Keep this alive

[Valcron]

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/p...ML/007250.html


Need some support if you will.

[pauljar1]

Can you please paste the text into a post here at PSU? I can't get to the Official Boards from work.

Thanks.

[sniper4evr26]

heres text stuff in that link:

Did I get your attention? GOOD, I intended to. I'm at my WITS end, I'm tired of doing the same exact thing everynight.
Did Picasso paint the same damn portrait every day? NO

I have a list of things that absolutely NEED TO BE ADRESSED within the next 6 months or this game is gone to the way side.

First thing,

1- COMMUNICATION

http://planetside.station.sony.com/n...sp?story=56618

These future features were announced on 6/10. Some of the features were delivered in a pretty good timeframe, but the MOST IMPORTANT still hasn't been mentioned. Spork continues to not even address the issue when the question has been asked by myself, or anyone else. Haven't you guys figured it out yet? At least SOME sort of communication is better than NONE at all.

I feel like I've played this same broken Metallica "Ride The Lightning" record a 1,000 times now. Spork are the BASE BENEFITS GOING TO BE PUT IN? Next week, next month or next year, what is the story with them?

Second thing


The dynamics of this game are nothing. The sameness of this game is COMMONPLACE, there is absolutely nothing distinct about the guy who is firing the same weapon next to me.

First the actual dynamics. What is dynamic about this game? LOADED question, I know, but think about what's dynamic? Possibly the changing of the same base *Gunuku* by all 3 empires a 100 different times? Not really, it's STILL the same base. Point is, there is nothing dynamic in the game, maybe WEATHER is, that's about it.

Things need to change in the game world, bases need to break down over time, empires need to actually LOSE. Winnable conditions (Conditions that are hard but if they're MET they should radically change many things. I mean WHO is running these empires? Aren't there overall political figureheads? I don't want to hear the ******** from the other posters that this isn't an RPG. SURE, it isn't but I do not pay 13 dollars a month to just play bigger maps with a lot of people doing the same thing again and again.

Sameness

The difference between me and you? NOTHING, sure, you may get more or less kills than me, some different certifications here or there. And, you could definitely be a better player than me or worse. Bottom line though is, there is nothing that I need from you that I can't get from anyone else or even do myself (Switch out a cert). I look the same as you (Some extra armor on my body because Im CR5, whoppy do), and if you know how to control and shoot at people you're equally as effective.

There needs to be a better division of certifications. As it is right now they don't give us enough weapons, and diversity. Different things to do in the game. Sub-Certs of certifications.

For instance

Combat Engineer
Defensive Engineer
Offensive Engineer
Combat Medic
Special Medic
Special Hacker

Use your imagination, fill in the blanks on what you could possibly diversify in the game. But you see, it's NOT only weapons and vehicles that's a problem. Each base inherently is STUPID, from Gunuku to Itan, From Cyssor to Forseral. Everything is the same, sure, different landscapes, but the same thing is going to happen on each continent.

What about the look of US? Special characteristics that can differentiate me from you? A special marking that shows you got 5,000 kills, some sort of actual EMPIRE recognition that you're an ELITE soldier. Maybe, just maybe you'll get a slightly improved accuracy, SOME sort of reward for the hard work.

Anything to make me look different than the NEXT bastard right next to me. Guy next to me says "FU". Sorry man, no offense. All kidding aside, I don't even see a running STREAM in game, no birds (YES REAL BIRDS or WILDLIFE). Did I ever tell you the first time I played the game UNREAL? I almost had a heart attack when I saw those awesome looking birds flying the hell around in the sky. IMMERSION my friends, IMMERISION. Absorb me into your environment SONY, I want to be smacked by a Buffalo. J/K.

If it affects framerates, I understand, but man, at least we can have are some crazy ass birds flying around.

What about the Sky? Why is every sky BASICALLY the same? What about some damn stars? I ever tell you about the nightfall in Asherons Call? First time I saw that nightfall and the stars, I spit up my Sanka Coffee (Who the hell drinks that crap anyways)

There EASILY should be

- Urban environments
- UNDERGROUND BASES
- Underground tunnels that you can secretly use for travelling to avioid enemies (Restrictions apply obviously)
- Bases that are embedded into mountains. Have you ever seen that Air Force Base in Colorado NORAD? It's SICK lemme tell ya.

I can keep spawning ideas upon ideas, the problem is SOMETHING needs to be done about uniqueness, and dynamic gameplay.


VEHICLES


Why are these SO, SO overwhelmingly DULL? I mean, sure, I have a baslisik, ONLY for travel purposes. But honestly, I fear NO vehicle out there. It's either going to get NUKED in seconds, or just not do that damn job. The flight dynamics of the vehicles are horrible, honestly are. I'm not expecting to see FLANKER 2.0 sick in the head simulation stuff, but man some decent physics would be a HELL of a lot better than some floating little ship over my damn head.

Another thing, SUNDERER and DELIVER? These are almost as extinct as the Thresher. There is NO use for these things anymore, it's more convenient to run to the next base/tower than to drive these hunk of junks.

Let's put a REAL nice range of vehicles out there Devs.

- Actual battle vehicles from the water. You already have the deliverer out there, make a HIGH speed 3 man LAND/WATER craft that have those awesome 35 MM or 25 MM turrets on top.

- More 3-4 man assault vehicles are needed. Something that is MUCH more friendly to the squad.

I have MORE to add, my fingers are tired. I AM JUST TIRED of the mediocoreness of this game, it's STUNTING My nerves to say the least. READ MY WHOLE POST I ASK, YES I'm a little exicted, but, READ IT, NO SKIMMING PLEASE.

