Player Suggestions (also a mature, constructive thread)

[NightWalker XI]

This is about the devs of PS listening to the players.

If you, like me, have been playing PlanetSide since retail OR even BETA you have noticed that the devs have indeed listened to the players, which is very good and shows they do care, a recent example of this is the obvious BFR, months ago it was suggested in the PS forums by a player the idea, whatever it was called, probably not BFR I assume lol but ya, it was there, it was seen and after a while now its in the game.

However the devs should listen to other things, at the moment all they do is add new vehicles and sumtimes weapons and even new locations with CC, however they neglect existing problems such as some bugs and the biggest one for me and a few others, design.

It has been discussed many times the base design is one of the reason why some people eventually leave or become bored and cancel for a while, the bases are all very very similar, there are only a few diff designs and even those look similar.

The devs should in my opinion re-design the bases, maybe keep a few like they are but they need more complex bases with mroe combat oriented design, the current ones look like they were made by me on the C&C: Generals map maker, simple boxes and same inside, simple corridors with plain walls, small boxes that server no purpose downstairs except for sum combat but often not used because they are actually pointless.

So why haven't the devs listened to this? I do not know...but it has been going for a while...same goes for towers, they said they would change those with silos and so on but they also didn't do that...

[MrPaul]

They are redesgining the bases...

[Lartnev]

I'm sure several of the recent patches have also provided balance and bugfixes. Just because the main thrust of current development was BFRs (which meant upgrading elements of Core Combat) doesn't mean that will always be their development agenda.

[Incompetent]

I can't remember where they are in the grand scheme of things (might be after merits), but I know redesigned bases are on the way. It's in one of the dev interviews I think.

[NightWalker XI]

yes, I am very happy with the dev work as I said, this is just here to explain and receive feedback no what other players think of the dev work and how the devs handle suggestions.

And they are re-designing bases? I have been away so looks like I spoke too soon, any links?

[Lartnev]

Paraphrased from Septembers Ask the Devs: http://www.planetside-universe.com/p...?article_id=66

Sporkfire: We�re in the middle of a transition period right now, getting SamHayne up to speed and getting BFRs out the door. Right now the bases are still being worked on to some extent but not really at the forefront of our attention. The building blocks are still going in there but we can�t talk about them too much at this time. We�ll have more information in the near future but at this time, nothing really to report.

Originally Posted by Nightwalker XI

no(t?) what other players think of the dev work and how the devs handle suggestions.

I'll assume that doesn't include you then?

Anyway.... suggestions.... without a topic it's a rather large question really so I'll just see what comes up.

[Warborn]

People have been asking for mechs in Planetside since before Beta. I think it's a little unfair to all the people who've suggested it first to try and pat someone here on the back for that. Besides, Smokejumper said the decision came around when they were going to add heavy tanks, but because he has done so much with mechs, he felt it would be better to add BFRs instead.

Anyway, yeah, as said the next thing is Merits, then sometime after that comes base redesigns. They've been planning on doing base redesigns for a long time.

[Baneblade]

I have been pining for Airships in one form or another since Beta hehe.

[NightWalker XI]

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

I have been pining for Airships in one form or another since Beta hehe.

what do u mean exactly by airships?

detail plz...

[Baneblade]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/f...ad.php?t=26719

That is their latest incarnation. The other 4 were on the old OF.