In Planetside 2, everything is made of Dust.

[Sabrak]

Originally Posted by MrBloodworth

^ That's what any sane person would get from my post.

In many shots, I really feel they went overboard with the particle effects. Namely, dust.

All that dust could be a feature for Indar only (not talking about smoke obviously), as they stated they want continents to look different, but also have different kinds of weather and features.

[Neurotoxin]

It lingers too. Dust and smoke are going to be visible from a distance so people can see that a huge fight is going on.

[Landtank]

It's a desert..


And that wasn't even in a desert!

[kaffis]

I have zero problem with explosive shots obscuring the target for a bit, particularly on Indar. You know, so long as it's not a setting that can be disabled or turned down, and so long as the obscurement affects the target, as well.

[JHendy]

I'm a proponent of dust.

[Raymac]

If that much dust is kicked up upon hitting your target, that is almost like a penalty for making a direct hit. While it certainly looks cool as hell, I just wonder how it well it will work from a gameplay perspective.

[The Kush]

It's a desert? Threads like this should get people banned. This is absolutely retarted to complain about.

It looks perfect gtfo

[Sephirex]

I live in Arizona. The dust is indeed appropriate.

[Redshift]

equip thermal scope = profit?

[Rivenshield]

Dust is nice, but I wanna see snow. Lots and lots of pretty swirling snow. I like fighting in the snow.

[TR Oakley]

Originally Posted by Redshift

equip thermal scope = profit?

this.
vision obstruction is a integral part of PS2, be it darkness, smoke grenades extreme weather or dust, which is exactly why we have items such as night vision goggles and thermal imaging.

[MrBloodworth]

Originally Posted by The Kush

It's a desert? Threads like this should get people banned. This is absolutely retarted to complain about.

It looks perfect gtfo

I'm not complaining, I'm opening a discussion. You are complaining.

Originally Posted by Raymac

If that much dust is kicked up upon hitting your target, that is almost like a penalty for making a direct hit. While it certainly looks cool as hell, I just wonder how it well it will work from a gameplay perspective.

That's my concern as well. It obscures so much, I can't even imagine 200 players in one base how much we just won't be able to see.

[BeastBuster]

I think the shots look awesome, though I see where people are coming from. I do like the idea of a lot of dust making the fight more difficult though. If I like it in practice, however, will be seen in beta.

[TR Oakley]

If it gets to the point where nobody sees nothing while inside bases then they will probably have to tone it down there, but I still think extreme dustballs should appear in the desert flats outside the roads.
Just imagine the metagame with aircrafts laying down dustscreens so artillery can move into position... ahhh

[Bravix]

Originally Posted by MrBloodworth

Just saying, do we really need so much dust everywhere, on everything?

Go drive around in a desert or other dry climate and tell me what pops up behind your vehicle