From one Vet to another.

[IceyCold]

I'd like to make a post to all my fellow veterans, and hopefully to get a dialog going amongst us to get a few people thinking.

I've lurked on these forums for years and just registered today to start getting into the discussions on this forum since now more than ever it seems SOE is starting to listen to the players. But this can be both a blessing and a curse.

What we veterans remember of Planetside is a game we still love, we would not be here if we didn't. This game to me at least is the best game ever, and personally no game will ever take that title away. And as much as I want to hold on to some of the things that Planetside had I am willing to listen and try to understand the Devs decisions and choices.

But I will voice my opinion sternly. And we all should.

However let us remember that this game we love so much is coming into a new era and it must keep up with the shooters of today to survive. We as veterans MUST be able to let some things go, and be willing to embrace some of the changes to at least some extent. At the same time we need to carefully examine the things that the current market may like that Planetside 2 can go against and even plow it's own way to make it different and unique; just as it's predecessor did before it. Not everything the Devs have announced sounds good to us veterans, but that is not always bad. Change can be good, but only change where it was necessary.

This brings me to my biggest point.

We the veterans and lovers of this game; we must be both vocal advocates and at the same time avid listeners. And instead of raging about the changes ask for more information and even offer alternatives that appeal to both us and even the COD kiddies that will inevitably find their way to our beloved game. We may even be able to take these people that we seem to despise under our wing and show them what a REAL shooter is. In the end no matter what game someone played before, the moment they begin to play Planetside we should see them as our brothers; new blood is what this game needs and we as veterans should welcome them and teach them about this game we love so much.

Beta is soon, and SOE seems for the first time poised to listen and take our advice. We need to give them the best advice we can for the sake of the GAME, not for OURSELVES. I don't want this to come off as a rant but more as a bit of food for thought for those of us who may be too set in the way we think; for this game to succeed it has to evolve with the times, but it doesn't have to change completely.

Thanks guys (and gals).