I have some trepidation about there being a jetpack in the game... Oh, who am I kidding? The jetpacks should be awesome!

jerimas

Jetpacks as an alternative to a parachute would be slick. bail out of the dropship or a warhawk and you have like ten seconds or so of flight. Enough time to use that handy dandy rocket launcher and exact revenge on that bastard that just blew up my pretty warhawk/nemesis.

DrunkRaba

SHWING!

madhotch

@B1ooDshOt: There is open mic now, no press required.

G-PoNg

curses, I might have to pick up this game now.

Cactuar

@Megan Fox Iz Hot! ^-^ - ph15h:

I gave this game a few chances when it first came out. I'm an open book, and I'm not biased, but really it needed serious help. Plus pressing the damn thumbstick to voice chat, wtf is that about.

B1ooDshOt

@MaloMan: Mines are fun.

Jetpacks would be a great idea. I was originally thinking parachutes too, but jetpacks may work even better. It would come in handy when you're surrounded inside a building or your vehicle explodes far away from any base and there's opposing tanks and warhawks closing in. Quick escape to jet over to another base where you have more teammates, instead of just jogging away while you wait to get killed.

Abno

It's nice seeing companies support console games for the free. They have annouced a lot lately on Warhawk. Think that coincides with the Greatest Hits version being new to drive sales on it? makes sense to me. smart if thats the case makes them stand out from the pack.

MisterMcThursday

Bull shit.

DynamiteHeaddy

@InsidiousTuna: dude, you'd be a sitting duck, but not a bad idea if we could chute from the troop carrier/gunship.

@MaloMan: you want annoying? How about a team DM or Zones game where the opposing team sends in a lone guy around the back of your base and plants proxy mines on a few warhawks. You then respawn run to a Hawk and BOOM...dead. Respawn...go to another Hawk...BOOM dead again..

Damn annoying isn't it...

Yeah, I was that guy planting the proxies hehehehehe

Warhawk updates FTW!

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

@Gitaroo_Dude: I still remember the epic spiderman affairs with the grappling hook and the laser guided rocket launcher was a laugh getting the rocket to go round corners.

dsmx

i think this is a great game, and once your get over the steep learning curves things become really smooth, ive heard the 1.5 update is adding a tutorial so that should soften the blow to newcomers.

jet packs will be a nice idea, theres nothing more annoying than having to trudge around when all you want is a vehicle. and i think the idea of a parachute could be nice, but would leave you such a sitting duck, or floating duck as it were

D-TRON

Cool. I'll love Warhawk even more.

Dogswithguns

maybe you can get out of the warhawk mid-air when you have a jetpack equipped.. that would be fun but i doubt that, though

the_answer

That's....ok, I guess?

So when are they going to make that patch that actually gives the game a single player campaign with story like they had showed at E3 ages past when the game was being made...the one thing I was looking forward to about the game...

PathRifter

@FP_slomo788: The incog team has truly done an excellent job balancing the game. I'm sure they've taken the same approach with the inclusion of the boba fetts.

Madgame

@B1ooDshOt: well if you have checked, there are still a good number of people still playing. it's a fun game, it's been out for almost a year now and it's got a good number of ppl playing with updates coming around bout every four months.
and the controls are broken at all. they're actually pretty easy once you get used to them which takes like 5 mins

fragilenin

There are many references to jetpacks... hmm. Doesn't GameFAQs check their send-ins anymore? Maybe it will come soon.

@B1ooDshOt: Why bother coming to a thread about a subject you don't like and complain just because it doesn't float your boat? -_-

The Internet needs to learn something...Learn to ignore and not be ignorant.

Megan Fox Iz Hot! ^-^ - ph15h

looks like we'll see. if they do introduce it, it'll more than likely be balanced like the rest of the game

fragilenin

i love warhawk

but the infantry weapons feel so cheap.

i wish they spent more time on the ground vehicles and got rid of that proximity mine

it really annoys the hell out of me.

MaloMan

man, do I have to pick Warhawk back up don't mind doing it, its a great game.

ShadowScale

Controls are fine, it was just a steep learning curve. Once you get over that its easy. Try turning the speed down if its too hard for you.

G-PoNg

@FP_slomo788: Argh. "... other people can't enjoy it"

FP_slomo788

It looks like it's time to brush up on my warhawk skills. I haven't used a jetpack since the good old Tribes games.

CaptainAhab

@B1ooDshOt: Just because you suck doesn't mean other people enjoy it. I do suck at it but one can clearly see where the fun in the game is. Unless all you play is Deathmatch games. Or you have no friends who own the game.

FP_slomo788

@dsmx:

Wow, I thought I was the only person who played that game.

Wasn't great, but the jetpacks and grappling hooks in multiplayer made for some great times.

Gitaroo_Dude

I hope the Warhawk jetpacks don't really look like oversized ice-cream makers.

Aye Mak Sicur

seriously, who still plays this game? the game controls are broken, and the maps were stale.

