So I was thinking about the scale that PlanetSide was and is currently played on while editing my "PlanetSide - Scale" video (stay tuned
) and I remembered how so many outfits fielded hundreds of members, and placed such a high value on rank and what not.
I think it would be cool to allow outfits to attach certain cosmetic "tags" if you will to its members, based on rank if they so chose.
The tags would be empire specific and follow empire theme.
NC would have bandanas similar to guerrilla fighters that could be worn where the outfit wants them to be worn, and can be different colors to signify rank. Players of non-command status could where bandanas tied around their arm or hanging from their necks, whereas commanders for the NC could have a bandana around their head (assuming commanders don't have a helmet on).
TR would use badges and medals that look highly militaristic. The amount of medals, or once again the color of medals could be used to signify rank within the outfit. They could be located on the chest for higher-ups or on the shoulders as well.
I'm having trouble coming up with something the VS could use, that would fit with the theme of progressing the human genome via Vanu technology. I'm going to base my idea off the VS MAX, and how it looks highly alien in nature. Perhaps VS outfits could signify rank via "nodes" if you will that are on either the shoulders, shin pads, wrist pads, or back of a VS soldiers armor. The nodes are just small areas that emit a sort of fluorescent light and the color of the light can be used to signify rank.
Thoughts/criticisms?
2011-08-17, 11:12 AM
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