News: PlanetSide 2 eSports Details from MLG

Hamma · 2013-03-17, 05:14 PM

Hamma · 2013-03-17, 05:15 PM

Outfits will be on ranked ladders within the game.
There will be separate competition areas that are built similarly to existing bases for familiarity.
Weapons will be restricted to guarantee balance during the fights.
Working directly with MLG to develop the competition areas.
Live MLG Show starting on Sunday the 31st.

basti · 2013-03-17, 05:44 PM

Sounds good!

Sonny · 2013-03-17, 05:44 PM

From 31st March onwards?! I wonder if the instanced maps be ready for this date or just the 'in-game' ladder functionality?

Exciting stuff!

p0intman · 2013-03-17, 05:45 PM

shit idea, shit concept.

basti · 2013-03-17, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by p0intman

shit idea, shit concept.

You only hate it because i like it!

onewingedangel · 2013-03-17, 05:59 PM

I'm disappointed stuff like this is a focus when Planetside should be focused on massive combat. I left Battlefield 3 for a reason.

basti · 2013-03-17, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by onewingedangel

I'm disappointed stuff like this is a focus when Planetside should be focused on massive combat. I left Battlefield 3 for a reason.

The focus remains to be Massive battles.

THe whole esport thing happens partially in the massive battles as well! Outfits can only get higher on the leaderboard by playing the massive battles.

Only then they can go up against other outfits in the instanced part. And only if SOE lets them. No way for anyone to go into the instances by themself.

ChipMHazard · 2013-03-17, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by onewingedangel

I'm disappointed stuff like this is a focus when Planetside should be focused on massive combat. I left Battlefield 3 for a reason.

It will still be massive, well that might depend on whether or not they want smaller teams to compete physically. The addition of a competitive stage doesn't mean that the focus has shifted away from how Planetside 2 plays on a day-to-day basis. This will be an addition, not a replacement.

Bunk · 2013-03-18, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by p0intman

shit idea, shit concept.

goodbye

CzuukWaterson · 2013-03-17, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Outfits will be on ranked ladders within the game.
There will be separate competition areas that are built similarly to existing bases for familiarity.
Weapons will be restricted to guarantee balance during the fights.
Working directly with MLG to develop the competition areas.
Live MLG Show starting on Sunday the 31st.

Hell yeah. Now I can find out what it might be like to dog fight without 3 or 5 other pilots shooting at me.

Sledgecrushr · 2013-03-17, 05:46 PM

Sounds like a lot of fun to watch some good players shoot each other. Cant wait for the games to begin.

bpostal · 2013-03-17, 06:03 PM

Oh fuck me, it looks like they're gonna do it.
I goddamn hate esports.

Mastachief · 2013-03-17, 06:10 PM

Interesting. Hope these ladders and layouts cater for smaller more skilled outfits.

SwiftRanger · 2013-03-17, 06:17 PM

I can understand Outfits needed some incentives but this wasn't the solution I had hoped for. It's probably the easiest way out for SOE but Outfit-owned bases/carriers and metagame improvements should be the main priority.

I really hope this e-sports thing isn't taking many resources away from the main game because the latter still needs a ton of work (and some actual realization or vision of certain wild ideas which were proposed some time ago, even by the devs themselves) to remain interesting in the long run. Don't forget that, SOE.