Core Combat to Early? Or just in time?

[RexDent]

Seriously curious about the overall perspective of the game in its current form and then a expansion being announced.

Especially when this comment comes from the Gamespot Review :

No set timeframe for most of the smaller, non-expansion changes has been given, but PlanetSide: Core Combat will be available both as a retail product and as a purchasable download this October.

Now that pretty much shows how much work is going into the Expansion when they can do everything for it and get it released on a timeline but then the Enhancements to the game that have been announced since Release or Beta get pushed down by the LLU system on the priority list and then now the expansion is pretty much going to be completely focused on CTF Game style.

Plus this will add up to about $130.00 for a game in 5 months. That is taking into account that the Expansion will be 29.99. But we shall see.

[Sputty]

I don't see how they're completely ignoring the main game. They're still releasing the patches and they're still bringing out all the stuff they promised without any Xpacks.

[Squick]

Nice totally objective wording on your choices...

[EarlyDawn]

Originally posted by Squick
Nice totally objective wording on your choices...

Watch out, last time I objected on a biased poll, Navaron tried to break me in half

[RexDent]

Bah I didn't change the number of choices lol.

So I made 2 good 2 bad. Awesome, good, bad, suck. Most of the wording is just from 4 different postings I have seen.

[SandTrout]

Platoons, Facility benifits, some bug that keeps continents from being locked, and then the lock doesnt work is a logical or reasonable manner. Things we were promised Pre-beta still on the wishlist.

[321]

I think it sounds awesome

[Lonehunter]

PLATOONS! Where are the Platonns!?!?!

Well I wouldn't go so far as to say that they had the entire staff working on the expansion. SprokFire has replied to the know-it-all morons in the Official Forums that share your feelings with the painful truth that they've recently hired a lot more "devs" onto the team specifically for Core Combat. Think about it, even if they did devote the originals to it, what exactly is planned for the expansion? Basically a lot of new artwork.

ghost

[BigTexas]

I say that we wont see any real effort towards fixing the all the bugs in the game until one of the following happens: A) The expansion comes out and produces enough revenue that for the time being SOE is confident that players will be happy with the ammount of content in the game, so the developement team feels free to work on bug fixes. B) The subscriber base levels off, or begins to increase steadily, meaning its possible that Planetside may still prove to be a profitable endeavor after all. C) All the current subscribers decide to subscribe long term and invest a boat load of money into the game, once again making Planetside worth the work.

Its all about money, and whatever makes Sony money, is whats gonna get the bugs fixed. Hey maybe if we all sent SOE $5 along with a note that said, "Heres 5 bucks, now fix the bugs in Planetside you punk ass bitches," except much more politely. Either that or we just all form a mob and head down to Sony headquarters, where we will hold the developers at gunpoint until all the bugs are fixed.

[Mejwell]

I'm terribly disappointed that they didn't even decide to implement all the features that they plan to include in the MAIN game before they announced an expansion pack. That's like adding a satellite dish to a skyscraper that doesn't even have a solid foundation yet.

Something I don't understand is the arguement people keep bringing up about what hasn't been implemented yet. I consider "the building" to be the disc I got out of the box back in May. There's a general lack of understanding when it comes to Additional Content. Planetside will always receive new features via patches; they're called Future Plans for a reason. Sure, it may be taking longer than expected, but look at everything they have done to the game since release. Countless weapon balancing patches have gone into affect, Command Features, Liberator, Skyguard, and a new base capture system which serves to change up the gameplay so many of you felt was monotonous prior to the patch. Now that the LLU has been released though, it's suddenly a bad idea to add variety. "What the fuck were they thinking? This is just bullshit. They actually listened to us when we said we were getting bored and they have the gaul to try and improve! How dare they!" I've yet to see any educated post regarding what exactly is wrong with the LLU system, mainly just a bunch of immature players threatening to cancel their subscription over something they don't understand.

So many people fear change....you know something though? It really isn't all that bad.

ghost

[Aegis]

Firstly, i think the expansion sounds great.

BUT

They should sort out all the other problems with the game first, most importantly the CTD and then all the bugs and THEN the things that were meant to be in at release. Pretty sly trying to sell an expansion to what still plays like a beta.

[Javenn]

Mabe in the expansion they fix all those problems

[Navaron]

Originally posted by LNS0388
Watch out, last time I objected on a biased poll, Navaron tried to break me in half

Wasn't me, I could give a shit less about biased polls.