Only 2 Continents this Year

[Stanis]

Originally Posted by BlaxicanX

I can't see why people would even want more continents, when 2 out of the 3 we already have are ghost-towns.

The battle rages on Indar .. for weeks.
It is finally won. Let's say the TR conquer it.
Because of the continental metagame the continents are now connected like hexes.

The links to Indar now require a certain part of Esamir be captured.
That part of Esamir because it links back to Indar is now a TR stronghold.

So to get the fight back to indar you have to effectively conquer Esamir.

We now have an epic battle raging on Esamir.


This flow of battles across continents is the 'continental warfare' that is mentioned. It usually means there are three major fights across the continents.

TR V NC.
TR v VS.
NC v VS.

As each empire pushes out from it's home warpgate or currently held territories they have a naturally forming front line against an enemy empire.
The mechanics of continental lock down make it very difficult for the enemy to casually turn up and start capturing bases wherever they want to.

This is why we want continents. We have major battles and fights. They have a purpose - victory secures this continent and moves the fight on.
Over time battles rage across every continent - with certain hotspots based on how the devs link them together.

I miss this part of Planetside.
My veterans miss it to - right now we have only have a deathmatch.