Newbie comments/questions

[jordanz]

I just started playing PS over the past few days. Thoughts/questions:

* It's very beautiful and vast. I get a great feeling of immersion.

* The offline training was helpful.

* I think I like this game. I'm not yet sure if it's worth $12.99 a month. It will be interesting to see how it evolves.

* I die too quickly! There's so much going on that it's very hard to get oriented. Sony should have an offline training scenario that simulates a large battle. It's simply too hard to get acclimated. As time goes on, it will get worse. Current players will get super-experienced and new players won't stand a chance.

* Why is there a 10 minute wait between HARTs?

* I find that I spend a lot of time in PS just waiting around. It's like 5 minutes of waiting and then an intense rush for a 20 second battle and then 5 minutes of waiting again.

* I find that most of the time I'm running around doing nothing in this game. I'm walking forever to get to a fight. Instant Action doesn't necessarily put me in the action.

* It should be much easier to meet up with your squad. I just got invited to be in a sqaud and it was very difficult meeting up with them.

* The inventory window needs tooltips. I don't recognize the icons of the weapons.

* The auto-turrets and mines are a pain! Many times, a spawn-point is littered with them and it's impossible to move.

* I'm coming to PlanetSide as a Battlefield 1942 addict. I think PS could take a page or two from BF1942. The balance of power is better (of course, you don't gain XP in BF1942).