Planetside 2 Catch-All

I wonder if they will still allow you to multi-crew vanguards. Having two sets of eyes in a vehicle helps a lot for survival and combat effectiveness. Even if only one of them can shoot.

Tamren wrote:

I wonder if they will still allow you to multi-crew vanguards. Having two sets of eyes in a vehicle helps a lot for survival and combat effectiveness. Even if only one of them can shoot.

When you drive a vehicle is your view locked to cockpit?

Hard to tell, there doesn't seem to be any tank footage out so far. I'm pretty sure they changed it so that the driver also guns for the turret. This is an improvement over the old system where the driver had to buy the perk and the gunner got to have all the fun. But still, a tank with two people in it combined with good teamwork was a MONSTER. My best tank memory was of a vanguard roving around a base under heavy terran attack. There were enemies everywhere, in the sky, on the ground, in vehicles, on nearby hillsides... My driver was good, he never stopped moving. We would make these quick looping runs outside of the base between gates, then he would stop for repairs in a quiet corner inside. The Vanguard's cannon was a 150mm beast. Land one of those shells anywhere near infantry and it would pop them like soap bubbles. And I had plenty of targets.

Those were the good days. On the bad days however you couldn't even find a gunner. I once had to resort to parking my tank on a hillside and gunning for it myself. It lets you shoot, but it makes you a sitting duck. Not very effective.

docbadwrench wrote:

I've been on blackout mode. Given alll the speculation I did before now, it's odd, but I figure now I'm just waiting. Meanwhile, I watch my buddies in the Mumble server playing the original Planetside and getting hungrier for the next one. Can't wait. Though my outfit will be distinct from GwJ, I hope that we can still be part of an overall alliance structure of some kind.

Not that I won't be teaming with you people. That's a given. I'm a pretty badass Vanguard driver. So can't wait.

My position in your turret seems to have been eliminated though! I'm going to have to learn to do that driving thing now

TotalBiscuit has a Planetside 2 video up. AFAIK this is the only new video put out recently. From what he said in his mailbox episode he had to edit around some of the footage he got because it including things promised as exclusives to other outlets. So expect some more video soon.

Game looks sooo good. They really need to nail the latency and shooting mechanics, and it seems like they are trying their damnedest to do so.

I have an unhealthy amount of Station Cash stocked up from a recent 3x Station Cash event SOE had. They basically already got my money for this game.

agemyth wrote:

Game looks sooo good. They really need to nail the latency and shooting mechanics, and it seems like they are trying their damnedest to do so.

I have an unhealthy amount of Station Cash stocked up from a recent 3x Station Cash event SOE had. They basically already got my money for this game.

Night battles. Flying around and finding action anywhere (well, when there's more people).

Yeah I just saw that video and all I can think is that I want this game now. It looks like so much fun.

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Interview with Sernett about the technical challenges behind PS2. No great reveals here, but a neat insight:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...

Watching that video that TotalBiscuit did leaves me with one thought: OMG I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS GAME!!!!!

This might be my all time most wanted sequel.

TotalBiscuit has several more PS2 vids. Including this one:

MannishBoy wrote:

TotalBiscuit has several more PS2 vids. Including this one:

I set the videos to 1080p, expand them to full screen and pretend I'm playing the game.

The potential for coordinated gameplay with PS2 is simply stunning. NOTHING is better than dropping a Galaxy full of troops on an objective while being supported by tanks, Liberators & Reavers. Oh....I just pee'd a little....

Yeah I loved PS1. Can't wait to play this.

Max suits

New Conglomerate
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Terran Republic
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Vanu Sovereignty
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Over an hour of TotalBiscuit talking with a dev:

So after my friend mentioned he was getting in line to play Planetside 2 at E3 I told him he was a jerk and should have got me into E3 for my birthday.

He then texted me a picture of a card with a Beta key on it and said "Happy Birthday mother f*cker."

His friendship is truly the best birthday present I could ever ask for. <3

ccesarano wrote:

So after my friend mentioned he was getting in line to play Planetside 2 at E3 I told him he was a jerk and should have got me into E3 for my birthday.

He then texted me a picture of a card with a Beta key on it and said "Happy Birthday mother f*cker."

His friendship is truly the best birthday present I could ever ask for. <3

That's awesomesauce!
Now if only he could grab a few hundred of those...

The game on livestream looks... amazing. Even with "only" 100 players. The design of the facility they're fighting over is really, really good.

Edit: "We have a voice-over-IP system built into the game, so when two people jump in the same vehicle they can immediately talk to each other."

Battlefield 3 take note.

This looks awesome, where the hell is my beta key

Edit: And the live stream is over. Also it seems the people at E3 get to play the game and get beta keys. I gotta go to E3 one day...

master0 wrote:

This looks awesome, where the hell is my beta key

Edit: And the live stream is over. Also it seems the people at E3 get to play the game and get beta keys. I gotta go to E3 one day...

Generally he transfers the big live streams over to his youtube channel. You might be able to rewatch on Twitch, I don't know.

Yeah, those videos really looked great! Hoping it's a 2012 release

The tech plants looks like they are going to be a a lot of fun to raid and defend!

They keep showing these crowds of dudes standing still shooting at stuff.
That makes me feel sad inside.

Other than that I'm Happy!

TempestBlayze wrote:

Reminds me of an episode of the A-Team. Everyone is shooting, no one is getting hit. Between that and what appeared to be lag (though it could have been the video stuttering), this video tempered my enthusiasm a little bit.

I do like that there seem to be a lot of toys to play with, however.

They've been going crazy today on twitter with handing out beta keys. of course by the time i've copy and pasted them 20 different times they have already been scooped.

groan wrote:

They've been going crazy today on twitter with handing out beta keys. of course by the time i've copy and pasted them 20 different times they have already been scooped.

Me too. I keep telling myself I'm not going to even bother, then they post another key and I try again.