Should terrain and trees have a kill count?

[Neurotoxin]

Hello everybody!

So I'm sure many PlanetSide veterans recall all the hilarious times when trees or terrain destroyed the vehicle you were piloting or gunning. Trees alone probably had more kills than any single outfit, and the rest of the terrain probably had up to 5% of all total kills (or causes of death) in the game.

Does anyone else think that terrain and different types of permanent objects (trees, base walls, water, etc) should have their own individual kill-count?

[RNFB]

There should be detailed environment-kill statistics, like how many of each aircraft has died because of crashing into something and where it happened.

[Atheosim]

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. So much awesome.

[Talek Krell]

Originally Posted by Atheosim

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. So much awesome.

^This is an accurate summary of my feeling on this subject.

They should also have XP, and whenever they level it makes a little trumpet noise and light show.

[sylphaen]

Epic idea.


Edit: it just reminded me being killed by slopes when the lightning was still bugged. That bug made me crazy.

[Biohazard]

YES! They also need to be included in players "Killed by: " statistic, and kill spam.

[FredTomson]

That's a really great idea. I like when games release statistics about what people have done, particularly asinine statistics. Having access to statistics about environmental deaths would be hilarious.

Also if where/how is released as well it would only add to the "I saw that!" and "I did that too!" experience that is so uniquely Planetside.

[SniperSteve]

I don't think it is something that can easily be done from the technical standpoint.

[Tapman]

I think that it would be cool to see statistics about terrain that can help define certain territories as high-risk areas that skilled pilots can test themselves on.

Every bullet is going to be tracked in this game, and each bit of damage as well. When damage occurs without the influence of a bullet, it is credited to the terrain of the area. No need to separate trees from rocks, the environments should speak for themselves.

[cellinaire]

Fantastic =)



I hope every rocks in Auraxis have their eyes and arms also
/giggle

[headcrab13]

Inconspicuous Tree: "Yeah my K/D is pretty decent this week, I'm right around 1,572 and 0."

[Blackwolf]

Originally Posted by Talek Krell

^This is an accurate summary of my feeling on this subject.

They should also have XP, and whenever they level it makes a little trumpet noise and light show.

I want to see the rock say "ding" with a chat bubble and everything.

I think it would be awesome if the DEVs or GMs kept an eye on those statistics, and named certain regions/trees/rocks/slopes that cause a set number of deaths within a given time frame.

Could you imagine having an actual deadman's curve in the game? So named because a tank battle was fought at a bend in the road next to a cliff and several tanks fell off?

[That one noob]

Assuming we can drown again like last game, I'm fairly certain the water, trees, and gravity are going to be among the top 15 killers during beta if all things go hilariously right with bugs and glitches.

[Pollo Jack]

I am genuinely interested in which vehicles from which empires crash more.

[Xyntech]

Can we get trees to have taunts that they spam when they kill you?