Smedly emailed me back!

CrazEpharmacist · 2012-12-29, 06:55 PM

"I said we're going to do it and we will. We are in no rush on it. There are 25 or 30 people playing the game right now. We are putting our resources where they belong."

-John Smedly

This is amazing news. What do you think? (I emailed him when or even if PlanetSide 1 will go F2P. I also linked him MasterChiefs petition. That was his response)

gunshooter · 2012-12-29, 07:29 PM

Good to hear that it will happen eventually but man he's a dick.

Hamma · 2012-12-29, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by gunshooter

Good to hear that it will happen eventually but man he's a dick.

If he was a dick he never would have responded. Smed posts his e-mail on Twitter all the time.

Death2All · 2012-12-30, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Hamma

If he was a dick he never would have responded.

The fact that he won't take few minutes of his, or get someone else to take a few minutes of their time to make a decision that would make a loyal fanbase of his happy makes him a dick.

I really don't see any reason as to WHY they can't make it F2P right now seeing how they've given away free months of PS in the past on the whim. What's honestly keeping them from making PS1 go free to play right now? And don't feed me the "they're busy with ps2 xD" garbage. This would take literally no time.

Yes, I'm mad.

RedPower · 2012-12-30, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by Death2All

The fact that he won't take few minutes of his, or get someone else to take a few minutes of their time to make a decision that would make a loyal fanbase of his happy makes him a dick.I really don't see any reason as to WHY they can't make it F2P right now seeing how they've given away free months of PS in the past on the whim. What's honestly keeping them from making PS1 go free to play right now? And don't feed me the "they're busy with ps2 xD" garbage. This would take literally no time.Yes, I'm mad.

PS1 >>> PS2
They fear that PS2 will die quickly if PS1 F2P XD

Babyfark McGeez · 2012-12-30, 01:55 PM

No shit, a sub-based game from 2003 where it's a journey in itself to even get a sub for (infact without paypal i don't know IF i could even get a sub here in germany) has only 30 ppl on... that "nobody is playing it" argument is such a joke.

Unfortunately i have to go with RedPower here, currently it kinda smells like fear there
(or they really have some complicated plans for F2P Planetside that would require more then simply enabling the Reserve program without a BR limit again).

But telling me "we're in no hurry because nobody plays PS1" when the reason nobody plays PS1 is exactly the limitation they want to lift feels like smed is making fun of us.

Badjuju · 2013-01-11, 01:38 AM

Originally Posted by RedPower

PS1 >>> PS2
They fear that PS2 will die quickly if PS1 F2P XD

This. I started playing ps1 at launch and played for years. Then after maybe a two year break I returned to play the entire year leading up to beta for PS2. I was having more fun playing PS1 this summer after countless hours with the game than I am with PS2 currently. I am bored to death with PS2 already in its current state and have quit untill(if) things improve. With so many veterans playing of PS1 playing PS2, and so many vets already taking a hiatus, I am sure they don't want to give any more incentive jump ship.

VGCS · 2013-01-06, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

If he was a dick he never would have responded. Smed posts his e-mail on Twitter all the time.

No he's atleast dickish, but he's certainly no coward like most gaming Devs unfortunately are. Hope this comes to fruition this year, I've always wanted to try out PS1 for the past decade but the Monthly Sub system has run so counter to my principles that I could never justify to betray them even when I had a steady job

MasterChief096 · 2012-12-29, 08:09 PM

Nice man! I'll email him and ask him if it would be possible for him to just flag all veteran accounts for like 2 months of free access as a "test" while they work on PS2 or something.

No *new* accounts can be made for free, and there would only be an email sent to PS vets, so that there would be no threat of PS1 somehow detracting from PS2's playerbase.

RedPower · 2012-12-29, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by MasterChief096

Nice man! I'll email him and ask him if it would be possible for him to just flag all veteran accounts for like 2 months of free access as a "test" while they work on PS2 or something. No *new* accounts can be made for free, and there would only be an email sent to PS vets, so that there would be no threat of PS1 somehow detracting from PS2's playerbase.

bad idea,we need new blood

MasterChief096 · 2012-12-29, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by RedPower

bad idea,we need new blood

I'd argue that, but really, SOE is probably finicky about opening up PS1 in a public manner to everyone. Letting all the vets get back in to slam each other around in a quiet, controlled manner while SOE works on PS2 without really caring so much for PS1 for awhile would probably suit them better.

MasterChief096 · 2012-12-29, 08:12 PM

How did you acquire his email?

Baneblade · 2013-01-05, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by MasterChief096

How did you acquire his email?

He's on Facebook too.

Atheosim · 2012-12-29, 08:20 PM

I personally wouldn't be throwing any stupid ideas at him; I'm sure he's very busy. Take the email that he sent to CrazE as an ultimatum for the community.

MasterChief096 · 2012-12-30, 09:07 PM

They should give all existing PS accounts like four months of free play time to quiet us down. After the four months the game should be five bucks a month. No new accounts can be made for PS1 (unless they are willing to pay $15) until after that four months.

Four months should be enough time for them to figure out how they want to milk more money out of the game. On PlanetSide's May anniversary day they should roll out the F2P platform, whether that's reserves and $5 a month, a single $5 purchase, or whatever.

For now though, to content us, they should give us all some free months. There's really no reason not to. They can keep it quiet by letting people know via email.