As usual, a huge thank you to everyone here!

[Electrofreak]

Higby, I was a huge PS fan (even went to Orlando with Hamma and Jenny and a bunch of others to ride on coasters with devs!) and I'll be straight honest with you, when I heard that PS2 was going to be coming out F2P, my heart sank.

I thought, how in hell can they make a sequel to PlanetSide that's free to play and will actually be any good? It'll feel cheap, they'll dumb it down or do something really stupid... I mean look at what's happened to FPS gaming over the last few years?!

But I gritted my teeth and waited. The media began to trickle in, and the graphics and artwork looked good. Knowing that T-Ray (whom I'd met in Orlando) was handling the artwork was a relief. I knew that my beloved faction wasn't going to be turned into something unrecognizable. In fact, it was starting to become even a little more unique.

Videos started to reveal something that looked like what I enjoyed so much, but with some new tweaks and changes that at first felt a little scary (You're making my Mossie a TR-only aircraft?!) but started to make sense, and helped define roles a little bit more.

The more I've watched and read, the more confident I've become that my old PlanetSide is coming back and will be better than ever. Sometimes I still worry that the TTK is too low, but I'll be in Beta and I'll voice my concerns if it doesn't feel right. Part of me is looking forward to having a chance in situations where a few well-placed shots will score me a kill against a much-better equipped opponent. Part of me mourns the loss of my Special Assault weapons, but the other half thinks greedily of how I'll be able to build a weapon that fits my style like a glove. Part of me thinks I'll miss being a Rexo Sniper, while part thinks with anticipation the things I could do with an infil suit and my rifle.

In short, thank you Higby, and to everyone else on the team over there. You guys have got the flavor of PlanetSide 2 right, and I'm yearning for a taste of the action!