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**T-Ray** · 2011-02-15, 02:32 AM

Originally Posted by basti

You fear is wrong, completly wrong. Smed already said that the battles are gonna be even bigger. Besides that, since when is UE3 limited to smaller player numbers? UE3 is THE sandbox engine, you can pretty much everything you want with it. With enough time they could get up to 5000 players in a single battle working, at least for the engine (netcode would be a pain

)

Uhh, you might want to check your fax there buddy.

Grimster · 2011-02-15, 02:37 AM

Well I think Smedley actually said they were going to be even more epic than ever before. That doesn't necessarily mean that they are bigger.

Depends on how you define epic.

T-Ray as usual shows up and throws out a comment which you aren't really sure what he is commenting.

Aractain · 2011-02-15, 02:46 AM

Indeed.

I don't reallly want to entertain the thought and what have you but UT3 or not is not the issue. Im sure you could make Planetside again if you wanted. Its more of a cough cough limited scope hardware cough, know what im saying? concoughsole cough.

Yah know? Nah, Im sure itll be fine.... yeah. Yeah fine.

Also T-Ray, did you know that we have high expectaions in general for your new game?

I SandRock · 2011-02-15, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by T-Ray

Uhh, you might want to check your fax there buddy.

Now I know how Luke felt when he met Yoda

Jonny · 2011-02-15, 03:55 AM

Originally Posted by Jez

Destructable fauna ? Having a scarred battlefield after a major engagement would look awesome.

Are you reading the thread? This means destructible animals.

Jez · 2011-02-15, 04:19 AM

Originally Posted by Jonny

Are you reading the thread? This means destructible animals.

Lol, yep typo, i meant Flora

Gogita · 2011-02-15, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by Jez

Lol, yep typo, i meant Flora

Bad idea. Is having destructive flora worth the extra lag?
Would it really bother you that much if there would be no destroyable trees? I rather want little lag than the possibility that I can cut down trees

Barbapapa123 · 2011-02-15, 04:27 AM

Originally Posted by T-Ray

Uhh, you might want to check your fax there buddy.

damn your cryptic talk. what does this mean?????????????????

less players on one map?

5000 people in one battle would be epic, but it won't work

Grimster · 2011-02-15, 04:48 AM

Originally Posted by I SandRock

Now I know how Luke felt when he met Yoda

LOL!

basti · 2011-02-15, 06:03 AM

Originally Posted by T-Ray

Uhh, you might want to check your fax there buddy.

Up to 500 then? ;-)
I know that you guys might not know yourself right now, but what is the current target?

Firefly · 2011-02-15, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by PsychoXR-20

Games can spend several years in development before they are actually announced, and then spend another year where things like websites/trailers/media/advertisement start to appear. There's no reason to think this is any different. Anyone who thinks the game is actually going to be released in March is blissfully ignorant.

The game doesn't even have an official name yet.

Except that there's this:

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2011...revealed.shtml

Valverde · 2011-02-15, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by Firefly

Except that there's this:

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2011...revealed.shtml

Still that doesn't mean very much. Like everyone else said he has been cryptic at the least, and truthfully any other source other then the sight they are pushing information into is 3rd party and hearsay. Even Massively.com has stated that the information being released is through here. I think I am not going out on a limb here when I say you can expect anything said anywhere else, to be false or at least false hope.

Firefly · 2011-02-15, 08:45 AM

I'm not saying the game is going to be released in March. But I'm of the opinion that it's a lot further along than nay-sayers think. Let's not forget, SOE doesn't have the greatest PR and Marketing track record when it comes to Planetside. The original game had how much pre-launch and pre-beta PR? I can honestly say, I remember a total of two magazine ads before beta came out. That was *IT*.

Valverde · 2011-02-15, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by Firefly

I'm not saying the game is going to be released in March. But I'm of the opinion that it's a lot further along than nay-sayers think. Let's not forget, SOE doesn't have the greatest PR and Marketing track record when it comes to Planetside. The original game had how much pre-launch and pre-beta PR? I can honestly say, I remember a total of two magazine ads before beta came out. That was *IT*.

True. But in fairness games as a whole were not a huge market that they are today nor did they have that many restrictions or press back in the day. I mean hell who didn't play Duke Nukem...

I SandRock · 2011-02-15, 10:58 AM

Well if we are to believe john smedley from his blog it'll still be massive massive. So I trust at least that'll be true. As for release date...
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ide-next-q1-q2

I think that's pretty credible. Whether or not they'll make it... maybe. Though I find a Late Q2 early Q3 release date more likely.