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Im game for aircav, is the dropship a parachute platform or a park and guard?

If I am to use the opinions in this thread as a gague, it seems like there'll be a ton of empty dropships flying around

I always go for underdog classes/roles/factions in games. So, despite knowing nothing about Planetside, I imagine I'm going to end up being a grunt of some kind... if there are medics that might be fun.

I need Aircav to get me to my destination as a Max suit user.

Henners91 wrote:If I am to use the opinions in this thread as a gague, it seems like there'll be a ton of empty dropships flying around

Well, worst case people can still team up for gunners.

The big guns on Soladrin's Libby won't shoot themselves.

Lynata wrote:

Henners91 wrote:If I am to use the opinions in this thread as a gague, it seems like there'll be a ton of empty dropships flying around

Well, worst case people can still team up for gunners.

The big guns on Soladrin's Libby won't shoot themselves.

Well he's already got one gunner so far...

You don't really count as a gunner.

More like ablative armour.

I played Planetside and it was AWESOME!

Defending the control terminal from a squad of 5 people in my Max suit with a shotgun was a regular occurrence.

The hacked would open the door and get a shotgun blast to the face, then it was 4 on 1, and if they did not have Ap rounds, I would frag them all.

The Sniper rifles were fun as well as driving the various vehicle. the New Conglomerate tank had the biggest main gun, 150mm, and it wrecked house.
P2 looks great, and they changed the design of the liberator and Max suits.

I am totally playing P2

I am going to stick with the big guns of the New Conglomerate! Who is with me?

I am right in saying that structures are not destructible, yes?

I hope not. Otherwise the game will have the problem of everyone just blowing away cover and removing all tactics from the game.

If y'all've allowed your enemy to shell you out of a position, then that's a tactical failure on your part

Henners91 wrote:If y'all've allowed your enemy to shell you out of a position, then that's a tactical failure on your part

Or it's a gameplay flaw because rarely are the counters to tanks / other vehicles anywhere near as long ranged as the tanks themselves.

Melissia wrote:

Henners91 wrote:If y'all've allowed your enemy to shell you out of a position, then that's a tactical failure on your part

Or it's a gameplay flaw because rarely are the counters to tanks / other vehicles anywhere near as long ranged as the tanks themselves.

Which is the advantage to being on the offensive.

I hope they are destructible - It really won't make sense if my tank can't blow a hole in the wall.

Karon wrote:

Melissia wrote:

Henners91 wrote:If y'all've allowed your enemy to shell you out of a position, then that's a tactical failure on your part

Or it's a gameplay flaw because rarely are the counters to tanks / other vehicles anywhere near as long ranged as the tanks themselves.

Which is the advantage to being on the offensive.

That's fine if the rounds don't last too long. But if you have rounds hat last an hour or more, eventually even everything's gonna be destroyed and the map will be nothing more than a bunch of rubble.

Doesn't it have persistent maps?

Melissia wrote:

Karon wrote:

Melissia wrote:

Henners91 wrote:If y'all've allowed your enemy to shell you out of a position, then that's a tactical failure on your part

Or it's a gameplay flaw because rarely are the counters to tanks / other vehicles anywhere near as long ranged as the tanks themselves.

Which is the advantage to being on the offensive.

That's fine if the rounds don't last too long. But if you have rounds hat last an hour or more, eventually even everything's gonna be destroyed and the map will be nothing more than a bunch of rubble.

The world is persistent.

I would imagine that after you capture a base, it would go into a state of repair and rebuild itself over time - at which point it can't be captured until then.

In Planetside 1, the only parts of the buildings that were able to be destroyed were the gun turrets. and an Engineer could fix those.

Since the "Match" is never over (It is an MMORPG you are able to go to any given base and try to capture it at any given time. AKA The world is persistent.) I doubt they would make the walls vulnerable to attack. It is also a non issue really, as you can run and gun like any other FPS.

It worked well for Planetside that the walls were indestructible, I would like to see the same for Planetside 2

MrDwhitey wrote:You don't really count as a gunner.

More like ablative armour.

Well I am a rear turret gunner so...
Basically i'm ablative armour...

Only less effective at stopping bullets. XD

I heard this opinion somewhere describing different fractions in this game:
"Terrans have the most dakka
Vanu have fastar trukks and
NC has the shootiest shootas"

Soladrin wrote:Only less effective at stopping bullets. XD

I'm more of a preventative measure...

Well, I'm probably gonna kit the back seat out with one of those howitzers, so you should have fun with that. Or offcourse an AA gun if we expect a lot of fighters.

A howitzer?
I can think of plenty of uses for that...
I bet i can hit an idiot in a fighter with it too...

RaptorsTallon wrote:
And, from what I have seen, the Micro Transactions are mostly if not all cosmetic so it won't be pay to win.

They're mostly cosmetic, but you will be able to buy some experience level/booster type stuff, or rewards you'd typically have to work for. HOWEVER, gun upgrades are almost strictly "sidegrades" where you trade off different abilities to suit your playstyle. For instance, you can trade off some accuracy for a higher rate of fire, or trade off range for damage or what have you. A guy who's maxed out his character can die to a guy who just installed the game if the newbie is more skilled at the game. Also, everything you can buy can be earned just by playing as well, so there won't be folks lording over you with their special guns they paid $5 for.

Yeah, though I'd say that currently, you get to many cbills per match. (20k for a loss 70k for a win). All the prices for stuff come straight out of the rulebooks so yeah, 5 wins and you got yourself a gauss rifle.

I'll probably be a pilot. I'm generally quite good at that, in ARMA anyway.

Here you go mates:

GalacticDefender wrote:I'll probably be a pilot. I'm generally quite good at that, in ARMA anyway.

Planetside 2: World of Pilots

Soladrin wrote:Here you go mates:

If you listen you can hear them saying the beta testing will start soon

They have been saying that for more then a month.

You boys better be posting when it happens