News: TR Cycler - Page 3

2coolforu · 2012-01-30, 06:09 AM

Needs a banana mag, hope you can add it in. Square mag just looks wrong.

Aractain · 2012-01-30, 06:14 AM

square mags are so NC... ugh

Knocky · 2012-01-30, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by Aractain

square mags are so NC... ugh

Ouch, that hit too close to home...too mean....too mean.

FIREk · 2012-01-30, 07:27 AM

I don't like it... While the overall design is nice, the pointlessly "telescopic" design is just... wrong.

I bitched a bit about the original Cycler, but it looked a hundred times better... :<

Canaris · 2012-01-30, 07:39 AM

I really like the new cyclers, although as someone said Banana up that magazine and we got a deal!

LZachariah · 2012-01-30, 08:43 AM

I think it's interesting that this present incarnation of the Cycler is LESS "round and circular" than the Planetside 1 version (which has an elongated drum-magazine and a rounder front-grip). In the end, I do not find this to be a huge issue, though I will say that (aside from the MCG), the Terran weapons don't seem to fit the art-style of round edges and circles (and I love the art-style differentiation between the three factions). I believe that the NC weapons fit the style fairly well, and the Vanu weapons look absolutely amazing (but I'm biased).

However, this is SOE's game, and I have no major complaints, only eagerness. And also, I won't be wielding these Terran weapons, I'll be killing people who are wielding them, so it's not really my issue :-)

~Zachariah

NewSith · 2012-01-30, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by LZachariah

I think it's interesting that this present incarnation of the Cycler is LESS "round and circular" than the Planetside 1 version (which has an elongated drum-magazine and a rounder front-grip). In the end, I do not find this to be a huge issue, though I will say that (aside from the MCG), the Terran weapons don't seem to fit the art-style of round edges and circles (and I love the art-style differentiation between the three factions). I believe that the NC weapons fit the style fairly well, and the Vanu weapons look absolutely amazing (but I'm biased).

However, this is SOE's game, and I have no major complaints, only eagerness. And also, I won't be wielding these Terran weapons, I'll be killing people who are wielding them, so it's not really my issue :-)

~Zachariah

TR weps look military grade unlike the other empires'. This is where the lore steps in, rather than design stamps.

LZachariah · 2012-01-30, 09:01 AM

Ah, now THAT i will definitely agree with. Yes, they certainly look like rigid, standardized, military-grade, mass-produced weapons. I can definitely appreciate that, and I hadn't considered it. The NC weapons look like a combination of "this is a weapon" and "this is technology not originally meant for combat that has been re-engineered to be meant for paramilitary use." The Vanu weapons look like "this is a weapon that is the product of advanced, only partially-understandable science."

If the Terran weapon art-design was going for "no frills standardized military," I'd say they nailed it. Now, this could be unified with the circles and round edges, but again, it's not a big issue to me.

~Zachariah

Aurmanite · 2012-01-30, 10:08 AM

I sure hope the round tommy gun style mag is an unlock.

LZachariah · 2012-01-30, 10:09 AM

That would be a good thing; maybe double the magazine capacity, make it a drum instead of a clip, etc.

Canaris · 2012-01-30, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by LZachariah

That would be a good thing; maybe double the magazine capacity, make it a drum instead of a clip, etc.

lol I'm down with that, drum mags on everything TR especially the Repeater, not only am I playing PS 2 I'm also in a John Woo movie. Hurray for never having to reload

LZachariah · 2012-01-30, 12:13 PM

w00000!

bjorntju1 · 2012-01-30, 03:29 PM

I don't really like the ARV one, but this one isnt bad. However I am curious what this weapon is:

Originally Posted by Bags

I mean this one

I liked that one more. But I think they want to go with a more millitary look like NewSith said. So they changed it with the one we have now.

LZachariah · 2012-01-30, 04:27 PM

Do we think that this weapon shown above is possibly a Nanite Systems rifle? The Suppressor, perhaps? We've already seen that Nanite Systems technology is sometimes given a color-pattern overlay that matches the faction (such as the ATV's that we've been shown for the Terrans and NC, for instance).

Rbstr · 2012-01-30, 05:25 PM

or it might never exist like a couple early PS1 guns.