[Suggestion] Global Lattice with the addition of Hossin.

[basti]

Hello again Folks.

So, take a look at this image. Keep it open, you gonna need it while you read the rest.

http://i.imgur.com/XzkLcly.jpg

Now, lets explain this:

Planetside 2 will change quite a bit with the addition of the lattice currently on the test server. From the playtests I participated in yet, and from expirience with Planetside 1, I know quite well what is going to happen: Its going to be awesome, really really awesome.

But even the Hex Lattice isnt going to fix the fundamental problem Planetside 2 has: There is no real goal. There isnt really anything to archive, and there wont ever be, because its a game. So during the days of Planetside 1 and also in Planetside 2, we made our own goals. We made plenty, all the way from “capturing that base” up to “capturing that continent”. And while those goals provide a reason to fight for your squad or Platoon, they arent enough reason to get your entire faction working together. And having the entire VS working together on Werner and later on Gemini are some of the most fun memorys I made in Planetside 1. So I obviously want that back. Lots of other people want that as well, and because we lack that in Planetside 2, lots of folks arent playing as much as they usually would, or dont play at all because they just wait.

To get that back, and to get all those players back, we need a Global lattice. Devs said in the past that this is going to happen but that 3 continents arent enough to make it happen, and I agree there.

With hossin, we have 4, and that is enough.

So, picture: 3 of the Continents, lets say Amerish, Indar and Esamir, get one of the footholds removed. That means on those 3 continents, only 2 factions have a foothold. On those 3 continents, there would mostly just be a 2 way fight, as opposed to the usual 3 way we have on all 3 continents.

The leftover warp gate that is now empty becomes a actual warpgate. And that warpgate leads to the last continent, in this case Hossin.

In other words: In order to get to Hossin, a faction needs to have a connection from one of its footholds to the warp gate that leads to Hossin. Bang, Global Lattice, quick and simple.

As for the why, because I know a lot of people will be asking this:

Planetside 2 cannot support a 4th continent in the same setup we have right now. Population would be spreaded even thinner, means pop imbalances on continents would happen more often, means proper fights would happen less often. Nobody wants that.
The situation gets even more problematic when Searhus comes along. So before that happens, a solution should already be in place. Global lattice is the solution.
Another important reason for this is the removal of constant, forced 3 way fights. Planetside played quite different in a 2 way fight than it did in a 3 way, and Planetside 2 will also be quite different in a two way. Right now we never got a real 2 way fight unless one faction completely left a continent. With this idea here, we always have the choice between fighting a two way fight or hopping onto Hossin to have a 3 way going. That means a lot more diversity in strategy than we have right now.

Im sure there are some other reasons why this should happen with the addition of Hossin, but I cant think of anything more right now.

I just hope this here reaches the devs and happens. It doesnt matter if the lattice gets set up like I suggest, or gets set up some other way, its only important that we get the global lattice. I want that epic global strategy again that made me play Planetside 1 for years.

Basti