News: RPS interview with Higby - Page 2

Logit · 2011-09-09, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by IDukeNukeml

RPS: Apart from the maxes, I was the annoying guy who stood behind a wall firing a range of grenades from my thumper.

Higby: Maxes in Planetside 2 are really interesting too. They have multiple weapon systems; you can put an anti-air on one arm and anti-infantry on the other. Or two of each, so you can really customise them.

MINE BFR!, MINIIII BFR!!!!

Hardly. 2 people don't operate a Max.

Does this mean however that all 3 factions will have max's that shoot with 2 arms this time around? Am I way behind on this?

p0intman · 2011-09-09, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by Tigersmith

To be honest the way Planetside 2 Sounds right now, it does not sound like any game I know of. People say its gonna be exactly like Battlefield and CoD.

There is alot of new stuff to look forward in this game.

Look at this List Below. Tell me If you told these to anyone...would they be excited or what. They have a class system for a reason. BALANCE. And im all for that.

Territory Conquest
Time Based Unlock System
Resource System (A actual reason to fight!)
2000 Players fighting at one time (Unreal.)
Mission System
Outfit Bases
Full customization on weapons and vehicles..ect
40 Player Platoons
Weather Actually Effects Gameplay (Hide full gals in clouds...whatt?)
Full Day and Night Cycles with Dynamic Lighting. (Its what we always wanted in Planetside 1 )

I would rather have my personalized inventories. I think I might stick with PS1.

Goku · 2011-09-09, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by p0intman

Fuck, can't believe im agreeing with this guy but...

http://rubenfield.com/?p=63

That was written in 08.

except for the consoles part. fuck that.

"Second Addendum : Also, I know APB is pushing the envelope but until I can play it, I don’t believe they can do it the way they are doing it."

Originally Posted by p0intman

I would rather have my personalized inventories. I think I might stick with PS1.

Indeed. I still prefer inventories. Where both of them are talking about the light class with the jump pack. He uses the method of saying if people could customize their load outs freely they would use sniper rifle causing it to be OP. Well why do not they just make it, so you are limited to MA type weapons? PS did that with cloakers by only allowing them to use pistols. Kinda of a lame way to justify it imo.

Draep · 2011-09-09, 12:12 PM

The class system is a good idea. Personalized inventories allowed you to fly a mossie into a base with heavy assault, anti vehicle and engineer, how is that teamplay based or balanced at all?

TacosWLove · 2011-09-09, 12:16 PM

Ah meng, i luved drivin an AMS. So what do galaxy's cloak now? I dont see how im suppose to get to the fight faster if dey always shootin mah Spawn point down. But who knows..

This is all speculation at this point, what sounds good/bad on paper might actually be complete different in practice, so i certainly will have an open mind. Besides i play any game that lets you have more then 64 people in a fight, that aspect alone is gold to me!

Goku · 2011-09-09, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Draep

The class system is a good idea. Personalized inventories allowed you to fly a mossie into a base with heavy assault, anti vehicle and engineer, how is that teamplay based or balanced at all?

I personally see no issues with it at all. But again in PS2 they could always limit what certain suits can use. Just bar pilot suits from using heavy weapons, problem solved. I mainly like the personal inventory for being to put what nades, ammo, med packs, and so on that I wanted. I dislike having a specified load out that game developers think is the best. Besides back when it was BR20 as the cap you did have air cav HA droppers, but many did not have med/av with them due wanting other support certs. There was major trade offs then. That is not the case anymore.

Bags · 2011-09-09, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Draep

The class system is a good idea. Personalized inventories allowed you to fly a mossie into a base with heavy assault, anti vehicle and engineer, how is that teamplay based or balanced at all?

Air cav droppers have agile armor. You have rexo and maxes. Do the math.

Goku · 2011-09-09, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Bags

Air cav droppers have agile armor. You have rexo and maxes. Do the math.

This if you can't handle them then figure out how to actually kill them.

Draep · 2011-09-09, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by Goku

This if you can't handle them then figure out how to actually kill them.

Perhaps I won't have to anymore.

Bags · 2011-09-09, 12:40 PM

Most likely not. Yay for dumbing down the game.

lol@'d at this

Higby: The coolest thing from the original Planetside… I’ll be honest, I’m a griefer, I love getting in situations where I’m having the time of my life at other people’s expense. I’m one of those a-holes who’d get a stealth suit on, go down inside a base, hack the command terminal, get a Max and sit in the spawn room spawn-camping people. Like, you can’t do that any more. I had the time of my life doing that. As a designer, it’s important to have that mindset, to think like someone who exploits and likes griefing, so you can figure out ways of mitigating it, whilst leaving some little element in there.