who to fight for?

RSphil · 2012-05-11, 12:37 AM

hi guys.

loving the pics that are being put up on twitter and all the info on here.

one thing i cant make my mind up on though is who i should fight for. never played ps1 so have no clue on any background of the factions or anything. the NC and VS look cool and im swaying towards the NC due to the little i know of them and the general look of them.

why did you guys make your choices?

Virulence · 2012-05-11, 12:45 AM

I'm not really in love with any of the factions themselves, I'm just in love with the Vanguard.

Graywolves · 2012-05-11, 12:59 AM

We all initially decided our factions for many different reasons, very few have the exact same reasoning as to why they were called upon by whichever faction.

But at some point down the road you realize that you could never play another faction without feeling like you were betraying your own family.

Baneblade · 2012-05-11, 09:40 AM

Ironically, I chose NC because it wasn't the noob empire nor was it the fruity disco empire... TR are no longer called the noob empire, but VS are still rockin the fruity pebbles.

Johari · 2012-05-11, 01:08 AM

Why did I make the choice I did to go with VS? Basically first impression gameplay back in beta.

It started off when I jumped onto my brothers beta account when he wasn't looking. I spawned in the basement of a tower and just ran outside not knowing anything. As I exit the doors I see a little man across a bridge and I pull out the first weapon that I could figure out how to get. Out comes a TR repeater and I plink away at the soldier in the distance. After a disappointing 2 magazines I run back inside and log out. Never saw my character but I never wanted to shoot that weapon again.

I try another server and BOOM! suddenly I'm surrounded by noise and I see soldiers in sleek purple armor running by me in tight corridors. I try to follow but I'm slow as hell but I see a nice giant gun where my arm should be so I follow the crowd. Tunnel slopes up and I see bodies of the men who ran passed as someone marked red comes jogging down the tunnel and open fire. I return the favor as a hail of laser fire jets out of my arm. As his body turns into a coffin I just keep walking and shooting in the the open doorway and room. I cut down another 2 invaders before I get taken down myself. As the camera cirlces around my body of who I am. A giant in purple scales with a gun for an arm looks back at me while bullet tracers and laser beams streak across my screen. That moment only lasted 20 seconds or so but in that time I had found my home.

Who knows what might have happened if that first TR try was more action and not the disappointment it was, who knows what would have happened if I had gotten NC first but by luck I had a great experience with the VS and that what I stuck with. For you, I'd recommend giving all of the empires a chance but go with what kind of gameplay/weaponry you like most and then by looks.

P.S. the VS AV weapon was boss

Captain1nsaneo · 2012-05-11, 01:46 AM

Mad science is the best science and VS have it in ******. I'm also a fan of flexibility and anything with the word "Railgun" in it. So the Magrider was like a dream come true in that it was versatile and had a railgun for a turret. Then there's the Lancer. I love the lancer, it's a weapon when if you lose it's often your own fault for not being a perfect automaton. But that's ok, you'll get better and it will be awesome.

If you enjoy hard to master but really powerful tools, go VS.

RodenyC · 2012-05-11, 01:53 AM

Just saying if you want the best look at the VS.

Sabot · 2012-05-11, 02:58 AM

In the words of Gogol Bordello.... Start wearing purple, wearing purple! Start wearing purple for me nooow!

Rat · 2012-05-11, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by Sabot

In the words of Gogol Bordello.... Start wearing purple, wearing purple! Start wearing purple for me nooow!

My daughters tell me that Justin Beiber is really into purple...I prefer the black and red!!!...but if the beaver floats your boat go ahead and run with it.

Kipper · 2012-05-11, 11:21 AM

I was originally TR because people I already knew were TR.....

But also - law and order, and proper guns. Lasers might look cool, but real soldiers use bullets.

If the above post is true and Bieber is a Vanu, that's just more reason to shoot purple things first, in the hope......

Sabot · 2012-05-11, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Rat

My daughters tell me that Justin Beiber is really into purple...I prefer the black and red!!!...but if the beaver floats your boat go ahead and run with it.

I think there was another band that you could say was "into" purple... They were called Deep.. something. Anyway, supposedly they were pretty big and made this song about smoke and water or something like that...

Rat · 2012-05-11, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by Sabot

I think there was another band that you could say was "into" purple... They were called Deep.. something. Anyway, supposedly they were pretty big and made this song about smoke and water or something like that...

Thats true..I guess Vanu can go both ways...Ya had Deep Purple which was cool, hendrix was all about the Purple Haze...on the other end ya have the Beaver guy...and the Purple rain guy....didnt Donny Ozmond always wear purple socks?...we can put him down as questionable....(knowing about Donnys socks could make me questionable I guess)

Gonefshn · 2012-05-11, 12:17 PM

I Chose VS because I thought they looked the coolest and that's good enough for me. Being the only empire to use lasers and hover vehicles really made me feel like I stood out more. I would say the difference between NC and TR is marginal compared to the difference of the VS. I don't mean in playstyle simply in the look and the available weapons.

To me there really is no other reason to make a choice other than what empire is the coolest to you.

The only other reason would be, your friend plays and you join with him/her on his/her empire just to play together.

FPClark · 2012-05-11, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Rat

My daughters tell me that Justin Beiber is really into purple...I prefer the black and red!!!...but if the beaver floats your boat go ahead and run with it.

I happen to LOVE beaver...The one Justin is tagging isnt half bad either

Astrok · 2012-05-11, 03:01 AM

I used to play for TR because somehow i just like any faction that says firepower first.!

after a while a few freinds of me went playing ps1 and they joined nc so i joined nc to to form up a clan.

but somehow in just a few weeks i told them i couldnt get the feeling i had with TR so i went back to TR and had a long and fun time on it.

So personally i think i try 3 factions and after a week playing i choose one to stick with it because i dont know if the factions play the same as in ps1.Probably i just play TR again.