News: Higby Ama on reddit

[Bazilx]

Higby! I know you are reading this bro! Well done, thank you for taking the time and it really answered a lot of questions - and if possible - increased my desire to play the game.

However! You get your ass into the office today young man and you tell them to get to work on giving non-sniping infiltrators cool things to do inside bases. This is now your number 1 priority in life and I'm sorry to your family, friends or solving world hunger or whatever your previous number 1 priority was, but I have to change your priorities in order to improve infiltrating, I'm sure you understand.

[Sheppe]

Originally Posted by earlydeath

A: We may have to institute a cool down on MAXes although we don't have one at the moment... like many things we're going to really see where the rubber meets the road once we get to betA:. did anyone notice in this quote he capitalized the a at the end and made it pure white? i think this is very important and i think beta is in April why else would he have done that randomly? it cant be a coincidence i think it was a hint what do you guys think?

Unfortunately I think it was a mis-type, there were a couple of A's capitolised and bolded in the middle of words, probably because it went Q .... A .... Q... A...

Heck, I hope it was a hint though!

[Knocky]

Originally Posted by Bazilx

Higby! I know you are reading this bro! Well done, thank you for taking the time and it really answered a lot of questions - and if possible - increased my desire to play the game.

However! You get your ass into the office today young man and you tell them to get to work on giving non-sniping infiltrators cool things to do inside bases. This is now your number 1 priority in life and I'm sorry to your family, friends or solving world hunger or whatever your previous number 1 priority was, but I have to change your priorities in order to improve infiltrating, I'm sure you understand.

Agreed....HOT SEXY INFILTRATOR LOVE!!!

[Eyeklops]

Originally Posted by RNFB

I feel like Higby doesn't like me, he never answers my questions

Maybe I'll make alt accounts and put NC logos all over them....

Don't feel bad...he didn't answer mine either. Probably because I one of the "less desirable" people to get caught talking too. Or maybe my question was just too dumb to warrant a response.

"Will Planetside 2 go above and beyond the standard FPS in regards to HUD customization. Specifically, will we be able to move chat and squad/platoon HUD elements to a second screen on a dual monitor setup?"

[Bazilx]

Originally Posted by Eyeklops

Don't feel bad...he didn't answer mine either. Probably because I one of the "less desirable" people to get caught talking too. Or maybe my question was just too dumb to warrant a response.

"Will Planetside 2 go above and beyond the standard FPS in regards to HUD customization. Specifically, will we be able to move chat and squad/platoon HUD elements to a second screen on a dual monitor setup?"

Well you could start by not phrasing the question in such a way that any response of his will sound negative and reflect badly on the game. It's like asking a kid when he comes home from school with his test results "So, have you gone above and beyond your class mates and gotten the best grade possible?" Even if the kid got an A he'll be sad because he was 1 mark off perfect.

Maybe ask:
Will you be able to customize your HUD at all or maybe even have dual screen monitor support for some aspects of the game?

That way, the question will undoubtedly be yes and he can then elaborate and brag depending on how good the system is, it's not like he'll intentionally leave out bits he's proud of as long as you broach the subject.

[LZachariah]

Originally Posted by bigcracker

Higby by far cares about this game and community,Higby and T-Ray make me wanna play this game even more just by how they treat us and give us information and there time. I have never seen game devs interact with a community this much.

Higby

QFMFT.

[Eyeklops]

Originally Posted by Bazilx

Well you could start by not phrasing the question in such a way that any response of his will sound negative and reflect badly on the game. It's like asking a kid when he comes home from school with his test results "So, have you gone above and beyond your class mates and gotten the best grade possible?" Even if the kid got an A he'll be sad because he was 1 mark off perfect.

Maybe ask:
Will you be able to customize your HUD at all or maybe even have dual screen monitor support for some aspects of the game?

That way, the question will undoubtedly be yes and he can then elaborate and brag depending on how good the system is, it's not like he'll intentionally leave out bits he's proud of as long as you broach the subject.

I changed the question on reddit

[Bittermen]

Originally Posted by MooK

Infiltrators are the only sniping class? Oh come on.

Originally Posted by Atheosim

I feel like with any other class it would be highly imbalanced.

Depends on how you limit the other class for using a sniper.
&
I feel like only other class that would be allowed is light assault.


Anyone should be able to use a sniper.

[Malorn]

Originally Posted by Eyeklops

Don't feel bad...he didn't answer mine either. Probably because I one of the "less desirable" people to get caught talking too. Or maybe my question was just too dumb to warrant a response.

"Will Planetside 2 go above and beyond the standard FPS in regards to HUD customization. Specifically, will we be able to move chat and squad/platoon HUD elements to a second screen on a dual monitor setup?"

HUD customization is a good question, I feel dumb for not asking it after the huge thread I started on it, hah. Maybe he'll do more today with the other questions that have rolled in?

[Raka Maru]

Originally Posted by earlydeath

A: We may have to institute a cool down on MAXes although we don't have one at the moment... like many things we're going to really see where the rubber meets the road once we get to betA:. did anyone notice in this qoute he capitalized the a at the end and made it pure white? i think this is very important and i think beta is in april why else would he have done that randomly? it cant be a coincidence i think it was a hint what do you guys think?

I noticed that any "a." turned into "A:"

[blbeta]

A: Still haven't finalized VS MAX abilities. What do you guys think would be cool?

Jump Jets, sound cool
Cloaking toggle (very limited)
Reactive armor toggle (thorns type thing)
Snare Shot toggle (Less damage per shot)
Teleport (Leaves a dummy of you in place)
Irradiation Shot (Different effects for AA, AV and AI)

I could go on all day I expect, but I have work to do.

I personally prefer something that effects movement, really did love jump jets in PS1.

On a side note, for cert trees that are not specifically tied to a class like squad leader/commander, I think it would add a ton of options and fun to have skills trees inside those for MAX Commander certs or Tank commander certs. Leadership things that only apply while you are a certain class or in certain vehicle.

[Coreldan]

Perhaps some "blink" kinda thing? As in a short'ish but fast movement forwards. With a cool blur effect on the way, of course!

Perhaps AOE EMP? Bangbus style. Might be too powerful though, or maybe not.

[ThGlump]

Q: Can explosives be attached to friendly maxes? What are the current limitations or thoughts on where it can be placed?

A: Probably not on friendly MAXes. Enemy MAXes though, for sure.

Its me or this is perfect for grieving with F2P?
Just log on with second account on enemy MAX, strap explosives, go next to defending troops, explode, enjoy your high K/D (or advance in with your squad).
This dont produce any grief points, and its highly exploitable. Trying to defend against it (kill MAX) will give grief points to you. Get rid of it.

[Tasorin]

Kind of disappointed with the Punk Buster announcement. I will leave the final judgment until we actually go live and have a chance to see what black box Higgles has cooked up to prop-up the less then stellar PB.

The Cone of Fire hack in PS1 is a serious problem and hard to detect if you are not really paying attention or don't see where the fire is coming from before you are dead. This is where detection of third party clients, altered client code and injected packet switching is going to be key for detection by the black box SoE is cooking up.

I think we can all agree, cheaters suck, ruin titles and deserve a special place in hell.

[Coreldan]

It really makes zero difference whether it's PB, VAC, ESEA or name whatever AC you want, they are and will all be bypassed. The only pointer I sorta approve in the comparison is that PB might or might not be the wonkiest user experience with it's occasional need for manual updates and random kicks from the server, but I've mainly played PB secured games probably for a decade now and I've had very little problems ever.