[sniper4evr26]

you know, i would like to see some mech units that can be used for transportation and some frickin bad-ass battling. you know what im talking about, the 3 story gundam or Armored core or whatever the hell you call em. hey why stop at 3 stories? its liek year 10000 or something how bout a 300 foot four-legged walker thing with 10000 bullets? each empire can have their very own, and just to say that everyone wont go drop their certs just to get one, we'll make it 8 cert points and must be cr4 or 5 to drive. if they made that, i would be happy for the next 6 months or so.

[Happy lil Elf]

Need some support if you will.

No. I avoid the offical boards because of posts just like this one. You couldn't pay me to support something like this. This isn't a new or great idea, it's a rant. You may not have intended it to be, but that's what it came out as. The official boards need less posts where people demand things, not more.

[Vis Armata]

I kept a Vanguard alive for 2 hours last night on Cyssor (at Gunuku and vincinity), and my gunner racked up 80 kills. Vehicles are deadly, in the right hands. I don't feel that Magriders are dull when one charges the tank, or a Sunderer should be delivering bread when we run into one...The vehicles make this game, and I'm suprised that more people don't cert in them, it would change the game.

An outfit mate of mine once said: "If we don't have any drivers, you killing machines will just have to walk" (Thanks, Winged_Nazgul). I can't imagine that walking to Gunuku, Kaang and Itan repeatedly is that fun.

[sniper4evr26]

yeah yeah whatever guys. this is not a demand its a request. ok maybe a litlle demanding. but come on, the game, IMO, is good enough to buy and subsrcibe to. but you have to admit, what if all that stuff came true? iw ould like to see more vehicles. its liek the 30th century (correct me if im wrong) and we have a redesigned M1A1 tank come out for the nc forces. and he does have a point in who is controlling the empire. it says you cant pick which hot spot you want because it has already been prioritized by "my empire". well who the hell is my empire? it would be niceif a person or people were running the empire rather than an invisible ethereal "god" which doesnt even exist.
liek the TR say, loyalty until death. well what the hell are they loyal to? i jsut think it would be a better incentive, liek you know "fighting for your country" protecting the president and stuff. there is no REAL leadership roles in this game. you ask for ants, ask for more troops, but is that really leadership? even a newb could say "we need more help on so and so" but no one listens to them cuz "oh they dont have any command ranks so why bother" everyone listens to the cr5 people for no reason, i mean what if they dont obey what is a cr5 commander gonna do if no one follows there orders? go sit in a corner and cry? use orbital strike on them and be banned from the game in mere seconds? no. where the hell is the leadership? and i think there should be more diversity. no comon pool weapons, ONLY empire specific ones, that would kick ass. and there should be something special for commanders too. hey look at my cool new camping in the wild badge on my vest guys!! dood, thats cool, i want one! yeah shut the fuck up. commanders need a real incentive. Hey look i can draw on my map. hey look i forgot my pencil! hey look i got a new cat! oh wrong game... now orbital strike is cool i will admit, but thats all. permission to use orbital strike and request more squads at this base on this continent whoopdy doo. its almost as if commanders are celebritys. im tired of that. i want real leaders. but with the current setup, even real leaders cant be real leaders. its liek eeny-meeny miny mo. ok guys load up were gonna save ojpahg from the oiujhwg invasion thingy. i hope som1 reads this whole thing. but my fingers are tired and i have expressed myself. but plz think about this stuff. planetside is a great game, it really is, but it could be so much better, you guys are just too blind to see that.

{damn that was long}

[Squick]

Wow a rant about how much the game sucks and how massive sweeping changes should be done to conform to what a few people want. Thats original...

[Kikinchikin]

OMG OMG OMG STFU N00B!!!!!! As Hamma once said, "It's an FPS, you kill people, you blow shit up. What more content do you need?

[Onizuka]

VALCRON DO US ALL A ****ING FAVOR AND ****ING LEAVE THE ****ING GAME AND STOP ****ING POSTING THIS KIND OF ****ING **** IN ALL ****ING CAPS YOU ****ING IDIOT.

the last post is this ack..... hes the idiot

[sniper4evr26]

ok whatever. answer me this question and this one only, i mdont want "OMG OMG OMG YOUR A NEWB STFU" or "YOU ARE LIKE SO, STRAIGHT ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY" i dont care. WOULDNT IT BE COOL TO BLOW SHIT UP WITH BIGGER GUNS THAN THE OTHER GUY? its not hard answer that question and maybe i will give you more later....

[Kikinchikin]

no it wouldnt, it would just piss me off. And take away from the whole concept that everyone is equal just more specialized.

[Kaltagesta]

he has one thing right about the individualness though. i mean think about it, aside form the game engine itself, the actualy aspects of ps and, say , CS are the same - do objective, be it deisarem bomb, or capture gunuku, repeat. People in CS love it, people in PS say its boring. But why?

i think it is because if you go onto a CS server and own everyone, you get recognition [even if it is just 'someone ban this h4x0r'] but in PS no one knows if your good or not. and BR doesnt mean shit, you can follow the zerg and get BR, it doesnt mean your any good.

[Happy lil Elf]

Or because they can download hacks and own everyone and pretend they're kick ass players for a little bit.

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by Call-The-Gestap
Blah blah blah...and BR doesnt mean shit, you can follow the zerg and get BR, it doesnt mean your any good.

Try getting CR, it's a hell of a lot harder.