Mystery tank (now that we know how the MBTs are gonna look like)

FIREk · 2011-12-23, 11:12 AM

What do you think the tanks on the left side of the cover are?

They are definitely not the new Prowler, nor are they the original, discarded concept.

The tank is kind of tall, and could be in a different scale than we might expect (and therefore be generally smaller than it seems). It might be possible that it's the Lightning - short, but tall enough to fit a driver/gunner in relative comfort. Not unlike the German Wiesel light tank.

Or it could just be old art that has no relation to anything that will actually appear in-game. :P

DISCUSS.

Senyu · 2011-12-23, 11:17 AM

I think it's old concept art of prowler. It has that general shape and feel of a prowler but this one just may have been quickly drawn or is rough draft.

FIREk · 2011-12-23, 11:39 AM

And there goes the speculation.

PS_TRay Tramell Ray Isaac
@FirekGOG @planetside2 @mhigby those where just painted in as part of the cover

TacosWLove · 2011-12-23, 12:22 PM

Looks to me like the old prowler, just less refined..

Could possibly be Artillery..

Lonehunter · 2011-12-23, 01:11 PM

Def looks like a concept of the Prowler. Planetside 1 had concept images in articles and I think on the box was a Concept Vanu MAX

Xyntech · 2011-12-23, 02:35 PM

Yeah. When I first saw it on the cover, I figured it was the Prowler, but it was so simple and unrefined that I also just assumed it wasn't finished yet so they put those in as placeholders.

That's one of the main reasons I assumed that the concept art for the tank inside the magazine was the Lightning, not the Prowler, because it looked so different from the ones on the cover. Obviously we now know that the one inside the magazine was the more accurate of the two.

Rivenshield · 2011-12-23, 03:28 PM

Given that the MAX suit in the foreground is the old concept TR MAX with the exposed face, I think it's safe to say that's the old Prowler in the background. Or merely a smudgey tank-shaped placeholder.

This community reminds me of Christian Scientists sometimes. *They* sit around and try to find hidden allegorical meanings in obscure Biblical passages. *We* sit around and try and read the dev's hidden agenda in little inconsequential bits and snippets from outdated concept art, or of things only half-seen on the edges of new screen shots. It's fun, but don't make too much of a fetish out of it. All will be revealed in due course.

/genuflects

Xyntech · 2011-12-23, 07:48 PM

Theoryside is the only religion I need. Well, theoryside and Vanuism, but I'm pretty sure that Theoryside is just a branch of Vanuism. I'm sure some TR and NC speculators would violently disagree with man on that one though.

NCLynx · 2011-12-23, 10:21 PM

Looks like the Prowler to me.

ThirdCross · 2011-12-23, 10:24 PM

The max is TR, the infantry is TR, the planes appear to be mosquitoes (TR), so I think it's safe to assume it's a TR vehicle. The only TR specific vehicles in PS2 are the mosq and prowler. Conclusion, it's the old concept prowler.

Traak · 2011-12-24, 12:19 AM

MBT means main battle tank. We were told that these were medium battle tanks.

So the Prowler, Vanguard, and Magrider are medium battle tanks, which are not described with the acronym MBT.

Jimmuc · 2011-12-24, 03:27 AM

Originally Posted by Traak

MBT means main battle tank. We were told that these were medium battle tanks.

So the Prowler, Vanguard, and Magrider are medium battle tanks, which are not described with the acronym MBT.

in Planetside terms MBT means Medium Battle Tank. the real life military classification means nothing.

FIREk · 2011-12-24, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Traak

MBT means main battle tank. We were told that these were medium battle tanks.

So the Prowler, Vanguard, and Magrider are medium battle tanks, which are not described with the acronym MBT.

/care

Traak · 2011-12-24, 09:31 PM

Sure. In your world "Teacher, can I mombo dogface to the banana patch" may be a way of asking to be excused to go to the restroom, too.

But, for everyone else, it doesn't mean that. Except, perhaps, Steve Martin.

FIREk · 2011-12-25, 04:42 AM

Originally Posted by Traak

Sure. In your world "Teacher, can I mombo dogface to the banana patch" may be a way of asking to be excused to go to the restroom, too.

But, for everyone else, it doesn't mean that. Except, perhaps, Steve Martin.

Your initial, very "worthy" contribution to the thread ws too sad to justify actually typing, but now I'm abashed enough...

I know what "MBT" means. I knew that a decade before you farted out your initial post. I also know that the devs are using "medium battle tank" to describe the bigger tanks in PS2.

Did you educate anyone? Nope.
Did you contribute anything to the thread? Hell no.
Does the term "main battle tank" even exist in PS2's lore, so that the MBT acronym would be reserved to it, instead of "medium battle tank"? No one knows.
Is "medium battle tank" an official name? Not yet.
Is "MBT" way shorter than "medium battle tank", for the purposes of writing the thread's title? Yup.
Would just "tank" be a fitting name for the tanks we've seen so far? Nope, as we haven't yet seen the Lightning.
Does being an ass help you make friends and live a worthwhile life? I can see that it doesn't.

I wish you all the best in your future interpersonal endeavors, and therefore hope that either you or your parents are rich.