Lonewolfs: Do you enjoy PS2?

[Calista]

Originally Posted by Hamma

Sadly my outfit opted out of PlanetSide 2 a few months back so when I get the chance to play lately I play lone wolf and don't really mind it. I play as an infil which is probably the best lone wolf class imo.

Sadly opting out seems to be a growing trend for organized outfits. Instead we get johnnycomelately with his handful of friends in CoD'esque "outfits". Kinda the shape of things to come on PS4 too I think. Do you think larger organized outfits will come back once more of a global strategic layer is implemented? I am skeptical but since nothing like PS2 is out there it might be it's saving grace but I don't think the PS4 community will gave an appreciation for it. They would probably be happy with each region being instanced for arena-like play.

[CraazyCanuck]

The ship may have already sailed for some outfits ever returning, but if SOE pulls their head out of their ass and implement a meaningful meta game, I believe we would see many return to at least give it a go.

As to the PS4 crowd..who knows. That is a huge pool of consumers to paint with the same brush. I would hope once they have a taste of PS2 and its scale, they may realize they're is much more out there. Throw in a qualitative meta game as well?

[Rahabib]

The direction this game took for competitive gaming made outfits no more than slightly organized pubs for me. I can get more out of randomly selecting an open outfit to use their spawning and doing my own thing than listening to some wanna-be bark orders for a battle that doesn't matter anyway.

That said, when I do play, I lone wolf. I just don't play that much any more. I am still waiting for a purpose to the game - and that wont happen until we get something other than XP to mean something.

[Rolfski]

The most fun lone wolving I have is making a trash character and going all sorts of high risk/ no reward kamikaze missions with it. Sometimes that will get you into amazing situations. After the session I delete the character to prevent myself caring for its stats. It feels really liberating playing that way and I wish there was an option to not have your stats tracked.

[BlaxicanX]

Originally Posted by Rolfski

It feels really liberating playing that way and I wish there was an option to not have your stats tracked.

How about... the willpower to not give a shit?

I don't think I've ever looked at my characters' stats.

[ringring]

Originally Posted by BlaxicanX

How about... the willpower to not give a shit?

I don't think I've ever looked at my characters' stats.

The evidence suggests otherwise

[Rolfski]

Originally Posted by BlaxicanX

How about... the willpower to not give a shit?

I don't think I've ever looked at my characters' stats.

Welcome to the minority then because most players tend to care more about their character and its stats, even if they pretend not to or don't want to, the longer they play with it and build it up. It's a very natural human behavior often referred to as attachment. It's what drives MMO's as a genre.

It's also the very reason why promoting TDM stats, like this game does, stimulates kill farming in this game.

[Kirotan]

All I do is lone wolf. I like to bounce from fight to fight because the only fights that I enjoy are the ones that are relatively balanced (I try to avoid anything that has over a 60/40 advantage for either side). Being in an outfit is a pretty big hindrance to this. I play LA and Infil.

Also Wraith Flash trolling is best trolling.

[Belhade]

Originally Posted by BlaxicanX

How about... the willpower to not give a shit?

I don't think I've ever looked at my characters' stats.

Yet you sigged them for all of us to see?

[capiqu]

Well I solo all the time and I am almost always redeploying on resecure's . So to add to my difficult play style the fact that I'm not that great of a player has made me accept that I probably will never have a k/d over 1.
But still I enjoy the game. I can play the game my way and at my pace. No pressure no worrying about my stats. Just try what I can to help my empire and enjoy the game.

[wobblyone]

Apart from a rare game on Waterson with my clan/outfit buds, I play solo on Woodman mostly.
I did hang with a great outfit on Woodman briefly but decided it was not for me.
When I say 'solo' I actually mean rolling with some team mates and achieving the same objectives, but without all the orders and chatter!
If my response to 'move to this position' is WTF?, I am free to read the map myself and 'move to a better position'!
Also, I find that when I follow orders I die. Frequently! Going Lonewolf helps me to (stay alive) get in a zone and kill enemy, which is more of an advantage to my team.
Come on NC

[BlaxicanX]

Originally Posted by ringring

The evidence suggests otherwise

Originally Posted by Belhade

Yet you sigged them for all of us to see?

Yah, 'cause I'm sooo proud of my sub-1.0 K/D ratio! Hurrrrrr~

Originally Posted by Rolfski

Welcome to the minority then because most players tend to care more about their character and its stats, even if they pretend not to or don't want to, the longer they play with it and build it up. It's a very natural human behavior often referred to as attachment. It's what drives MMO's as a genre.

What makes you think the majority of players care about their stats? I'm inclined to disagree, honestly.

[Taramafor]

I lone wolfed as a sniper. Cue stupid sniper nerf which makes semi automatics MORE effective at longer range then a fucking BOLT! (along with reduced overall range). Cue snipers being even more useless on the battlefield (which is what people complain about it seems). Cue no logic (eg: Now they're less annoying but more useless?). Cue rage quit. You tell me.

So glad PS1 is going free to play (Snipers may not one hit kill there but at least it was like that FROM THE START and didn't make past weapons USELESS).

[Baneblade]

I lonewolf more than I intend to, but I do it as HA or Eng most of the time... maybe LA if I am defending against just infantry.

[LayZ]

To be honest, I have a lot more fun lonewolfing it. Nothing against squadding up, in fact I pop into some of the pubbie ones every once in a while.

I mostly play infiltrator and light assault.