Expansion Ideas

Nohimn · 2002-10-19, 03:04 PM

Well, since we all know MOST of the specifications of the game (don't have specific detail yet), who has any ideas about expansions? I think there should be a space and a sea expansion.

Tetsugaku · 2002-10-19, 03:18 PM

Oooh luvly, well we know that the way a lot of the MMORPG's get extra cash and keep new people signing on is through expansion packs so I think we can expect a few for PS.

A moon that you can play on would be really cool, a totally new area that is say inhabited by loads of NPC creatures etc, with research bases and things from the three empires.

Or going in the other direction, how about underground worlds? I know the bases will have significant underground sections, but we could have very large interconnected caverns, with the same setup as above, but fighting for the control of mining resources - the more mines you control locally, the quicker you can get the vehicle of gun you want produced

As for general updates, I think we can expect a steady stream of new weapons, vehicles, armour, abilities and implants as the game goes on - some nice big air bombers would be my choice.

Manitou · 2002-10-19, 03:45 PM

I think a nice expansion would be underground facilities. The possibilities are limitless for this. Imagine trying to tunnel to an enemy base, while they install sound and motion detectors to counter this tactic.

Another one would be sea expansion. Giant floating communities and or processing plants extracting the minerals from the sea floor far below. (Storms such as hurricanes could then be a part of the equation.) These are accessible only from the air or boats, obviously. Presents a whole new challenge as far as attacking and holding. Airborne troops dropping from the sky onto the floating facilities timed right after a devestating hurricane is a cool mind picture.

Wonder how many CEPs I could get for that tactic!?

Unregistered · 2002-10-19, 04:44 PM

What I think would be cool would be either a new empire, or perhaps an Alien race getting thrown into the mix.

With what we know of the story so far who's to say that another faction might not splinter off and form their own empire? Or how about the Aliens comiing back for the Technology the Vanu have been using? Aliens could have base obove the planet, new weapons and technology.

Throw in some new impants for everyone and you've got a winner.

Metacom · 2002-10-21, 06:09 AM

you guys forget the warp gate collapsed and they are all stranded on the planet, they dont have deep space exploration ships...they were there to build it up for the terran republic. though the undergound factilities idea is cool...that could work. but adding another planet...just wouldnt make any sense.

Shiver · 2002-10-21, 08:41 AM

Metacom, the population may thrive on the given planet and wish to expand further. You never know, they may begin to build a much larger ships instead of the tanks that they are currently building, then try to escape the planetside war by going in search of another planet. Little would they know, wherever they went the war would follow.

The alien technology found in planetside which is so sought after by the vanu may even help them escape the planet ... whatever happens, there would be a way to justify it with an odd twist (the devs could make up some insanely stupid story and pass it off as truth, it's their universe

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I'm not quite sure what they would throw in an expansion ... probably more land somehow, a few more vehicles, weapons, classes (which would be nice) etc and maybe even some customisable armor or more distinguished features on individual avatars. I think an expansion would essentially just add more to what we have already rather than do anything groundbreaking (as far as expansions go).

I do really like the idea of underground systems though, some nice ideas here.

ChrisMOG · 2002-10-21, 01:26 PM

Well, if they wanted to expand the gameplay area, if would have to be in either space (although...then the name planetside wouldn't work too well) or underground, unless they just forgot to search the planet for a few conintents and missed them (.......). So anyways, the expansion should add more crap to the game. Vehicles, weapons, suits, implants, etc...

TheSHiFT · 2002-10-22, 01:24 AM

i love it when ppl throw realism into something fictional

ChrisMOG · 2002-10-22, 10:59 AM

Its called deductive reasoning. Just because something is fictional doesn't mean it has to make no sense :/

No vision.

bryan25 · 2003-02-25, 10:28 PM

Here is something I dont think any of you guys thought up. They could expand battles into space and have huge flagships with fighter escorts.

Mabye they could add spys to the game that could dress up like other factions and steal other teams technology for there base.

What also would be cool if there could be animals that could harm players.

What I also think they should add is a aircraft with a spawn point on it and also a weapon terminal. So they aircraft could land and players could spawn from it.

Here is a weird idea I thought up. They could make some kind of implant that would "mutate" you into some creature/cyborg with weapons on it.(thats a little far fetched but could be cool).

Duritz · 2003-02-25, 10:35 PM

OMG this is older than old.

Anyway, the only problems with this is that the devs have kinda scrapped some of these ideas already. Maybe not completely, but for now. The second one is interesting though.

OmnipotentKiwi · 2003-02-25, 10:49 PM

Please don't bump 4 month old threads. Things change a lot in 4 months.

DirtyTaco · 2003-02-26, 01:43 AM

I think the 1st expansion should obviously include some vehicle/weapon/skill upgrades but i think they should focuse mainly on water war. Not only should there be boats cruisers aircraft carriers, but submarines as well. Water Wars would add a whole new concept to the game, and new strategies.

Alias · 2003-02-26, 02:20 AM

I agree, just toss aqua environments into the game and you have a full on expansion ready. It'd cover probably a good 10 more vehicles. Could add some more functionality to the Vanu hovering crafts and jump jets.

As far as NPCs of any kind; I don't like. One big selling point for me is that anything I run into - will in some way be a player manipulated. That's a huge bonus and something MMO's have skipped entirely till now.

Depending on the amount of people that will play Planetside faithfully - would be a sole factor on my decision to say "yes" or "no" to more continental land. If aqua environment battles were added, that's a good deal more fighting room there. If it's so crowded commanders don't get the chance to do any form of strategizing, new lands would be a big must for me.

NeoTassadar · 2003-02-26, 12:18 PM

Orbital bombardment.