News: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

[Hermes]

This would amuse me greatly in a gimmicky way. Could even become non gimmicky at some point. No objections from me!

Btw it's probably going a bit far to equate one potential feature with another on the grounds of performance. I'd love weapon holstering too, but we know next to nothing about the specific hurdles each feature would introduce.

[Saerain]

Indeed, it was being built for EQ Next. The surprise to me is that it's now being worked into EQ2, after so long of being given the impression that it was a Forge Light thing.

As for PS2, I'm not sure I can see how it fits. But hell, why not?

[Xaine]

Originally Posted by Malorn

For an FPS game this seems like an unnecessary waste of system and network resources.

I would agree.

However, i'm not really against it.

[Conq]

I will use this tool to locate and remove mouth breathers from my clan, thank you Sony.

Neck beards, you are next!

[Troscus]

I love how so many people just go on and assume that if this goes in, an important FPS feature won't and everyone will lag. Computers are what this game is running on. You can upgrade computers. So: Make Planetside 2 w/o SOEmote> Optimize it for a little lag as humanly possible> Upgrade computers running the game> Implement SOEmote> Upgrade as needed for other features.

It's like buying candy when you're out for groceries. Sure, you don't NEED candy and it should take a backseat to the rest of your food, but everyone loves a Snickers every now and again. Besides, if you need more food, you're getting paid. Use THAT money.

[Purple]

its a cool idea. however everyone face is covered in PS2 so how would the facial expressions work?

[Vorgan]

Originally Posted by RNFB

Weapon holstering and vehicle enter/exit animations should be a higher priority than something that the majority of players wouldn't even use

God, yes, this exactly. Why put in something that people won't even see due to wearing helmets/being in vehicles, when there are other things that we've actively asked for but haven't been implemented?

[AvacadoEight]

This is all I have to say:

[Bazilx]

Originally Posted by Malorn

Yes, but PSU is NC-occupied so they only respond to financial contributions.

If you wanted PSU to reward Loyalty you'd have to grab a cycler and fight to restore the Republic's influence.

Very well then! I see no other choice! I HEREBY OFFICIAL CONVERT! To the breach my brothers! We must restore order and get me a cool forum title and/or coloured name thingy!

LOYALTY UNTIL DEATH!

[Dagron]

Originally Posted by Troscus

I love how so many people just go on and assume that if this goes in, an important FPS feature won't and everyone will lag.

People are suggesting other things they'd rather the devs focused their attentions on. We're all sure the important stuff will be there, but we want more interesting/useful shenanigans than something that won't matter most of the time (helmets, people usually don't stand around looking at each other's faces in an FPS, etc). Basically we're saying it's low, looow priority.

Networks are lightyears ahead of what they were when PS1 came out, but they're still lightyears from being unlimited. The more useless information you're sending/recieving, more likely you are to lag the hell out of your pants (and i'm not even one of the people who usually scream and hurl stuff at their monitors for having a ping greater than 100ms).

[Dairian]

I can think of many other things that could be implemented into the game like enter and exit animations and weapon holstering.

[Ruffdog]

Maybe in a few years when we've saturated our cert tree with everything and are bored? Course we'll have our TR goggles on so you won't see our crazy eyes

[Synapse]

No.

I'm vehemently against this. It's a gimmick at the very best and the PS2 team will ALWAYS have better things to do than implement gimmicks!


Do not confuse this feature with making planetside a character driven game. Customization and being your character is crucial in planetside 2, but I can think of a hundred things off the top of my head ON THE SPOT that would be better than facial expressions.

Its silly, its a waste of time, and it should be forever below the cut-bar.

Here's a small sample of features worth more than SOEmote:
Vehicle enter/exit animations
Custom voice packs
Outfit custom logos
Outfit headquarters/cruisers
Character hangar/locker/apartment
Customizable vehicle interiors
Ingame ops-planning room (with interactive holographic map)
Situational animations (salute the nearest higher ranking outfit member)
Awardable outfit status symbols for officers
Killboards (tracking all kills, number of kills, kills/day, etc, think Eve Online)
Review formation (for taking outfit screenshots)
Special kill animations (such as for being destroyed by drop pod)

[kaffis]

I think I said it elsewhere, but I'll repeat it here.

They're welcome to put it in, so long as it shows up on peoples' killcams. I will totally make faces at people I kill!

[DjStalker]

No. No. No. FUCK NO.