Veteran Acknowledgement

[Synnoc]

No capes! Do you remember... Thunderhead?

They should give veterans backpacks. An homage to the days when they dropped.

[Talek Krell]

Originally Posted by Synnoc

No capes! Do you remember... Thunderhead?

Would still make a cool option. Maybe like part of a dress uniform.

[Bravix]

Give me a PURPLE backpack full of cookies and I'll be happy.

[GeeWizz]

A couple of taunts especially made for vet's and some rugged old armor (an overlay over the existing ones perhaps. But not only a merit, a little badge or something like that, that wouldn't begin to recognize the loyalty that we veterans feel towards the game.

[DDSHADE]

Originally Posted by MgFalcon

At some point in the recent past I remember Higby (or another member of the development team for PS2) saying that we, the Veterans, will have some sort of acknowledgement representing our past conflicts and involvement in the original Planetside. I am a little worried about this, mostly because I REALLY like flashy things and being noticed beyond everyone else... Now I'm not saying I want a supersuit or anything where I would have spikes and stuff shooting out like WoW armor or anything, I believe it would be preferable to many Veteran players to be noticed on a grand scale, but not to be pin pointed by enemy fire.

What I personally would like to see is a Giant Ass Cape, but in reality that would never happen; on the other hand something subtle like an achievement badge would just be too small and annoying to look for. What a reasonable suggestion would be, IMO, some bomb-ass shoulder pads, specifically designed to show our... importance and past wars we fought.

So until Higby, or T-ray, or anyone else from the dev team wants to fess up the glorious details about Veteran acknowledgements, please post your thoughts, ideas, or concerns.

Totally Agree!!

Badass shoulder pads would be key, but I doubt they would let us have ass capes

I think it'd be sweet if you could modify the different segments of your armor, but make the vet shoulder pads exclusive and separate from CR5 Backpacks (Which MUST STILL BE IN PS2!!)

Other veteran stuff would be cool, like free rexo still :P Or Veteran Skill Points. Maybe some decal on your vehicles, or added cool looking armor to them. And max units should have added shoulder armor or something.


Another option is to do the awesome TR Flag thing to plant on bases and mountains, if all else fails :P

[DDSHADE]

Oh, and Veterans should be separated by when their first character was made, or their account. That or a certain threshold.

Have players that are 5 Years + have Uber Shoulder pads, and anyone less than that should have cool ones, but slightly smaller or something.

[Xyntech]

Originally Posted by DDSHADE

Have players that are 5 Years + have Uber Shoulder pads, and anyone less than that should have cool ones, but slightly smaller or something.

Smaller and more flaccid.

[Nynaeve]

Where does Higby say anything about veteran acknowledgements? I don't remember that, although admittedly I haven't been reading every single interview because a lot of them seem to cover the same things.

[basti]

Originally Posted by Nynaeve

Where does Higby say anything about veteran acknowledgements? I don't remember that, although admittedly I haven't been reading every single interview because a lot of them seem to cover the same things.

Well, the devs said that they take good care of us Vets. We are just tossing ideas around what that could mean, or what we would like to see.
Ya know, without soild info on anything, we lack stuff to discuss, so we just invent our own. :>

[Nynaeve]

Heh, fair enough. I think the flag idea was something I thought was cool. Having deployable banners are a nice novelty item that won't give vets an edge in combat but will still make us feel a bit more distinguished. That and they'll be a great rallying point for the troops!