AGN Community Night July with Matt Higby

[Hamma]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/n...higby-2809.htm

[Cosmical]

Matt who?

[TheRagingGerbil]

I like it when you guys have Matt on.

[Synapse]

Could Matt explore some of the endgame content and complexity he expects to see for outfits that might go beyond retaking the same base every day for a week or being top of the killboards? What kinds of metagaming does he plan for veteran players to do when just killing people while capping a base (that you will lose again tomorrow) isn't enough?

Secondly, could he expand on how you will know if you're fighting a famous enemy outfit, or seek out an outfit you want to fight? Zebra camo alone is unlikely to be the domain of just one group of dudes. Ps1 didn't have names for enemies so you couldn't know for sure if you'd just killed a member of that elite group you're hunting, and it was circumstantial at best to know if they were in your area.

[Flisher]

Maybe add a small recap on July 1rst "Planetside Day" players driven event?

[mbarrett]

That will be roughly 5 weeks since E3 , I thought higby said beta was going to be in a couple of weeks , that's what he said at E3 , I doubt beta will start before this TS broadcast . 5 weeks is more than a couple of weeks is it not , or is it the case that mind games are being played ?

[Sephirex]

Originally Posted by mbarrett

That will be roughly 5 weeks since E3 , I thought higby said beta was going to be in a couple of weeks , that's what he said at E3 , I doubt beta will start before this TS broadcast . 5 weeks is more than a couple of weeks is it not , or is it the case that mind games are being played ?

I wouldn't say its mind games. The definition of couple weeks varies from person to person. Not too long ago, Higby said he was looking forward to visiting China in a couple weeks. Higby's trip was about 5 weeks away when he made the comment. Just means he has a looser usage of 'a couple weeks' than most.

[Cosmical]

Ask Higby to start a kick starter where we can pay 10 dollars to get access to a beta client now.

Invest to Test! NOW!!

[Stew]

Stew360 want to know if huge competitive play will be suported ?

Also want to know these little thing

If swimming will be ad anythime somewhere

If lake and boat battle will be possible down the road

How the servers infrastructure will work

If when you buy a camo for vehicules is it vehicules specifics or we can use it across the board ?

If cavern and underground figth is still planned ?

If their is esports are they going to adapt the game for the actual Esports mentality or is they are going to revolutionize the whole esports and force players to adapt to planetside and auraxis ?

[Mastachief]

Excellent

./ponders questions

[Delkaes]

Maybe answered :

Q : Will we see Mecha vehicles with 2 or 3 soldiers inside ? (1 pilot, 2 turret gunners).

Edit adding picture :

[waldizzo]

Can you please talk about what other base capture mechanics there are besides the "hack and hold" capture point system we've seen?

We've seen some talk about power generators in bases. Have you decided upon what function the generators will have?

Can spawn tubes, weapon terminals and vehicle terminals be destroyed or otherwise disabled?

[Saieno]

This should be a very interesting AGN. It's about a month after E3, right around the time beta should be starting, and Higby being on the show definitely means there's something important to discuss. Looking forward to it!

[Gonefshn]

Great to see Higby on Community Night! I am very excited for this one!

I think a very important thing to ask Higby about that we have seen discussed all over these forums is the flow of battle. I'd be curious to hear his opinion and/or plans involving keeping the battles from happening in the same places all the time due to the three way fight with footholds. I know people are concerned we will be seeing the center of the map and the same basic middle ground battle lines all the time like a constant stalemate. How will they be sure that we will see fighting in more areas than the center?

[Ailos]

Awesome! Last time he was on, he gave us some pretty cool insider info and looks... I don't want him to get himself fired or anything, but I can't help but get fired up for this. (Pun definitely intended.)