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[Toaster]

Really, PS1 was more like the "quality points" system in terms of infantry.  Your armor class determined what you could do and carry.  (Cloaker had no big slots but could cloak, medium had one big and two little, but could drive anything, rexo couldn't drive most things but had more armor and two big slots.)  You could then custom-fit whatever into the slots, as long as you had it certed out.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

That sounds more like what I'm envisioning. Actually I think the press stuff I read was about PS1 back in the day because that sounds really familiar.

It also sounds like Tribes 2.

[Ozyton]

I've never played PS1, but the system you describe sounds like the way it was in Tribes and Tribes 2... and looking at it that way I could maaaybe see it working. There's just no way to tell, really, Tribes was a much different type of game.

[Toaster]

And Tribes had a heavy influence on Planetside 1- probably because the producer of Tribes 2 went on to SoE to make Planetside.

(Not that anyone really liked DaveG)

[zombat]

PS1 was basically Tribes: The MMO


Just as PS2 is basically Battlefield: The MMO

[SealyStar]

Yeah, it is hella like Battlefield. My brother hates it because "IT'S BASICALLY JUST BATTLEFIELD FOR CHEAP PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT".

[Flying Dice]

I'd prefer a system like that, but it'd require damned careful balancing.

Auraxis must have an atmosphere because there is an aurora on Esamir.

But not necessarily one thick enough to support fixed-wing aircraft as we know them. Auroras are caused by the structure of the Earth's magnetic field near the poles, specifically by particles accelerated from the magnetosphere colliding with the solar wind, which, to cut out some physics, ultimately results in the release of photons.

Though if the continent map is accurate we can conclude that Auraxis has very strangely positioned magnetic poles, at least by our standards.

[DJ]

I like the classes as they are, it promotes teamwork.

[Flying Dice]

I like the classes as they are, it promotes teamwork.

No, organized outfits and big cert bonuses for healing/repairing/rearming/assists/spotting promote teamwork. 

[TolyK]

The thing is, if you like the medic's weapons, you'll have to play medic to use them.

[PrimusRibbus]

As much as I loved playing a stealth medic in PS1, I really do like PS2's class system better for overall balance. PS1's crunchy UI and inventory management put a damper on the old system as well.

I quite miss being able to pick up enemy weapons, though.

[Toaster]

And the Thumper/Rocklet Rifle.


And a Phoenix that was useful.  (Yeah I went there)

[LeoLeonardoIII]

I'm just glad nobody ever had to deal with a flying stealth MAX.

[Tylui]

I'm just glad nobody ever had to deal with a flying stealth MAX.

stealth? no. flying? those were the days...

[Flying Dice]

I'd still rather have jumpjets than ZOE. Fuck disco, death from above.