PS thoughts

txMaddog · 2003-01-16, 12:19 PM

I'm new to the PS community and thought I'd post a few random thoughts on PS.

The Good:

It's simple in concept, basicly you fight other players for control of a base that will give your Empire an advantage.

Each Empire has a differant way of doing things; TR rely on massive firepower, NC rely on being able to outlast the enemy and VS rely on mobility. This means that the tactics used will have to be adjusted not only for the Empire you are facing but the player who is directing the offence or defense.

You have differant paths you can take, you don't have to focus on killing to give help your Squad, you can heal, repair, drive, etc. This means you can follow whatever path you want and make your charactor yours.

The Bad:

FPS's rely on having good net code, a lot of packet loss and high pings will make it unplayable.

Low fps (frames per second) will also hurt PS.

Weapons balance will need to be monitored closely so that one weapon will not dominate the battlefield.

The Ugly:

Team Killer's, the occational TK will happen but the intentional TK'ers will need to be eliminated or controled. The current anti-TK system seems to be a step in the right direction but will need to be monitored so that people can't intentionally get themselves TK'ed to get another person kicked.

No support or new stuff, hopfully PS will be supported with new weapons, vehicles and maybe new base types or even new bases. I'm hoping some of them will be free with an expansion that would introduce a new Empire at some later date.

Airlift · 2003-01-16, 12:26 PM

That's a pretty standard list of PS hopes and fears around here. Welcome to the forums

MrVicchio · 2003-01-16, 12:36 PM

Thats basically it.. but the no new stuff.. The Dev team is going to be working after launch to add new content and the like. If you check our Dev Update section, there are some good comments by the devs on teh Future of PS... Bombers are all ready being talked about(as an example of new stuff) and they have mentioned added a sea based element to the game.. there is quite a lot to add to the game

Hamma · 2003-01-16, 12:41 PM

Welcome aboard

Your list pretty much sums up the common concerns. However in regards to TKing, they have done quite a bit to stop that. Check out this page for more info on the grief system:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/c....php?p=sdGrief

Sputty · 2003-01-16, 05:25 PM

I think the Grief system is the best I've seen in any game. I guess that's why we'd pay monthly fees though.

DevilWhiskey · 2003-01-16, 05:31 PM

TKing and cheating is much more popular on open serves that the kiddies can flood and take over.

That won't be happening on PS.

That alone is worth the subscription price.

DevilWhiskey

NapalmEnima · 2003-01-16, 08:11 PM

Originally posted by txMaddog
I'm new to the PS community and thought I'd post a few random thoughts on PS.

DUDE! Welcome aboard.

Now we REALLY have to resurrect ORC.

Pick an empire, any empire. Now if we can just get ahold of Fury X or Alec Eiffel, or whoever, we'll be all set.

Outfit of Orcus, coming up!