[Suggestion] Fourth Faction: Aliens

i like the idea of aliens. they could be completely different like they use tentacles to kill people instead of guns, and they have high agility and acrobatics

yes, thats it

ALIENS 2013 MAKE IT HAPPEN

I would prefer space zombies but then it dawned on me and the answer appeared in the heavens.... no.

OMG Vanu are aliens they should have vehicles like aliens but they have only magrider and scythe that is all... everything about VANU they looks like GAY not like they found alien technology !

we already have dictatorship-loving red commie fanatics, anarchic rebellious space-americans and quasi-alienrace purple spandex fetishists.

what race we need next is armored bear combatants with bases in the woods and sneaky progressive crocodiles lurking in swamps

Well i see how something could workout, All these three factions are fighting for their ideologies and a 4th faction would fight for?? maybe, trying to clear the whole world of humans, or enslaving them idk. If their a playable race and the story fits then yea but if not just focus on another human race. Like PMC's or pirates or something like that. Some heartless mother ****ers.

Well lore wise suppose any " 4th faction " could be remains of human fleet lost in the warp ... Who's ship board nanites over time adapted them to their environment .. Exo-skeletons , Bio Weapons etc

But personally I wouldn't make them a permanent faction .. SOE have said they would like a " Alien " NPC race for event's and things .. So do away with the NPC part and make them playable only at certain times.

Ie:
When they implement continent lock's the faction's who got kicked off would have their 4th faction character unlocked. The faction that locked the continent would then have to fight off this invasion for a set period (maybe with increased XP etc) .. It could work the same way as Rift .. With Warp Rift's acting as spawn points..

It would mean the continent lock period would be nullified because no one would technically be locked out of playing
SOE wouldn't need to spend time working on an AI .. The players provide it
The 4th faction would only be used in event's .. So balance wouldn't need to be perfect
etc etc

The aliens could be friendly to the vanu so the TR and NC have a reason to team up.

I was for SoE Idea of NP enemies poping up as a event hazard.

It's like looking back in time... All the way back to February 1st!

It's all good... Though how do you classify a space zombie, over a regular zombie?

Nope.

What would make them unique in gameplay? We're already struggling making these 3 factions different enough in more than aesthetics. Adding a new faction would require a complete remake of the maps.

Good question. Are they normal zombies that use space ships to get to space or are they people that became zombies in space? So many possibilities!

Wait... what if Space zombies with ships=Reavers from Firefly.

That... would be amazing, the 3 way faction fight stops to fight off flesh eating cannibals armed to the teeth.

Ramp the gore up to 11 and make Auraxis into a wasteland of depravity and murder... BOOM, cut me a check SOE.

I think it would be more fun if all the Devs, managers, support staff etc that does planetside had to login and play a 4th faction (vanu alien race) and we all got to beat the **** out of them over and over. They might at least learn what some of the weapons do and game mechanics are like

A bit hypocritical when your reasoning is just because you think it'd be cool.

Here's a few reason why it shouldn't happen:

Its tough enough balancing 3 factions let alone 4.
Each faction would get less new weapons/items etc. because theyd have to spend time/resources on developing for another.
The game (continents, bases, etc...) are designed for 3 factions.
Planetside 1 was 3 factions.
There is absolutely no reason for a 4th.

Only if it is a playable faction and team killing is encouraged because you have an insatiable hunger...

That's SOE's fault. We're trying to do the job they should have done from the start. Obviously some people feel like the game is missing something and it is.

On special days they would first start somewhere in the map and then conquering a warpgate with extremely overpowered energy/antimatter tech and all 3 factions would need to pal up to beat the super overpowered Devs

I thought the game devs were already the 4th faction.
No, wait...I guess technically they're all NC. My mistake.