News: TotalBiscuit Liberator Video

[Snipefrag]

Originally Posted by Higby

This seems like a weird thing to get hung up on. If someone feels like having squads with tiger stripes, or zebra stripes, or snow camo, or whatever to make yourself or your squad distinct - it's totally up to you. There are dozens of different texture variants like that to put on your vehicles and armor, just because zebra stripes were the one shown doesn't mean that's all we're making.

There are tons of real world examples of this stuff for those saying its not "realistic"



Now, maybe those are show planes or "mascot planes" like the blue angels, but who's to say we shouldn't let people customize their vehicles to be like that in Planetside? I want to have a blue angel plane. Whats wrong with a squadron deciding they wanted to be the screaming zebras or the wailing walruses.

Customization isn't 100% freeform, we're going to be sure that everything that goes in fits into the world and it doesn't turn into giant mecha-cupcakes shooting lamprey eels at eachother or something.

Sci-fi books/games have a history of painting their ships. For any of you who have read Rogue Squadron all 12 different fighters each had their own distinct colour scheme based on where they are from, family crests etc. Ignore the people getting butt hurt about this Higby, they are just not used to seeing this sort of thing.. They will come around.

I personally think it will add tons of depth to the game, imagine seeing a swarm of 5 galaxies flying over a hill all with a puppy dog crest and a load of hearts on the window.. you know its the Enclave, or a swarm of mags with pink headlights and a dildo sidegrade attachment.. GoTR.

It will make outfits much more readily identifiable without them having to add stupid tags to the end/beginning of their names.

[raidyr]

More personality is only a good thing. This is a game, after all, about purple armored guys firing lasers at red and blue armored guys on an alien planet.

If you want ~realistic~ military camo options then Battlefield of Duty: Modern Honor will be there offering you a mediocre gaming experience.

[ringring]

Originally Posted by Mechzz

That's true, but there are no red markings on the underside. The grunts won't know what's hit them when this bird comes over.

True, but it's also true of a lib in ps1; when it's flying over it's just a shape in the sky until the bombs start falling or you put your weapons cross-hair over it and it goes red for enemy.

[Jonny]

Love everything about this game its looking and sounding so incredible.
Keep up the amazing work devs!

Hopefully they'll also add a lion skin so we can make safari videos of reaver lions hunting herds of zebrarators.

[Stew]

Originally Posted by MyMeatStick

Another thing I noticed was when being hit, the force tilts the aircraft to one side.

One of the things I did not like from BF3.

This is part of the physic engine but many thing based on physic are in the alhpa overexagerated and will be reduce until the release !

[Meecrob]

For all the people complaing about the "loverator" not being "serious" enough i point at this:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/m...80a22ad41a.jpg

I personally think that looks as "non serious" as the zebra print due to the colors (no offence Vanu's ). And those are the actual faction colors. People are gonna have to accept that, in TB's words, planetside 2 is gonna be a colorfull war.

[Sabrak]

I find it funny that some people complain about the zebra print, which is used in real life military as shown in earlier posts, but still find it pretty normal to have red, blue & flashy yellow, or purple & teal uniforms.
I'm pretty sure a zebra print is more useful at war than a yellow backpack, a teal helmet or red pants (that last one, the french learned it during WWI).


You want the game to look really "serious"?

Go play a gray and brown shooter, they're plenty.

[SKYeXile]

^^ agree, the colour and vibrancy of planetside is an appealing, all these want to be war games look so bland and boring, the colour and the lighting in planetside bring it alive. They should not waste this FABULOUS engine on rendering brown and other boring shades, bring on the colour!

I hope to see jumpgate evolution like star sysems in the skydome at night.

[Karrade]

Originally Posted by Sabrak

I find it funny that some people complain about the zebra print, which is used in real life military as shown in earlier posts, but still find it pretty normal to have red, blue & flashy yellow, or purple & teal uniforms.
I'm pretty sure a zebra print is more useful at war than a yellow backpack, a teal helmet or red pants (that last one, the french learned it during WWI).


You want the game to look really "serious"?

Go play a gray and brown shooter, they're plenty.

Yeah I love the distinctive colors and markings in PS, makes it stand out as its own unique world. Lots of flash and bang! Too many clones of the gray and brown already.

[LostAlgorithm]

Glad to see the people who like the customizations are still not reading the actual thread.

I don't want "serious" or "realistic". I don't care what other militaries in real life do. I just want it to be like the original Planetside where you had empire colors and that was it. It's still very possible to have a wide range of customization options within those color schemes.

[Mechzz]

Originally Posted by ringring

True, but it's also true of a lib in ps1; when it's flying over it's just a shape in the sky until the bombs start falling or you put your weapons cross-hair over it and it goes red for enemy.

yeah, forgot that tbh. At least now we'll have some decent AA to penetrate the Loverator's defences

[Mastachief]

Love the aircraft and love the humour of the cosmetic stuff.... MORE i say give us MORE!!!!!

[SurgeonX]

I think all the wacky customisation is a great idea.

Anything that promotes individuality for me is a winner.

It's also affirming the fact that pay 2 win definitely isn't on the agenda here.
It's pay to look unique.

This gives Outfits the opportunity to have a really strong look and feel, and to be very distinct in appearance from each other.
I've seen some amazing sights in games like City of Heroes, when every member of a guild is bedecked in exactly the same attire, rampaging through the streets.

Plus it'll give an extra facet to the war stories that are bound to emerge from PS2.
You're never going to forget the guy who covers his Gal in pretty pink hearts, the one who always picks up on time and drops you exactly where you need to be.

Especially if the level of customisation allows that guy to look totally unique on the battlefield.

[kaffis]

Originally Posted by Raymac

Does that mean the NC are not getting our Velociraptor gun anymore?

I feel so betrayed!

[MacXXcaM]

Originally Posted by raidyr

More personality is only a good thing. This is a game, after all, about purple armored guys firing lasers at red and blue armored guys on an alien planet.

If you want ~realistic~ military camo options then Battlefield of Duty: Modern Honor will be there offering you a mediocre gaming experience.

I tend to disagree. Scifi and modern military customs don't have to exclude each other. In "The return of the Jedi" the rebels were wearing camo smocks for example. I think I saw some floating ships in camo patterns elsewhere, too...

For me this modern day military stuff adds to the scifi scenario making it more believable and immersive.

I'd love to see some "elite" militaristic squads all covered in desert camo suits fighting along the "normal" guys in their faction colors.