expirence? Like how do you board the HART, what do oyu see along your trip, etc.

[Marsman]

Well for one thing - you can't take vehicles on the dropship. HART is fine for players - a little too cramped if you plan on taking a vehicle too. :D

[Hamma]

HART is good for very small insertions - only one person at a time and no vehicles.

The experience is pretty cool, you go to the HART station where you board it - just like yiou board an airplane. Then you wait for launch. The roof opens and the HART makes its way up into orbit. Once you get fairly high the map screen pops up and asks you to choose a drop location. Once you do that you get a cool little animation of the pod floating down to earth and resting on the ground - door opens and you climb out ;)

[Noxx]

do you see the planet from orbit?

[Hamma]

Nope, once you get up high the map comes up

[BLuE_ZeRO]

that's lame :nono:

[�io]

Originally posted by BLuE_ZeRO
that's lame :nono: :nod:

[shadowwolf]

Would be cool if you had a window to look out of while your pod goes airborn/lands :)

[Zarparchior]

Originally posted by BLuE_ZeRO
that's lame :nono: Originally posted by Dio
:nod:
Jeezus you guys... this is going to be thee coolest and well designed game out there. What else do you want - An underwater world complete with submarines, the ability to go fight in outer space, and also travel to different dimensions? :p

[Jinxmasta]

Originally posted by Zarparchior
Jeezus you guys... this is going to be thee coolest and well designed game out there. What else do you want - An underwater world complete with submarines, the ability to go fight in outer space, and also travel to different dimensions? :p
That would be nice :D

[�io]

Yeah i want that !!! :)

Seriously dude take a nice little http://fmc.animecity.nu/emoticons/chillpill.gif. We didn't say "PS will suck and it's the worse game ever we're not buying this piece of crap!!" We just pointed out it would have been sweet to see the planet from orbit and whatnot.