If Arclegger builds it, they will come.

[FortySe7en]

So upon seeing the twitter request, I have decided to back arclegger up on this one.

Tonight, starting at 8 EST, I will have a new NC character on Connery. This NC character will never have any certs put into him, any money spent on him, and I will only use stock weapons and shield.

Tonight is the night that I back up the planetside 2 team in showing that this game definitely isn't Pay to Win.

http://tinyurl.com/csb5ww5 - See you guys there. Praetorian Guard.

[DirtyBird]

People have been playing without using certs or spending SC for the last week.

[FortySe7en]

Doubtful, considering it defeats the purpose of the game. This is being done upon request.

Good to see you on Connery! Hopefully we see you around tonight!

[DirtyBird]

Not doubtful for those who play part time and are trying to save all their certs to unlock a medic for example. 500 certs for the rez nade for a start.

Are you doing a marathon session or something, whats the time period your aiming for?

Good luck.

[FortySe7en]

Exactly. Those people are saving to spend certs. I will never use a cert point, ever. They will just sit in reserve and never be used, and this will be my character from now on to help people understand that this game isn't P2W.

I stream Mon-Thurs 8-11 EST. Weekends are random. Starting in january it will be a lot more.

Thanks for the good luck, I'm going to need it!

[Ghryphen]

I hardly spent any certs through beta, I doubt it is that rare.

[Crator]

There's a guy on the forums already doing this. Haven't seen a continuation yet though.

PS2 Forums Thread: Free to play or pay to win? Video inside

Here's his first video:

[FortySe7en]

starting now

[Crator]

None of this will help kill any of the die hard Anti-F2P crowd. I do not know how many of them there are even. But hopefully this kind of thing will help deter most from thinking it is Pay-to-Win. I applaud you FortySe7en for making a video!

[Artimus]

Whoever thinks this game is play to win is retarted and sucks at shooters, no need to prove it no ones going to care

[OpolE]

Cool

[Saintlycow]

It's not pay to win, but you do get an advantage by having membership, or purchasing guns with SC.

Boosts allow you to gain more exp, which = more certs. It's not a large increase, but over the time this game will be played, it will add up.

Also, not having to use certs on guns is also helpful. You have x certs more than the other person who used certs to buy it instead. Of course, the guns should be sidegrades.




Still, I haven't payed a dime yet, and i'm extremely pleased with the game. I will be picking some SC around christmas to see if it has any effect, but I highly doubt it.

[sylphaen]

Originally Posted by Saintlycow

Still, I haven't payed a dime yet, and i'm extremely pleased with the game. I will be picking some SC around christmas to see if it has any effect, but I highly doubt it.

Same here. I haven't been able to spend cash but the rate of certification gain is very decent and I am having fun playing for free.

I have a character on a medium/high pop server but paying a sub will allow me to make it easier having characters on multiple servers and very populated servers (like Mattherson where my outfit is).

Edit: FYI, since I'm saving certs to buy advanced certs, I'm still playing with default weapons and just have:
- a reflex sight on my engineer
- a silencer on my infiltrator rifle

I'm doing perfectly fine as is. I did spend certs though but every free player can do so too just like I did.

[FortySe7en]

This is mostly applied to those who used the Station Cash to get weapons. Eventually enough of you will have cert points and use them, and I will have not used any of them.

I still firmly believe that even a fully maxed player I could take down easily with stock everything, but we will find out!

[Monitor]

I most certainly won't partake, not least of which because I am still learning how to FPS on PC... but I fully support this! I will definitely be watching what pops up on youtube, sir!