Lancer is back?

Zulthus · 2012-06-28, 05:07 PM

I'm probably super late here but I just found out in /c chat about this picture. I was convinced the Lancer was axed out in place of the Fission, but apparently not.

http://vanu-sovereignty.com/gallery/...757#pid=602052

Basti said it was weeks old info but I couldn't find anything on search, so..

Did we already know about this?

Sephirex · 2012-06-28, 05:08 PM

That's an interesting spelling of material in the weapon title. Is it misspelled or just a spelling I'm not familiar with?

Xaine · 2012-06-28, 05:09 PM

I didn't know that, but me and you might be sitting in the ignorant bus with the rest of the fools. :P

Infernalis · 2012-06-28, 05:12 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-materiel

Nope it's not misspelled.

Xaine · 2012-06-28, 05:14 PM

Spelleg is over-rated.

Sephirex · 2012-06-28, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Infernalis

Nope it's not misspelled.

Thank you. That's fascinating, I had no idea there were two separate words!

Infernalis · 2012-06-28, 05:23 PM

Is this sarcasm?

Sephirex · 2012-06-28, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by Infernalis

Is this sarcasm?

No. I didn't know material referred to building materials while there was another word materiel that referred to war resources.

There are people willing to learn new things on the internet. I know they're rare.

bullet · 2012-06-28, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Sephirex

There are people willing to learn new things on the internet. I know they're rare.

BAHAHAHA!

Thats the best quote ever.

OT: Woot for my Lancer.

Xyntech · 2012-06-28, 06:11 PM

My bet is that it's just a variant of the Fission. But I don't necessarily take that as a bad thing, because we've heard that there will be dumb fire variants of the ES lockon AV guns.

My only concern is if they make it travel slow like a Decimator. The Lancer needs to be a weaker gun than something like the Decimator, but fire faster projectiles.

As long as we get the Lancer back in it's appropriate function, I don't really care if it looks like a fish gun (I actually like the way the Fission looks a lot). Otherwise, I'll be a very disappointed bittervet (in this one regard).

I was just playing around with the Lancer again today. That gun is so much fucking fun.

Braveliltoaster · 2012-06-28, 06:15 PM

jackhammer, lasher, mcg are also back, they are heavy assault weapons and fire from the hip now...

Zulthus · 2012-06-28, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by Braveliltoaster

jackhammer, lasher, mcg are also back, they are heavy assault weapons and fire from the hip now...

That's extremely old information though. Already known.

Furber · 2012-06-28, 06:30 PM

I think it will probably be some kind of variant of the Fission. Odds are there will be some kind of dumb fire like the Decimator, this could be the new lancer. Don't get your hopes up for the powerful instant-hit old lancer making a return though, I doubt it would be balanced against the much squishier vehicles in Planetside 2.

Sephirex · 2012-06-28, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by Furber

squishier vehicles in Planetside 2.

A lot of assumptions made on the future of this game based on damage ratios from an alpha build. No wonder devs hate to share information.

Shade Millith · 2012-06-28, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by Xyntech

My only concern is if they make it travel slow like a Decimator. The Lancer needs to be a weaker gun than something like the Decimator, but fire faster projectiles.

Unlikely.

1) IT'll piss off every VS vet.
2) Their calling it an Anti-material Rifle, which was just what the Lancer was in PS1.

Originally Posted by Furber

I think it will probably be some kind of variant of the Fission. Odds are there will be some kind of dumb fire like the Decimator, this could be the new lancer. Don't get your hopes up for the powerful instant-hit old lancer making a return though, I doubt it would be balanced against the much squishier vehicles in Planetside 2.

Lancer was never instant hit. You had both the charge up, and the travel time of the projectile to take into account. While it was quick, you still had to lead targets, even tanks.