ooooh loads of new stuff :)

[Sibanac]

http://planetside.station.sony.com/news_story.jsp?story=56618

but pls dont giv venom orbital strikes its all gonne end in tears

 

[CliffyG]

I'm very impressed with the amount of stuff they already have planned. Looks very good and should add a lot to the game. If they keep making worthwile changes like this on a regular basis it could well end up with me playing longer than i anticipated.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Orbital strikes and Emp blasts

 

[Faeldawn]

QUOTE

No "Hack Leapfrogging": You will soon be unable to hack an enemy facility if the only friendly facility linked to that enemy facility is also hacked itself. This will stabilize the "fronts" and prevent "hack leapfrogging".


Cracking idea for melee players, not so good for sneaky-cloaker-hacker-type-peeps tho

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Melee players? No wonder you lot moan about guns

 

[Sibanac]

Originally posted by Faeldawn
QUOTE

No "Hack Leapfrogging": You will soon be unable to hack an enemy facility if the only friendly facility linked to that enemy facility is also hacked itself. This will stabilize the "fronts" and prevent "hack leapfrogging".


Cracking idea for melee players, not so good for sneaky-cloaker-hacker-type-peeps tho

I like the idee, and i am a sneaky-cloaker-hacker-type-peep.
most of those operations are rehacked in 5 mins time anyway and if not you get 5 xp for em.
Add to that the constant resecuring of bases, that consist of no more then land mosq walk to CC rehack and leave.

a more stable front and NTU sillo on tower will make ANT runs much more needed and same what more easy.


As i said beforer Orbital Strike & Venom might be a bad idee. (ppl that where in his squad when he got CR4 will know why )

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Its gonna make any Cr4/5 who can fight a walking a weapons platform... I like it

 

[BrassMonkey]

It all sounds good, and it's extremely refreshing to see only improvements to the game and not the 'run around whacking the shit out of everything with the nerf bat' approach some other developers (*cough* Mythic) take.

Will mean alot more organisation and co-ordination between forces though and commanders actually communicating with each other.

 

[the_smurflord]

Yeah, but that's easy when all 3 realm get basically the same characters with the same abilities. With that lack of variety it's much easier to get a good game balance.

 

[Karam_gruul]

some leet ideas, not sure i like the idea of giving bonuses to the empires with the most lock downs and stuff. in daoc that just annoyed me.. the zergiest empire will just always havge a bonus.. i know its supposed to give people incentive to make they're side win, but still, the zergiest will always win (nc)

the idea for the bomber is leet tho, 3 people all of whome can fire. i like that..

was gonna say i think they're kinda over powering CR players, but... thinking about it, they dont really have that many benefits as it is, so i guess some leet stuff like that should encourage more command peeps.

i want my armour peircing sniper shells

 

[bone_idle]

Wow thats some nice ideas they have there. Will be nice to see the facility interlink thing in place. We'll probably see less reavers/tanks around the areas. And will actually require to take certain facilities to get these.

And putting silos into towers is a supreme idea. ANT runs are fun. Especially if you know someone with a galaxy to plop an ANT in and fly around charging silos. The xp might not be all that in a full squad but it looks nice all the 3xp spamming the top screen.

And also gives more reasons to be a squad leader.

 

[[PS]Mung]

I'm just waiting for the mobile vehicle deployer.
It's bound to happen, mark these words.

 

[Jonaldo]

Originally posted by [PS]Mung
I'm just waiting for the mobile vehicle deployer.
It's bound to happen, mark these words.

Hm it's physically possible for a large truck to drive about with hundreds of uniforms and different weapons inside, not sure quite how large something would need to be do contain a few hundred vehicles.

Unlikely to happen, in my opinion.

 

[[PS]Mung]

Ah no, you got me wrong....
After all an AMS doesn't contain the hundreds of weapons etc does it?

Nah it'll be like a bigger AMS with a ramp at the back, kinda like a mobile vehicle terminal.

Hey, it might happen, but then again.....

 

[Jonaldo]

No! You're wrong wrong wrong dammit!

 

[[PS]Mung]

Originally posted by Omniscieous
No! You're wrong wrong wrong dammit!

Bet you're stamping your feet as well.

 

[[PS]Venom]

Orbital Strikes... Muahahah... *rubs hands in glee*

 

[Scarloc]

If it takes your mind from drawing smileys on the tactical map, go for it