New AA Turret: T-Ray Tweet. - Page 3

Hamma · 2013-02-21, 02:31 PM

Damn I totally missed this. Getting it posted!

Hamma · 2013-02-21, 02:34 PM

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media.php?view=2305

Red Ketchup · 2013-02-21, 02:53 PM

I hope that this new turret kinda work like "anti-air rocket pods" * instead of shooting lock on missiles. In other words, compared to the existing flak turret, this one would have a slower rate of fire but higher damage. I think this would make it better than flak against slow/hovering aircrafts.

*oh the irony!

Timealude · 2013-02-21, 04:58 PM

I wonder how well these will work against galaxies and libs?

MaxDamage · 2013-02-21, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by MrBloodworth

I Can dig it. It will still be a death coffin.

I like redundancy.

bpostal · 2013-02-21, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by Evil Redrum

Just going to leave this here... http://www.planetside-universe.com/m...ac37be28a1.jpg

Oh My!

MercDT · 2013-02-21, 11:05 PM

So, a rocket turret emplacement on the old alpha walls. I guess this turret isn't coming back with those walls?

QuantumMechanic · 2013-02-22, 01:26 AM

Is there any word on when or how this turret is coming into the game? Or is this just a re-tweet of something we've known about since before beta?

Stanis · 2013-02-22, 02:56 AM

Historically the automation of defences required radar.

Interlink facilities on PS1 provided radar.

We know interlink facilities are in the roadmap.

Hmmm.... I hope they are automated.
Yet significantly more effective when manned.

CrimsonTemplar · 2013-02-22, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by Evil Redrum

Just going to leave this here... http://www.planetside-universe.com/m...ac37be28a1.jpg

Very nice. What's the facility is the turret in? Looks like a techplant but the walls and textures seem...different.

Perhaps I'm just seeing things.

EDIT: Ah so those are the old Alpha walls eh? Guess I was seeing things.

Still nice turret.

Dodgy Commando · 2013-02-22, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Stanis

Historically the automation of defences required radar.

Interlink facilities on PS1 provided radar.

We know interlink facilities are in the roadmap.

Hmmm.... I hope they are automated.
Yet significantly more effective when manned.

Just like PS1 Wall Turrets. At least they put some pressure on you when attacking.

I don't know if its specific to EU Cobalt, but I find wall turrets are underused in PS2. Imagine if a facility's defenses were fully manned.

Of course they would require engineer support as they do tend to end up destroyed, occupied or not.

MrBloodworth · 2013-02-22, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Dodgy Commando

Just like PS1 Wall Turrets. At least they put some pressure on you when attacking.

I don't know if its specific to EU Cobalt, but I find wall turrets are underused in PS2. Imagine if a facility's defenses were fully manned.

Of course they would require engineer support as they do tend to end up destroyed, occupied or not.

They are the first things to go, because even unoccupied they are worth XP.

Dodgy Commando · 2013-02-22, 11:03 AM

Aye, I'm guilty of it myself.

They also appear to add to the killcount for weapon medals, even when unoccupied. I don't know whether that's intentional, but it happened to me once.

But still, all stations operational and supported must be quite hard to crack.

CrankyTRex · 2013-02-22, 04:57 PM

It looks cool, but more AA? Seriously? Sigh.

Sprintfox · 2013-02-22, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by Assist

what's with the desktop icons?

Memory training by binding something specific to a certain image.
It's a common type of practice if you want to keep your brain fresh.

Associate something with an image and you'll remember it everytime.