Resource distribution and lack of meta game

[Sifer2]

I think its relevant discussion based on the information we have so far. The game is looking pretty light on the metagame. Which sucks considering that before the BFR's I felt it was a weak metagame that was the PS1's biggest flaw. And they have actually made it worse in the sequel by taking out the ability to fully take over continents. The resource system is their attempt to fill in that gap but its look very bland so far. People want to feel like their actions made a real difference in the game world. That's the core objective it needs to meet. Too many MMO's drop the ball by too quickly resetting stuff thus making whatever you did pointless.

I guess we can be hopeful though that they will probably enhance this some in Beta based on feedback. Since I remember in the original PS1 beta they didn't even have the lattice, and it was just constant ninja hacks everywhere.