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1: NC

2: NC and TR

3: NC, TR and Vanu

[Girlinhat]

Because the game has "balance" and only carries 12 inside.  But we're going to be exploiting them and carrying them atop!  You know, where they can get shot at more easily.

[draco1234]

Because the game has "balance" and only carries 12 inside.  But we're going to be exploiting them and carrying them atop!  You know, where they can get shot at more easily.

Thats the point!  Our allies get 'transport', and we get free meatshields for our aircraft  It's a win-win.

[miauw62]

Mh.
Not so win-win when the plane you are flying is going to crash head-first into a enemy base. On purpose, obviously.

[Dariush]

Mh.
Not so win-win when the plane you are flying is going to crash head-first into a enemy base. On purpose, obviously.

Damn, you're right. It's not win-win. It's win-win-WIN.

[Sting_Auer]

So the Terran Republic is MOAR DAKKA, the Vanu Sovereignty is PEW PEW LAZERS, and the New Conglomerate is "MAKE IT BIGGER"

[Blizzlord]

The NC builds their stuff in a cave. With a box of scraps.

They are not only dwarfy, but also downright orky.

[timferius]

I believe it's been mentioned, but a bunch of NC stuff is repurposed mining equipment. Sound familiar? 

[miauw62]

I believe it's been mentioned, but a bunch of NC stuff is repurposed mining equipment. Sound familiar? 

'You strike the TR soldier in the arm with the humongous mining lazer!'
'the severed part sails off in an arc!'

[Siquo]

In PS1, a favourite troll/grief pastime (not me!) was to load up a Galaxy with strangers, then head towards the ocean/volcano, and kick everyone out. I wonder how and if they will stop people from doing that.

[draco1234]

In PS1, a favourite troll/grief pastime (not me!) was to load up a Galaxy with strangers, then head towards the ocean/volcano, and kick everyone out. I wonder how and if they will stop people from doing that.

I don't think you can kick people out in PS2.  You could just crash into the volcano, but then your Galaxy might get scratched
(Mind you, not being able to kick people out could have it's own problems, with people camping in your transport and refusing to get out to make room for your outfit, etc.)

[Girlinhat]

It'll still be possible, but grant you massive grief points and get the GM's on your tail.  So, it's possible exactly once.

[Microcline]

In PS1, a favourite troll/grief pastime (not me!) was to load up a Galaxy with strangers, then head towards the ocean/volcano, and kick everyone out. I wonder how and if they will stop people from doing that.

The most entertaining variation I saw was "Navy SEAL Training", where you land a galaxy and announce that you're doing "Navy SEAL Training", then dumping everyone into the ocean, the best griefs being the ones that (i.) only work once and (ii.) punish (and only succeed due to) some perceived flaw, such as naiveté (not knowing the "Navy SEAL Training" joke) or pretentiousness (signing up for "Navy SEAL Training" in a game).  The big problem in PS1 was that in the end mossies were a much faster and more reliable means of transportation (both due to not being a giant, slow-moving target, not sticking all of your eggs in one basket, and not having to rely on a random pubbie), so the only people who boarded (pubbie) galaxies were those without AirCav.  It looks like they're trying to fix this in PS2 with vehicle resource costs and penalties for non galaxy ejection.

As it's difficult to automatically detect, I suspect they'll try to combat dropship griefing by having a report button.  Twelve people simultaneously giving a player a vote of no-confidence would probably attract much more mod ire than accidentally shooting a couple of allies.

edit: "penalties" was likely bad word choice, as the "you threw away ~100 resources crashing a plane" is mentioned in the first part of the sentence

[Aklyon]

You can eject from any of the craft, you just need an ejection seat instead of something like flares (or like at least one person in the E3 stuff did, epic timing)

[Sensei]

So, think there's much chance of getting all 79 (so far) Bay12'ers interested in Planetside into an outfit?

[timferius]

So, think there's much chance of getting all 79 (so far) Bay12'ers interested in Planetside into an outfit?

I doubt it, there are some who simply refuse to join with the New Conglomerate. Fools.