Scythe Pylons a Major Blind Spot (An Oversight)? - Page 2

Raka Maru · 2011-12-12, 11:25 PM

I wonder if things will stick to the spikes.

FHMathew · 2011-12-12, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by Zulthus

Love the HUD... is there any chance we'll be getting a cockpit view w/glass, control stick, etc?

Here's some tweet's from T-Ray about that

"there will b a number of options, the full range has yet to be determind. No cp shouldn't b too hard"

"cockpit view or 3rd person view will be available to you"

Zulthus · 2011-12-13, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by FHMathew

Here's some tweet's from T-Ray about that

"there will b a number of options, the full range has yet to be determind. No cp shouldn't b too hard"

"cockpit view or 3rd person view will be available to you"

That was his answer to my tweet, didn't really get what I was lookin' for though.

Graywolves · 2011-12-13, 12:02 AM

I always love seeing warpgates in the background

**Higby** · 2011-12-13, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by Zulthus

That was his answer to my tweet, didn't really get what I was lookin' for though.

What did you ask, I didn't see it.

inigma · 2011-12-13, 12:38 AM

A pleasure and honor to see you here Higby.

Yea, the footprint was what I thought (two pylon blind spots on the lower horizon - obstructing some potential ground fire) though not as bad as I thought. I guess the dynamics of the spots will have to be given game time to see if they affect enjoyment of flying the craft in a ground strafe or dogfight. At least the pylons are pointy - almost giving the pilot a hard "hud" to aim with.

Though I wonder if one would be able to get stick kills with the looks of those skewers... no more having to paint the side of my ship with kills, i'll just rack em up like a shish-ka-bob and and then show 'em off to my friends.

I'm still waiting to build the perfect pc rig for testing once I hear there's a beta. *nudge*

Vanu forever.

**Higby** · 2011-12-13, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by inigmatus

Yea, the footprint was what I thought (two pylon blind spots on the lower horizon - obstructing some potential ground fire) though not as bad as I thought. I guess the dynamics of the spots will have to be given game time to see if they affect enjoyment of flying the craft in a ground strafe or dogfight. At least the pylons are pointy - almost giving the pilot a hard "hud" to aim with.

the viewport will change with the cockpit being rendered, but we will have similar viewports across all 3 ES fighters, I don't expect the pylons will really impact the final view much.

inigma · 2011-12-13, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by Higby

the viewport will change with the cockpit being rendered, but we will have similar viewports across all 3 ES fighters, I don't expect the pylons will really impact the final view much.

Thank you for responding! I look forward to how it plays. Keep up the awesome work.

SKYeXile · 2011-12-13, 01:18 AM

So this is what my screen will look like once PS2 is released.

Zulthus · 2011-12-13, 01:19 AM

Originally Posted by Higby

the viewport will change with the cockpit being rendered, but we will have similar viewports across all 3 ES fighters, I don't expect the pylons will really impact the final view much.

T-Ray said either cockpit view or third-person is available, but I wasn't sure whether he meant just crosshair/HUD or a physical render of a cockpit. If you're saying we'll be able to look out of a glass window with something resembling a dashboard then you have answered my question =)

FastAndFree · 2011-12-13, 06:30 AM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Badass, Matt answered your question via Twitter

*snip*

This the first we have seen of the Flight HUD?

I'll be damned...

Trust it to SOE to obstruct my view AND MAKE ME LIKE IT

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Although it would be a more significant problem when when using freelook

Vash02 · 2011-12-13, 10:15 AM

There could be just cameras on the end of the pylons and the cockpit has a screen.

Xyntech · 2011-12-13, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Badass, Matt answered your question via Twitter

http://www.planetside-universe.com/m...hp?img_id=1807

This the first we have seen of the Flight HUD?

*squeals like a school girl*

Vash02 · 2011-12-13, 11:09 AM

I hope we can impale people on those boys.

FastAndFree · 2011-12-13, 11:17 AM

And to everyone hoping to collect infantry on the wing blade spike things, I put that question into the VS Twitter Q/A thread and we actually got an answer:

BrewkoPS Dan Binter - posted on 12/2/2011 2:29:29 AM via TweetDeck

@psucom @planetside2 The Scythe vs Infantry will work the same as a Mosquito or Reaver; if you get hit by one you'll feel it.

Sounds like a no to me