A Sandbox continent.

VioletZero · 2012-01-22, 05:22 PM

Would you like to see a Sandbox continent?

A Sandbox continent would be an area that the higher ups in the faction don't have enough resources to spend going to. So they contract the individual outfits to secure the area for their own selfish needs in hopes of an easy takeover later. But the downside is that without official support from your faction, you have to build almost everything you need. Including your bases. And these bases could easily be destroyed. And services that you would usually take for granted would have to be handled manually. But the payoff is that the resources are that much richer and more valuable. The resources acquired would be especially good for upgrading your outfit's benefits or building tougher bases.

That's the basic idea. How the specifics handled is another story.

Would you like to see this? It's not something that you'd -have- to take part in, it's just a way to get resources and stuff a lot quicker.

davek · 2012-01-22, 05:58 PM

that's like a combination of MO style fort capture system and planet side persistence ......THAT WOULD BE AWESOME

Xaine · 2012-01-22, 06:03 PM

I love Sandbox games. I really love them.

However, people always want the best stuff, and if you make it so you can only get the best stuff from the sandbox content, people are going to feel compelled to do it. Even if they don't want too.

Honestly, i'm not sure how they're going to implement sandbox content without making it unfair. I'm interested to see what they come up with.

VioletZero · 2012-01-22, 06:18 PM

Well, here's my idea:

The benefits you get from this sandbox content would specifically effect the sandbox content. You'd be able to mass produce more vehicles, but you can't exactly ship them back to other continents. They'd be exclusive resources for building and holding structures.

So why go there? For fun really. If the idea of building and dominating an entire continent suits you, go for it. If it needs an outside reward, it's not fun in the first place.

davek · 2012-01-22, 11:12 PM

i like that so its almost like a separate game within the game there should be like a special sever or something

VioletZero · 2012-01-22, 11:53 PM

You know what? I'm playing it too safe. There's no reason not to reward people to partaking in this content. This game is pretty much ABOUT control for resources and there's no reason not to have a continent in the game that is pretty much the advanced rules.

The sandbox continent and the others should definitely affect one another.

Lonehunter · 2012-01-23, 12:11 AM

I wouldn't mind seeing that style in a whole server, once we get the population to support a few

NewSith · 2012-01-23, 09:28 AM

The idea is awesome. MMOFPRTS continent sounds great. However I think that having this continent would just break the continent population balance.

I think a good idea would be to make PlanetSide 2: Post-tremor Expansion Pack (DLC, if you like) with caves acting as sandbox zones. Make it like 3x3 km with much smaller poplock and environmental anomalies (like floating platforms and stuff), just don't make it too landscape-heavy, so building stuff will be prime source of cover, buildings and obstacles.

Warborn · 2012-01-25, 09:11 PM

Planetside 2 should have an EVE nullsec equivalent.