Night Hotdrops

Evilmp · 2012-02-01, 02:45 PM

Will the inertial dampeners glow very brightly at night?

If so, would there be an option to equip special stealth dampeners for more sneaky raids?

Rbstr · 2012-02-01, 02:54 PM

I hope so...having real nighttime mechanics, challenges in seeing things and trying to avoid detection, would be quite cool. Turn on the headlights? Use reduced viewing area night vision? Do a nighttime hot drop.

Especially if he day/night cycle is on the order of hourish+ and not really fast.

Magpie · 2012-02-01, 02:54 PM

Looks like I need my flare gun

To be fair I can't wait for nightfight I can sit on a hill and watch free fireworks

even better if planetside 2 was 3D

Hamma · 2012-02-01, 02:57 PM

One thing is for sure - night time hot drops will be awesome I think.

Shogun · 2012-02-01, 02:59 PM

make the dampeners leave a lowly glimming smear through the sky in empire color. and give it a nightmode sidegrade that turns down the glow but maybe makes you go down slower, or faster therefore costing some health or shield at touchdown.

Arrow · 2012-02-01, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

One thing is for sure - night time hot drops will be awesome I think.

Or to the defenders joy, a disaster. I remember people not being able to hot drop effectively in regular planetside, throw the element of not being able to see shit in there and bam chaos could break out lol.

Shogun · 2012-02-01, 03:02 PM

i guess nighttime doesnt affect the minimap. and a good hotdrop is timed by looking at the minimap, not guessing from the view ;-)

Logri · 2012-02-01, 03:03 PM

Lol this made me think about WWII night drops, where the ground forces used skytracers and flak while the invading troops made para drops.

ringring · 2012-02-01, 03:05 PM

In night ops the VS have advantage.

Dark armour - can't see them.
Blinding disco balls of light ..... arrrgh! MY EYESIGHT is ruined.

Miir · 2012-02-01, 03:06 PM

I hope the dampeners are toggled with a button. So you can wait to the last moment before deploying them. (like a parachute) Too high and you are a target in the sky. Too low and you are a mark on the ground.

That way you could fall invisibly in the night sky. Then just before the ground you turn them on. People at ground level may miss the glow because their views may be obscured by landscape.

ShowNoMercy · 2012-02-01, 03:08 PM

They will have difficulty playing with lighting effects if players can create them. Imagine like 30 players shooting flairs off at night with these graphics; that would certainly lock up some people's graphics.

Knocky · 2012-02-01, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by ringring

In night ops the VS have advantage.

Dark armour - can't see them.
Blinding disco balls of light ..... arrrgh! MY EYESIGHT is ruined.

I am thinking that will all their glowing crap....it will be the VS at a disadvantage at night.

How the hell can you possibly miss them?

Raymac · 2012-02-01, 03:12 PM

You know, just the title of this thread gives me warm fuzzies.

Shogun · 2012-02-01, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by ShowNoMercy

They will have difficulty playing with lighting effects if players can create them. Imagine like 30 players shooting flairs off at night with these graphics; that would certainly lock up some people's graphics.

then go and watch the chinese gameplay video again...

especially the nighttime mossie straferun! every rocket had it´s own dynamic lighting. forgeLIGHT...

Hmr85 · 2012-02-01, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by Miir

I hope the dampeners are toggled with a button. So you can wait to the last moment before deploying them. (like a parachute) Too high and you are a target in the sky. Too low and you are a mark on the ground.

That way you could fall invisibly in the night sky. Then just before the ground you turn them on. People at ground level may miss the glow because their views may be obscured by landscape.

I really like this idea I think that would be absolutely awesome.