Special Edition Exo Suits

darkfiction

Ok, so with 1.0 on the horizon Exo suits should be coming out soon and I wanted to know if the devs have any desire to continue the special edition (Black) marine armor and make it show prominently on the exo suits.

Right now I find it very subtle on the regular armor. You really have to have two marines standing beside each other and in a lit room while neither of them move to notice the difference between black and dark green marine armor and you still have to be looking for it... These conditions never happen in play, and only in certain ready rooms can you get enough lighting to notice it...

Could you make it more noticeable on the exo suit? Maybe a shiny metallic black or not make the regular armor dark green... As is it too hard to see the difference.

Thanks!

LPC

I don't think you should gave pre-orderers any more praise then they allready have. the black armor is cool, but really; it's not like pre-orderers have achieved something that other couldn't have done..


I'd rather have UWE give squad 5 members a special Exo-suit or something! how about that?

[Deleted User]

They basically co-funded the game on the basis of promises and even paid more than the actual price, I wouldn't call that nothing.

EgoGamer

<!--quoteo(post=1962623:date=Aug 14 2012, 11:31 AM:name=LPC)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LPC @ Aug 14 2012, 11:31 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1962623"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'd rather have UWE give squad 5 members a special Exo-suit or something! how about that?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'll be honest, while it'd be cool for all pre-orders to get something, if I had to choose I'd want Squad 5s to get a little cosmetic bling. :)

Soul_Rider

Special editions for pre-orders has finished, both the chance to buy, and the opportunity to receive new goodies. We paid extra to support NS2 and gain the Black Armor edition, way back in 2009. We got it, and it is great, but they are not likely going to carry on producing special items for those pre-orders, maybe an alien skin set after v1.0 or something.

Maybe UWE will do something additionally special for all pre-orders, or Squad 5 members, but I strongly wouldn't expect a special edition Exo. If they brought it out though, I'd wear it with pride, hahaha :)

LPC

<!--quoteo(post=1962625:date=Aug 14 2012, 12:39 PM:name=Krull)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Krull @ Aug 14 2012, 12:39 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1962625"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->They basically co-funded the game on the basis of promises and even paid more than the actual price, I wouldn't call that nothing.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I never said 'nothing', I said it's just not so special. Actually working on / modding the game (sqaud 5) is much more special.

darkfiction

<!--quoteo(post=1962699:date=Aug 14 2012, 02:51 PM:name=LPC)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LPC @ Aug 14 2012, 02:51 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1962699"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I never said 'nothing', I said it's just not so special. Actually working on / modding the game (sqaud 5) is much more special.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I would say they both deserve something special... There should definelty be some sort of alien recognition for Special Edition/Squad 5... Maybe a different color blink trail or black Onos skull!

Kouji_San

YESH! I want mine to have racing stripes and neon lights :P

On a more serous note, there is no plan that I know of in the works to create a new model for the SE people. The Black armoured marine is what the SE crew paid for*. I'd hate to see the devs take away time from development to model/rig/code a secondary black armoured EXO to be quite honest :)


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IeptBarakat

While I don't even know what the exosuit looks like, a black texture variation would be cool. Just like a black textured jetpack.

Although I'd rather see the special edition armor have the appropriate arm viewmodels.

darkfiction

<!--quoteo(post=1962791:date=Aug 14 2012, 05:18 PM:name=Kouji_San)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kouji_San @ Aug 14 2012, 05:18 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1962791"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->YESH! I want mine to have racing stripes and neon lights :P

On a more serous note, there is no plan that I know of in the works to create a new model for the SE people. The Black armoured marine is what the SE crew paid for*. I'd hate to see the devs take away time from development to model/rig/code a secondary black armoured EXO to be quite honest :)


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While I'm not trying to diminish the work the devs do, it would really only be a matter of copy pasting whatever textures they are using for the current exo and changing the color to black... I guarrantee you there is a photoshop wizard with a SE pack in the community that would be willing to do this for free.

Kouji_San

<!--quoteo(post=1962931:date=Aug 14 2012, 07:08 PM:name=darkfiction)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (darkfiction @ Aug 14 2012, 07:08 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1962931"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->While I'm not trying to diminish the work the devs do, it would really only be a matter of copy pasting whatever textures they are using for the current exo and changing the color to black... I guarrantee you there is a photoshop wizard with a SE pack in the community that would be willing to do this for free.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The thing is, the SE marine model is different. Heck I could even simply recolor the material files as I did with the golden shoulder pads as an idea for the default pre-oder peeps. A new model is something that needs rigging/animation/cookies for cory and Brian :P

darkfiction

<!--quoteo(post=1962933:date=Aug 14 2012, 08:13 PM:name=Kouji_San)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kouji_San @ Aug 14 2012, 08:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1962933"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The thing is, the SE marine model is different. Heck I could even simply recolor the material files as I did with the golden shoulder pads as an idea for the default pre-oder peeps. A new model is something that needs rigging/animation/cookies for cory and Brian :P<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

If it's that much work I'd even pay more for a special edition exo and alien life form BUT only as long as the community can vote on the design this time... maybe even submit their own designs? It would really boost the community moral and possibly increase game revenue for the devs... Win/Win/Win methinks...

schkorpio

the black armor is there so you know to stay away from that person, because they have grown bitter since 2009 and will tell you about crap ns2 is compared to ns1 lol j/k :)