Planetside 2 - A critical look

[Logit]

Originally Posted by Talek Krell

I didn't know pointman wrote a blog!

This is probably true.

He was banned yesterday, so he isn't able to whine on PSU anymore.

Wouldn't be surprised.

[FIREk]

Another I'm-so-controversial attention whore blog. The very domain name says it all.

[Logit]

"Why does the future look like Arizona?"

loled at this, even though this guy is clearly an idiot.

[Crator]

Originally Posted by Crator

LOL, the title is 'Realistic Preview'. How so, we haven't been given any detailed info from SOE about what he is talking about. That is pretty much all speculation. Surprised someone did a preview like that.

Originally Posted by FastAndFree

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man >_>

Uh, where did I type an opinion?

[Fuel Truck]

I won't lie, I like that site haha. It's pretty funny.

[SavageB]

Ya that guy is pretty laughable.

[FastAndFree]

Originally Posted by Crator

Uh, where did I type an opinion?

Where you pointed out that we don't have enough enformation and thus it is objectively impossible, or at least foolish, to form such a condemning (or any, really) opinion of the game

It was a joke

[Tigersmith]

Originally Posted by Logit

This is probably true.

He was banned yesterday, so he isn't able to whine on PSU anymore.

Wouldn't be surprised.

lol he only has a 1 day ban. 1pm today he will be back!!

[I Hate MMORPGs]

Nice to see a lot of positive feedback!

The only thing I needed to hear about this game was that they planned on having a Pay-to-Win model. PvP is only fun when there is a level playing field, and the subscription model is much more suitable for this.

[Tigersmith]

Its just his type of blog. He hates MMOs, though somethings are pretty true on what he said.

He gets people to view his blog by how he complains. Its his opinion so its fine with me.

[Tigersmith]

Originally Posted by I Hate MMORPGs

Nice to see a lot of positive feedback!

The only thing I needed to hear about this game was that they planned on having a Pay-to-Win model. PvP is only fun when there is a level playing field, and the subscription model is much more suitable for this.

They said time and time again, EVERYTHING will be level. No pay to win..No weapons you can buy that will make you unstoppable.

There are dozens of interviews of the game. They all say Speed(FPS) and making player skill matter are their top 2 things they are working on.

[Gandhi]

Originally Posted by Tigersmith

They said time and time again, EVERYTHING will be level. No pay to win..No weapons you can buy that will make you unstoppable.

I'm not entirely convinced by that, because it depends on how the ingame acquisition system is implemented. I mean, if I have to play for a year to get a certain gun that I can get in the shop for $5 then I'm absolutely paying to win. At some point "paying for convenience" becomes more than just convenience. Whether that gun gives a 5% or 50% advantage is beside the point, because everything else will be scaled to that factor too.

It's nowhere near as scary as offering "premium ammo" that can only be bought, but it's still something that should be kept in mind when designing this F2P model.

[Hamma]

Pay to Win is making an assumption based off SOE breaking their word, specifically John Smedley. Right now, this game is not pay to win.

So wherever people "hear" pay to win, it's an assumption and not a fact.

[Graywolves]

The pay-to-win scare is needless scare.

Every time they mention the cash shop they enforce that they are not selling advantages or upgrades. As far as convenience goes, again, sidegrades not upgrades.


The pay to win paranoia should have died when the veteran 20% advantage over noob was cleared up. (don't know about that? That scare you? Please look it up, you'll probably be very pleased with the team's intentions.)


Too many people are treating fan speculation as though it's from the mouth of Higby.

[Tigersmith]

Originally Posted by Gandhi

I'm not entirely convinced by that, because it depends on how the ingame acquisition system is implemented. I mean, if I have to play for a year to get a certain gun that I can get in the shop for $5 then I'm absolutely paying to win. At some point "paying for convenience" becomes more than just convenience. Whether that gun gives a 5% or 50% advantage is beside the point, because everything else will be scaled to that factor too.

It's nowhere near as scary as offering "premium ammo" that can only be bought, but it's still something that should be kept in mind when designing this F2P model.

This is something we are always discussing here, believe me we are concerned about these types of things being added. But as long as they are balanced im ok with it. How will they balance these things? I have no idea....they could not even balance planetside 1 after 8 years