Be Constructive when referencing PlanetSide 1

[Hamma]

Something needs to be said and it's time to say it.

Every time this community brings up PlanetSide 1 in an argument or statement about PlanetSide 2 you make this community less and less relevant. PlanetSide 1 was ten years ago, we now have PlanetSide 2 and this forum in particular focuses on PlanetSide 2.

PlanetSide 2 is not PlanetSide 1. We all wanted PlanetSide 2 and now that it's out we cannot stop talking about PlanetSide 1. It was a great game, in 2003. It's now 2013 and we have PlanetSide 2. Let's focus on that game and stop dwelling on the past because it's gone and as Smed said almost nobody is logged into it and it will remain that way even if it's added to the membership.

In development the Developers looked to us for Feedback from experience. Now that the game is out they still look to us but they will look to us for improvements to the EXISTING game and not constant railing about how PlanetSide 1 was better.

If you guys want this community to remain relevant you are going to have to let go of PlanetSide 1. There's lots we can learn from it but we cannot allow nostalgia to dominate the discussions about this new game PlanetSide 2

Gaming communities have been killed by this sort of non productiveness in the past and it will kill this one as well if we don't learn to let go.

EDIT: This right here is exactly what I mean:

Originally Posted by ChipMHazard

This isn't about forgetting about Planetside 1, it's about keeping topics that have to do with Planetside 1 in the Planetside 1 forum. When the devs come along and look at the Planetside 2 forum they probably don't want to be discussing Planetside 1.
This also isn't about not taking anything from Planetside 1 because it's an old game but that just because something was in Planetside 1 it shouldn't automatically be in Planetside 2. If a feature worked in Planetside 1 then make a case as to why it should be included in Planetside 2, stating that it worked in Planetside 1 isn't an argument in on itself (in many cases anyway).

In addition..

Another thing you guys need to remember is railing on PlanetSide 1 constantly isn't going to all of a sudden reveal some massive crazy idea the PlanetSide 2 developers don't already know about. I've had the pleasure of talking to many developers of the game at length including Smed himself. Heck Malorn works on the team now and many of us read his breakdown on PlanetSide 1. There are TONS of folks working on this team that either worked on, or played PlanetSide 1 extensively.

They are all well aware of what PlanetSide 1 offered and the systems it contained. What is being brought up is not a magical solution that all of a sudden reveals itself.

I'm not asking everyone to forget the game but you have to realize that the game is not forgotten. SOE knows what was in the game and what will work in the new game. If you do think something from PS1 will work in it by all means post it, in a constructive way.