Your outfit role in PS2

[Draep]

Were there ever any outfits back in the day who specialized in air? Or air cav supporting bombers?

[Erendil]

Originally Posted by Draep

Were there ever any outfits back in the day who specialized in air? Or air cav supporting bombers?

Lots, actually. Not sure about bomber escort specifically, but outfits like Ahriman Corps, Future Crew, Delta Triad, aeroPhalanx, Knights Of The Old Republic, Hostile Takeover, etc all used Air Cav quite heavily.

[Graywolves]

I want to fly twenty gunships over the skies.

[Draep]

I would love to start a liberator outfit with escort.

I know that my outfit's starting role will be outdoor mobile infantry. We load up in APCs with AV and medics and will hopefully have the numbers to field support tanks and gunships.

Its a concept I only saw a few times in PS1 but if done correctly, it could be unbeatable. After the outfit gets big enough, I want to make a second one.

[Mirror]

Anyone want to have a guess?

Cookie for anyone who guesses right

[NewSith]

Originally Posted by Mirror

Anyone want to have a guess?

Cookie for anyone who guesses right

A costumed pirate?

[Malorn]

Liberty will follow the same pattern as in PS1 - start with mechanized infantry (tanks and buggies) and then evolve with the game.

Mechanied infantry is the core of the game and is always viable and a productive way to play and influence the battle. Its also a fast way to level up BR. The more support oriented players drive the tanks and buggies and also pick up medical, hacking, and/or MAX and what not while the gunners are more dedicated infantry grunts. Makes for a good balanced force capable of both spearheading an advance in the field as well as do well on foot and indoors. Certs stay fairly specialized but can branch out in many directions.

In PS1 after a few months we moved on to pioneer rapid response tactics as we observed invasion patterns and worked side battles, but that was after most of us had reached max BR as it was less action with more time being spent traveling between locations than actually engaging the enemy. But we still hopped in tanks and buggies and helped spearhead the zerg now and again and used aircraft for more rapid transport to hotspots.

Without knowing more about the game, that's the best plan I have for outfit fun and success.

[Lonehunter]

My outfit's role?

Pissing you off. Any cheap tactic (without exploiting), anything to inspire anger.

[CutterJohn]

Originally Posted by Erendil

Since when did character advancement and development become a bad thing? So long as the advancement doesn't give you any god-awful advantages over newbies I don't see any real downsides to making it an integral part of PS2. Quite the opposite, actually.

Since the point of an fps is player skill. If I want to specialize my character in X, I do X a lot and practice and become really good at X. Maybe I'll get known as being ungodly good at X.

The advancement and development is the players job, not the characters. I don't mind paying for access to stuff, since a mans gotta eat. I can respect that.

Originally Posted by Zulthus

It's more content

Its the same amount of content parceled out to you a bit at a time. Its also a mechanic designed to play to your addictive tendencies you so that you will play, and pay, longer.

And theres nothing to get over. It is what it is. Just not my preference is all. Nobody likes every single aspect of a game.

[PrISM]

Extreme tactics.

[LostSoul]

I'll be in charge of battlefield refreshments... coffee anyone?

[XPquant]

Jetpack and chainsword!

[NapalmEnima]

Armor, armor, and more armor. Roll that beautiful tank footage!

[BuzzCutPsycho]

Galaxy drops and infantry operations. Real ones, the kind you saw back in 2003/2004.

Stuff like this:

[XPquant]

Ah the glory days, when all the cont's were pop locked. I remember one night i was the highest ranking officer online in my outfit and we had 100 people online waiting for my orders. That was the night i completely fell in love with planetside.