News: Fan Faire Q&A Part 3 Locational Damage

Hamma · 2011-07-11, 10:34 AM

http://www.planetside-universe.com/n...art-3-2502.htm

We have the answers to some of these questions sadly but there is one particular one that is sure to create some discussion.

NCLynx · 2011-07-11, 10:37 AM

Good stuff!
Although I dunno about headshots to much >.>

Lunarchild · 2011-07-11, 10:38 AM

Spawn in galaxies? Interesting.

Just a note, I think the "only" should be "not" in "...squad spawning can only happen indoors..."

Lunarchild · 2011-07-11, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by NCLynx

Good stuff!
Although I dunno about headshots to much >.>

No-one said head-shots are instant-kills yet

Manitou · 2011-07-11, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Lunarchild

Spawn in galaxies? Interesting.

Just a note, I think the "only" should be "not" in "...squad spawning can only happen indoors..."

Corrected to "not". Thanks for the sharp eye!

Hamma · 2011-07-11, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Lunarchild

Spawn in galaxies? Interesting.

Just a note, I think the "only" should be "not" in "...squad spawning can only happen indoors..."

Yea my bad, updated.

ANaKeR · 2011-07-11, 10:43 AM

Very happy to hear this. This will be a major enhancement from Planetside.

L4G · 2011-07-11, 10:56 AM

Its all getting a bit exciting now!

I am curious about headshots though, snipers I can understand getting an insta-kill with a headshot but I dont see if will be much use to give anyone ot anything that ability.

Tigersmith · 2011-07-11, 10:57 AM

this gets me fired up. No headshots please

Goku · 2011-07-11, 11:05 AM

This is funny. Matt says there is no sanc/hart which sounds like there is no real major staging area. Yet, he says "squad spawning actually drops a capsule from the sky", which is what the hart did. Does that mean there is some kind of Orbital platform that people could go to? I still do not understand the whole sanc slows down gameplay. You login, hit m see where the fight is, and get in your vehicle to get there. Have they elorbrated as to where we will go when we login? I sure hope we aren't going to be dropped into the middle of a fight between tanks to only get creamed lol.

Matt, I do have a question for you outfit the most basic way to make outfits stand out, the outfit symbol. Right now there is a limited amount of symbols in the orignial PS, so you truly cannot just see the Symbol and know its that outfit among the several know that use it. Have you considered a similar system for customizing outfit symbols like Guild Wars does? With Guild Wars a guild can create a cape to show its identity. The cape allows many different colors, symbols, and borders. With so many combinations its nearly impossible to see identical ones. No, I do not want cape, but a similar system could be applied to outfit symbols and armors. With how I am interpreting your Outfit customization its sounds like user can actually submit their own, but there could be issues obviously with inappropriate pictures. A similar system to GW customization would allow for major customization without the need to be policing inappropriate armors/symbols. That right there just sounds like a massive overhead with there being thousands of clans during the lifetime of PS2.

I am loving the idea of intertwining Squad/Outfit objectives and getting rid of the CR system. I know there is still OSes, but with the whole skill system sounds like it will keep the number of those down.

Lunarchild · 2011-07-11, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by Goku

This is funny. Matt says there is no sanc/hart which sounds like there is no real major staging area. Yet, he says "squad spawning actually drops a capsule from the sky", which is what the hart did. Does that mean there is some kind of Orbital platform that people could go to? I still do not understand the whole sanc slows down gameplay. You login, hit m see where the fight is, and get in your vehicle to get there. Have they elorbrated as to where we will go when we login? I sure hope we aren't going to be dropped into the middle of a fight between tanks to only get creamed lol.

That's exactly where they'll drop you

The rest of us get to start in the unconquerable perfectly safe bases that exist on each continent

Grimster · 2011-07-11, 11:12 AM

Yeah sucks that they are including headshots. But oh well can't have everything your way.

Interesting with the ability to spawn in a Galaxy.

I get this image with a Galaxy hovering above a base and troops dropping out of it like a army of lemmings jumping off a cliff.

Probably not even near how it will look in reality but sometimes you just got to let your imagination go crazy.

2coolforu · 2011-07-11, 11:15 AM

I don' think galaxies will be able to hover given the new flight mechanics and the ability to spawn inside

Marsman · 2011-07-11, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by 2coolforu

I don' think galaxies will be able to hover given the new flight mechanics and the ability to spawn inside

I believe Matt said flying a galaxy will be the equivalent of flying a C130 with all the flight physics and mechanics in place. Thus "hovering" is likely not to be an option. Will take some real skill to place troops on target as a galaxy pilot.

Grimster · 2011-07-11, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by 2coolforu

I don' think galaxies will be able to hover given the new flight mechanics and the ability to spawn inside

Ye ye, I said it was in my imagination not that I expected that it would work that way.