What's your favorite "Planetside Moment" that wouldn't be possible currently in PS2?

[RedKnights]

I think we're all sort of missing the point. It's not that having something that is more complex is good, it's just that as of now, there seems to be a lot fewer elements from the first in terms of gameplay.

We MISS those gameplay elements because they create what I call PLANETSIDE MOMENTS.

This is not to say they will not be added later, but I think if anything can affect a dev team it's some solid reminiscing on our part.

And Planetside can be awesome.

Mine:

• Base is about to run out of energy, your empire launches a last ditch operation with a Galaxy and several attack aircraft as escorts, the attack craft draw fire, clear the NTU silo and BARELY manage to secure the drop point, the gal is in the clear, you're about to survive, and the ANT bails out and decons on a wall, and you all lose and are summarily executed. But you CAN'T STOP LAUGHING.
  
• You're in the middle of an LLU run when your skyguard crests a hill, meeting several enemy aircraft, you're overwhelmed, your empire mounts a rescue mission, but it's just a distraction to draw people away from the base, where 3 massive gal drops land, and resecure while you slug it out in the field.
  
• You're the lone cloaker, you manage to surge through a Backdoor breaking an inter-farm's perimeter. You have a router bad, and you sneak down a ramp towards the basement to set it up, opening the flood gates for your empire. But your plans are interrupted, and enemy surging down the hall has run into you, he stands for a moment confused, you see him draw his weapon, but you've already plugged an entire AMP clip into his head, and he falls to the ground. Your breathing comes back to normal, you set up the pad, and your empire drops the gen, eventually taking the base, but as a disadvantage with no power.

[kaffis]

The way the boarding animations replicated that feel of the scene in the movies when everybody's climbing into their cockpit on the runway, or hopping out triumphantly after a successful mission.

[Rbstr]

You know what there's going to be?

Planetside 2 moments.

(besides that #2 isn't ruled out of the game at all, and #3 will certainly have very similar occurrences)

[erunion]

Guiding my phoenix missiles into maxxes. =(

[Baneblade]

Well the ritual ANT Bombing of a random AMS won't be possible.

[Gandhi]

Last minute ANT drops to save a base.

Seeing entire squads climb into a Galaxy without teleporting.

Being that one dick who tries to drain a base by himself, planting viruses into everything and CEing the CY against incoming ANTs.

Killing a dirty NC with the Jackhammer I just pulled off his buddy's corpse.

Hacking a BFR out from under its driver.

Being that squad that secures a cave lock, opening a link with cave benefits to a contested continent, completely altering the course of the battle there.


But I'm looking forward to new Planetside moments in this game

[captainkapautz]

Pwning noobs in my BFR!


What?

[Bine]

I dont think I have any great memories that wont be possible in PS2. My favorite that did happen had to be when i got my ass kicked in an air fight and flew off. I bailed after flying down into a forest and managed to evade my pursuer. Decided the best tactic i had available was running to the nearest base (enemy) and seeing if i could cause some small confusion. On the way there a massive armor and aircraft fleet starts leaving said base and turn to head -right- in my direction... I duck behind a hill. Just a small one. Large enough to cover me. Moments later, large force of air flies overhead followed by the ground armor passing me by. Hooooly crap was that close. Subsequently, i managed to get into their base and put a hack in to slow them down for a bit.

The BFR part of the armored division passing me by -right over me- is probably the part that wont happen in PS2 :P

[erunion]

My favorite part of PS2 is pretending that core combat and BFRs never happened. =P

[GuyFawkes]

Since its not released yet, playing the game . I played ps1 , not possible for me to play ps2 , simples

[Gonefshn]

Only one for me.

Sniping with the bolt driver. And I'm talking about the sniping mechanics from PS1, the Bolt driver in PS2 won't count.

[Raymac]

Begging the empire for 1 person, just 1 person to do an ANT run only to watch the base drain down to neutral snice nobody wanted to do that tedious task.

Oh, or were you talking about positive moments?

[Gandhi]

Originally Posted by Raymac

Begging the empire for 1 person, just 1 person to do an ANT run only to watch the base drain down to neutral snice nobody wanted to do that tedious task.

Nobody, including yourself apparently

I kind of liked even those moments, made a successful ANT run all the more awesome. You can't have light without dark.

[Draz]

Anything related to the ANT. I REALLY wish PS2 had a similar mechanic to NTUs.

[Nasher]

I once got a vanguard perfectly stuck at the TOP of a tree like it had fallen from the sky nose first.

Also dropped an enforcer from a galaxy and barrel rolled it down the side of a hill, then somehow managed to leap it over the enemy walls. That was before they "fixed" the physics engine though.

Here is one I kept, either theres a beacon under the vehicle or someone was really lucky: http://postimage.org/image/im8x0kuz5/