new server

[LBSheep]

Should SOE make a server with out BFR's for the PS players who HATE them?

[OfaLoaf]

No. Should SOE make a server for all the people who hated the _________ buff, the flail, or Reavers? I think not! Making specific servers gets quite messy after a while.

[FatalLight]

well today after being repeatedly owned by bfrs I realized I hate BFRs too. :doh: But still it is part of the game and we just got to live with it. Kind of stupid to avoid an entire area of planetside... plus it'll make the caves just that much more useless.

[Baneblade]

I made the very foolish decision to invest in BFRs. God what a mistake, if even one person has a Jammer, consider yourself dead.

[GeneralRazor]

YES

PS, now, is not true to it's original form. What made it original..

Instead of following the path that they (PS) made, they are choosing the path more (recently) chosen. Appeasing.

It's like taking a hike with a bunch of friends, walking forward, everyones happy, then walking all the way back to meet the newcomers, who are very late.

Be happy with what is on your plate, or digest what you may not like (and what will be a part of you). You can add some spice, but you cannot change the meal.

[Boomer]

well, think about it. That would mean your going to have to reinstall planetside in a nother directory for that one server, because its going to have different data than the regular servers. I think its a good idea, but I also think that BFRs should be wiped off the face of auraxis.

[mechaman]

Server pops are low enough without another server being created.

[Fragmatic]

So should SOE make and maintain two versions of one game?

If they did make a non BFR server, they'd have to make a clien version without the BFR's, test it, and then we'd have to download it. They'd have to test two versions of every patch, and we'd have a planetside directory twice as big.

It would never happen, and would be a loss for SOE - all because whiners can't adapt and learn how to use tactics.

BFR's aren't a threat, they're just heavy tanks, they're only a pain in the arse if there is a group of them. Every squad should be mobile, and if you're mobile, you should be able to easily avoid groups of BFR's, denying them the fun of killing you, giving you the thrill of the chase, and the chance to change the tide of battle.

Edit - I voted yes just for you ;)

[Breed]

Freedom of speech 'n all, but why make suggestions for something that simply wont be supported by the development team?

More likely is more buffs and nerfs to help "balance" the game in favour of non-BFR's and maybe even making vehicle varients that combat BFR's specifically.

As for server, one last final merge is probably whats in store for us all.
Not good news for us brits, and not just because us limeys are born to hate every countryman that is not english, but because not everyone has 1mb + BB connections and will receive around 300 odd ping.

On the flip side, apparently the americans servers are still popping a cont on most nights, so maybe we could get it back to what it was like back in the ol' days, when this were all fields...

[Lartnev]

Probably wouldn't be possible. Besides, you'd then have people making stupid suggestions like a "pre-surge nerf" server.

I've never played PlanetSide on a 56k modem but I can imagine it being hell no matter which server you play on. As for Broadband, I could happily play on Emerald and Markov on 512k.

[hazzer2007]

Why not insted of a new server, make one of the conts not ecsesible for bfr's, make up a story that the magnetic feild affects the servos in the bfr's or somethink

[ChewyLSB]

Why not insted of a new server, make one of the conts not ecsesible for bfr's, make up a story that the magnetic feild affects the servos in the bfr's or somethink

I haven't played PlanetSide in awhile, but isn't that EXACTLY what the caves are?

[Hezzy]

How about a server in which we can piss around in? I.E BR20, CR5, BFR merts, etc.

[Mag-Mower]

well today after being repeatedly owned by bfrs I realized I hate BFRs too. But still it is part of the game and we just got to live with it. Kind of stupid to avoid an entire area of planetside... plus it'll make the caves just that much more useless.

I agree, its part of the game, so just live with it

also this idea cant/wont work. Remeber when SOE got rid of Johari and Konreid (sp?), they did that because of a low pop. if you were to make a server only for bfrs, you would decrease the player base on each server, leading to only one very large battle a night. It would make PS boring.

[martyr]

no. go to the caves.

[Sabinius]

Yea, exactly mr tails person
But the fact that caves lag to living hell
and just .. sorta suck
most people dont see them as an alternative
to the bfrs
well at least me
BUT NO NEW SERVER
What I don't understand is why they make mutiple severs
in the first place, or even make a population lock at all
let as much people that you want onto a continent

[Mag-Mower]

pop lock = server is full, it cant handle more people

[Lartnev]

How about a server in which we can piss around in? I.E BR20, CR5, BFR merts, etc.

