Sandbox Persistent World vs PvE and Arenas

[Dreamcast]

This is what is going to come down to.


The developing team is only so big so they are going to have to use their resources for only one of these things most likely.


So what do you guys want the Dev team to focus on?



Personally I want them to focus on a Sandbox persistent World, I want them to expand the Massive Warfare to Space with Starships and moon battles.

I want them to make outfits have more power and give empires have more consequences if they lose....I want Empire related continents...I want to raid a starship with troops etc.


or


Do you want PVE and Arena type server games with 50 vs 50 players...playing in their own little world?


I could see a PVE continent or planet working if is along side a PVP and part of the persistent world....no dumb horde mode crap.



So what do you guys want the devs to focus on?

[Senyu]

I'm going to let someone else handle this one

[Eyeklops]

I totally expect a bittervet bias on this poll. However I will hopefully break that by being the first vote with "Sandbox Persistent world...PVE and Arena maybe later"

[Goku]

Last thing I want is any sort of PvE. Waste of development time. I wouldn't mind seeing some kind of instanced PvP for outfits to go up against each other every now and then. However I don't want real match making to the point it becomes a true style of instanced gaming or a true alternative to the MMO part of the game. I'm all for a Sandbox type of game eventually as they stated thats were it may go. I would prefer keeping it at most a FPS centered one with maybe EVE like qualities.

[Tatwi]

Fighting on a asteroid or moon that has lower gravity could be fun. Blow someone up and watch their corpse blast clear off the rock and into space... of course, in this scenario I would have a great view of said rock while I drift away...

SOE is part of the Sony Playstation umbrella. Compared to just about any other MMO studio, SOE have the resources to do whatever they could possibly imagine, so I am not limiting them to the choices put forth in this poll.

[Conq]

Arena/PVE Only. Just cause.

[Tehroth]

Originally Posted by Conq

Arena/PVE Only. Just cause.

Begone vile demon. Away with thee.

Anyways sandbox for the most part, maybe arena for outfit vs outfit, or some some small instanced zone that is pretty crucial for your faction and if your team can do well against the other faction outfit it could help your overall faction goals.

[diLLa]

Missed the choice of Sandbox first, and arena maybe later without any kind of PvE.

[Sabot]

The sandbox persistent world with whatever it may include, hands down. Build on that and there's no telling where the game might end up. So many possibilities!

Speaking of adding things... a little OT this. But I tihnk developers shouldn't be afraid of taking things they've added (in patches or expansions and stuff like that) out of the game completely again if it isn't working well in world.

Typed a whole lot more on that, but I'm not going to hijack the thread so.. I took it out ;P

[gufftroad]

i wouldn't mind arenas too much as long as it doesn't detract from the sandbox pvp and honestly the only pve i could see working is maybe having a random base on the front line be taken over by a grey faction and which ever empire gets it back first get a boost of resources from it for a day or two

[DarkChiron]

What I really want to see is PvP arenas in Little Big Planet. Because, it makes sense in the context of what kind of game that is.

Right?

[Policenaut]

Can't say I'm a fan of the poll options, so I'll chime in with my .02 cents. First off I just want to say that I never want to see PvE. It's an MMOFPS and fighting against real players will always be far more exciting than than shooting NPCs. Second, I wouldn't mind arenas being added at a later date, but having said that I do not want them to ever take precedence over the persistent open world and large scale battles.

I think arenas would be a nice addition to have, for example, for outfits on the same faction to duke it out. It's not unheard of for clans/guilds/outfits to have rivalry among each other, and arenas would be a good outlet for that rivalry without racking up the grief points. But at the same time if they were never added in, I wouldn't be crushed.

To iterate, when I play Planetside 2, I play for massive battles and the persistent world. If I want to play an esport or arena style shooter, I'll play a game that's specialized for it.

[Bittermen]

I would like to see new environments first but I don't have a problem with PvE or Arena style gameplay.

Not like you have to partake.

[HeatLegend]

Originally Posted by Bittermen

I would like to see new environments first but I don't have a problem with PvE or Arena style gameplay.

Not like you have to partake.

Just because you don't partake doesnt mean it wont change the game completly. It's a very high risk and last but not least of all not Planetside.

[JxP]

No PVE. If we have PVE then before you know it you will see shouts like "Looking for medic for 24 man alien tower raid" and that raid will require you to stay online for 5 hours to complete lol.

Not to mention there are very few games that properly balance classes when you have PVP and PVE on the same server.