SOEmote could come to PlanetSide 2

Yesterday in an interview with MMORPG.com Dave Georgeson, Director of Development on the Everquest team (And former Producer of PlanetSide) said that SOEmote could some day make it's way into PlanetSide 2:

I asked him if they believed SOEmote might make its way into other games and he merely nodded and said, “That’s been the plan all along. EQ2 first, and then everything.” He went on to state how cool it will be to have squad commanders dishing out intel and orders in Planetside 2, and even told me that it’s already being built into EQ Next as well.

The Editor notes that these are thing that SOEmote "Can" be used for but aren't necessarily in the planning stages at this time. Check out the full article here and discuss it on the forums! Special thanks to Saieno for the news tip.

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2012-06-12 01:18 PM

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2012-06-13 06:54 PM

Zulthus

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

Yeah, really. Vehicle enter/exit animations and stuff like TrackIR should have priority over stuff like this.

2012-06-13 07:09 PM

Gammit10

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

Originally Posted by Figment

But imagine the personalised rolling eyes and facepalm emoticon gifs you could make for the forums!

Exactly! I can't wait to pull some stuff like

2012-06-13 07:30 PM

Reborn

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

I dont wanna move my head around while playing that would kill ur neck after a short period of time

2012-06-13 08:16 PM

GhettoPrince

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

No thanks, I'm gonna buy the biggest, gayest , most discoriffic vanu helmet there is , zebra stripe it and then never take it off.

Also, hot pink lashers.

2012-06-13 08:18 PM

Faarooq

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

this would make the game more fun. put it in, thanks.

2012-06-13 09:00 PM

Dagron

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

Originally Posted by Zulthus

Yeah, really. Vehicle enter/exit animations and stuff like TrackIR should have priority over stuff like this.

It makes your character move it's head when you move yours... it's not difficult to make it do the same thing TrackIR does.

Originally Posted by Reborn

I dont wanna move my head around while playing that would kill ur neck after a short period of time

Some people just like to find reasons to complain.

2012-06-13 09:19 PM

Dreamcast

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

Wait a minute.....So can this be used to not get shot in the game?....Like if I move my head to the right, is it possible to not get headshot or something lol.

Also how will this work with helmets?....Seems like you won't see much facial animation because of the helmets.

2012-06-13 09:21 PM

WNxThentar

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

Originally Posted by Dagron

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Some people just like to find reasons to complain.

Yup and they ignore the fact that it isn't PS2 devs that will are spending time on this! The technology is being implemented by another team.

When it is put into the forge light engine it will be available for all games made from forge light.

When it is put into forge light it will most likely be an option to turn it on or off so even if you have a complaint about the extra .01% bandwidth or CPU increase you don't have to actually enable it on your end.

But they'd rather complain and make baseless extrapolations that just aren't true.

2012-06-13 09:23 PM

Sirisian

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

Originally Posted by Dreamcast

Also how will this work with helmets?....Seems like you won't see much facial animation because of the helmets.

Customization I'd imagine. If this was in the game we might see open masked MAX suits and other armor with clear helmets or open faces so players can see things. Really though it would probably be a completely optional thing for players to turn on or off.

Even with a helmet on your head would move so that would be cool. Like nodding yes or no at the very least.

2012-06-14 04:23 AM

mbarrett

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

I'm getting bored of following this game now and hearing of the word beta , stop teasing us all and get the bloody beta out

2012-06-14 05:29 PM

MonsterBone

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

2012-06-15 05:54 AM

DesertFox

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

I can't help but imagine people making derpy facial expressions. Those EQ example screens of SOEmote look ridiculous. I haven't laughed this hard for a long time.

2012-06-15 06:28 AM

exLupo

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

Originally Posted by TerminatorUK

To me, this clearly demonstrates a lack of understanding of the FPS genre or the general mechanics of the game - it was almost balanced in a strange RPG-like fashion.

Wasn't he the one that the forums raged against when he spoke out against the 3pv toggle as being decidedly un-FPS?

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If the network impact and dev times are negligible, and they can make it look good, I'll go as far as saying I don't care. Anything less and they're making a big mistake. Or, better:

HAMMAH IS GONNA BE IN BIG TROUBLE FOR HIS SOEMOTE IN PS2 HOAX!

2012-06-15 07:36 AM

FireStormNova

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

Week 1 has passed from E3 and still no BETA ?

2012-06-15 08:46 AM

mbarrett

Re: SOEmote *Could* come to PlanetSide 2

Originally Posted by FireStormNova

Week 1 has passed from E3 and still no BETA ?

give up following this game , all the devs do is tease tease and tease some more , enjoy some other games because I'm getting sick of listening to the devs all the time ... betas comeing betas coming betas coming .