B1ooDshOt

I want to know what happened with the jetpack the photo!

everybest

Having jet packs nice. The last game I played with jet packs in was Agent under fire and having dog fights in a jet pack was a laugh.

dsmx

Who needs jetpacks? You'll die in a second. Parachutes, Incognito. Parachutes is what we need! Although you probably won't survive much longer with that...

FP_slomo788

AWESOME. I would have settled for a parachute and the ability to eject from a Warhawk.

InsidiousTuna

wait wait wait... let me get this strait... people STILL play warhawk?

STARSBarry

@Anemone: And they're Weng Weng approved!

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Elly

Well that may just get me back into Warhawk. Jetpacks are what made Starsiege: Tribes the bestest FPS of all time. (Empirical fact.)

Anemone

Silly Warhawk, jetpacks are for Tribes!

First Red Faction and now this? I think these games are about 10 years behind.

BigMoose

I'm pretty much in agreement with everyone else in saying that Jetpacks are freaking awesome, but I would really love some parachutes. Right now, being a passenger in a Warhawk is completely useless, and in most cases you end up stuck there until the yahoo driving gets shot out of the sky because they can't be bothered to drop you off.

Give the passenger a machine gun or SOMETHING to do if you're going to lock the cockpit and not let them out. But a parachute would be preferred. Jumping out behind enemy lines was one of the favorite things to do back in Battlefield 1942.

PapaBear434

Oh shit jetpacks? I'm in

LittleBigPlaneteer

I would like to fly a Warhawk right into the Ultimate Warriors head brother, I can't believe I jobbed to him at Wrestlemania 6, maybe even better brother... I will convince the Ultimate Warrior to fly a Warhawk man, and you know damn well he will crash while doing one of those seizure roid rants brotherrrrrr...

Hulkamaniac

Holy crapola! It'd be totally awesome to fire a rocket launcher while cruising around in a jetpack!! :D

TheFaze

Lots of trophies for dying and killing yourself. Seems kind of odd to me.

Elly

@fokin_pikey:

That's what I mean. In ET: Quake Wars, the Icarus was great for just bouncing around dropping bombs. They really didn't do that much damage unless you got the bombs right on top of someone not paying attention, and they had a very limited fuel supply. You'd have to bounce around, essentially, only going up in bursts if you actually wanted to battle something, otherwise risking running out at a very inconvenient time.

Like I said, I would love a Rocketeer style jetpack, but the likelihood is not there. At the very least, I would like to see them as a standard piece of equipment, like Tribes. You spawn, you have a jetpack that can take you only so far. Just something that can, say, help you jump off a cliff and glide to the bottom, or maybe jump from hilltop to hilltop.

I guess I'm thinking like the Mercs in "Giants: Citizen Kobuto." You could hover for quite a while, you could boost pretty high in the air and still manage to glide yourself back down, you could use it to basically skip jump at tremendous speeds close to the ground... Great combat options, and it really made for interesting battles.

However, I can see it more likely that they are going to have it sitting somewhere like a vehicle or weapon. Which means everyone is going to camp the hell out of it. But, at least we will be able to get to other parts of the map on the Destroyed Capital map without having to wait for a Warhawk to respawn.

PapaBear434

@PapaBear434: OK but it needs hover capabilities, you know when you want to battle a tank. I hope it is not fuel based where you travel short distances than have to recharge or something.

fokin_pikey

Ok, everyone comparing this to Tribes: I highly doubt it. Tribes 2 is still, to this day, my favorite game of all times. I tried Vengeance, and while the grappler was cool, the implication of the skiing and such bothered me. A good game nonetheless.

But yeah, I don't think you're going to see the jetpacks in this being quite that intricate to the gameplay. It's probably going to be more like the jetpacks in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars that the Strogg have. You go up for short distances, and basically just hop around and annoy the hell out of those around you.

Personally what I want from this, though, would be more of a "Rocketeer" style jetpack. You go up, it's fast and furious while going in a straight line, and you have to do your best to control it while careening about.

PapaBear434

@STARSBarry: I think your quote "if PS3 didnt suck i would have one" coupled with this post pretty much sums up what kind of commenter you're going to be. Enjoy your brief stay!

Elly

@STARSBarry: People still play halo, people still play super mario bros, hell people still play donkey kong, what's your point?

G-PoNg

a href="#c7089840">STARSBarry: People still play halo, people still play super mario bros, hell people still play donkey kong, what's your point?@<

G-PoNg

How about some Boats? With a little gatlin gun action? Or even better how about 1st person view? HUH HUH?

fokin_pikey

Soo...Warhawk now becomes Tribes?

gibfather

lol oh boy jetpacks. trophies will bring me back to warhawk. cant wait.

resetbutton

Warhawk is all about love for customers!! Other companies should learn a LOT from Incognito.

fatez

@Elly: lol i suppose by breif you mean several months, now your using valve time

STARSBarry

Wait....Gamefaqs was RIGHT? Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse?

