Variety - The spice of life

[Xaine]

Originally Posted by CutterJohn

I would pay extra money to play on a server that had no empire specific gear. I hate that you are locked into an empire, and hence a specific playstyle, because that is where your friends are and where your character is. I don't care if the fight is noticeably different when fighting the red team instead of the purple team or blue team.

I wouldn't mind minor differences, like how MA was dealt with. Thats fine. A bit of flavor. I hate that entire classes of weaponry and capabilities are locked from you. No NC weapons designer can see the perks of having direct fire AV weapon? VS MAX designers can't recognize the useful traits of flak?

Variety is indeed the spice of life. Empire differences serve to stifle it, not promote it, since you have access to less.

Everyone always says Starcraft is a great example, and it is, because in Starcraft, at the end of a round, you can switch. And you can team up with friends even if they are playing a different race that match. This is not true in Planetside, where you are rather stuck with your decisions due to character advancement and that you cannot easily play with people of another empire.

Thats an interesting way to look at it, and you have a valid point.

For a start, there is nothing stopping you playing all 3 Empires. So you can use a Jackhammer with the NC, a MCG with the TR and a Lasher with the VS.

Or, in your version, you can play the NC and use a Jackhammer, or you can play the VS and use a the Tomhammer which fires purple shells, or you can use the Davidhammer on the TR, which fires slightly faster.

With respect to your opinion, i know which one i'd rather go for.