The Vanu

[Neohunter]

I dont know if anyone has thought of this, but what kind of threats would it open if the ancient alien civillization Vanu came back? I don't know if they want players being aliens, but that would be kind of cool. Anyone else think so?

[MilitantB0B]

Hmmmmmm...

Thats all I have to say at this time.

[NeoTassadar]

The three factions form a united front to ward off dev-controlled AI alien hordes, eh? Sounds interesting, would have to make a seperate server for it, though. Don't force it on anyone.

Edit: I'm a l33t Whore now!

[Neohunter]

well i was just suggesting. Im thinking of putting it in my fan fic...I wish my 7 day free trial was longer

[Zarparchior]

The Vanu should have a following... They'd be a crazy team you can actually play as. They'd have double amounts of every stat (armor values, health values, etc), have access to all empire weapons and vehicles, and can use neutral bases as their own (no need to hack them). But (and it's a big butt), you accumulate grief points at the rate of 1 per minute. During this time, grief points are not being forgiven. So, theoretically speaking if you could accumulate no grief, you could play about 16 straight hours on the Vanu side before getting weapons lock.

Of course, this would be counter-intuitive for a PtP game.

[quiet]

Long ago SmokeJumper made some cryptic comments that it was not 100% cetain what happend to the Vanu and there was a possibility that the Vanu were eliminated by an so far unknown alien species that might return someday. . .

[Zarparchior]

Haha... that is PERFECT. A bailout! Do you guys see?! If the game goes nowhere they can add crazy-wild things that would give the game more appeal or at least give it a new spin on the current theme,while advertising your product at the same time!!! Genius!!

It's always good to have a back-up plan... :o

[wasupx]

I can imagine a 4th race that opens to top echelon of players. Limit of 100-200 or so on a server at a time. Give them superior firepower, mobility. Make them look like sinistar/evil grasshoppers too! I can imagine factions stop firing on each other when a squad of these appear out of sheer respect/awe/fear of them.

[Stimulate]

Or just make the race that destroyed the Vanu. Could come in a exp pack.. another world with more continents.... new weapons... new vechs... Sounds like fun! No uber aliens please

[Destroyeron]

ALIENS!

[wasupx]

ok i must admit, my vision of the 4th race was heavily influenced by memories of playing Alien Tag mode (1 person is alien, whomever kills him becomes the alien, mad scary/fun) on Aliens versus Predator! damn was that some fun lan play or what!

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marine opens up killing 4 other marine players in the room!
"oh shit i saw somethin on the ceiling!"

[delta]

very neat idea!
good for an expansion pack maybe but I wouldn't do it if I was Sony.
The vanu sov uses vanu alien technologo so the two empires would be too similar i think

[NightWalker XI]

What with you people and grief, its unbelievable what I hear, I was a tank driver on all 3 sides and the alrgest grief I ever got was.....100

[Hellsfire123]

Lol why do you have to overpower the alien race? Why not keep the game..*gasp* Balanced?

If the vanu were "wiped out" by another alien race, that sets up Planetside 2, where Humans on auraxis are forced to ally to fend of attacks from both the vanu, and this mysterious other race. Of course theyd have to completly redo the weapons....as there would be way to many to choose from from just the human side before adding two new races.

[NightWalker XI]

PS 2?

Hmmm...but this make sit hard, would you pay to play PS2 or would you pay to play PS1?

Woudl they make the PS into s tory kind of thing, methinks not.