PS2 Idea pile

[Ogre]

Went digging thru the threads, didn't see anything like exactly like what im about to make. Planet side 2 is still highly mutable right now. We have a rock solid community that i'm very proud to be part of (super long time lurker, long time player and first time poster!). We also have a very receptive Dev Team. My goal is to create a thread that we can post our hopes, ideas, and dreams in, then get critiqued by our fellow players, and perhaps eventually in the next open forum with the Devs throw em out to see what they think, or they might even read this as it goes. its a dream.

Ill start this with what i want to see.

Knife Toggle/ training- in addition to a quick knife, the option to have the knife out and ready to stab. Knife upgrades (maybe a sword someday....would really make the sneaking classes cool.) and knife training. For example, a quick time mode where if you are trained in CQC you might be able to resist a side or front knife attack by pressing a button fast enough, then if you are trained further the knife fight would go on until someone dies, or breaks out of knife fight mode.

Athletic training- learn to swim, with swimming upgrade to a scuba implant or equipment. Another poster mentioned tree climbing. awesome concept!

In PS1 there were super massive trees, i would love to see at least a few battles in them, waged across bridges and giant "Tree houses" perhaps some kind of covert observation post or comm base. would really spice it up, infantry running across bridges, aircraft trying to maneuver in thru the branches vulnerable to infantry attack.

Vehicle wish list:
Motorcycles. If we have ATVs, we can totally have motorcycles. Faster and riskier, a little cheaper too perhaps. Options to put a self destruct on them so you could park them near a road or entry once you get to where you need to be, lay it down and arm it.

Artillery-The flail was amazing, it changed planet side in such a positive way. If we had some sort of common pool, or even infantry mortar. just something that offers indirect fire and team based fire control.

Empire upgrades for common pool vehicles- Vanu hover lightning (baby thresher)? Terran wheeled lightning (see Striker MGS in real life)? Tiny NC vanguard? super cool. same for all vehicles. perhaps an expensive upgrade.

Something that fills the role of an A-10 like the liberator did when not in bomber mode. big nasty forward gun.

Guns: I love scavenging, don't know about anyone else. Getting deep into enemy territory, doing well enough to run out of ammo. I hope we see another Punisher, but upgradeable over the long run to take all ammo types. Its charm was that it would never measure up to another gun, but it was full of surprises. Imagine a high tier upgrade for NC and TR to use VS laser ammo. But perhaps using it in a completely different way.

That's all Ive got for now. I hope to see critiques for the good or bad, and more people posting more suggestions. Just try to keep it semi rational.