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| 0s | well what's up with that one guy the |
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| 2s | secret agent man he doesn't have a |
| 3s | faction logo oh thanks Zack that's bug |
| 7s | we need to fix that right away on night |
| 9s | okay what is this what's this what's |
| 14s | this strain never seen anything like |
| 16s | this in planetside we saw just a little |
| 22s | while ago don't bully upside down yeah |
| 29s | yeah yeah so as you can see we've added |
| 32s | the Ennis Segway yeah yeah so the AI in |
| 48s | planetside 1 there was a faction called |
| 50s | call them the black ops fraction maybe |
| 53s | maybe yeah they want a faction oh no no |
| 56s | they were there were so I I conferred |
| 58s | with Burness and Kevin oh okay they knew |
| 60s | their way yeah actually burn burn ass |
| 62s | working on plants that one okay yeah |
| 64s | that's true so I so the Ennis black ops |
| 66s | faction planet said one was actually |
| 68s | driven specifically by the developers |
| 70s | like they they would take players and so |
| 73s | during times of I mean either |
| 74s | overpopulation or if they were just |
| 76s | bored I guess they would take players |
| 77s | from certain factions and then I put |
| 79s | them in this this fourth faction and the |
| 81s | intent was to make it so this fourth |
| 83s | faction all the other three factions |
| 85s | would team up and fight them |
| 86s | so the Ennis black ops characters had |
| 88s | they had more health they had I think |
| 91s | they could use all the weapons and then |
| 93s | they had these this fusion katana yes - |
| 97s | I won we're not doing that yeah we're |
| 99s | not doing that your fears now yes |
| 103s | however so the black ops so this is |
| 108s | essentially a new faction at least in |
| 110s | the code it is very much new faction we |
| 112s | have created a new faction this faction |
| 115s | is gonna work a little bit differently |
| 116s | than the other ones in the existing |
| 118s | three you create this robot character |
| 121s | and you go in and you login and it'll |
| 123s | put you and assigned you to one of the |
| 126s | existing three factions depending on |
| 128s | population so it will assign you to the |
| 131s | lowest population faction |
| 133s | so as he loads in here he'll notice that |
| 136s | oh look he got assigned to the vanu |
| 138s | sovereignty yeah so we've gone through |
| 140s | and completely reworked like every |
| 143s | faction interaction in the game be it |
| 145s | like how you know your med kits work or |
| 149s | how revives work or weapons and vehicle |
| 153s | spawns and like everything from the |
| 155s | ground up so Ennis characters are gonna |
| 157s | have access to basically anything that's |
| 159s | that's common pool so by default are |
| 161s | gonna start with the NSX lineup here for |
| 164s | the most part daimyo for the infiltrator |
| 166s | the the Tonto for the for the flying |
| 170s | man's and pilot rockland rifle all sorts |
| 174s | of fun stuff they use common pool |
| 176s | weapons completely faction agnostic they |
| 180s | are assigned to a specific team so as |
| 183s | you'll look here there's some wonderful |
| 185s | trim could you go back to that for a sec |
| 187s | yeah their character is tinted based on |
| 190s | the faction that they belong to so here |
| 192s | you see the nice purple and teal tint of |
| 195s | the vanu sovereignty and I said these |
| 197s | are glowy emissive bits or you're going |
| 198s | to need to use a little bit of cleanup |
| 200s | oh yeah yeah so wins over Salone |
| 203s | actually and for those of you who are |
| 205s | curious this was Dokus three-month |
| 208s | project I know he's been teasing and |
| 212s | honestly like he's done amazing work on |
| 215s | this I'm really looking forward to be |
| 218s | afar though I can't help but actually |
| 226s | you know what so a lot of the community |
| 228s | members and we're trying to give like |
| 229s | hints like to that direction it's like |
| 231s | it's yeah yeah so one of the screenshots |
| 238s | that was put out on Twitter was was the |
| 240s | old there was this old shed in the |
| 242s | middle of in dark and dusty old and dark |
| 244s | and there used to be a glass pane that |
| 247s | you look through and you'd see the old |
| 248s | VFR model the old TR Bureau at VFR model |
| 251s | alright so it was just that screenshot |
| 253s | at the shed and I think a couple people |
| 255s | picked up on it and so we're just like |
| 258s | like push it that direction but but no |
| 260s | no no BF r is I'm you summoned you |
| 265s | still talking I what I kind of am i |
| 269s | pressing just buttons I don't know I |
| 272s | have run one as you can see the the |
| 276s | blackout's fashion runs much faster than |
| 277s | normal |
| 277s | [Laughter] |
| 281s | yeah just to clarify exactly there is |
| 285s | there's no major health pools and |
| 287s | anything like like that I know that was |
| 289s | traditional to the plan aside one but |
| 291s | our game is like wheat there's another |
| 294s | character so they're going to be |
| 295s | assisting the lowest populated faction |
| 297s | and because of that because they're |
| 299s | assisting the lowest populated faction |
| 301s | fights should be more fair across the |
| 303s | continent and and actually the wait |
| 306s | times for members are going down which |
| 307s | is fortunate because this can I say it |
| 310s | is a this is a Members Only feature and |
| 314s | so you if you have a membership you can |
| 316s | purchase or I mean I'm sorry if you have |
| 318s | a membership you can create this |
| 319s | character and then also in order to to |
