News: Squad Beacon March 2nd Recording

Hamma · 2013-03-03, 12:51 PM

http://www.planetside-universe.com/n...rding-2969.htm

Enjoy! It was a great broadcast. Click through to the full video for shortcuts to the discussions in the description.

ChipMHazard · 2013-03-03, 01:01 PM

Word of warning: If you are a bailer then viewer discretion is adviced. Hamma's wife is not amused

Hamma · 2013-03-03, 01:02 PM

Micro · 2013-03-03, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by ChipMHazard

Word of warning: If you are a bailer then viewer discretion is adviced. Hamma's wife is not amused

. Sent from my phone

SternLX · 2013-03-03, 06:26 PM

Not only am I a bailer, I am a Decon'er. XP denied. nyaaaa!

ThePackage · 2013-03-03, 07:07 PM

You need to get some people on there who have never played PS1. It would offer a better dichotomy to the conversation.

Being someone who has never played the original I find all the talk about PS1 a little counter productive.

Chewy · 2013-03-04, 02:30 AM

Originally Posted by ThePackage

You need to get some people on there who have never played PS1. It would offer a better dichotomy to the conversation.

Being someone who has never played the original I find all the talk about PS1 a little counter productive.

I never played PS and the only things I do know about it is the 5-10 videos of gameplay I watched. Hardly found a video review on that game last I looked.

With saying that a LOT of what Iv been thinking of is and has been in PS. That game has had 10 years of tuning and patches to make it into what people know it as now. 10 years is a long ass time, in 10 years Id bet just about every single thought that we are having know (as both new and vet players) have been thought during those 10 years. Few games even see 5 years before it is left to die. Hell, in this gen games can't last a few months before the devs give up. Some not even a week if lucky.

I will agree that newer players should be in the show just to give other points of view. But as Hamma said that is kinda hard to do. Not only do those people need to know what the hell they are talking about, but at the same time give enough shits about the game to care after a year or 3.

To be honest, getting a bunch of outfit leaders isn't that bad of an idea. They should be the ones to know the game bast as they are the ones giving our orders. Getting a group of leaders together for a talk shouldn't be that bad of a watch, even if they happen to be vets.

Hamma · 2013-03-03, 11:40 PM

That's harder to do than one would think. We had some on the show last time around just before release.

It is true though, PS1 solved many of the problems we see now many years ago.

Hamma · 2013-03-04, 09:31 AM

It's just hard to get new players to get interested in this sort of thing is all.

Rolfski · 2013-03-04, 10:01 AM

Not really a balanced panel, that's unfortunate. At times I got the feeling I was watching a PS1 insider show. There must be sure outfit leaders out there who are new to the game.

Pella · 2013-03-04, 10:05 AM

Great show. But dam it dragged on. Need to shorten these things to like an hour perhaps

And most of the topics have been talked about over and over. I'm sick of hearing opinions from players such as levelcap. Who quite frankly bore's the hell out of me with his gameplay experience that he cant solo......

The game is perfect for any solo player. And i would argue the facts why. Until his ears bleed.

I hope the next one talks about how much fun or what outfits are doing in the current state. Not people opinions on what they want from the game we have the forums for that.

robocpf1 · 2013-03-04, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by Rolfski

Not really a balanced panel, that's unfortunate. At times I got the feeling I was watching a PS1 insider show. There must be sure outfit leaders out there who are new to the game.

People suggest features they've seen used successfully in games they've played before. Many successful outfit leaders came from PS1 and have years of experience there. We had several such outfit leaders on the AGN this time.

I'd think that even if you had an outfit leader that made his/her outfit shine solely in PS2, never having played PS1, that player would still suggest features from other games he/she has played, whether that's Battlefield, Call of Duty, Quake, Unreal Tournament, or a anything else. Such is experience. If we see something that we think might work, we'll call it out. Anyone is going to do this.

So you're going to have a few things pop up:

1) Suggestion from PS1

2) Suggestion from any other FPS (or in some cases other genres) on the market

3) Suggestion from a player that hasn't played any other FPS but then therefore doesn't know if what he's suggesting is already in another game

4) Suggestion from a player that has extended FPS experience from several games including PS1/PS2 and makes what he thinks/hopes is an original suggestion (but may end up not being one). Or, that player, having played different FPSes, makes a knowledgeable suggestion to implement a feature he/she has seen in one of the other FPSes he/she has experience with. Back to square one.

Rolfski · 2013-03-05, 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by robocpf1

I'd think that even if you had an outfit leader that made his/her outfit shine solely in PS2, never having played PS1, that player would still suggest features from other games he/she has played, whether that's Battlefield, Call of Duty, Quake, Unreal Tournament, or a anything else.

Can't argue with that but if you see the show dominated with examples/references from only one game, PS1, it becomes less easier to follow for the other people and more of an insider show.
That's also what I liked about LevelCap being part of this show. Although I don't always agree with his ideas, he brings in a different perspective and like him, I'm actually very curious about the solo/non-outfit percentage of the actual player base.

As for other suggestions for improvement, better preparation of the participants on the discussion topics would be nice. If you know that the road map will be a talking subject, it almost feels like an insult to the viewers if you didn't bother taking a recent look at it in preparation for the discussion.

Hamma · 2013-03-04, 10:08 AM

An hour isn't enough time.

This is the reason for the shortcuts in the bottom of the video so you can jump to the discussion's you want to see. We kept the same viewer amount just about the entire time - so "Dragging on" is a matter of personal opinion. People stuck around right until the end

Not really a balanced panel, that's unfortunate. At times I got the feeling I was watching a PS1 insider show. There must be sure outfit leaders out there who are new to the game.

I'm sure there are, but if they don't volunteer we don't know they exist.

Pella · 2013-03-04, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by Hamma

An hour isn't enough time.

This is the reason for the shortcuts in the bottom of the video so you can jump to the discussion's you want to see. We kept the same viewer amount just about the entire time - so "Dragging on" is a matter of personal opinion. People stuck around right until the end

I'm sure there are, but if they don't volunteer we don't know they exist.

Good point Hamma, I'm EU time so i opt for the YT upload. Which is great quality i have to say.