How Is Planetside

[chavr]

The only problem with that thought hamma is that they never once said "remember folks, beta exp is inflated to allow for testing of higher levels, don't expect to see this when it goes live".

What we did see were statements like

"exp is supposed to be thin in planetside, it's only there as a sort of learning curve for new people"

"It's not going to take 2.26 months to hit 20, we don't intend to turn this game into another treadmill"

"Exp is something you get for fighting. The Planetside is not about earning exp but to fighting. Fighting is the purpose."

"We are making changes to the exp system but when we get done you should see the same rate of exp as before only be getting it in a different manner"

"We don't split exp in a squad. Being in a squad will always get you more exp then solo."


Granted those aren't exact quotes, but they convey the message. What did we really see though? They ignored everything they said and made exp slow to get and turned the game into a treadmill.


Lastly, and this really bothers me. Those of you that say exp doesn't matter, fighting is why you play... if that really is true why are you so against having the exp rate increased? If you honestly don't care about exp then why do you care if the rate is increased?


You do realize that BR20 is just a number. The only importance being 20 has is that you get your last cert at that level. Being 20 doesn't make you any stronger. Versatile yes, but not stronger.

Your not any cooler at BR20 then you were at BR5. 20 isn't some goal of the game to hit. There are no flashing lights and fireworks going off when you ding 20. You get your last cert and then you get your butt back out there and fight.

People won't get bored when they hit 20 as long as the dev's keep adding more content. If they don't add more content then people will get bored at 12. Trying to hit 20 won't have any motivation if the content isn't updated.

Ya'll are thinking that levels are the retention factor in planetside, and they aren't. The real reason to keep playing is all the potential content that can be added and the scope of the fighting. If it was only about levels then this game is woefully inadquate to keep people's interest.