News: Smedley interview from E3 on VentureBeat - Page 5

Graywolves · 2012-06-18, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by VOWS Flawless

Drone attacks from tablets and phones huh? I wonder who will become the first man ever to drop a bomb while dropping a bomb...

omg, this would make the best Planetside video ever since 21 days without Planetside.

Brusi · 2012-06-18, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by VOWS Flawless

Drone attacks from tablets and phones huh? Impressive.. I wonder who will become the first man ever to drop a bomb while dropping a bomb...

I'm going to buy an ipad now, just for this.

bio fire mission, danger close!

RNFB · 2012-06-18, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by RadarX

There are a number of dates, phases, milestones and other things sitting on a number of different calendars. Realistically we don't announce these because sometimes things have to move.

You guys are an extremely passionate community. We don't want to make a promise we aren't able to keep because a) we don't think it's the right way to treat your community and b) because I'm scared of what some of you might do.

I remember when Reggie promised Smash Bros Brawl would be released on December of that year.

It got hit with half a dozen delays and we didn't get it until June! And that was one of the most anticipated games of ALL TIME to Nintendo fans.

Constantly saying "a couple/few/some weeks" is far less painful than constantly missing your promised dates

RNFB · 2012-06-18, 08:41 PM

Drone app sounds unfair to those of us who don't want to drop hundreds of dollars on a crappy phone that does what a PC does but shittier.

VOWS Flawless · 2012-06-18, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by RNFB

Drone app sounds unfair to those of us who don't want to drop hundreds of dollars on a crappy phone that does what a PC does but shittier.

Who is to say you won't be able to use it as a pc web app? It would be plain dumb of them not to incorporate this into a common thing known as a smart phone if its possible with all the app stuff they are pushing out. But thats just my opinion of course.

Xaine · 2012-06-18, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by TheRagingGerbil

Smedley: We are weeks away from starting the beta.

SOE 'weeks', is more like months.

Not being a cock, just look at past experiences and being realistic.

Beta in mid August, you heard it here first.

johnflenaly · 2012-06-18, 09:16 PM

If it were really a "few" weeks away I would imagine we would have some kind of actual date. So more like a "few" months.

FireStormNova · 2012-06-18, 09:19 PM

Yea the part that got me was:

We’re going to enable this thing…this is going to be like the hunt for Osama. It’s a map app, and what we’re going to be doing is allow players to fly a drone on their phone. And then if they have a high enough level in the game, they’ll be able to launch a drone strike. So gameplay out of your phone or your iPad, and it works on both iPhone or Android.

indirect · 2012-06-18, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by RNFB

Drone app sounds unfair to those of us who don't want to drop hundreds of dollars on a crappy phone that does what a PC does but shittier.

My phone is better than PCs in 90% of the countries of the world.
Sad but it's nearly as good as my PC sans the GPU.

Virulence · 2012-06-18, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by johnflenaly

If it were really a "few" weeks away I would imagine we would have some kind of actual date. So more like a "few" months.

Usually not a good idea to give an actual date for anything with games - people freak the fuck out if an actual date is given and it gets pushed back. Better for them to just be vague, say "a few weeks" or "soon" or "when it's ready."

And wrt "drone strikes," I would hope that they'd work in a similar/identical manner to in-game orbital strikes with a similar resource cost and/or cooldown.

Grognard · 2012-06-18, 09:42 PM

10 Squad "platoons"... I have been pushing "companies", since forever...

10: squad
3x10=30: platoon
3x30=90: company
...add in a "command squad" and you have a PS2 company.

Hope this is not a miscue...

Edit: This fits right in with my evil F'n plans...

Graywolves · 2012-06-18, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by Grognard

10 Squad "platoons"... I have been pushing "companies", since forever...

10: squad
3x10=30: platoon
3x30=90: company
...add in a "command squad" and you have a PS2 company.

Hope this is not a miscue...

Edit: This fits right in with my evil F'n plans...

Yeah it sounds great for organization with this many people. Can't wait.

Originally Posted by Brusi

I'm going to buy an ipad now, just for this.

bio fire mission, danger close!

Perfect!!