News: Bolt Driver

[ThGlump]

Originally Posted by IDukeNukeml

Showing it during NC theme week shows that the NC are the hardest hitting faction out of the three and the Bolt Driver is the hardest hitting weapon in the game on a round for round basis that is hand held (minus OS's and the such). Hence them taking pride over it and it being exposed during NC weapon theme week.

Well thats the confusion. I recall it was stated that there will be ES sniper rifles. And by NC theme they should have the hardest hitting one. So showing bolt driver during NC theme and stating its common pool is really confusing. ES snipers are no longer there?

[xcel]

I agree. I hate to say it, but not much effort went into the design. Looks like they just copied/pasted the gauss rifle and then put the barrel of sniper on it. Unless they are going the "it's an attachment" route ....then that would be interesting.

[Atheosim]

I think the bolt driver specifically is a common pool weapon, but it will use the rifle model of the faction using it. Shown as an NC rifle because it's NC week.

Also, ^^ there are going to be an extreme amount of customization options for each weapon. I'm expecting that this weapon will be hardly recognizable once somebody has put a good amount of time into advancing its skill tree...

[Marth Koopa]

That seriously does not look like a bolt driver whatsoever. I'm thinking someone put up the wrong picture and typed an incorrect description, or they used the wrong name for some type of long range NC rifle

[Aurmanite]

Originally Posted by Marth Koopa

That seriously does not look like a bolt driver whatsoever. I'm thinking someone put up the wrong picture and typed an incorrect description, or they used the wrong name for some type of long range NC rifle

What does the bolt driver in Planetside 2 look like?

[polywomple]

Originally Posted by Aurmanite

What does the bolt driver in Planetside 2 look like?

[LZachariah]

While this isn't a "huge" issue for me, I guess I can echo my being underwhelmed by this gun's design. This is a Gauss with a long barrel. I have absolutely no problem with the Bolt Driver becoming Empire Specific, the same way I had no problem with the Mosquito and the Reaver doing the same. However, the Bolt Driver had an iconic look to it that has not only be changed, this weapon looks rather generic. I'm grateful that the images we've seen of the Vanu weapons look absolutely stunning, but I want my enemy-empires to have amazing-looking equipment as well. There should not be "one awesome-looking faction and two boring-looking factions."

Again, I don't think this is a crisis, but I also don't think that the art design behind this weapon is a bullseye by any means.

~Zachariah

[Aurmanite]

Polywomple, you are a boss.

[LZachariah]

He posts pictures like a BAUS.

[Graywolves]

Kinex technology was so 1999

[Aurmanite]

Just a reminder, this is an NC Bolt driver. The TR/VS design is probably going to be different.

[Marth Koopa]

Originally Posted by Aurmanite

Just a reminder, this is an NC Bolt driver. The TR/VS design is probably going to be different.

If the gun's design is completely different to each faction then it's not a common pool (Nanite Systems) weapon, it's just a "sniper rifle", not a "Bolt Driver"

[Aurmanite]

Originally Posted by Marth Koopa

If the gun's design is completely different to each faction then it's not a common pool (Nanite Systems) weapon, it's just a "sniper rifle", not a "Bolt Driver"

We'll see.

[Hmr85]

The Bolt Driver looks good. I love the design of it. I can't wait to put it to good use.

[LZachariah]

I don't think we have any reason to assume that this is a Nanite Systems weapon that is just being showcased on "NC week." That would be more than confusing, it would be a little stupid. The Devs showing us this weapon during NC week is an implicit affirmation that the Bolt Driver is NC-only now.