UK PCGamer Article Details - Explosives on Vechs and more

Juneau · 2012-04-04, 05:33 AM

Few details popped up in the PC gamer article on PS2 that i havent seen around yet:

-C4 on Vehicles
"And that i can strap C4 to the headlights and make my bike into a bomb"

-Engine Customisation
"And further, that I'll be able to decide inb that vehicle's certification tree - Planetside 2's skill system -if I'd rather have a high-horsepower low torque spec or level-up a high torque, low horsepower variant for hill-climbing"

-Max Weapons
"When i spawn as a MAX suit .... I blast away at scattered infantry with seperate weapons assigned to each mouse button. The stopping power of my chaingun arm and grenade arm is offset by a rigid turning rate..."

-Types of Missle Lock
"Higby...starts talking about the different missle lock mechanics they'll be adding, "from heat-seeking to camera-guided to laser-guided, and all those will be different upgrades that you can use""

PredatorFour · 2012-04-04, 05:49 AM

I read this first time around however i didnt notice that it said maxes have a grenade arm.... griefing material right there!

sylphaen · 2012-04-04, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by Juneau

"And that i can strap C4 to the headlights and make my bike into a bomb"

imo, it's a lame mechanic tied to being able to bail from vehicles instantly and not dying with the blast.

Originally Posted by PredatorFour

I read this first time around however i didnt notice that it said maxes have a grenade arm.... griefing material right there!

They also said this would be customizable so if you attack a base and fear grief points, do not choose grenade weapons and lose the ability to shoot around corners. If you know when to fire (since weapons can be fired independently), use the grenades when there are no friendlies around ?

Friendly fire is a natural balance to area-of-effect weapons. Knowing when to use them without hitting friendlies is a skill.

Hitting friendlies once in a while when necessary is also ok since the grief system leaves you some room about it as long as you do not do hit too often or on purpose.

Hmr85 · 2012-04-04, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by Juneau

Few details popped up in the PC gamer article on PS2 that i havent seen around yet:

-C4 on Vehicles
"And that i can strap C4 to the headlights and make my bike into a bomb"

-Engine Customisation
"And further, that I'll be able to decide inb that vehicle's certification tree - Planetside 2's skill system -if I'd rather have a high-horsepower low torque spec or level-up a high torque, low horsepower variant for hill-climbing"

I agree with sylphaen that the C4 on vehicles is a crap mechanic. Not really a admirable trait that I cared for in the BF series but w/e.

As for the Engine customization you can do on vehicles I must of missed that. I find that very interesting and can't wait to hear/see more about it.

Juneau · 2012-04-04, 06:11 AM

Originally Posted by Hmr85

I agree with sylphaen that the C4 on vehicles is a crap mechanic. Not really a admirable trait that I cared for in the BF series but w/e.

As for the Engine customization you can do on vehicles I must of missed that. I find that very interesting and can't wait to hear/see more about it.

Yeah im not sold on the Kamikaze vehicles myself but maybe they've found a novel way of implementing it.

I got really excited at the idea of engine customisation, imagine knowing that your fighting in a particularaly hilly area and customising your bike so that you can outrun pursuit up them, or if it extends to air vehicles balancing top speed and acceleration, hover stability/transition or length/regeneration of afterburners, it opens up a whole new are of customisation although i can see it causing alot more balance issues

sylphaen · 2012-04-04, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by Juneau

Yeah im not sold on the Kamikaze vehicles myself but maybe they've found a novel way of implementing it.

Do it like djihadists: get volunteers to use your explosives but keep the trigger.

Dart · 2012-04-04, 06:34 AM

Presumably one round in the c4 and you'll go up in a fireball? Otherwise that'll be exploited to death!

Nalan · 2012-04-04, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by Dart

Presumably one round in the c4 and you'll go up in a fireball? Otherwise that'll be exploited to death!

I was just thinking about that, but this is the future, wouldn't we have C4 that can withstand bullets?
Wouldn't we have charges that have timers and be able to have variable yields?

Hmr85 · 2012-04-04, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by Dart

Presumably one round in the c4 and you'll go up in a fireball? Otherwise that'll be exploited to death!

No, what I don't want to see is people hoping on ATV's and plowing into the side of vanguards as a BS deterrent to not having AV. I think its a crap tactic to be honest and all its going to do is promote those BS videos we see on youtube 24/7 with people going herp a derp as they blow up friendly shit and so on.

If it gets in the game just be prepared to see 50 different version of Jihaddislayers outfit or Kamakzii w/e outfit. Where all they do is that crap.

Magpie · 2012-04-04, 06:45 AM

i Just got a copy ill post up scans soon

what page?

Juneau · 2012-04-04, 06:50 AM

Originally Posted by Magpie

i Just got a copy ill post up scans soon

If its ok with you ill edit the scans into the original post and credit you

Skitrel · 2012-04-04, 07:07 AM

Wait... It's a world where death is covered by actual respawning of replicas, where nobody actually permanently dies, and people think that suiciding with C4 wouldn't be a tactic they'd use under those circumstances?

Hmr85 · 2012-04-04, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by Skitrel

Wait... It's a world where death is covered by actual respawning of replicas, where nobody actually permanently dies, and people think that suiciding with C4 wouldn't be a tactic they'd use under those circumstances?

Its not that it isn't a viable tactic. Its that its a BS tactic that doesn't belong in PS that needs to remain in BF. Not everything from BF needs to be incorporated into PS. I have listed my reasons why.

With that said if it makes it into the game then w/e. I'm not gonna cry over spilled milk. Just expressing how I feel about it.

DOUBLEXBAUGH · 2012-04-04, 07:15 AM

From the quotes in the OP looks like you got a reprint of the US article from last month.

Skitrel · 2012-04-04, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by Hmr85

Its not that it isn't a viable tactic. Its that its a BS tactic that doesn't belong in PS that needs to remain in BF. Not everything from BF needs to be incorporated into PS. I have listed my reasons why.

With that said if it makes it into the game then w/e. I'm not gonna cry over spilled milk. Just expressing how I feel about it.

It's a rare tactic that only ever works because people aren't paying attention.

The alternative version is taking an ATV, driving it into the side of the enemy tank, getting out and throwing the C4 on the enemy tank, having the same effect but being nowhere near as fun for the person doing it.

If tank drivers have zero situational awareness they deserve to get herpderped by a bit of jihad jeep beep. Everyone's taking it all a bit too seriously, this is not a simulation game, it's a fun game, with fun things to do. It'll should stay in because it's solidly fun.