Have they said anything about Gal drops?

Coreldan · 2011-07-16, 01:01 PM

Will Galaxies still be in the game (even if not, something equivalent will anyways) and more importantly, have they said whether Gal drops will still be doable?

Headrattle · 2011-07-16, 01:04 PM

In the G4TV interview they said something like "how would it be Planetside without Gal Drops?"

Coreldan · 2011-07-16, 01:05 PM

Spot on

Operations · 2011-07-16, 01:33 PM

This little old thing you mean?

http://www.planetside-universe.com/m...hp?img_id=1611

Bags · 2011-07-16, 01:37 PM

Did you not watch the teaser/trailer?

Coreldan · 2011-07-16, 01:43 PM

I have, but this question was also sort of about whether it will be possible to just drop out of a personnel carrying airplane with no parachute from a couple of hundred meters or something

Bags · 2011-07-16, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Coreldan

I have, but this question was also sort of about whether it will be possible to just drop out of a personnel carrying airplane with no parachute from a couple of hundred meters or something

No chutes, full fall damage! Man-drops all around. If you can't survive a two hundred foot drop we don't need ya.

EightEightEight · 2011-07-16, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by Bags

No chutes, full fall damage! Man-drops all around. If you can't survive a two hundred foot drop we don't need ya.

I'll be all comfy in my max unit, like a Meteor from Hell

Sirisian · 2011-07-16, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by EightEightEight

I'll be all comfy in my max unit, like a Meteor from Hell

That would be cool if maxes fell without the assist and did a cool crash land with a shock wave to enemies.

Like catch themselves with one of their hands like in Crysis 2 and stand back up.

Hamma · 2011-07-16, 03:57 PM

Galaxy drops will be in and they will also be available as mobile spawn points (probably squad only or something). They made no mention of bailing out of solo aircraft.

MrVicchio · 2011-07-16, 02:35 PM

I prefer to consider "Gal Drops" as in watching a gal full of people blow up and crash personally.

CrystalViolet · 2011-07-16, 05:05 PM

If they plan on stepping up the roll of the flying elephant, and giving it AMS functionality, they better beef up it's defenses. Nothing in PS1 was easier pray than an unescorted gal on root to a base. The gun positions were pretty much useless, and despite the heavy amounts of armor, they were still sitting ducks. Hopefully the increased cooperation they're aiming for in PS2 will help with this.

krnasaur · 2011-07-16, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by CViolet

If they plan on stepping up the roll of the flying elephant, and giving it AMS functionality, they better beef up it's defenses. Nothing in PS1 was easier pray than an unescorted gal on root to a base. The gun positions were pretty much useless, and despite the heavy amounts of armor, they were still sitting ducks. Hopefully the increased cooperation they're aiming for in PS2 will help with this.

if they add spawning to it, to keep it balanced they should keep the armor the same or even lower it.

CrystalViolet · 2011-07-16, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by krnasaur

if they add spawning to it, to keep it balanced they should keep the armor the same or even lower it.

Not sure I agree with this. If you give the gal the ability to continuously spawn troops, it will instantly become a much more valuable target to remove from the battle. The AMS had a lot going for it that helped it stay on the front lines for extended periods of time. A big slow moving spawn point in the sky will draw fire from everyone on the ground with an AV weapon.

Kietharr · 2011-07-16, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by CViolet

If they plan on stepping up the roll of the flying elephant, and giving it AMS functionality, they better beef up it's defenses. Nothing in PS1 was easier pray than an unescorted gal on root to a base. The gun positions were pretty much useless, and despite the heavy amounts of armor, they were still sitting ducks. Hopefully the increased cooperation they're aiming for in PS2 will help with this.

Nah they should keep it the same then, it's a tradeoff. Otherwise you'd have a flying mobile spawnpoint that was hard to counter. Mobile spawnpoints should be relatively easy to counter.

Also, this is why you flew them with escorts, it's harder to deal with a galaxy that has a few mosquitos protecting it. Unless you're an AA max.

Or if you were a sadistic galaxy pilot like I was during my brief stint you could just boot nonessential personnel out one by one and watch the reavers go chase them down for the easy kills while you flew away. It was the perfect killhungry noob Reaver pilot countermeasure.