Cert Changes

Geist · 2012-09-15, 10:12 AM

http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/i...changes.19352/

Originally Posted by Nak

Two major changes:

1. Many of the permanent locked certs are being added to the game and will be unlocked soon
2. The way cert points are earned and spent will be undergoing a lot of balance changes in the next few updates.

The first thing we did was shut off the cert points that were being given over time to everyone, which was a legacy feature from a different plan that we had discarded a while ago.

Cert points are now earned (actually they were earned even from before, but it wasn't as noticeable with all the offline certs). 1000 xp should equal 1 cert point.

We'll be adjusting cert point prices in the near future and possibly the cert point per xp value, so please bear with us if there are any major glaring bugs while we're updating everything - we'll try to get the transition over with as soon as possible.

Can't wait, all those locked certs sound amazing(based on the descriptions).

IMMentat · 2012-09-15, 10:49 AM

Its mean linking into forums some of us dont have access to.

(which is in itself mean considering I'm a PS2 vet w/o an invite but with 2 old accounts)

SixShooter · 2012-09-15, 11:24 AM

It's nice to know how it actually works now. Time to go farm some XP

EvilNinjadude · 2012-09-15, 11:39 AM

Getting the news from the forums to the twitter feed. Thanks for that, Geist!

Kipper · 2012-09-15, 11:54 AM

Makes much more sense to actually have to play to earn the certification points imho.

I didn't get the whole "offline cert" thing, as it doesn't encourage you to play better or reward you for doing so - and not having certs doesn't stop you from squadding with friends who do, it just makes you slightly less powerful/versatile.

Chowley · 2012-09-15, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by Kipper

Makes much more sense to actually have to play to earn the certification points imho.

I didn't get the whole "offline cert" thing, as it doesn't encourage you to play better or reward you for doing so - and not having certs doesn't stop you from squadding with friends who do, it just makes you slightly less powerful/versatile.

It was a really slow gain though. I rue the loss of offline cert gain. I can only play games 3 or 4 nights a week now these days. So it was a huge boon for me, even the small cert gain was nice. Now people with loads of time in their hands can cert themselves to fuck, and well those of us with less time on our hands meh. I hate progression systems in shooters. :P I can see merit in both systems , no doubt, but the small offline cert gain seemed harmless to me.

Geist · 2012-09-15, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by IMMentat

Its mean linking into forums some of us dont have access to.

(which is in itself mean considering I'm a PS2 vet w/o an invite but with 2 old accounts)

That's why I quoted the relevant information. So no one will miss out.

Also, have you thought about getting Alpha Squad? It's a good deal and you automatically get Beta Access.

ParisTeta · 2012-09-15, 01:03 PM

I liked the offline Cert idea, to a degree (should not be unlimited) well then, maybe a rested bonus for XP will do. I hope this means with gameplay certs come faster, but 1000xp per cert right now is very very slow, and not everyone on every task get the same xp. I sense a small problem here.

More unlockable certs? Nice but....most certs aren`t really that tempting that im absolutly looking forward to it, it`s like the old WoW talent syste, many performance increase, you have to take, but rarley fun or change of gameplay. Active talents like smokescreen, emp blast etc. thats fun, spending 270 points for 10 kph more as an ESF? nahhh. It`s Beta, but that is the situation right now.

Rat · 2012-09-15, 03:12 PM

wohoo...we have a reason for XP!!!

Timealude · 2012-09-15, 04:58 PM

I like the fact they did this, but wouldnt it make sense to wipe the characters now that way everything is on an even playing field?

Geist · 2012-09-15, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by Timealude

I like the fact they did this, but wouldnt it make sense to wipe the characters now that way everything is on an even playing field?

There should be a character wipe next patch:

Go to 1h 42m and he starts talking about the next character wipe.

Timealude · 2012-09-15, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by Geist

There should be a character wipe next patch:

PlanetSide 2 Developer Roundtable September 2012 - YouTube

Go to 1h 42m and he starts talking about the next character wipe.

Ah thanks, ya i guess i forgot what he said about that.

SFJake · 2012-09-15, 05:23 PM

The biggest sign yet that the game will turn to trash.

What the hell am I going to get by playing the way I do now? Nothing. Woohoo.

I should have known F2P games -and- MMO games always turn out to be a complete joke. You do realize this is a game killer, right? Completely destroys everything.

I was fighting for AURAXIUM offline and instead they REMOVE certs offline. Oh boy. This is so stupid. Guess this really is going to be a game for no life nerds and kids addicted to it like a drug. As sad as it can get, really.

Kipper · 2012-09-15, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by SFJake

I was fighting for AURAXIUM offline and instead they REMOVE certs offline. Oh boy. This is so stupid. Guess this really is going to be a game for no life nerds and kids addicted to it like a drug. As sad as it can get, really.

Auraxium is what buys new weapons, you'll either get that by playing or using station cash - its how PS2 is going to make money, so I don't see a problem with that. If you play a lot, you get stuff for free, if you want stuff quicker, you pay a little. Most people will probably do a little of both.

Certs are what tweak what you can do into slightly better or more versatile roles - explosives, or a scope on your gun etc. You can play for 5 years and still be killed by someone has created their account with no certs. Nothing wrong with that. Someone with more certs isn't immune to dying to people without.

SecondRaven · 2012-09-15, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by Kipper

Auraxium is what buys new weapons, you'll either get that by playing or using station cash - its how PS2 is going to make money, so I don't see a problem with that. If you play a lot, you get stuff for free, if you want stuff quicker, you pay a little. Most people will probably do a little of both.

Certs are what tweak what you can do into slightly better or more versatile roles - explosives, or a scope on your gun etc. You can play for 5 years and still be killed by someone has created their account with no certs. Nothing wrong with that. Someone with more certs isn't immune to dying to people without.

Dude you need to stop making sense now!!!! we will have none of that here...lol