News: The Fission

[ThGlump]

Originally Posted by Mirror

I asked TRay when we would maybe see the Lancer and got the following back

Tramell Ray Isaac‏@PS_TRay
@MirrorDT didn't make the cut... Maybe post launch

;(

Nooo. Now im pissed. Lancer was my favorite weapon. What we got instead? Fish like TR style beeper. disappointed

[VanuMAXGuy]

NO LANCER?

SOE just lost a customer.

[CrystalViolet]

thing that confuses me is the rail on top of a shoulder fired weapon. Wondering what possible attachments this implies.

[Talek Krell]

Originally Posted by CViolet

thing that confuses me is the rail on top of a shoulder fired weapon. Wondering what possible attachments this implies.

Maybe it's so that you can stack a second rocket launcher on top? >_>

[Erendil]

Originally Posted by Mirror

I asked TRay when we would maybe see the Lancer and got the following back

Tramell Ray Isaac‏@PS_TRay
@MirrorDT didn't make the cut... Maybe post launch

;(

....and the hits just keep on coming.....


Jesus f'ing Christ. No lancer??

[Vash02]

Originally Posted by VanuMAXGuy

NO LANCER?

SOE just lost a customer.

The text implies the lancer is still in. This is just the VS lock on AV weapon.

and also common pool lancer? how could anyone think of such an absurd concept? Obviously its 2+ ES AV weapons for each empire.

[VanuMAXGuy]

Originally Posted by Vash02

The text implies the lancer is still in. This is just the VS lock on AV weapon.

and also common pool lancer? how could anyone think of such an absurd concept? Obviously its 2+ ES AV weapons for each empire.

TRay explicitly said no Lancer at launch.

I hope he's just drunk and/or high and is trolling hard.

[Erendil]

Originally Posted by VanuMAXGuy

TRay explicitly said no Lancer at launch.

I hope he's just drunk and/or high and is trolling hard.

God I sure hope he's just trolling. I mean they even mentioned in tonight's webcast that the Lancer would work like it did in PS1. But then TRay tweets that?

I'm so confused.

[321]

Originally Posted by VanuMAXGuy

NO LANCER?

SOE just lost a customer.

Agreed, the lancer was the only reason I played PS.

[Johari]

There's a lot of fuss about the Lancer and whether or not it will be in. While TRay's twitter post is pretty damning, they do talk about that Lancer in the webcast.

http://www.twitch.tv/sonyonlinetv/b/309653892
skip to ~36:35

"We're bringing back all the Planetside 1 mechanics but we took the lock on mechanic is nowgiven to everybody. So everybody can have, hold it, point at an aircraft and just lock on over time. And then we're bringing back the Lancer still works like it did it Planetside 1..."
This is coming from Joshua Sanchez, the Combat Lead in PS2. While I don't like saying this maybe TRay is a little mixed up on what is and is not going to be in the game come launch. I can't imagine the Combat Lead talking about the old AV if it won't be ingame while the Senior Art Director may get that mixed up.

Take all of this with a grain of salt and DL the video for yourself before it gets taken down. Who knows when they'll rehost it on YouTube.

[Coreldan]

Originally Posted by Xaine

Oh my...

So more than one AV weapon per faction? or Lancer now common pool? something else? my brain? help?

Question mark?

Incoming nickname for this thing - 'The Fish'

'Hang on guys, just grabbing my Fish'

'Brb, grabbing a fishy from the term'

'Get your Trouts out!'

'Slap em' with yo mackerel'

I'm done.

This man is a genious!

Looks really good, once again.

[Death2All]

I really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY, hope that for the sake of this game they did not give the Lancer the Axe and instead include a lame lock on mechanic AV weapon instead to replace, or I'm going to be pissed

[Gandhi]

I'd much rather have the Lancer than a lock on weapon. It was nice to have such different AV weapons on each faction so I'm not sure why the NC still get their steerable rockets while the VS lose their Lancer, which everyone loved.

[ringring]

Originally Posted by Xaine

Oh my...

So more than one AV weapon per faction? or Lancer now common pool? something else? my brain? help?

Question mark?

Incoming nickname for this thing - 'The Fish'

'Hang on guys, just grabbing my Fish'

'Brb, grabbing a fishy from the term'

'Get your Trouts out!'

'Slap em' with yo mackerel'

I'm done.

Lol yea ... The Fish is highly appropriate for VS.

[LZachariah]

The angle of the photo from the webcast is much better; the weapon is actually longer and more slender than it appeared in the other picture. I think it's a great design; it sounds like it will basically function as an infantry-portable Starfire cannon. I would like them to explain how the energy blasts are laser guided (are they actually warheads wreathed in an energy field? that would be cool).

~Zachariah