Heavy Lift Vehicle

Rabb · 2011-12-01, 05:11 AM

I wonder if we will be getting a new HLV like the loadstar. I never much liked the design of the Loadstar always felt it should have been designed to carry the vehicle under rather then in.

They could may be allow a Galaxy customization to remove the troop carrying body to allow for HLV capabilities.

Traak · 2011-12-01, 05:28 AM

Dang, a skeletal Galaxy with underslung cargo like the Erickson Aircrane would rock!

FastAndFree · 2011-12-01, 05:31 AM

If we have that, please let it be able to pick up enemy vehicles and ditch them into the ocean

Elude · 2011-12-01, 05:50 AM

I agree with the OP, this is a must! With the terrain being more difficult on vehicles there definitely will have to be some sort of air transport for vehicles like tanks.

Canaris · 2011-12-01, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by Traak

Dang, a skeletal Galaxy with underslung cargo like the Erickson Aircrane would rock!

"Goliath" - Erickson Air-Crane - YouTube

I got dizzy and fell off my chair just looking at those guys that high up on something so small..... I'm afraid of grounds

Elude · 2011-12-01, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by Canaris

I got dizzy and fell off my chair just looking at those guys that high up on something so small..... I'm afraid of grounds

Captain1nsaneo · 2011-12-01, 07:40 AM

Lib might be able to do this with a mod if it's a cable based pick up system.

Rabb · 2011-12-01, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by Captain1nsaneo

Lib might be able to do this with a mod if it's a cable based pick up system.

May be the lib does look comparable in size to the galaxy. After seeing the mountains image form T-ray I just thought how much a HLV would bring to the vertical game play.

Captain1nsaneo · 2011-12-01, 07:50 AM

As long as the vehicles now do damage when you drop them on people I'm good with whatever.

RedKnights · 2011-12-01, 07:50 AM

I'd love to see a bit of depth for armour transports. I always imagines an elongated galaxy with 4 Engines that could carry something like two tanks. I think that kind of thing would be pretty bad-ass.

One of my worries for Planetside 2 is there is not a lot of vehicle selection, which to me was really fun in PS1, adding flexibility to current vehicles can only do so much.

What I think is probably going to happen is that, if you noticed the Galaxy is QUITE a bit bigger, I think you know what that means, in fact I think it might be large enough for a tank to fit

Perhaps when they add BFR's or larger vehicles to the game they'll add something like the skycrane as a transport for say one BFR OR two Tanks.

Captain1nsaneo · 2011-12-01, 07:55 AM

Why can't the VS just attach teleport beacons to their tanks and then laze them into position. I can see it now, a gen hold with magriders. Actually that sounds like a bad idea. People will start teleporting AA tanks into trees.

RedKnights · 2011-12-01, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by Captain1nsaneo

Why can't the VS just attach teleport beacons to their tanks and then laze them into position. I can see it now, a gen hold with magriders. Actually that sounds like a bad idea. People will start teleporting AA tanks into trees.

Haha, I used to do Liberator Tail gun gen holds all the time <.<

Captain1nsaneo · 2011-12-01, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by RedKnights

Haha, I used to do Liberator Tail gun gen holds all the time <.<

We used galaxies.
Then they changed the way bullets spawned when you fired. E.g. ever been hit by a tank shell while getting out of its driver's seat? Reason is that the bullet actually spawns now in the center of the vehicle before moving to where the gun actually is.
So if half the galaxy is outside the gen room but the tail is inside it the bullets just impact the wall of the room rather than go were the tail gunner is pointing.

Sentrosi · 2011-12-01, 10:47 AM

Low Altitude Assault Transport or something similar would be awesome for Planetside2.

Xyntech · 2011-12-01, 11:30 AM

With Forgelight being much more robust than PS1, I figured on them making large vehicle transport be a modification to the galaxy, as others have suggested in this thread.

I think that having tanks hanging off the bottom would be a lot cooler than having them sitting inside a giant box, unless the transport vehicle was 5 times as large as a Galaxy, but that wouldn't really fit in with Planetsides style or scale.

Just strap on some extra large looking engines, hollow out the bottom of the body, remove all passenger carrying/troop spawning abilities and call it a day.