News: Fan Faire Q&A Part 2

[Hamma]

There are jetpacks in the game and they will be used as jump jets rather than a full scale jetpack. Using it means you will have to sacrifice other things, ie you would be in a smaller armor or something.

[xcel]

Originally Posted by Straws

I hope the territories idea will be as grand as many of us suggested. If it is, then I see it as a replacement of the lattice system and we'll be able to carve our own way from facility to facility. Looking forward to this now

Regarding bots, I can imagine that SOE have learnt that variety is important. Hopefully there will be many pure PvP areas (i.e 80% of combat is PvP) and there is a small section of OPTIONAL play versus bots. This would be a small scale combat system where the first team to defeat the bots get something special. Think Core Cambat locations, but with more to do.

I strongly disagree with this....no bots WHAT SO EVER...this isn't global agenda....this is planetside....adding bots in any aspect would corrupt what makes planetside, well, planetside!

[Lunarchild]

Hamma, when you wrote this

The certification tree will be revamped. Classes in PlanetSide 2 are completely free form you will be able to switch seamlessly. You will not be locked into specific roles.

You will be able to deeply specialize in trees as well as be a jack of all trades. It will be a time based offline and online training system.

Does that mean that the class system is somewhat like Modern Warfare, in that there might be a couple of pre-created classes, but you will also be able to create your own combinations? Or was that not clear from the Q&A?

[Aractain]

Originally Posted by Firefly

Who the fuck is TB?

Yes, I live under a rock.

I think he means TotalBiscuit, he used to play Planetside (and whore the forums like a real PS player).

[Straws]

Originally Posted by Firefly

Who the fuck is TB?

Yes, I live under a rock.

He's one of a handful of Planetside players that made efforts to promote the game while SOE were taking their time to do anything.

He is a very opinionated gamer to say the least. More than happy to challenge most opinions regarding the video games market.

His youtube channel was quite popular for a while, even if it was only used as a place for some players of WoW to vent their hatred for him. At the end of the day, serveral hundred thousand general gamers view his channel (or did before he stopped covering WoW).

Due to his passion for PS, I fully expect him to cover PS2, and as long as it doesn't upset him like Duke Nukem Forever did, then hopefully it'll garner the attention of the most important gamer of them all, the ones that have never heard of Planetside.

Originally Posted by xcel

I strongly disagree with this....no bots WHAT SO EVER...this isn't global agenda....this is planetside....adding bots in any aspect would corrupt what makes planetside, well, planetside!

I agree with your sentiment, but I do not agree that it would be a smart approach for the long term goals and success of the game. Remember, Planetside is a game that a lot of gamers should've heard of, but haven't. This is a game that peaked at 60,000 subs, that's just too low and I do not want to see PS2 follow suit.

If bots are used intelligently, and in a way where the main aspect of the game is unaffected by them, then you open the game up to people that are a little dubious of pure PvP titles, and through sampling, they end up enjoying the core features of the game and the large scale combat gets larger.

Do not underestimate variety when it comes to the longevity and appeal of a video game. I for one will be pretty pissed off if after two years we end up stuck in a three-way around a single facility on Cyssor for 3 days straight because there's not enough players to attack anywhere else with actual enjoyment.

[Hamma]

Part 2 posted.

http://www.planetside-universe.com/n...art-2-2499.htm

[duomaxwl]

Even though I'm a third person whore, I'm kind of glad it'll be gone.

[DviddLeff]

Very, very pleased to see third person go.

Grumpy and confused as to the 15-20% advantage vets get through specialisation.

[Rbstr]

I think we're talking a 15-25% difference cumulative advantage from specialization.

So you get 5% more armor, 5% more HP, and a gun with 5% more ROF and 5% more rounds.
But I doubt we're going to get things like guns that are simply better and don't involve tradeoffs.

[xcel]

I keep getting more and more disappointed...no specific bases? No third person? WTF. What's next? No base links/benefits?

[Goku]

Originally Posted by xcel

I keep getting more and more disappointed...no specific bases? No third person? WTF. What's next? No base links/benefits?

1. Specific bases on in benefits like Tech or Repair? Still sounds like there will be different base layouts at least.

2. Third person I am happy to see go. Only other FPS I played that had it was Renegade. Not worrying about people wall humping is awesome. This will make for more interesting base hold layouts too.

3. I am still unsure about the base links. From the sounds of it I think it is base to base with secure areas, but not as confining as a lattice system. Benefits will be more based on the territory you own as well.

[Bags]

Sad to see third person go, sad to see vets will get big advantages (though I guess implants already do that) everything else sounds bad fucking ass.

Hiding in clouds? Damn.

[CutterJohn]

Originally Posted by DviddLeff

Very, very pleased to see third person go.

I don't mind it gone for infantry, but will definitely miss it for vehicles, especially if ramming grief makes a return. Hopefully we'll still be allowed to look around though, and not through some grainy filter that makes it look like a tv.

At the very least one hopes the vehicles have actual shocks. 3rd person was necessary in PS to avoid headaches more than anything else.

[BorisBlade]

3rd person in vehicles is a must, thats a given. And the removal of it from infantry is awesome. It promoted too many lame tactics.

[stargazer093]

hmm...so with HART and Sanctuary gone, how will new players get instructions and trainings about how to play?