What is releasing in 27 days? Speculation thread

Dictator93Dictator93 Join Date: 2008-12-21 Member: 65833Members, Reinforced - Shadow
edited March 2014 in NS2 General Discussion
Now it is 26 days.

Yesterday, UWE twitter page thing posted this picture:
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The NS2 related portion of the picture is blurred out. I thought it would be fun to speculate as to what is releasing in about a month's time.

I will guess that it is some sort of engine update for Spark (performance and eye candy). Dx11 and Open GL are still beta and we know Max, Dushan, etc... are continuing work on Spark while others work on Subnautica. This will push Open GL and Dx11 into non-beta status and make the game run better and look better. maybe...

Also, super-nanite HMG.
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  • Soul_RiderSoul_Rider Mod Bean Join Date: 2004-06-19 Member: 29388Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    I'm more interested in the 62 days until DROPBEARS DROPPED on non-drop bears. :D
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  • meatmachinemeatmachine South England Join Date: 2013-01-06 Member: 177858Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Supporter
    It's probably something boring that wont affect me.
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  • Blarney_StoneBlarney_Stone Join Date: 2013-03-08 Member: 183808Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    meatmachine wrote: »
    It's probably something boring that wont affect me.

    I'm officially finished with looking forward to "big announcements" from UWE. If it's something worth getting excited over, I'll get excited after it's been announced.
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  • RoobubbaRoobubba Who you gonna call? Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11930Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    I think the words under there were originally "troll forums"
    :)
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  • cooliticcoolitic Right behind you Join Date: 2013-04-02 Member: 184609Members
    edited March 2014
    Wut is dis?

    It's like when Valve trolls us with HL3 except instead of not knowing the date and knowing what it is, UWE tells us date but not what it is.
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  • HughHugh Cameraman San Francisco, CA Join Date: 2010-04-18 Member: 71444NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Onos, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    Hint: It's not Subnautica related.
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  • DestherDesther Join Date: 2012-10-31 Member: 165195Members
    Flayra hinted at a NS2 mod becoming standalone, it could be that.
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  • Dictator93Dictator93 Join Date: 2008-12-21 Member: 65833Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Desther wrote: »
    Flayra hinted at a NS2 mod becoming standalone, it could be that.
    What does that mean? Like... SDK tools available for those who did not buy the game?
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  • DestherDesther Join Date: 2012-10-31 Member: 165195Members
    Dictator93 wrote: »
    Desther wrote: »
    Flayra hinted at a NS2 mod becoming standalone, it could be that.
    What does that mean? Like... SDK tools available for those who did not buy the game?

    A mod (lets say Combat) would become a game on the Steam store so you could play it without having NS2 installed. It might be Skulks with Shotguns .

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  • AurOn2AurOn2 COOKIES! FREEDOM, AND BISCUITS! Australia Join Date: 2012-01-13 Member: 140224Members, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Forum staff
    edited March 2014
    At first glance: Drop bears.
    Well if it's drop bears it will look a-lot like the Australian koala, but have bigger teeth, larger claws and eat meat.
    so.. gorge plushies?

    At second glance:
    11th subnautica build? I'm presuming the last 10 were the the terrain test?
    blurry words? OBVIOUSLY HL3 And NS3 Confirmed
    And meh pax east.

    Also if blurry words = the (bzzzzzt) Changes are finally into NS2 could you postpone releasing them till monday? Pls? Don't want to play a league match with totally new balance parameters.
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  • SupaDupaNoodleSupaDupaNoodle Join Date: 2003-01-12 Member: 12232Members
    Trolling by UWE, a new low has been reached.
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  • 2cough2cough Rocky Mountain High Join Date: 2013-03-14 Member: 183952Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Supporter
    Squeal_Like_A_Pig wrote: »
    Almost correct. But we've merged with Valve, so the next game is actually called Natural Selection: Halflife 3

    I lolled

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  • BeigeAlertBeigeAlert Texas Join Date: 2013-08-08 Member: 186657Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    Desther wrote: »
    Dictator93 wrote: »
    Desther wrote: »
    Flayra hinted at a NS2 mod becoming standalone, it could be that.
    What does that mean? Like... SDK tools available for those who did not buy the game?

    A mod (lets say Combat) would become a game on the Steam store so you could play it without having NS2 installed. It might be Skulks with Shotguns .

    Oh boy... get to pay for something we already got for free. ;)
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  • dusterduster michigan, US Join Date: 2014-01-19 Member: 193329Members
    Betting on f2p. Which means brs and general lowbies. Thankfully ns2 has enough individual Skill that it wont ruin the game like it did to dota 2 and tf2.
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  • Dictator93Dictator93 Join Date: 2008-12-21 Member: 65833Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    duster wrote: »
    Betting on f2p. Which means brs and general lowbies. Thankfully ns2 has enough individual Skill that it wont ruin the game like it did to dota 2 and tf2.

    That would be interesting... at the same time confusing.

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  • BeigeAlertBeigeAlert Texas Join Date: 2013-08-08 Member: 186657Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    My money is still on it being the release of a certain mod...
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  • Dictator93Dictator93 Join Date: 2008-12-21 Member: 65833Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    BeigeAlert wrote: »
    My money is still on it being the release of a certain mod...
    ehem LMG MOD EHEM.
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  • PostawaPostawa Join Date: 2007-02-08 Member: 59912Members
    Please be standalone combat!
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  • NordicNordic Long term camping in Kodiak Join Date: 2012-05-13 Member: 151995Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow
    Stand alone factions
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  • Blarney_StoneBlarney_Stone Join Date: 2013-03-08 Member: 183808Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    The best case scenario would be standalone NS2C... But I mustn't get my hopes up.
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  • Soul_RiderSoul_Rider Mod Bean Join Date: 2004-06-19 Member: 29388Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    If you think a standalone game can be written in the space of a month or two.... All I can say is I'd be very surprised if combat was ready yet, it would struggle to be a polished game after such a short time..
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  • BeigeAlertBeigeAlert Texas Join Date: 2013-08-08 Member: 186657Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    Soul_Rider wrote: »
    If you think a standalone game can be written in the space of a month or two.... All I can say is I'd be very surprised if combat was ready yet, it would struggle to be a polished game after such a short time..

    Simple, call it a beta. /troll
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  • NeXuSNeXuS US Join Date: 2013-10-13 Member: 188681Members, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester
    I have an idea. But I'll never tell......
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  • SpoogeSpooge Thunderbolt missile in your cheerios Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 67Members
    The only reference I know of for Drop Bears is from the Infinity Wars digital trading card game.
    No idea if it's related but it'd be pretty cool if UWE were in the queue for my next 3 purity CoV beatdown.
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  • MrFangsMrFangs Join Date: 2013-03-27 Member: 184474Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    BeigeAlert wrote: »
    Soul_Rider wrote: »
    All I can say is I'd be very surprised if combat was ready yet, it would struggle to be a polished game after such a short time..

    Simple, call it a beta. /troll

    No no no. The proper term is "Early Access" now.
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