| 323s | continue to play the character you have |
| 325s | to continue to have the membership like |
| 326s | that's that's that you have access to |
| 328s | play exactly so one of the sort of just |
| 330s | built-in advantages of playing one of |
| 332s | these characters is yes since you're |
| 334s | going to the lowest population faction |
| 336s | of each of the zones that you're going |
| 338s | into you'll never be in a membership |
| 340s | queue ever again but but yeah vibe but |
| 343s | also because of the any sort of queue |
| 345s | getting into his own and but because |
| 348s | you're playing as these characters it'll |
| 349s | make the other people that are waiting |
| 351s | in queues not have to wait as long |
| 353s | because you're bringing it that much |
| 354s | closer to the faction balance that we're |
| 356s | looking forward to allow for other |
| 357s | people to join their other factions so |
| 359s | exactly so this is a feature that |
| 362s | benefits like planetside 2 as a whole |
| 364s | and it's something that it's kind of |
| 366s | been it's it's it's an idea from from |
| 370s | older times but but now it's here it's |
| 373s | something we're pretty excited about not |
| 374s | only was it something that was like a |
| 376s | you know really large technical |
| 378s | undertaking to be able to like like I |
| 380s | said like rework all the faction |
| 382s | interactions but it gives you an |
| 383s | opportunity to like play on different |
| 386s | sides of the war easily and you know you |
| 388s | can create a a robot only |
| 392s | outfit and like you know see people |
| 394s | across multiple different oh yeah you |
| 396s | should switch out to a different yeah so |
| 399s | this is the heavy and I think the heavy |
| 400s | looks amazing I love how it's |
| 402s | silhouettes actually it makes it really |
| 403s | identifiable far away it assigns you to |
| 406s | a faction based on which zone you're in |
| 407s | the population that zone so if you |
| 409s | switch from one zone to another |
| 411s | it'll reassign you to whatever that zone |
| 413s | happens to need and there's work that |
| 414s | we'll need to do to make it so you is |
| 416s | the player I always keep in mind which |
| 419s | faction you're fighting for because I |
| 420s | can get confusing if you're if you're |
| 421s | zone or jumping zones yeah I've done a |
| 423s | lot of spy before it's it's it's |
| 426s | something that's keen on perception is |
| 428s | yeah and so you can currently uh Paul |
| 433s | briefly mentioned but it's worth |
| 434s | reiterating I you can have an outfit |
| 436s | full of of NS robots they are not on the |
| 439s | same faction per se they have different |
| 441s | assignments and depending on what zone |
| 444s | they're in and you know just whose |
| 445s | population is the lowest so there there |
| 448s | is some I I want to kind of rationalize |
| 452s | the the membership benefit because it's |
| 454s | important that we do it this way as so |
| 458s | making it a members-only feature is not |
| 460s | only like adds value to membership |
| 461s | that's that's obvious right camera would |
| 463s | you it not only adds value to membership |
| 470s | but also makes it so you don't have |
| 473s | these guys running around absolutely |
| 475s | everywhere and that means that you have |
| 477s | more like the faction flavors is still |
| 479s | present within the game so there's still |
| 482s | a reason that there's a bunch of NC |
| 484s | dudes and there's a bunch of the SDS and |
| 485s | that's everything and then also I buy I |
| 489s | think when lowering the I mean so the |
| 492s | downside of this system is that it is is |
| 494s | kind of solo player based it's it's like |
| 498s | a lone wolf system really I mean you can |
| 499s | have an outfit but that's no no |
| 501s | guarantee they're gonna be able to play |
| 502s | with your friends at any given time |
| 504s | right so there is drawbacks and we we're |
| 507s | well aware of that but the benefits far |
| 509s | outweigh the drawbacks and hopefully |
| 512s | this is something that's it's fun yeah |
| 514s | so not forcing people to play this is no |
| 516s | yeah yeah exactly |
| 517s | so and again like that with the queue |
| 519s | times and just balanced fights like that |
| 521s | gives us a really solid direction to |
| 524s | move |
| 524s | when it comes to I don't know just yeah |
| 528s | just crying trying to create more |
| 530s | balanced flights like throughout the |
| 531s | entire Kong yeah I mean that's a big |
| 533s | part of the spawn system revamp as well |
| 536s | try to get fights to be a lot more even |
| 538s | than we find to be much more engaging |
| 541s | encounters and much more fun for their |
| 544s | players yeah because even if you if you |
| 546s | even if you have you know if you have a |
| 549s | 50% TR population and throughout the the |
| 553s | entire continent like if you're over |
| 555s | popped you have to put that population |
| 558s | somewhere which contributes to the user |
| 561s | gang overpopulation regardless like |
| 564s | regardless of the spawn system like |
| 565s | moving players around to different |
| 566s | locations you you need to to have like a |
| 569s | somewhat balanced the faction globally |
| 572s | in order to decree balanced fights so |
| 577s | run space or whatever yeah |
| 582s | so there's we're also we have tons of |
| 585s | ideas for what to add to the system to |
| 588s | incentivize it to make it more |
| 589s | interesting for all the players that are |
| 591s | involved and so this is going to be that |
| 594s | the the crux behind what we want to do |
| 596s | with our play tests this is will this |
| 599s | will be coming to the test server later |
| 601s | today |