Quasar? WTF?

[Jinxmasta]

Look:
http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/zones/previews/dec02/plnt_06.html
Now I know it has been said the devs have already revealed all the weapons for us but it's hard to believe that when I see a different weapon right before my eyes. What do you think?

[Cyan8313]

Yeah I noticed that too... It kinda looks like the lasher.. I dunno.. More Power to the Purple ? :thumbsup:


:)

C

[DiosT]

well... It may just be a 'toy'... an easter egg, something they dont plan to release in the final version....


or it may be something they feel they need to add to balance vanu w/other sides.... (that is a primary goal of their development of the game)


Also realized ya cant tell if it's inside some MAX suit or something... might be one of the 3 vanu MAX weapons... Interesting name for a weapon since Quasars are immensly powerful(involves some of the most powerful reactions(as in explosive/implosive) around super massive black holes, which is at the center of all galaxies--of course it's going to be scalled down, but still that's like scaling down a high-end nuclear warhead to the level of just taking out something the size of an ant), which also supports my idea it wont be a hand-held infantry weapon (which is so far, the ONLY thing i've heard them say they showed us "all the weapons" for...) I havnt heard them say they showed all the weapons for MAX's, or vehicles.. or base weaponry if such exists

[Incompetent]

It might just be the Vanu armor piercing ammunition.

[FireFrenzy]

It's the Vanu MAX anti-infantry weapon, read here:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/articles.php?articleId=26

Quasar (anti-infantry)
The primary attack with this weapon is a high-powered version of the man-portable Pulsar rifle. However, it also has a limited homing capacity and can shoot guided shots, but at twice the energy cost.

[Jinxmasta]

They definitely need to make it more obvious if it's in a MAX suit because right now there's no real way to tell other than the weapon.

[afex]

Originally posted by Jinxmasta
They definitely need to make it more obvious if it's in a MAX suit because right now there's no real way to tell other than the weapon.

why?

you know you're in a max. you're the one that got it from the terminal

and i'm 100% sure that people looking at you will know you're in a max.

[Jinxmasta]

Well there are people not playing the game that are just looking at screenshots too...

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Oh yeah I forgot they released a list of MAX weapons. :rawr:

[afex]

if they're not playing why should they know if you're in a max suit?

[Jinxmasta]

Because they were too unfortunate to make it into beta and they deserve something...

[afex]

lol

yeah they should redesign a part of the game so the screenshots look better. :rolleyes:

[Jinxmasta]

Well you have to admit, the interface or whatever it is called, isn't exactly the prettiest in Planetside.

[Led]

I kind of like it... but I bet people will have interface mods out pretty quick either way :)

[BLuE_ZeRO]

If they allow them to be skinned.

[afex]

Originally posted by Jinxmasta
Well you have to admit, the interface or whatever it is called, isn't exactly the prettiest in Planetside.

i would like it very much if they do it like EQ does it now, with XML.

if not, eh, i'll live.

[ft-Marauder]

Allowing skins would be an uber bad idea. Always results in some SOB figuring out a way to use it to cheat.

[DiosT]

well.. no one in eq has managed to "Cheat" it to a point where someone get an overwhelming advantage.... theres not a great deal of 'hacking' you can do in XML since it's supposted to mainly describe data, if i remember correctly, not to 'program' things...


adding XML was nice though..


Worst 'hacking' i heard of was someone got his in-gameMP3 player to play prono movies instead of mp3's.. =p

[ft-Marauder]

LOL! Niiiiiiice. :)

I dunno, someone was telling me about programs in EQ and DOAC (Odin's Eye?) that generate a map on another computer on your network for you with everything that's near you marked. That might be handy in an FPS. ;)

[afex]

Originally posted by ft-Marauder
LOL! Niiiiiiice. :)

I dunno, someone was telling me about programs in EQ and DOAC (Odin's Eye?) that generate a map on another computer on your network for you with everything that's near you marked. That might be handy in an FPS. ;)

that also has nothing to do with XML huds

[Zarparchior]

That reminds me of the time I played AD&D at my friends house. We had SO MUCH FUN! Of course, we were all drunk off our asses and doing stupid stuff. The DM was just as drunk so he was like making it up as he goes along. What a dumbass!

:rolleyes::p;)

[Jinxmasta]

Uhh yeah... ;)

[Hatte]

... :huh:

[BLuE_ZeRO]

AD&D?

[Sandtaco]

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

[BLuE_ZeRO]

... wtf you play AD&D while drunk? more importantly you play AD&D? wtf?

[diluted]

:rofl:

[zMessiahz]

Wow Zarp... what a thing to brag about...

The XML thing... they would have to be very careful with how they implemented it. it does in fact open a whole can of worms for them to protect against. The reason no one has found a way to cheat in EQ is because the game is so damn slow that what you or your enemies look like doesn't matter one bit. If all they allowed you to do was change how you look to yourself and no one else then there wouldn't be any easy way to cheat with it. However, I wouldn't say impossible! :)