Isn't that called Public Test? :p

[Hezzy]

Isn't that called Public Test? :p

I mean a server where everything is given to you.

[Lartnev]

/me watches joke fly over Hezzy's head.

Tbh that'd suck for a server. Everyone would have Med apps and BANKs, everyone would have HA and then to top it off, everyone would be stomping around in BFRs :p

[GeneralRazor]

Should SOE make a server with out BFR's for the PS players who HATE them?

That would be the ONLY server. I GARUANTEE it would be the server with a population that is above all others. I GARUANTEE that the battles would be more intense. I GARUANTEE that everyone on this server would have the biggest backing know to Planetside.

:deflate:

Sorry, but it won't happen. Fun times are over in PS.

[AztecWarrior]

I hate BFRs, yet, a server without them would create even more problems.

[GeneralRazor]

I hate BFRs, yet, a server without them would create even more problems.

This would truely be the first good problem I can forsee that has happened to PS,

[AztecWarrior]

Populations already took a hit- do you really want populations to take a tumble that big?

[GeneralRazor]

Let's not debate.

I know of MANY that would bring back the "original" glory to this fantastical server.

But hey,

"Populations already took a hit- do you really want populations to take a tumble that big?"

Let's just continue to tumBle.

[Kam]

I made the very foolish decision to invest in BFRs. God what a mistake, if even one person has a Jammer, consider yourself dead.

Um, your a nub at it then. I got my adv merit in 3 hours and have used the air varient with dual AI ever since. Jammers are extremely easy to avoid, and since I have the adv targeting and audio amp on all the time I can see anyone if they try to run up to me. I also have darklight if I think there is a cloaker about. Still, in close combat I get jammed but I just put it into run mode and go back about 50 yards and then turn around and kill whoever was there. (Even jammed run mode is faster than regular walking.) However, BFRs are not as overpowered as they used to be. I went BFR hunting by myself yesturday and all alone I killed five, three in a row without dying. You just have to know what your doing.

Back to the server issue, they will not make anymore servers when they are considering merging the two US servers. If they did, the already dwindling pop would die. You can see this on Markov because the NC owned so hard, we had little to no resistance for the entirety of saturday and sunday. (The TR just gave up :/ We actually asked the vs and tr to come fight us) I find the condition of planetside sad to say the least.

[Baneblade]

Yes well for some reason I can never run when jammed. And the TR BFRs are not exactly fast.

I still had to do my 20 kills in one life to get my merit, but I got my guns back instead.

[Baneblade]

And using the Flight Variant is easy...

[Mag-Mower]

Let's not debate.

I know of MANY that would bring back the "original" glory to this fantastical server.

But hey,

"Populations already took a hit- do you really want populations to take a tumble that big?"

Let's just continue to tumBle.

why do you want the population to continue to tumble?

[Kam]

And using the Flight Variant is easy...

Um, again your wrong. Flight varients have the least armor, and if you do get jammed and get a bunch of ppl with av under you, your pretty much dead. I'll admit that the NC AI is powerful, but they had to give us something to make up for how retarded our BFRs look. Most the time I just trade for a TR flight varient, barely use the NC BFRs anymore.

[hazzer2007]

I haven't played PlanetSide in awhile, but isn't that EXACTLY what the caves are?

yer, but not everyone has Core combat

[internetn]

Yea, exactly mr tails person
But the fact that caves lag to living hell
and just .. sorta suck
most people dont see them as an alternative
to the bfrs
well at least me
BUT NO NEW SERVER
What I don't understand is why they make mutiple severs
in the first place, or even make a population lock at all
let as much people that you want onto a continent

I want to ask a question Sabinius... why do you always write like that?!?! Just wondering..

Back to the point

A new server will kill PlanetSide, we all know that... So we need to learn how to deal with the BFR's and other crap that we don't like..
We need to adapt, remeber Darwins survival of the fittest? Sorta like that

[Smokin_Pope]

i dont mind them to be honest. at first they were scary, but as their numbers reduced they seemed to fit in. plus you cant beat the old jammer/lancer combo when you meet one! the flying ones you cant get with light weapons though, coz they fly away :groovy:

current bfr kills
TR = 2
NC = 5
VS =1 (my mistake)