Terran Republic Y no Black n Red?NC Y U no Blue and yellow? - Page 2

Fenrys · 2012-03-01, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by NewSith

Hmmmm... I think the fact that the game is more realistic in means of graphics also means that it should be at least a bit more realistic in means of design. Because "purple from head to toe" camo only works when proned amongst eggplants...

There's a scene for the comic

I really am worried about the VS standing out. Neon blue "camouflage" and glowing weapons seem like such a huge disadvantage.

Vancha · 2012-03-01, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by NewSith

Hmmmm... I think the fact that the game is more realistic in means of graphics also means that it should be at least a bit more realistic in means of design.

No, this is the problem that TR/NC have at the moment. We're in a sci-fi setting and they look like modern-day soldiers.

NewSith · 2012-03-01, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by Vancha

No, this is the problem that TR/NC have at the moment. We're in a sci-fi setting and they look like modern-day soldiers.

This may be very sarcastic but my answer to this is:

I mean grey is a neutral color. Yellow is not. Try dressing all yellow and go hunting. You'll scare even a colorblind animal.

Vancha · 2012-03-01, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by NewSith

I mean grey is a neutral color. Yellow is not. Try dressing all yellow and go hunting. You'll scare even a colorblind animal.

I didn't say they should look like banana kroot. I'm just saying the benefit of making a sci-fi game is that you aren't constrained by realism. What's the point of having a sci-fi setting, if not to make things look cooler than what we have in reality?

Warborn · 2012-03-01, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by NewSith

Hmmmm... I think the fact that the game is more realistic in means of graphics also means that it should be at least a bit more realistic in means of design. Because "purple from head to toe" camo only works when proned amongst eggplants...

The idea isn't about camouflage, it's about recognizable characters. Every class will have a distinct appearance and every empire has a distinct colour and geometric scheme, with the goal being easy recognition of friends and foes and the classes for each. The whole point is so that it's easy to see whether that guy over there is a TR engineer or a VS medic. The colours, shapes, and class kit should all be designed so that you can tell pretty much straight away.

The worst thing they could do is go about actually trying to make serious camouflage patterns for armor. It would be amazingly silly seeing a line of guys wearing bright blue and yellow armor next to some asshole with digital beige/brown desert camouflaged armor. They need to either stick to realistic, banal character designs or cool, sci-fi/fantasy character designs. Mixing the two would be very jarring and look terrible.

Atheosim · 2012-03-01, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by Warborn

The idea isn't about camouflage, it's about recognizable characters. Every class will have a distinct appearance and every empire has a distinct colour and geometric scheme, with the goal being easy recognition of friends and foes and the classes for each. The whole point is so that it's easy to see whether that guy over there is a TR engineer or a VS medic. The colours, shapes, and class kit should all be designed so that you can tell pretty much straight away.

The worst thing they could do is go about actually trying to make serious camouflage patterns for armor. It would be amazingly silly seeing a line of guys wearing bright blue and yellow armor next to some asshole with digital beige/brown desert camouflaged armor. They need to either stick to realistic, banal character designs or cool, sci-fi/fantasy character designs. Mixing the two would be very jarring and look terrible.

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Whalenator · 2012-03-01, 09:15 PM

I don't think target identification should be a snap.
You should need to think. Is the armor smooth, sleek? Bulky? ...Fishy?
I think camouflage is essential. Fuck color identification. (although ATID for friendlies would be nice)

Graywolves · 2012-03-01, 10:14 PM

VS gain more teal as they rank up.

I see little teal.

Furber · 2012-03-01, 10:31 PM

I'm assuming you get more color as you level, but it would be cool if they showed us higher level armor too

Dreamcast · 2012-03-02, 01:31 AM

I know TR looked kind of grey in planetside 2 in the beggining.

But they really look too grey......Even in planetside 1 the grey armor had alittle bit of red and black.

Also NC being grey just makes it horrible since they look alike.

Vanu is the only armor sporting the vanu color.

Coreldan · 2012-03-02, 03:06 AM

We've seen "enough" blue and yellow on higher level NC armor, but I've yet to see a picture of TR that actually had black and red in it. It's usually just grey and some red, or then they just havnt really shown us the higher level stuff yet.

Dreamcast · 2012-03-05, 05:27 PM

I been seeing a gold or kind of brownish grey TR with spikes on the head.........I really hope this isn't the high level TR.

I yet to see a black and Red TR....I have seen a couple of blue and yellow NC tho.

WTF? this is bullshit if TR isn't black and Red.

Firefly · 2012-03-05, 05:39 PM

Targeting is not limited to visual identification. Let's be honest here - in Planetside the vast majority of players looked for a red name or a red dot on a map. Anything with a green name was obviously friendly.

Originally Posted by Dreamcast

I mean the whole reason I was attracted to the Terran republic was because of black and red but seeing the colors just being grey, totally makes it look like crap.

Now I know that the original TR Armor looked kind of grey when you were levels from my memory and perhaps you need to unlock the red and black but when I see the VS armor, is pretty fucked up IMO.

VS armor has the VS armor.....Terran Republic Armor has not red and black, I mean at least put a little red and black if they want the user to unlock a sick looking carnage type red and black armor.

Terran Republic lowbies were called "greyshirts", in homage to Star Trek Original Series "redshirts", for a reason.

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EightEightEight · 2012-03-12, 12:26 PM

Each Faction has a color Scheme not just two colors I mean even the Nanite Systems has a color scheme

Dreamcast · 2012-11-18, 06:55 PM

I am dispointed that SOE didn't give us black n red TR or Blue n Yellow NC........

I know TR was grey in the beginning levels of Planetside but TR is known as black n red but in this game they are mostly grey.

NC is mostly brownish.

I was hoping they will at the very least let us unclock skins like in Planetside 1 when you level up but it seems like it aint gonna happen.