How Is Planetside

Hybrid_Martyr · 2003-05-24, 11:16 AM

ok i have a few questions for you planetside players i was going to get the game but had second thoughts and waited and now iam thinking of getting the game i have all the requirements and i have dsl now i was wondering is it really worth it or is it not and do ALOT of people go on the servers???

Prowler · 2003-05-24, 11:18 AM

It's deff. worth it, and yes the servers are packed.

Hybrid_Martyr · 2003-05-24, 11:29 AM

comon how bout everyone else what do you think

xXxHitmanxXx · 2003-05-24, 11:30 AM

if you have the money, go for it!

HellFlame · 2003-05-24, 11:37 AM

Two words.

30-Day free trial.

Vex · 2003-05-24, 11:52 AM

I am going on werner and i wondered whats the average number of people who go on say like on a saturday night in England at 8:00p.m?

simba · 2003-05-24, 12:10 PM

Originally posted by HellFlame
Two words.

30-Day free trial.

2 word: 50bux buy.

yep its worth is, especially if ur in a clan.

chavr · 2003-05-24, 12:25 PM

I'd hold off on buying it right now. Reason being, exp system has the game totally off balance atm. This planetside yoru playing right now is in no way living up to it's potential. The best strategy for advancement and certs is really, really boring.

When they fix the exp system I'd recommend getting it. In it's current form it's really not worht playing much. Unless grinding out exp and doing the same base capping for hours on end is your thing. I reckon some people actually enjoy the repetitive and pointless type of play like that. I don't, but that's just my opinon.

HawkEye · 2003-05-24, 01:11 PM

chavr ur not going to buy it because of the xp system, wtf is wrong with u. planetside is an addicting games and if u can get it , well get it. you will find ur self playing it every chance u get. dont listen to someone who is not going buy it because of the exp system. ther is more to planetside than the exp. but the more exp u get the better. so buyt it.

Endodroid · 2003-05-24, 01:35 PM

Chvar already did buy it, and does anyone else thing it's odd there aren't any reviews of planetside yet.. looking at shacknews, bluesnews, ve3d I haven't seen the usual flood of reviews that appear when a new game is released.

I'm waiting till gameplay offers something other than "musical bases" for xp points.

at any rate, new players right now are getting the shaft as the xp points gained from going through vr training has been removed temporarily due to some exploit. This is a vital way to get new players br 3 and have enough certs to enter the game without getting massacred, IMO.

We had to remove VR experience temporarily to solve a second exploit that was found. But this is not permanent. It will return in next week's patch.

chavr · 2003-05-24, 03:27 PM

Yeah, I have the game. I spent three days playing it before I got suspended for speaking out against the exp system on the SOE boards.

I played a month of beta. I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my character and what to do to get exp. After 3 days of playing I got all the way up to br6...... wooooo.

Exp is fubared atm. The ONLY way to get any appreciable movement to your rank is to cap bases. Kills net you jack. I don't really enjoy going from base to base to base and being part of a mob that overruns the few scattered defenders, gets the hack and then moves on int 15mins. It's freaking boring.

I like tactics, battles, strategy and fun. The current system still allows open fights and battles, but you'll never get any certs if all you do is fight people in the open. If you securely defend a base you'll never see any new certs. If you screw up on defense and let the enemy hack your base and then you hack it back you'll see some rank advancement, but not alot.

It's just cheese right now. If you don't have the game already then wait till they fix it. When planetside is working right it's truly and awesome game. I was hooked thru most of beta. Right now though it's just a shadow of what it could be. Don't get a bad first impression because some hotshot at SOE has decided players can only be motivated by the exp treadmill.

Wait till they make exp something you get from fighting instead of making fighting something you do to get exp.

Hamma · 2003-05-24, 04:21 PM

You will be waiting a while for a "fix"

I don't see them changing it anytime soon. If you were not in beta, you dont know the difference anyway. They speed up EXP for the purpose of testing, folks were NEVER supposed to get to BR20 in one week.

JackBoCracken · 2003-05-24, 04:37 PM

It's an alright game. Not worth the money in my opinion, but you may like it.

Grunt · 2003-05-24, 04:49 PM

Yet more people complaining. It's NOT ABOUT THE XP people!

The game is what you make of it and who you play with. Tactics you say? Well isn't that something that can help you take a heavily defended base? Working as a team on very specific goals not something you like? You can get to BR10 very easily now with 1-2 weeks of solid playing or within a month if you don't play every day. So BR 20 within 3-4 months? Well that sounds about right to me. You just have to specialize at the lower levels. Hence the need to get with a good group of people and PLAN. Know who has what certs and how to utilize that person properly.

Sp3ctre · 2003-05-24, 04:56 PM

This is my view on XP:

It should take a long time to get to the highest level, because if you get to br20 in a matter of days, you won't be able to develop your character further.

However, it shouldn't take too long because people will get bored just using Medium Assault when they really need Heavy Assault (For example)

It should take a while, but not too long, is what i'm trying to say