Princeps Marcellus
Expert Intervention
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.06.16 00:59:00 -
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Let's make this a game! I'll be comparing things from PS2 factions to their closest racial equivalents in Dust 514.
So, first the races.
Caldari state vs. Terran Republic. Both are extremely autocratic. Caldari State has more of a strange corporate autocracy while the Terran Republic is more of a... thing. In the lore, the TR simply were the ones in power. It's like the most standard of autocracies that the imagination could possibly thought of. The way that the Caldari State operates is just way more interesting, what with the corporations and Heth and Haakatoa (I think? I can't remember how to spell her name! D:) and stuff.
Minmatar Republic/Amarr Empire vs. Vanu Sovereignty. I combined MR/AE because the Vanu Sovereignty is this weird faction that is a sort of rebellion from the Terran Republic, but unlike the Minmatar Republic has this weird theocratic notion about it, where the worship the alien called Vanu (I think, I don't actually play PS2 XD). Of the three, I quite frankly must say that I am unimpressed by them all. The writer of Templar One really seemed to be trying too hard to make the Amarr Empire seem like a dystopian theocratic empire, and while certainly it is a dystopian theocratic nightmare empire, it just didn't impress me. I don't know much about the Minmatar Republic, and the Vanu Sovereignty, from what I understand of the lore, was more along the lines of "OH **** GUYS WE FORGOT TO PUT IN A THIRD FACTION" rather than something interesting on its own.
Gallente Federation vs. New Conglomerate. True deomcracy vs. Space 'murrica. I have to say, I'm actually quite fond of both. I don't know why I like the Gallente Federation (President Roden is a complete dickhead, and I think he may be one of the reasons), but I do. The New Conglomerate are ******* space cowboys. They both receive the Princeps Marcellus stamp of approval.
Caldari HAV vs. Terran Republic Prowler. NOT A ******* QUESTION. It's a ******* BOX or... hot damn, just ******* LOOK at those ANGLES, man!
Gallente HAV vs. New Conglomerate Vanguard. I wish this wasn't the case, but I have to say that I'd cede this sexiness competition to the New Conglomerate. You just can't go wrong with the frame of an Abrams tank.
But I have to say this about PS2 Vehicles: you get ONE MODULE. There are lots of different... abilities?, but most of 'em are boring (TR gets Siege Mode, not sure what the Vanu Sovereignty uses, and the NC has an energy shield which absorbs damage, but none of that matters because the metagame has evolved to the point that most everyone has replaced their relatively interesting racial bonuses with IR smoke), and you can only use one at a time.
Every time I watch a PS2 vehicle video, I want to scream "WHY THE **** AREN'T YOU USING YOUR ARMOR REPPER?! WHERE ARE YOUR ARMOR HARDENERS?! DO YOU WANT TO LOSE YOUR 550K ISK TANK?!"
Then I remember that they don't have ISK in the Planetside Universe. Vehicle Points (or whatever you call 'em) just sort of magically appear out of the air when you get points. There's just something incredibly satisfying and gratifying aobut buying stuff with money that you don't get from Plaetside 2.
Here are the rest of the tanks from PS2. VS Magrider, Lightning (it's just a light tank that all factions get) |