New info from PC gamer

[FINALCUT]

August issue page 34. Not a lot of new stuff,just some new info about Galaxy drops. Worth checking out. It does say Higby is considering how to implement MAX drops from Galaxies and he is concerned about how the balancing would work. He is looking into it more before any decisions are made. Also some talk about stealth Galaxies and not sure if that would be a good thing do to "other gameplay implications". Thats a Higby quote.

Another new item,Galaxies will give experience to the pilot when people spawn from them once they are deployed,so there is the incentive to deploy them as spawn points.

Another bit about possibly creating a synchronization button so a Galaxy pilot can signal all troops to drop,and troops can also see where to drop via a camera mounted under the Galaxy. Also,drop speed can be increased by the pilot gaining certs for this.

Also,so far PS2 has been tested internally with 120 players and "thousands"using AI simulation at 60 FPS. According to Higby.He did admit that was on "Pretty beefy" hardware.

He (Higby)did say they are working on low end optimazation and "Networking is not one of our biggest concerns".

Higby said "Our biggest concerns are framerates and getting as many players as possible with as many customizations as possible and as many vehicles moving on your screen in a way that you can actually still play and get 60 fps".

Sounds like they are making progress and things are moving pretty well. Higby generally seems to be very confident that they will be able to hit 60 fps with thousands of players fighting over a small area of the map. I trust they will get this right. Higby did say all the experience they had with netcode from thier previous MMO's is why he is confident they will get this right.

Thats the meat of the article, I quoted Higby with most of this but the article is worth a read. Also,there are some nice pics of a Galaxy drop in progress.

[Kran De Loy]

Want to read it so bad >_<

Dun care what it says as long as it's about PS2.

[FINALCUT]

Originally Posted by Kran De Loy

Want to read it so bad >_<

Dun care what it says as long as it's about PS2.

LOL. It was a short article,two pages,and I covered most of it.

[DarkChiron]

Originally Posted by FINALCUT

Also some talk about stealth Galaxies and not sure if that would be a good thing do to "other gameplay implications". Thats a Higby quote.

I wonder if, when they talk about that, if they mean stealth flight or just stealthed deploy-mode. Because I could see stealth flight being horribly overpowered, but stealthed deployment maybe not as much as long as the cloaking field isn't perfect.

[FINALCUT]

The way it is worded in the interview I think they are talking about stealth flight. That would be OP and I think thats why Higby said there are other gameplay implications to consider.

[zomg]

Originally Posted by FINALCUT

August issue

In June/July?

[FINALCUT]

Originally Posted by zomg

In June/July?

I know,crazy magazine. They always do that. Like how I bought my 2012 Truck in Oct of 2011. Makes no sense.lol.

[Policenaut]

So it sounds like they're not concerned with latency and whatnot being an issue? That's good to hear

[Greeniegriz]

Getting more excited to fly my Galaxy. Will have to check out this issue when i'm at the grocer next.

Cheers,

GG

[Russ]

Sounds really good. I really hope MAXs will be able to drop form Gals. Even if by doing so that denies other units. Have a few Gals drop a small group of MAXs in a base as shock troops. Gals land and deploy outside, rest of the force spawns in.

Even though not all are able to drop in at once, i still see it as being very valuable.

[Soothsayer]

Give all testers with GTX 500 series a higher ultra-priority beta pass...

[SystematicKillr]

give all testers with GTX 500 series and higher ultra-priority beta passes...

I agree with this statement...and is no way related to the fact i have GTX 550 ti

[Bags]

Are you sure this is new information? I recall seeing this before.

[sumo]

Originally Posted by Soothsayer

Give all testers with GTX 500 series a higher ultra-priority beta pass...

it would make better sense to give just that to the people with GTX 260-285:o
ill be waiting patiently.

[Furber]

Stealth Galaxies...that sounds like a Phantasm! YES PLEASE!

I'm assuming there would be trade offs, like you may not be able to carry as many as a normal gal. The original Phantasm could only hold 4 passengers. Thanks for the info