Just a quick idea for Planetside 2, let me know what you guys think.
I was super excited for Brink before it came out, as it promised to be "Mirror's Edge with multiplayer". When it came out, though it did have some free running, I was somewhat disappointed. But one thing I loved was that since the game was so filled with customization options, a lot of clans started having "signatures", where everyone in that clan would wear, for example, an orange beret. Other people might wear an orange beret, but for the most part, when you saw an orange beret, you would recognize that clan.
I thought it would be neat if SOE took that idea and turned it into a feature in the game. An outfit could select from a huge selection of subtle designs (not zebra stripe vehicles) and colors, and lock it in as their signature, where no other outfit could take it.
For example, if I formed an outfit, I might take a look at the available signatures (it might show only the colors that haven't been taken for each design, and when all are taken, it wouldn't show the design). Say I want my outfit to have a purple stripe along the middle of our vehicles. If it wasn't taken, I could lock it in as my signature, then when anyone in the outfit spawns a vehicle, it would always have a purple stripe.
It would act kind of like the outfit logos in the first game, except no two outfits would have the same one.
No other outfit would be able to make their signature a purple stripe down the middle after that, so whenever you saw a tank with a purple stripe you would know it was from "DeCastellac's Soldiers" or whatever.
The only downside I could see would be the resources required to come up with the different designs. However, in the first Planetside, there weren't a ton of outfits for each server in each empire, so assuming you have 10 colors or so on each design, you might only need 10-20 designs.
I'm also assuming they're going to make it somewhat difficult to make an outfit, unlike World of Warcraft, where there is a zillion guilds on each server.
That, or they could make it cost like $5-10 on the microtransaction shop, to discourage people from just making a 5-man outfit and using up the signatures.
So... what do you guys think? Yea? Nay?
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2012-05-27, 06:39 PM
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