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Imagine Tribes 2 as an MMOFPS

Thats about what you get with PlanetSide

It's even had about 3 or 4 of the original Dynamix crew on staff.

Sure, it's got less jumpjetting, but theres a lot more similarities between Tribes and PlanetSide than there are differences.

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I came back a few weeks ago to check on T:V, see how my old crew was doing.
Was told not to waste my time figuring out how to mod it.

Since
Renegades has been canceled
Starsiege 2845 has been canceled
Tribes Vengeance, has been more or less canceled

Seeing how T:V is on it's way out
I'd like to invite you to check out the game I've been playing
It's about as close to a Tribes MMO as you'll ever get!

PlanetSide: Week Trial, Free Download, Kickass Movie
 
Only with the constant nerfing of the NC we are totaly screwed...

2 Shots with the lasher kills me while i have to shoot a guy like 5 times with the equivalent NC weapon.
 
GreyFlcn said:
Imagine Tribes 2 as an MMOFPS

Thats about what you get with PlanetSide

It's even had about 3 or 4 of the original Dynamix crew on staff.

Sure, it's got less jumpjetting, but theres a lot more similarities between Tribes and PlanetSide than there are differences.

_______________

I came back a few weeks ago to check on T:V, see how my old crew was doing.
Was told not to waste my time figuring out how to mod it.

Since
Renegades has been canceled
Starsiege 2845 has been canceled
Tribes Vengeance, has been more or less canceled

Seeing how T:V is on it's way out
I'd like to invite you to check out the game I've been playing
It's about as close to a Tribes MMO as you'll ever get!

PlanetSide: Week Trial, Free Download, Kickass Movie
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sorry .. as i liked planetside for the first 2 months and even in beta .. i cannot endorse PS in it’s current faltering state ..

SS2845 is not canceled, it moved to a new and more suited engine, and T:V was never alive so it never had the chance to die ...
 
Over the last few months the Vanguard Tank has recieved some Torque buffs
And Vanguard shells now explode on impact on water, to help em take down Magrider hover tanks.

Lasher, has also been nerfed somewhat recently
They *also* modified the projectile image a few weeks ago to dramatically limit it's drain on FPS.



As for PlanetSide Faltering?

Must have missed all the developments of 2004. :sunny: :jester:

This next patch, Squad experience is going to be getting a rehaul to encourage sticking with your team

Matrixing is getting a rehaul making it MUCH easier to coordinate troops

And the Big F***ing Robots, (The Grappler of PlanetSide) have indeed gotten some much needed toneing down.

A huge player driven recruitment drive last December, bringing in thousands of new players. (PC Gamer article)

They mentioned over the next few months the game is getting upgraded to DirectX9, offering some huge performance increases and eye candy.

And thats just for starters.
There's been more Development in PlanetSide since January, than all of 2004.
 
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Renegades is not canceled either. We will probably end up having our stuff out the door much quicker because of the move.

EDIT: And yea I tried Planetside, very cool game. But I don't pay to play anymore. If a planetside sever were to be hacked like they did with UO and free servers started to roll out, I would totally be playin that right now.
 
Tried the "free week" than ran around a year ago.. uninstalled after about 5 days.

Not saying the game sucked... I just found it overly repetitive and lacking in goals. There is not a single point to anything that happens in the game and it got old fast.

-Half
 
Yeah I agree. Been playing planetside since open beta. There was a while there when I was seriously considering canceling my subscription (Big Failure Robots) but they have since been improved.

And there are definently goals in the game. Locking continents get you global benefits and capturing enemy home continents gets you their vehicles. There is certainly more of a reason to win a game then in say Tribes.

The best thing I can compare it to is that game Risk.
 
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Arcanox said:
Renegades is not canceled either. We will probably end up having our stuff out the door much quicker because of the move.

EDIT: And yea I tried Planetside, very cool game. But I don't pay to play anymore. If a planetside sever were to be hacked like they did with UO and free servers started to roll out, I would totally be playin that right now.
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Planetside wasnt bad, but yeah I hate to pay to play.

Arcanox, I think eventually when you guys release just a few base screenshots of models, weapons etc for Renegades/Legends it would probaly make a lot more folks aware and "excited" about the project. For many of these folks, things dont sink in until they actually see something visual like a screenshot.

The model of the shrike you guys did for the TV Ren was outstanding.
 
?B-MAN has a good point. I liked the bump mapping on that there Shrike model, and showing some renders or a couple of things in-game (incomplete though they may be) might raise enthusiasm.

As for PlanetSide: I don't want a Tribes MMO. I enjoy popping into a small 10 (or less) player server in Tribes and having good fun. And the skiing and the jetting I think are integral, vehicles are no replacement. Modding is nice as well...
 
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1) planetside blows
2) ss:2845 and renegades are not cancelled, they both moved to TGE
3) there is a mod in development that features epic on an epic scale called Great Tribal War

this guy is a joke


edit: and Zap! is more tribes-like than planetside
 
There's a chance that things really did get better since the end of beta where they ruined everything... But unless they still have the 7 day trial, there's not a chance in hell anyone who has tried it before will try it again. Look elsewhere, falcon.
 
I had a great time playing Planetside back when it started but I was on 56k. :( I guess I had more fun coding for Planetside-Universe.com. :p Was still a fun game though.
 
?B-MAN said:
Arcanox, I think eventually when you guys release just a few base screenshots of models, weapons etc for Renegades/Legends it would probaly make a lot more folks aware and "excited" about the project. For many of these folks, things dont sink in until they actually see something visual like a screenshot.
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Sad, that. It's why people got so hyped up over TV, while I was busy looking for the non-existent meat. It's why noobishly pretty programs wow reviewers in computer journals while their drabber but more full-featured open source equivalents languish.
 
GreyFlcn said:
Imagine Tribes 2 as an MMOFPS

Thats about what you get with PlanetSide

It's even had about 3 or 4 of the original Dynamix crew on staff.

Sure, it's got less jumpjetting, but theres a lot more similarities between Tribes and PlanetSide than there are differences.

_______________

I came back a few weeks ago to check on T:V, see how my old crew was doing.
Was told not to waste my time figuring out how to mod it.

Since
Renegades has been canceled
Starsiege 2845 has been canceled
Tribes Vengeance, has been more or less canceled

Seeing how T:V is on it's way out
I'd like to invite you to check out the game I've been playing
It's about as close to a Tribes MMO as you'll ever get!

PlanetSide: Week Trial, Free Download, Kickass Movie
Click to expand...

Dave G doesn't count as a Dynamix employee in most of our eyes
 
Battlezone? The hover tank game? I loved that game but never thought of it as being Tribes-like. It lacks the human team element. But it does have the ability to issue complex orders to AI squads, giving it something akin to T2's command screen that I so missed in TV.
 
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