CrypticMetaphor

woah i need to first get all the uncharted trophies (get that platinum one!!) and then play Warhawk!!

Maxilicious

I can't wait for this. Running down people in jetpacks with a warhawk should be great fun.
I wonder if they will allow you to capture the flag with one.

raffyv3

OMG JETPACKS SICK LOL!!!!!

Tekkai

@FP_slomo788:

LOL it's already too easy to die in warhawk.. parachutes would be nice but you would get sniped... a lot. jetpacks sound cool though..

BUT I LOVE IT <3

Akmed

Warhawk is okay, but could be GREAT if they changed a few things:

1) Increase the damage on the machine gun. Why does it take 1 1/2 clips to kill someone? Ditto with the worthless pistol.

2) Reduce the proximity of mines, or just plain get rid of them. Playing CTF is nearly impossible and just annoying when all people do is plant countless mines around the flag all day.

3) Give the ability to eject, then deploy a parachute when you want, so that you don't die while waiting forever to land with your parachute deployed really high in the air.

kadaj24

Its about time I went out and purchased this game. Every patch seems like a sequel.

TheCleaningGuy

woo this is so going to make it feel like tribes to me. i love jetpacks. i even put a modded jetpack in unreal tournament 3 on ps3, it was fun.

islandknight

@kadaj24:

1)In the beta, the machine gun was completely worthless while the pistol at anything short to medium range was completely GODLY. They obviously changed a few things. The machine gun, as long as you aim high at the head, will still drop a person within half a clip. Headshots count in this game as well as most any these days.

2)Use a grenade before you go to the flag. It will clear out most all mines. Even better is to coordinate it with someone in a Warhawk to lay down a cluster bomb on the flag. Trust me, there won't be a mine left after that.

3)Agreed. My favorite game on the PS3 right now, but I've been complaining about the lack of a bail out feature since release.

PapaBear434

@STARSBarry:

wait wait obviously people still play warhawk for the love of the game, thank god your not playing it.

i would totally pwneded you "STRAIT" up!

lonesn1per

i still play warhawk!

i suck at dogfighting but ground to air? im unstoppable!

jetpacks sound awesome but how about a parachute?

still waiting for something like that?

and the ability to land ANYWHERE on the map, even sharp mountain tops! or better yet the women statue on that one map!

lonesn1per

@PapaBear434: Yeah I never knew I could aim with the machine gun, I thought the auto aim just takes over. I'll try that from now on.

Good idea with the mines, I do that sometimes but they plant mines in various places on the path leading to the flag so I can't get to it still sometimes. And I would coordinate with people but they dont listen or they dont have a headset. Unfortunately, people just want kills even though the mode is called Capture the Flag.

kadaj24

@kadaj24: Another thing to do when approaching an area you know has been saturated with mines is to sweep the ground ahead of you with a flamethrower. It's especially good for indirect destruction.
And even if the enemy guns you down shortly thereafter, you've cleared the way - at least for a little while.

JoelLeizer

@JoelLeizer: Yeah that's a good idea too, but unfortunately there's always those people who spend the entire game just replanting mines in the same area. Lame. I'll try it though.

kadaj24

I am so going to get back into this and what a way to update after a one year anniversary on the market!

rockmanjoey

I am totally sold. Jetpacks sounds fun. I haven't played in a while but it seems just as I get tired of it they introduce something to make it new again. I am looking forward to the tutorials as I suck at flying the planes. I do much better as a troop or in the ground vehicles.

If you don't have it yet you should get it. At $29 you can't go wrong.

Awoken

hahah nice photo =) giz rocks

gloveofpower

I agree on the parachutes and would like to see airships (like in the original but player/ team controllable) a new ground vehicle and a riot shield for the troops.

Keep the updates coming!!!

mastershredder

Yes new fodder!!!

I love this game and I play the hell out of it, but there are times that it reminds me of StarFox Assault. Especially if jetpacks also make the scene (similarities but 100% better). I also kinda feel like those delays we saw for Lair and Warhawk may have been because they were almost the same type of game and they needed to avoid having to many similar elements. The Warhawk build I played at E3 '06 was more like the original on the PS1 with large airships and swarms of Warhawks plus ground targets (Lair got those goods). Instead we got all out ass-kicking online brawl game that I could not be happier with, but I would like to see some air ship levels or smaller player controllable airships that can be occupied by players like zones and/or are destructible and contain turrets for other players to control.

I would also like to see a shield for the soldier added. Kind of like a riot shield (vulnerable from behind) that could be activated a couple times to help your chances when a Warhawk decides to pick on you when on foot and you have no cover or decent weapons. A new ground vehicle would be nice too.

Keep the updates coming Incognito! Add continuous zest and it will keep selling. I really want to see Warhawk grow and mature with the PS3 until it spouts complementing gray hairs!

mastershredder

@FP_slomo788:

though it would be awesome target practice, aiming at a dude as he floats back down

bling_singh